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
Outline map
Boundary of Belfast West in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern IrelandBelfast, Lisburn
Electorate60,817 (March 2011)
Major settlementsBelfast
Current constituency
Created1922
Member of ParliamentPaul Maskey (Sinn Féin)
Created fromBelfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale
1885–1918
Number of members1
Type of constituencyborough constituency
Replaced byBelfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale
Created fromBelfast

Election results

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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

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  1. "Belfast West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)