UK general elections2015 › Strangford

Strangford — 2015

Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 15,053 votes44.4% of 33,924 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. 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 33,924

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jim Shannon Democratic Unionist Party 15,05344.4%−5.6 ptsElected
2Robert Burgess Ulster Unionist Party 4,86814.3%
3Kellie Armstrong Alliance 4,68713.8%
4Joe Boyle Social Democratic & Labour Party 2,3356.9%
5Joe Jordan UK Independence Party 2,2376.6%
6Johnny Andrews Conservative Party 2,1676.4%
7Stephen Cooper Traditional Unionist Voice 1,7015.0%
8Sheila Bailie Sinn Féin 8762.6%

Electorate 64,289 · Turnout 52.8% · Majority 10,185 · Back to 2015 overview

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.