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2019 general election results

Belfast East

Shows the general election results for Belfast East, which is a constituency in Belfast. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 66,245 and a turnout of 64.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Hold
Gavin Robinson
Majority
1,819
Electorate
66,245
Turnout
64.1%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
DUP 49.2%
Alliance 44.9%
UUP 5.9%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Gavin Robinson  DUP 20,874 49.2 -6.6
Naomi Long  Alliance 19,055 44.9 8.9
Carl McClean  UUP 2,516 5.9 2.6

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year DUP Alliance UUP SF Green Con SDLP Ind UCU TUV Oth
2005 49.1% 0.0% 30.1% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.7%
2010 32.8% 37.2% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 21.2% 5.4% 0.0%
2015 49.3% 42.8% 0.0% 2.1% 2.7% 2.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 55.8% 36.0% 3.3% 2.1% 1.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 49.2% 44.9% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
591 Belfast East 4.3%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
447 Belfast East 49.2%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
464 Belfast East 64.1%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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