UK general elections › 2010 › Belfast West
Belfast West — 2010
Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin) was elected with 22,840 votes— 71.1% of 32,133 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 71.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +21.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,133
| 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 | Gerry Adams | Sinn Féin | 22,840 | +21.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alex Attwood | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 5,261 | — | ||
| 3 | William Humphrey | Democratic Unionist Party | 2,436 | — | ||
| 4 | Bill Manwaring | Independent | 1,000 | — | ||
| 5 | Maire Hendron | Alliance | 596 | — |
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.