UK general elections › 2017 › Belfast South
Belfast South — 2017
Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 13,299 votes— 30.4% of 43,705 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. 30.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −19.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,705
| 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 | Emma Little Pengelly | Democratic Unionist Party | 13,299 | 30.4% | −19.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alasdair McDonnell | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 11,303 | 25.9% | — | |
| 3 | Paula Bradshaw | Alliance | 7,946 | 18.2% | — | |
| 4 | Mairtin Samuel O Muilleoir | Sinn Féin | 7,143 | 16.3% | — | |
| 5 | Clare Bailey | Green Party Northern Ireland | 2,241 | 5.1% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Henderson | Ulster Unionist Party | 1,527 | 3.5% | — | |
| 7 | Clare Salier | Conservative Party | 246 | 0.6% | — |
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.