UK general elections › 2017 › Belfast North
Belfast North — 2017
Nigel Dodds (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 21,240 votes— 46.2% of 45,936 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. 46.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,936
| 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 | Nigel Dodds | Democratic Unionist Party | 21,240 | 46.2% | −3.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Finucane | Sinn Féin | 19,159 | 41.7% | — | |
| 3 | Sam Nelson | Alliance | 2,475 | 5.4% | — | |
| 4 | Martin McAuley | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,058 | 4.5% | — | |
| 5 | Malachai O'Hara | Green Party Northern Ireland | 644 | 1.4% | — | |
| 6 | Gemma Weir | The Workers' Party | 360 | 0.8% | — |
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.