Sinn Féin's John Finucane has retained his seat
Voters across the Belfast North constituency have gone to the polls in the 2024 General Election and the constituency's 2024 MP has been declared.
Belfast North is a constituency with a nationalist majority. Historically, it had a narrow unionist majority, which has decreased over time. Those from a Catholic background now slightly outnumber those from a Protestant background , according to the 2011 census. Sinn Fein's John Finucane has retained his seat in the 2024 General Election with 17,674 votes. In the 2019 Westminster election, John Finucane won 47.1% of the vote and took the seat from the DUP's Nigel Dodds, who had been the MP for the area since 2001, and received a vote share of 43.1%.Polls closed at 10pm on Thursday, July 4, with counts taking place overnight.
Full list of candidates running in Belfast North Phillip Brett - DUP 12,062 David Clarke - TUV 2,877 Fiona Ferguson - PBP 946 John Finucane - Sinn Féin 17,674 ELECTED Nuala McAllister - Alliance 4,274 Mal O'Hara - Green Party 1,206 Carl Whyte - SDLP 1,413 You can find all the results for the Belfast North constituency, and across the UK as they are announced, in the interactive widget below.
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