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2019 general election results

Belfast South

Shows the general election results for Belfast South, which is a constituency in Belfast. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 69,984 and a turnout of 67.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

SDLP
Social Democratic & Labour Party Gain
Claire Hanna
Majority
15,401
Electorate
69,984
Turnout
67.7%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
SDLP 57.2%
DUP 24.7%
Alliance 14.3%
UUP 2.7%
Aontú 1.2%

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 (%)
Claire Hanna  SDLP 27,079 57.2 31.3
Emma Little Pengelly  DUP 11,678 24.7 -5.8
Paula Bradshaw   Alliance 6,786 14.3 -3.9
Michael Henderson * UUP 1,259 2.7 -0.8
Chris McHugh * Aontú 550 1.2 1.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SDLP DUP Alliance UUP Aontú SF Green Con UKIP WP UCU Oth
2005 32.3% 28.4% 0.0% 22.7% 0.0% 9.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.6%
2010 41.0% 23.7% 15.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17.3% 0.0%
2015 24.5% 22.2% 17.2% 9.1% 0.0% 13.9% 5.7% 1.5% 4.9% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 25.9% 30.4% 18.2% 3.5% 0.0% 16.3% 5.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 57.2% 24.7% 14.3% 2.7% 1.2% 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%
222 Belfast South 32.5%
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%
240 Belfast South 57.2%
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%
320 Belfast South 67.7%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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