Belfast North - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Belfast North constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

	Name	Belfast North
	Region	Northern Ireland
	1st in 2024		Sinn Fein
	2nd in 2024		DUP
	Swing To Lose	6.94%

Note: 'Swing To Lose' is the swing needed by the 2nd placed party against the 1st placed party to win the seat.

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2024	Sinn Fein
	Election 2019 (New Boundaries)	Sinn Fein
	Election 2019	Sinn Fein
	Election 2017	DUP
	Election 2015	DUP
	Election 2010	DUP
	Election 2005 (New Boundaries)	DUP
	Election 2005	DUP
	Election 2001	DUP
	Election 1997	UUP
	Election 1992	UUP
	Election 1987	UUP
	Election 1983	UUP
	Election 1979	DUP
	Election 1974 (October)	UUP
	Election 1974 (February)	UUP
	Election 1970	UUP
	Election 1966	UUP
	Election 1964	UUP
	Election 1959	UUP
	Election 1955	UUP

Election 2024

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Sinn Fein	17,674	43.69%	-4.41%
	DUP	12,062	29.82%	-10.52%
	Alliance NI	4,274	10.57%	-0.03%
	TUV	2,877	7.11%	N/A
	SDLP	1,413	3.49%	+3.03%
	Green	1,206	2.98%	N/A
	Minor	946	2.34%	N/A
Majority		5,612	13.87%
Turnout		40,452	54.49%	-12.96%
Electorate		74,240
Swing from DUP to APNI			5.25%
Swing from DUP to SF			3.05%
Swing from SF to APNI			2.19%
	Sinn Fein hold

Election 2019 (New Boundaries)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Sinn Fein	23,158	48.11%	+1.04%
	DUP	19,419	40.34%	-2.76%
	Alliance NI	5,099	10.59%	+0.75%
	SDLP	225	0.47%	N/A
	UUP	161	0.33%	N/A
	Minor	57	0.12%	N/A
	Conservative	5	0.01%	N/A
	Others	16	0.03%	N/A
Majority		3,739	7.77%
Turnout		48,140	67.45%	-0.45%
Electorate		71,372
Swing from DUP to SF			1.90%
Swing from DUP to APNI			1.76%
Swing from APNI to SF			0.14%
	Sinn Fein hold

Election 2019

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Sinn Fein	23,078	47.06%	+5.35%
	DUP	21,135	43.10%	-3.14%
	Alliance NI	4,824	9.84%	+4.45%
Majority		1,943	3.96%
Turnout		49,037	67.89%	+0.59%
Electorate		72,225
Swing from DUP to SF			4.25%
Swing from DUP to APNI			3.79%
Swing from APNI to SF			0.45%
	Sinn Fein gain from DUP

Election 2017

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	21,240	46.24%	-0.80%
	Sinn Fein	19,159	41.71%	+7.79%
	Alliance NI	2,475	5.39%	-1.86%
	SDLP	2,058	4.48%	-3.74%
	Green	644	1.40%	N/A
	Minor	360	0.78%	N/A
Majority		2,081	4.53%
Turnout		45,936	67.31%	+8.09%
Electorate		68,249
Swing from APNI to SF			4.82%
Swing from DUP to SF			4.30%
Swing from APNI to DUP			0.53%
	DUP hold

Election 2015

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	19,096	47.04%	+7.00%
	Sinn Fein	13,770	33.92%	-0.11%
	SDLP	3,338	8.22%	-4.06%
	Alliance NI	2,941	7.25%	+2.35%
	Minor	919	2.26%	N/A
	Others	529	1.30%	N/A
Majority		5,326	13.12%
Turnout		40,593	59.21%	+2.74%
Electorate		68,553
Swing from SDLP to DUP			5.53%
Swing from SF to DUP			3.55%
Swing from SDLP to SF			1.98%
	DUP hold

Election 2010

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	14,812	40.04%	-5.59%
	Sinn Fein	12,588	34.03%	+5.39%
	SDLP	4,544	12.28%	-3.92%
	UCU-NF	2,837	7.67%	N/A
	Alliance NI	1,809	4.89%	N/A
	Minor	403	1.09%	N/A
Majority		2,224	6.01%
Turnout		36,993	56.47%	-1.31%
Electorate		65,504
Swing from DUP to SF			5.49%
Swing from SDLP to SF			4.66%
Swing from DUP to SDLP			0.83%
	DUP hold

Election 2005 (New Boundaries)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	13,935	45.63%	0.00%
	Sinn Fein	8,747	28.64%	0.00%
	SDLP	4,950	16.21%	0.00%
	UUP	2,154	7.05%	0.00%
	Minor	438	1.43%	N/A
	Others	316	1.03%	N/A
Majority		5,188	16.99%
Turnout		30,540	57.78%	-0.35%
Electorate		52,853
Swing from SF to DUP			0.00%
Swing from SDLP to DUP			0.00%
Swing from SDLP to SF			0.00%
	DUP hold

Election 2005

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	13,935	45.63%	+4.79%
	Sinn Fein	8,747	28.64%	+3.40%
	SDLP	4,950	16.21%	-4.78%
	UUP	2,154	7.05%	-4.93%
	Alliance NI	438	1.43%	N/A
	Minor	165	0.54%	N/A
	Others	151	0.49%	N/A
Majority		5,188	16.99%
Turnout		30,540	58.13%	-9.03%
Electorate		52,535
Swing from SDLP to DUP			4.78%
Swing from SDLP to SF			4.09%
Swing from SF to DUP			0.69%
	DUP hold

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	16,718	40.84%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	10,331	25.24%	+5.04%
	SDLP	8,592	20.99%	+0.60%
	UUP	4,904	11.98%	-39.83%
	Minor	253	0.62%	N/A
	Others	134	0.33%	N/A
Majority		6,387	15.60%
Turnout		40,932	67.17%	+2.98%
Electorate		60,941
Swing from SDLP to DUP			20.12%
Swing from SF to DUP			17.90%
Swing from SDLP to SF			2.22%
	DUP gain from UUP

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	21,478	51.81%	+3.81%
	SDLP	8,454	20.39%	-0.81%
	Sinn Fein	8,375	20.20%	+7.14%
	Alliance NI	2,221	5.36%	-0.90%
	Green	539	1.30%	N/A
	Minor	297	0.72%	N/A
	Others	88	0.21%	N/A
Majority		13,024	31.42%
Turnout		41,452	64.19%	-1.03%
Electorate		64,577
Swing from SDLP to SF			3.97%
Swing from SDLP to UUP			2.31%
Swing from UUP to SF			1.66%
	UUP hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	17,240	48.00%	+9.01%
	SDLP	7,615	21.20%	+5.46%
	Sinn Fein	4,693	13.07%	-0.68%
	Alliance NI	2,246	6.25%	-1.54%
	Conservative	2,107	5.87%	N/A
	Minor	1,386	3.86%	N/A
	Others	627	1.75%	N/A
Majority		9,625	26.80%
Turnout		35,914	65.22%	+2.95%
Electorate		55,068
Swing from SF to UUP			4.85%
Swing from SF to SDLP			3.07%
Swing from SDLP to UUP			1.77%
	UUP hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	14,355	38.99%	+2.83%
	SDLP	5,795	15.74%	+1.73%
	Minor	5,671	15.40%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	5,062	13.75%	+0.90%
	Alliance NI	2,871	7.80%	-1.35%
	Others	3,062	8.32%	N/A
Majority		8,560	23.25%
Turnout		36,816	62.27%	-7.17%
Electorate		59,124
Swing from SDLP to MIN			3.99%
Swing from UUP to MIN			3.44%
Swing from SDLP to UUP			0.55%
	UUP hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	15,339	36.16%	+10.90%
	DUP	8,260	19.47%	-8.13%
	SDLP	5,944	14.01%	-4.46%
	Sinn Fein	5,451	12.85%	N/A
	Alliance NI	3,879	9.14%	-0.59%
	Minor	2,412	5.69%	N/A
	Others	1,134	2.67%	N/A
Majority		7,079	16.69%
Turnout		42,419	69.44%	+4.37%
Electorate		61,087
Swing from DUP to UUP			9.52%
Swing from SDLP to UUP			7.68%
Swing from DUP to SDLP			1.84%
	UUP gain from DUP

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	11,690	27.61%	N/A
	UUP	10,695	25.26%	-37.39%
	SDLP	7,823	18.47%	-5.60%
	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland	4,220	9.97%	N/A
	Alliance NI	4,120	9.73%	+1.69%
	Republican Clubs	1,907	4.50%	N/A
	NI Labour Party	1,889	4.46%	-0.78%
Majority		995	2.35%
Turnout		42,344	65.07%	-0.90%
Electorate		65,073
Swing from UUP to DUP			32.50%
Swing from SDLP to DUP			16.60%
Swing from UUP to SDLP			15.89%
	DUP gain from UUP

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	29,662	62.64%	+18.89%
	SDLP	11,400	24.08%	-0.32%
	Alliance NI	3,807	8.04%	N/A
	NI Labour Party	2,481	5.24%	-0.69%
Majority		18,262	38.57%
Turnout		47,350	65.97%	-3.25%
Electorate		71,774
Swing from SDLP to UUP			9.60%
Swing from APNI to UUP			5.42%
Swing from SDLP to APNI			4.18%
	UUP hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	21,531	43.76%	-4.69%
	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland	12,755	25.92%	N/A
	SDLP	12,003	24.39%	N/A
	NI Labour Party	2,917	5.93%	-26.00%
Majority		8,776	17.84%
Turnout		49,206	69.22%	-8.91%
Electorate		71,083
Swing from UUP to UPNI			15.31%
Swing from UUP to SDLP			14.54%
Swing from SDLP to UPNI			0.76%
	UUP hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	28,668	48.45%	-8.99%
	NI Labour Party	18,894	31.93%	-10.63%
	Protestant Unionist	11,173	18.88%	N/A
	Independent Unionist	441	0.75%	N/A
Majority		9,774	16.52%
Turnout		59,176	78.13%	+12.59%
Electorate		75,740
Swing from NILAB to PROU			14.76%
Swing from UUP to PROU			13.94%
Swing from NILAB to UUP			0.82%
	UUP hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	26,891	57.44%	-2.18%
	NI Labour Party	19,927	42.56%	+7.63%
Majority		6,964	14.87%
Turnout		46,818	65.54%	-3.91%
Electorate		71,434
Swing from UUP to NILAB			4.90%
	UUP hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	29,976	59.61%	-1.12%
	NI Labour Party	17,564	34.93%	+30.86%
	Independent Republican	2,743	5.46%	N/A
Majority		12,412	24.68%
Turnout		50,283	69.45%	-1.65%
Electorate		72,400
Swing from UUP to NILAB			15.99%
Swing from INDR to NILAB			12.70%
Swing from UUP to INDR			3.29%
	UUP hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	32,173	60.74%	-2.52%
	Sinn Fein	18,640	35.19%	+26.69%
	NI Labour Party	2,156	4.07%	-24.17%
Majority		13,533	25.55%
Turnout		52,969	71.11%	+1.82%
Electorate		74,494
Swing from NILAB to SF			25.43%
Swing from UUP to SF			14.61%
Swing from NILAB to UUP			10.83%
	UUP hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	UUP	33,745	63.26%	N/A
	NI Labour Party	15,065	28.24%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	4,534	8.50%	N/A
Majority		18,680	35.02%
Turnout		53,344	69.29%	N/A
Electorate		76,990
	UUP win