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Belfast North election results 1885-2010

[] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Belfast North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	�%
	Democratic Unionist	Nigel Dodds	14,812	40.0	-2.9
	Sinn F�in	Gerry Kelly	12,588	34.0	+7.1
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	4,544	12.3	-4.5
	Conservatives and Unionists	Fred Cobain	2,837	7.7	-1.8
	Alliance	Billy Webb	1,809	4.9	+2.0
	Independent	Martin McAuley	403	1.1	+1.1
Majority			2,224	6.0
Turnout			36,993	56.5	-1.1
	Democratic Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Unionist	Nigel Dodds	13,935	45.6	+4.8
	Sinn F�in	Gerry Kelly	8,747	28.6	+3.4
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	4,950	16.2	-4.8
	Ulster Unionist	Fred Cobain	2,154	7.1	-4.9
	Alliance	Marjorie Hawkins	438	1.4	+1.4
	Workers' Party	Marcella Delaney	165	0.5	-0.1
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Lynda Gilby	151	0.5	+0.2
Majority			5,188	17.0
Turnout			30,540	57.8	-9.4
	Democratic Unionist hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 2001: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Unionist	Nigel Dodds	16,718	40.8	0.0
	Sinn F�in	Gerry Kelly	10,331	25.2	+5.0
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	8,592	21.0	+0.6
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	4,904	12.0	-39.8
	Workers' Party	Marcella Delaney	253	0.6	-0.1
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	134	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,387	15.6
Turnout			40,932	67.2	+3.0
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

[] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	21,478	51.8	-.04
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	8,454	20.4	+1.9
	Sinn F�in	Gerry Kelly	8,375	20.2	+8.7
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	2,221	5.4	-2.4
	Green (NI)	Peter Emerson	539	1.3	N/A
	Workers' Party	P. Treanor	297	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	A. Gribben	98	0.2	N/A
Majority			13,024	31.4
Turnout				64.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

1997 Changes are compared to the 1992 notional results shown below ^[6].

Notional 1992 UK General Election Result: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	N/A	22,259	52.4	N/a
	SDLP	N/A	7,867	18.52	N/A
	Sinn F�in	N/A	4,882	11.5	N/A
	Alliance	N/A	3,321	7.8	N/A
	Conservative	N/A	2,107	5.0	N/A
	Others	N/A	2,041	4.8	N/A
Majority			14,392	33.9	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	17,240	48.0
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	7,615	21.2
	Sinn F�in	Paddy McManus	4,693	13.1
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	2,246	6.3
	Conservative	Margaret Redpath	2,107	5.9
	New Agenda	Seamus Lynch	1,386	3.9
	Workers' Party	M. Smith	419	1.2
	Natural Law	D. O'Leary	208	0.6
Majority			9,625
Turnout				65.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	14,355	39.0
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	5,795	15.7
	Protestant Unionist	George Seawright	5,671	15.4
	Sinn F�in	Paddy McManus	5,062	13.8
	Workers' Party	Seamus Lynch	3,062	8.3
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	2,871	7.8
Majority			8,560	23.3
Turnout				62.3
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

Belfast North by-election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	21,649
	Alliance	Paul Maguire	5,072
	Workers' Party	Seamus Lynch	3,563
Majority			16,577
Turnout
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	15,339	36.2
	Democratic Unionist	George Seawright	8,260	19.5
	SDLP	Brian Feeny	5,944	14.0
	Sinn F�in	Joe Austin	5,451	12.9
	Alliance	Paul Maguire	3,879	9.1
	Workers' Party	Seamus Lynch	2,412	5.7
	Independent DUP	William Gault	1,134	2.7
Majority			7,079	16.7
Turnout				69.4
	Ulster Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist		Swing

[] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Unionist	Johnny McQuade	11,690	27.6
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Walker	10,695	25.3
	SDLP	Paschal O'Hare	7,823	18.5
	Unionist Party NI	Anne Dickson	4,220	10.0
	Alliance	John Cushnahan	4,120	9.7
	Republican Clubs	Seamus Lynch	1,907	4.5
	Labour (NI)	Alan Carr	1,889	4.4
Majority			995	2.4
Turnout			42,344	65.1
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

General Election October 1974: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	John Carson	29,662	62.6
	SDLP	Thomas Donnelly	11,400	24.1
	Alliance	John Ferguson	3,807	8.1
	Labour (NI)	Billy Boyd	2,481	5.2
Majority			18,222	38.5
Turnout			47,670	65.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	John Carson	21,531	43.7
	Pro-Assembly Unionist	David Smyth	12,755	25.9
	SDLP	Thomas Donnelly	12,003	24.4
	Labour (NI)	Sandy Scott	2,917	5.9
Majority			8,776	17.8
Turnout				68.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Stratton Mills	28,668	48.5
	Labour (NI)	John Sharkey	18,894	31.9
	Protestant Unionist	William Beattie	11,173	18.8
	Independent Unionist	John McKeague	441	0.8
Majority			9,774	16.5
Turnout			59,176	78.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Stratton Mills	26,891	57.4
	Labour (NI)	David Overend	19,927	42.6
Majority			6,964	14.9
Turnout			46,818	65.5
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Stratton Mills	29,976	59.6
	Labour (NI)	John McDowell	17,564	34.9
	Independent Republican	Francis McGlade	2,743	5.5
Majority			12,412	24.7
Turnout			50,283	69.5
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Stratton Mills	32,173	60.7
	Labour (NI)	John McDowell	18,640	35.2
	Sinn F�in	Francis McGlade	2,156	4.1
Majority			13,533	25.6
Turnout			52,969	71.1
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Harford Hyde	33,745	63.3
	Labour (NI)	Billy Boyd	15,065	28.2
	Sinn F�in	Francis McGlade	4,534	8.5
Majority			18,680
Turnout				69.3
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Harford Hyde	34,995	60.7
	Labour (NI)	James Morrow	22,685	39.3
Majority			12,310	21.3
Turnout			57,680	75.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Harford Hyde	36,412	64.4
	Labour (NI)	William Leeburn	20,146	35.6
Majority			16,266	28.8
Turnout			56,558	74.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William Frederick Neill	25,761	55.3
	Labour (NI)	William Leeburn	20,845	44.7
Majority			4,916	10.6
Turnout			46,606	63.6
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Somerset	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1931: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Somerset	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

[] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Somerset	27,812	62.1
	Independent Unionist	Tommy Henderson	10,909	24.4
	Independent	David Wilson	6,059	13.5
Majority			16,903	37.8
Turnout			44,780	72.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McConnell	34,182	96.6
	Sinn F�in	Hugh Corvin	1,192	3.4
Majority			32,990	93.3
Turnout			35,374	75.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McConnell	16,771	52.5
	Independent Unionist	Tommy Henderson	15,171	47.5
Majority			1,600	5.0
Turnout			31,942	68.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McConnell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

[] Elections in the 1900s

Belfast North by-election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	George Smith Clark	6,021
	Labour	William Walker	4,194
Majority			1,827
Turnout
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Daniel Dixon	4,907
	Labour	William Walker	4,616
Majority			291
Turnout
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

Belfast North by-election, 1905
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Daniel Dixon	4,440
	Labour	William Walker	3,966		N/A
Majority			474
Turnout
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1900: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	James Horner Haslett	4,172
	Ind. Liberal Unionist	T. Harrison	1,855
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1890s

Belfast North by-election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	James Horner Haslett	5,935
	Independent Unionist	Adam Turner	3,434
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Harland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1892: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Harland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[] Elections in the 1880s

Belfast North by-election, 1889: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Harland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1886: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William Ewart	4,522	86.1
	Irish Nationalist	J. Dempsey	732	13.9
Majority			3,790	72.1
Turnout			5,254
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Belfast North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	William Ewart	3,915
	Liberal	A. Bowman	1,330
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

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