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Belfast North — 2024
John Finucane (Sinn Féin) was elected with 17,674 votes— 43.7% of 40,452 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,452
| 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 (Sinn Fein) | 17,674 | −6.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Phillip Brett | Democratic Unionist Party | 12,062 | — | ||
| 3 | Nuala McAllister | Alliance | 4,274 | — | ||
| 4 | David Clarke | Traditional Unionist Voice | 2,877 | — | ||
| 5 | Carl Whyte | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 1,413 | — | ||
| 6 | Mal O'Hara | Green Party Northern Ireland | 1,206 | — | ||
| 7 | Fiona Ferguson | People Before Profit Alliance | 946 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.