UK general elections2019 › Belfast West

Belfast West — 2019

Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) was elected with 20,866 votes53.8% of 38,782 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,782

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
1Paul Maskey Sinn Féin 20,86653.8%+3.8 ptsElected
2Gerry Carroll People Before Profit Alliance 6,19416.0%
3Frank McCoubrey Democratic Unionist Party 5,22013.5%
4Paul Doherty Social Democratic & Labour Party 2,9857.7%
5Donnamarie Higgins Alliance 1,8824.9%
6Monica Digney Aontú 1,6354.2%

Electorate 65,644 · Turnout 59.1% · Majority 14,672 · 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.