UK general elections › 2017 › North Down
North Down — 2017
Sylvia Hermon (Independent) was elected with 16,148 votes— 41.2% of 39,185 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. 41.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,185
| 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 | Sylvia Hermon | Independent | 16,148 | −8.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alex Easton | Democratic Unionist Party | 14,940 | — | ||
| 3 | Andrew Muir | Alliance | 3,639 | — | ||
| 4 | Steven Agnew | Green Party Northern Ireland | 2,549 | — | ||
| 5 | Frank Shivers | Conservative Party | 941 | — | ||
| 6 | Therese McCartney | Sinn Féin | 531 | — | ||
| 7 | Caoimhe McNeill | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 400 | — | ||
| 8 | Gavan Reynolds | Independent | 37 | — |
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.