UK general elections › 2015 › Strangford
Strangford — 2015
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 15,053 votes— 44.4% 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
| 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 | Jim Shannon | Democratic Unionist Party | 15,053 | 44.4% | −5.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Burgess | Ulster Unionist Party | 4,868 | 14.3% | — | |
| 3 | Kellie Armstrong | Alliance | 4,687 | 13.8% | — | |
| 4 | Joe Boyle | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,335 | 6.9% | — | |
| 5 | Joe Jordan | UK Independence Party | 2,237 | 6.6% | — | |
| 6 | Johnny Andrews | Conservative Party | 2,167 | 6.4% | — | |
| 7 | Stephen Cooper | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,701 | 5.0% | — | |
| 8 | Sheila Bailie | Sinn Féin | 876 | 2.6% | — |
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.