UK general elections › 2017 › Belfast East
Belfast East — 2017
Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 23,917 votes— 55.8% of 42,890 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,890
| 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 | Gavin Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party | 23,917 | +5.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Naomi Long | Alliance | 15,443 | — | ||
| 3 | Hazel Legge | Ulster Unionist Party | 1,408 | — | ||
| 4 | Mairead O'Donnell | Sinn Féin | 894 | — | ||
| 5 | Georgina Milne | Green Party Northern Ireland | 561 | — | ||
| 6 | Sheila Bodel | Conservative Party | 446 | — | ||
| 7 | Seamas de Faoite | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 167 | — | ||
| 8 | Bobby Beck | Independent | 54 | — |
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.