UK general elections › 2015 › Belfast West
Belfast West — 2015
Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) was elected with 19,163 votes— 54.2% of 35,329 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,329
| 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 | Paul Maskey | Sinn Féin | 19,163 | +4.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gerry Carroll | People Before Profit Alliance | 6,798 | — | ||
| 3 | Alex Attwood | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3,475 | — | ||
| 4 | Frank McCoubrey | Democratic Unionist Party | 2,773 | — | ||
| 5 | Bill Manwaring | Ulster Unionist Party | 1,088 | — | ||
| 6 | Brian Higginson | UK Independence Party | 765 | — | ||
| 7 | Gerard Catney | Alliance | 636 | — | ||
| 8 | John Lowry | The Workers' Party | 597 | — | ||
| 9 | Paul Shea | Conservative Party | 34 | — |
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.