Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1922 onwards
Belfast West (Irish: Béal Feirste Thiar) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
| Belfast West | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Belfast West in Northern Ireland | |
| Districts of Northern Ireland | Belfast, Lisburn |
| Electorate | 60,817 (March 2011) |
| Major settlements | Belfast |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1922 |
| Member of Parliament | Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) |
| Created from | Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Type of constituency | borough constituency |
| Replaced by | Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale |
| Created from | Belfast |
Election results
change| General election 2019: Belfast West[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 20,866 | 53.8 | ―12.9 | |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | 6,194 | 16.0 | +5.8 | |
| DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 5,220 | 13.5 | +0.1 | |
| SDLP | Paul Doherty | 2,985 | 7.7 | +0.7 | |
| Alliance | Donnamarie Higgins | 1,882 | 4.9 | +3.1 | |
| Aontú | Monica Digney | 1,635 | 4.2 | New | |
| Majority | 14,672 | 37.8 | ―15.5 | ||
| Turnout | 38,782 | 59.1 | ―6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 65,621 | ||||
| Sinn Féin hold | Swing | ||||
This seat had the largest Sinn Féin vote share at the 2019 general election. It also saw the only increase in vote share for the DUP at the election.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Belfast West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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