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Belfast North — 2019

John Finucane (Sinn Féin) was elected with 23,078 votes47.1% 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

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
1John Finucane Sinn Féin 23,07847.1%−2.9 ptsElected
2Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist Party 21,13543.1%
3Nuala McAllister Alliance 4,8249.8%

Electorate 72,225 · Turnout 67.9% · Majority 1,943 · Back to 2019 overview

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.