UK general elections › 2017 › Belfast West
Belfast West — 2017
Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) was elected with 27,107 votes— 66.7% of 40,633 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 66.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +16.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,633
| 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 | Paul Maskey | Sinn Féin | 27,107 | 66.7% | +16.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Frank McCoubrey | Democratic Unionist Party | 5,455 | 13.4% | — | |
| 3 | Gerry Carroll | People Before Profit Alliance | 4,132 | 10.2% | — | |
| 4 | Tim Attwood | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,860 | 7.0% | — | |
| 5 | Sorcha Eastwood | Alliance | 731 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Conor Campbell | The Workers' Party | 348 | 0.9% | — |
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.