UK general elections2017 › Strangford

Strangford — 2017

Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 24,036 votes62.0% of 38,749 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,749

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jim Shannon Democratic Unionist Party 24,03662.0%+12.0 ptsElected
2Kellie Armstrong Alliance 5,69314.7%
3Mike Nesbitt Ulster Unionist Party 4,41911.4%
4Joe Boyle Social Democratic & Labour Party 2,4046.2%
5Carole Murphy Sinn Féin 1,0832.8%
6Ricky Bamford Green Party Northern Ireland 6071.6%
7Claire Hiscott Conservative Party 5071.3%

Electorate 64,327 · Turnout 60.2% · Majority 18,343 · Back to 2017 overview

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.