Election 2019

Belfast North

Parliamentary constituency

Candidates

Candidates listed alphabetically by surname

  • Democratic Unionist Party
    Nigel Dodds
  • Sinn Féin
    John Finucane
  • Alliance Party
    Nuala McAllister

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DUP HOLD DUP HOLD

Results

General Election 2017 results
Party Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

DUP

Democratic Unionist Party

 Nigel Dodds Votes 21,240 header_vote_share 46.2 Net percentage change in seats -0.8
Party

SF

Sinn Fein

 John Finucane Votes 19,159 header_vote_share 41.7 Net percentage change in seats +7.8
Party

APNI

Alliance Party

 Sam Nelson Votes 2,475 header_vote_share 5.4 Net percentage change in seats -1.9
Party

SDLP

Social Democratic & Labour Party

 Martin McAuley Votes 2,058 header_vote_share 4.5 Net percentage change in seats -3.7
Party

GRN

Green Party

 Malachai O'Hara Votes 644 header_vote_share 1.4 Net percentage change in seats +1.4
Party

WP

Workers Party

 Gemma Weir Votes 360 header_vote_share 0.8 Net percentage change in seats -1.5

Change compared with 2015
DUP HOLD

Results

Democratic Unionist Party
, with candidate Nigel Dodds
, have the following results:
  • 19,096 total votes taken.
  • 47.0% share of the total vote
  • +7.0% change in share of the votes
Sinn Fein
, with candidate Gerry Kelly
, have the following results:
  • 13,770 total votes taken.
  • 33.9% share of the total vote
  • -0.1% change in share of the votes
Social Democratic & Labour Party
, with candidate Alban Maginness
, have the following results:
  • 3,338 total votes taken.
  • 8.2% share of the total vote
  • -4.1% change in share of the votes
Alliance Party
, with candidate Jason O'Neill
, have the following results:
  • 2,941 total votes taken.
  • 7.2% share of the total vote
  • +2.4% change in share of the votes
Workers Party
, with candidate Gemma Weir
, have the following results:
  • 919 total votes taken.
  • 2.3% share of the total vote
  • +2.3% change in share of the votes
Independent
, with candidate Fra Hughes
, have the following results:
  • 529 total votes taken.
  • 1.3% share of the total vote
  • +1.3% change in share of the votes

Change compared with 2010

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Belfast North constituency profile

A historically unionist urban constituency that takes in the northern part of the city of Belfast, it has been represented in Parliament by the DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds since 2001.

It has always been represented by unionist MPs, with the exception of a brief period between 1973 and 1974 when Stratton Mills, elected as a unionist, defected to the newly-formed Alliance Party.

When the constituency was briefly split in two between 1918 and 1922, one part of it – Belfast Duncairn – was represented by the famous unionist leader Edward Carson.

With an electorate of 67,214 (as of 1 November) the constituency is very socially mixed. The areas around Belfast Castle include tree-lined avenues and large houses, while the lower Antrim Road area has a high level of deprivation. A number of peace lines remain within the constituency – which has a large nationalist population despite being held by a unionist MP. Nationalist candidates have come increasingly close to winning the constituency in recent years – in 2017 John Finucane of Sinn Féin was 2,081 votes behind Nigel Dodds.

Belfast Castle
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Some of the most affluent parts of Belfast North are near Belfast Castle