Election Results

General election 2024

The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Belfast North on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Belfast North, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

DUP hold by Nigel Dodds with a majority of 2,224 - 6.0% - on a turnout of 56.5%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DODDS, Nigel DUP 14,812 40.0% -2.9%
KELLY, Gerry SF 12,588 34.0% 7.1%
MAGINNESS, Alban SDLP 4,544 12.3% -4.5%
COBAIN, Fred Ind 2,837 7.7% -
WEBB, William APNI 1,809 4.9% -
MCAULEY, Martin Ind 403 1.1% -

An electorate of 65,504, having a valid vote count of 36,993 and an invalid vote count of 240.

Result declared at 02:45 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.

This constituency of Belfast North was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for Northern Ireland. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are calculated from notional results.