UK general elections › 2019 › Belfast East
Belfast East — 2019
Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 20,874 votes— 49.2% of 42,445 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,445
| 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 | Gavin Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party | 20,874 | 49.2% | −0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Naomi Long | Alliance | 19,055 | 44.9% | — | |
| 3 | Carl McClean | Ulster Unionist Party | 2,516 | 5.9% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.