UK general elections › 2019 › Belfast North
Belfast North — 2019
John Finucane (Sinn Féin) was elected with 23,078 votes— 47.1% of 49,037 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. 47.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,037
| 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 | John Finucane | Sinn Féin | 23,078 | 47.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nigel Dodds | Democratic Unionist Party | 21,135 | 43.1% | — | |
| 3 | Nuala McAllister | Alliance | 4,824 | 9.8% | — |
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.