UK general elections › 2015 › Belfast South
Belfast South — 2015
Alasdair McDonnell (Social Democratic & Labour Party) was elected with 9,560 votes— 24.5% of 38,957 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. 24.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −25.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,957
| 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 | Alasdair McDonnell | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 9,560 | −25.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jonathan Bell | Democratic Unionist Party | 8,654 | — | ||
| 3 | Paula Bradshaw | Alliance | 6,711 | — | ||
| 4 | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | Sinn Féin | 5,402 | — | ||
| 5 | Rodney McCune | Ulster Unionist Party | 3,549 | — | ||
| 6 | Clare Bailey | Green Party Northern Ireland | 2,238 | — | ||
| 7 | Bob Stoker | UK Independence Party | 1,900 | — | ||
| 8 | Ben Manton | Conservative Party | 582 | — | ||
| 9 | Lily Kerr | The Workers' Party | 361 | — |
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.