UK general elections › 2015 › Belfast North
Belfast North — 2015
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 19,096 votes— 47.0% of 40,593 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. 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,593
| 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 | 19,096 | 47.0% | −3.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gerry Kelly | Sinn Féin | 13,770 | 33.9% | — | |
| 3 | Alban Maginness | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3,338 | 8.2% | — | |
| 4 | Jason O'Neill | Alliance | 2,941 | 7.2% | — | |
| 5 | Gemma Weir | The Workers' Party | 919 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Fra Hughes | Independent | 529 | 1.3% | — |
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.