UK general elections › 2010 › Strangford
Strangford — 2010
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 14,926 votes— 45.9% of 32,505 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. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,505
| 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 | Jim Shannon | Democratic Unionist Party | 14,926 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mike Nesbitt | Independent | 9,050 | 27.8% | — | |
| 3 | Deborah Girvan | Alliance | 2,828 | 8.7% | — | |
| 4 | Claire Hanna | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,164 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Terry Williams | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,814 | 5.6% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Coogan | Sinn Féin | 1,161 | 3.6% | — | |
| 7 | Barbara Haig | Green Party Northern Ireland | 562 | 1.7% | — |
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.