UK general elections › 2015 › Belfast East
Belfast East — 2015
Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 19,575 votes— 49.3% of 39,682 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,682
| 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 | Gavin Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party | 19,575 | 49.3% | −0.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Naomi Long | Alliance | 16,978 | 42.8% | — | |
| 3 | Neil Wilson | Conservative Party | 1,121 | 2.8% | — | |
| 4 | Ross Brown | Green Party Northern Ireland | 1,058 | 2.7% | — | |
| 5 | Niall Ó Donnghaile | Sinn Féin | 823 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Mary Muldoon | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 127 | 0.3% | — |
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.