Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Belfast North in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern Ireland	Belfast, Newtownabbey
Population	102,531 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	67,422 (March 2011)
Current constituency
Created	1922
Member of Parliament	John Finucane (Sinn Féin)
Number of members	1
Created from	Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Shankill
1885–1918
Number of members	1
Type of constituency	borough constituency
Replaced by	Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Shankill
Created from	Belfast

Belfast North (Irish: Béal Feirste Thuaidh) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Election results

General election 2019: Belfast North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	John Finucane	23,078	47.1	+5.4
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	21,135	43.1	-3.1
	Alliance	Nuala McAllister	4,824	9.8	+4.4
Majority			1,943	4.0	N/A
Turnout			49,037	67.9	+0.3
Registered electors			72,225
	Sinn Féin gain from DUP		Swing	+4.3

This seat saw the only increase in vote share for Sinn Féin at the 2019 general election.^[3]

References

1. "Usual Resident Population". Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
2. "Belfast North Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.