Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Belfast West in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern Ireland	Belfast, Lisburn
Electorate	60,817 (March 2011)
Major settlements	Belfast
Current constituency
Created	1922
Member of Parliament	Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin)
Created from	Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale
1885–1918
Number of members	1
Type of constituency	borough constituency
Replaced by	Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale
Created from	Belfast

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

Election results

General election 2019: Belfast West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey	20,866	53.8	―12.9
	People Before Profit	Gerry Carroll	6,194	16.0	+5.8
	DUP	Frank McCoubrey	5,220	13.5	+0.1
	SDLP	Paul Doherty	2,985	7.7	+0.7
	Alliance	Donnamarie Higgins	1,882	4.9	+3.1
	Aontú	Monica Digney	1,635	4.2	New
Majority			14,672	37.8	―15.5
Turnout			38,782	59.1	―6.3
Registered electors			65,621
	Sinn Féin hold		Swing

This seat had the largest Sinn Féin vote share at the 2019 general election. It also saw the only increase in vote share for the DUP at the election.^[2]

References

1. "Belfast West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.