Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1922 onwards
Belfast North (Irish: Béal Feirste Thuaidh) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
| Belfast North | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Belfast North in Northern Ireland | |
| Districts of Northern Ireland | Belfast, Newtownabbey |
| Population | 102,531 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 67,422 (March 2011) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1922 |
| Member of Parliament | John Finucane (Sinn Féin) |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Created from | Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Shankill |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Type of constituency | borough constituency |
| Replaced by | Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Shankill |
| Created from | Belfast |
Election results
change| General election 2019: Belfast North[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | John Finucane | 23,078 | 47.1 | +5.4 | |
| DUP | Nigel Dodds | 21,135 | 43.1 | -3.1 | |
| Alliance | Nuala McAllister | 4,824 | 9.8 | +4.4 | |
| Majority | 1,943 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 49,037 | 67.9 | +0.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,225 | ||||
| Sinn Féin gain from DUP | Swing | +4.3 | |||
This seat saw the only increase in vote share for Sinn Féin at the 2019 general election.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Usual Resident Population". Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ "Belfast North 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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