UK general elections › 2010 › Belfast North
Belfast North — 2010
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 14,812 votes— 40.0% of 36,993 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 40.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,993
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Dodds | Democratic Unionist Party | 14,812 | −10.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gerry Kelly | Sinn Féin | 12,588 | — | ||
| 3 | Alban Maginness | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 4,544 | — | ||
| 4 | Fred Cobain | Independent | 2,837 | — | ||
| 5 | William Webb | Alliance | 1,809 | — | ||
| 6 | Martin McAuley | Independent | 403 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.