DUP leader Gavin Robinson went head-to-head with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, alongside Ryan North, Séamas de Faoite, John Ross, Brian Smyth and Ryan Warren
Voters across the Belfast East constituency have gone to the polls in the 2024 General Election and the constituency's 2024 MP has been declared.
East Belfast has been an historic unionist stronghold since the constituency was created in 1855 with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long the only non-unionist to win the seat when she defeated the DUP's Peter Robinson - who had been MP for the area for 31 - years back in 2010. A total of 42,706 votes were cast in Belfast East and it was the DUP leader Gavin Robinson who retained his seat with a total of 19,894 votes.Polls closed at 10pm on Thursday, July 4, with counts taking place overnight. Results from across the UK will continue to be declared in the early hours of Friday, and you can follow them all via our live blog.
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