Election for the constituency of Belfast West on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Belfast West, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Sinn Féin hold by Paul Maskey with a majority of 14,672 - 37.8% - on a turnout of 59.1%.

An electorate of 65,644, having a valid vote count of 38,782 and an invalid vote count of 206.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MASKEY, Paul SF 20,866 53.8% -12.9%
CARROLL, Gerry PBPA 6,194 16.0% 5.8%
MCCOUBREY, Frank DUP 5,220 13.5% 0.0%
DOHERTY, Paul SDLP 2,985 7.7% 0.7%
HIGGINS, Donnamarie APNI 1,882 4.9% 3.1%
DIGNEY, Monica AONT 1,635 4.2% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 02:50 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.