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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, which will also include a link to a list of successful candidates on July 5th.

Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 Elections contested by Democratic Unionist Party

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Position
Belfast East ROBINSON, Peter 59,007 58.4% 11,306 32.8% -19.6% 2nd
Belfast North DODDS, Nigel 65,504 56.5% 14,812 40.0% -2.9% 1st
Belfast South SPRATT, Jimmy 59,524 57.4% 8,100 23.7% -5.9% 2nd
Belfast West HUMPHREY, William 59,522 54.0% 2,436 7.6% -3.3% 3rd
East Antrim WILSON, Sammy 60,204 50.7% 13,993 45.9% -1.0% 1st
East Londonderry CAMPBELL, Gregory 63,220 55.3% 12,097 34.6% -6.3% 1st
Foyle DEVENNEY, Maurice 65,843 57.5% 4,489 11.8% -2.2% 3rd
Lagan Valley DONALDSON, Jeffrey 65,257 56.0% 18,199 49.8% -8.5% 1st
Mid Ulster MCCREA, Ian 64,594 63.2% 5,876 14.4% -9.1% 2nd
Newry and Armagh IRWIN, William 74,308 60.4% 5,764 12.8% -5.5% 4th
North Antrim PAISLEY, Ian 73,338 57.8% 19,672 46.4% -10.4% 1st
South Antrim MCCREA, William 63,054 53.9% 11,536 33.9% -6.4% 1st
South Down WELLS, Jim 70,784 60.2% 3,645 8.6% -7.6% 3rd
Strangford SHANNON, Jim 60,539 53.7% 14,926 45.9% -8.8% 1st
Upper Bann SIMPSON, David 74,732 55.4% 14,000 33.8% -3.7% 1st
West Tyrone BUCHANAN, Thomas 61,148 61.0% 7,365 19.8% 2.0% 2nd

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

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.

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