UK general elections2024 › Belfast West

Belfast West — 2024

Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) was elected with 21,009 votes52.9% of 39,743 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.9% 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. 39,743

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 (Sinn Fein)21,00952.9%+2.9 ptsElected
2Gerry Carrol People Before Profit Alliance 5,04812.7%
3Paul Doherty Social Democratic and Labour Party 4,31810.9%
4Frank McCoubrey Democratic Unionist Party 4,30410.8%
5Ann McClure Traditional Unionist Voice 2,0105.1%
6Eóin Millar Alliance 1,0772.7%
7Gerard Herdman Aontú 9042.3%
8Ben Sharkey Ulster Unionist Party 4611.2%
9Ash Jones Green Party Northern Ireland 4511.1%
10Tony Mallon Independent 1610.4%

Electorate 75,346 · Turnout 52.7% · Majority 15,961 · Back to 2024 overview

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.