Belfast North (Assembly constituency)

Belfast North
Borough Constituency
for the Northern Ireland Assembly

Belfast North shown within Northern Ireland
Districts Belfast City Council,
Newtownabbey
Current constituency
Created 1973
Assembly Members Paula Bradley
William Humphrey
Gerry Kelly
Nichola Mallon
Nelson McCausland
Carál Ní Chuilín

Belfast North is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast North UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1973 to 1974, 1983 to 1986 and 2010 to 2011 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983 to 1995 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
1973 Gerry Fitt
(SDLP)
Lloyd Hall-Thompson
(UUP/UPNI)
John Ferguson
(Alliance Party)
William Morgan
(UUP)
Frank Millar
(UUP/Independent Unionist)
John McQuade
(DUP)
1975 Billy Bell
(UUP)
William Annon
(DUP)
1982 Paschal O'Hare
(SDLP)
5 seats
1982-1998
Paul Maguire
(Alliance Party)
John Carson
(UUP)
George Seawright
(DUP)
1996 Gerry Kelly
(Sinn Féin)
Alban Maginness
(SDLP)
David Browne
(UUP)
William Snoddy
(DUP)
Nigel Dodds
(DUP)
1998 Billy Hutchinson
(PUP)
Fred Cobain
(UUP)
Fraser Agnew
(Independent
Unionist
)
2003 Kathy Stanton
(Sinn Féin)
Nelson McCausland
(DUP)
2007 Carál Ní Chuilín
(Sinn Féin)
September 2010
co-option
William Humphrey
(DUP)
2011 Paula Bradley
(DUP)
2016 Nichola Mallon
(SDLP)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly election: Belfast North – 6 Seats[1][2]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 15.6 5,695
DUP Paula Bradley 12.6 4,591 4,591.72 4,598.72 4,600.72 4,607.72 4,658.72 4,883.72 4,897.72 5,053.72 5,080.80 5,908.88
DUP William Humphrey 11.2 4,105 4,105.16 4,113.16 4,115.16 4,116.24 4,221.24 4,326.24 4,335.24 4,760.32 4,781.40 5,286.40
DUP Nelson McCausland 11.2 4,087 4,087.16 4,092.16 4,104.16 4,115.16 4,205.16 4,279.16 4,290.16 4,555.24 4,561.24 4,979.24
Sinn Féin Carál Ní Chuilín 11.0 4,009 4,358.28 4,360.36 4,391.56 4,436.44 4,436.52 4,438.52 4,545.24 4,547.24 4,904.24 4,911.24
SDLP Nichola Mallon 10.6 3,866 3,933.44 3,940.52 4,029.32 4,134.12 4,138.36 4,160.44 4,268.84 4,279.92 4,748.48 4,847.48
Alliance Nuala McAllister 7.0 2,569 2,580.52 2,590.52 2,633.60 2,709.76 2,709.76 2,733.84 3,067 3,091 3,481.64 3,835.80
UUP Lesley Carroll 5.4 1.972 1,972.32 1,984.32 1,986.32 1,990.32 2,083.32 2,266.32 2,291.32 2,727.32 2,782.32
People Before Profit Fiona Ferguson 3.5 1,286 1,293.68 1,318.68 1,397.48 1,507.28 1,508.36 1,545.44 1,798.76 1,832.76
PUP Billy Hutchinson 3.4 1,238 1,238.32 1,240.32 1,244.32 1,251.32 1,340.32 1,509.32 1,523.32
Green (NI) Malachai O'Hara 2.2 796 798.64 810.64 858.80 960.80 967.80 996.80
UKIP Ken Boyle 2.1 751 751.24 757.24 764.32 771,32 954.32
TUV John Miller 1.8 644 644.56 645.56 646.56 650.56
Workers' Party Gemma Weir 1.3 476 478.80 482.80 520.80
Independent Fra Hughes 0.7 243 246.44 255.52
NI Labour Abdo Thabeth 0.3 127 127.40 128.40
Independent Tom Burns 0.2 87 87.24
Northern Ireland First Geoff Dowey 0.1 32 32
Electorate: 70,872   Valid: 36,574   Spoilt: 619 (1.66%)   Quota: 5,225   Turnout: 52.48

    2011

    2011 Assembly election: Belfast North – 6 Seats[3]
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 19.9% 6,674
    DUP Nelson McCausland 15.5% 5,200
    SDLP Alban Maginness 12.0% 4,025 4,262 4,357 4,360 4,563 5,004
    Sinn Féin Carál Ní Chuilín 9.0% 2,999 3,939 3,976 3,976 4,061 4,868
    DUP William Humphrey 11.1% 3,724 3,725 3,734 3,999 4,159 4,166 4,332
    DUP Paula Bradley 10.4% 3,488 3,494 3,501 3,592 3,729 3,735 4,065
    UUP Fred Cobain 8.2% 2,758 2,761 2,767 2,804 2,991 2,994 3,623
    Alliance Billy Webb 6.3% 2,096 2,113 2,168 2,173 2,396 2,458
    Sinn Féin J. J. Magee 3.0% 998 1,571 1,611 1,611 1,673
    Independent Raymond McCord 3.5% 1,176 1,206 1,269 1,280
    Workers' Party John Lavery 1.0% 332 363
    Electorate: 68,119   Valid: 33,470   Spoilt: 810 (2.36%)   Quota: 4,782   Turnout: 34,257 (50.29%)

      2007

      2007 Assembly election: Belfast North – 6 Seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
      DUP Nigel Dodds 23.5% 6,973
      Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 18.2% 5,414
      Sinn Féin Carál Ní Chuilín 12.4% 3,680 3,680 4,587
      SDLP Alban Maginness 7.4% 2,212 2,223 2,341 2,482 2,530 2,531 2,806 3,099 4,830
      UUP Fred Cobain 8.4% 2,498 2,767 2,768 2,770 2,778 2,889 3,079 3,415 3,574 3,967
      DUP Nelson McCausland 8.3% 2,462 3,412 3,413 3,413 3,414 3,516 3,560 3,764 3,783 3,818
      DUP William Humphrey 5.6% 1,673 2,996 2,997 2,997 2,999 3,086 3,124 3,287 3,304 3,327
      SDLP Pat Convery 6.3% 1,868 1,873 1,929 2,011 2,029 2,031 2,267 2,485
      Independent Raymond McCord 4.4% 1,320 1,388 1,411 1,462 1,488 1,539 1,745
      Green (NI) Peter Emerson 2.0% 590 606 615 643 702 721
      Alliance Thomas McCullough 1.6% 486 494 497 500 512 525
      UK Unionist Robert McCartney 1.2% 360 414 414 414 416
      Workers' Party John Lavery 0.5% 139 141 152 158
      Make Politicians History Rainbow George 0.1% 40 41 42 44
      Electorate: 49,372   Valid: 29,715   Spoilt: 352 (1.17%)   Quota: 4,246   Turnout: 60.90%

        2003

        2003 Assembly election: Belfast North – 6 Seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12
        DUP Nigel Dodds 29.1% 9,276
        Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 17.5% 5,524
        DUP Nelson McCausland 4.8% 1,500 5,101
        UUP Fred Cobain 9.4% 2,961 3,339 3,339 3,509 3,515 3,539 3,608 3,696 3,902 4,556
        SDLP Alban Maginness 10.1% 3,186 3,199 3,311 3,313 3,324 3,350 3,366 3,437 3,444 3,667 3,675 5,569
        Sinn Féin Kathy Stanton 9.5% 2,990 2,990 3,804 3,804 3,813 3,833 3,838 3,842 3,842 3,895 3,896 4,118
        PUP Billy Hutchinson 4.3% 1,358 1,687 1,688 1,811 1,819 1,836 1,874 1,888 2,087 2,492 2,526 2,605
        SDLP Pat Convery 6.7% 2,108 2,114 2,159 2,161 2,184 2,213 2,228 2,273 2,279 2,480 2,487
        Independent Unionist Fraser Agnew 2.5% 802 1,000 1,000 1,157 1,158 1,168 1,218 1,235 1,335
        NI Women's Coalition Elizabeth McCullough 1.5% 467 478 482 486 498 573 586 694 702
        Independent Frank McCoubrey 1.5% 469 552 552 619 619 621 677 683
        Alliance Marjorie Hawkins 1.0% 305 314 315 318 326 370 383
        Independent Raymond McCord 0.7% 218 285 287 325 330 341
        Green (NI) Peter Emerson 0.8% 261 269 272 278 299
        Workers' Party Marcella Delaney 0.3% 90 91 91 92
        Rainbow Dream Ticket John Gallagher 0.1% 17 20 20 20
        Electorate: 51,353   Valid: 31,532   Spoilt: 465 (1.45%)   Quota: 4,505   Turnout: 62.31%

          1998

          1998 Assembly election: Belfast North – 6 Seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
          DUP Nigel Dodds 18.2% 7,476
          SDLP Alban Maginness 15.1% 6,196
          Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly 13.6% 5,610 5,610 5,641 5,710 5,710 5,710 5,719 5,725 5,731 8,793
          PUP Billy Hutchinson 9.1% 3,751 3,832 3,835 3,942 4,013 4,400 4,639 4,928 5,465 5,478 5,517
          UUP Fred Cobain 5.9% 2,415 2,474 2,475 2,509 2,583 2,691 2,863 4,534 5,111 5,111 5,514
          Independent Unionist Fraser Agnew 7.2% 2,976 3,071 3,072 3,102 3,289 3,371 3,529 3,847 4,964 4,965 4,971
          SDLP Martin Morgan 6.0% 2,465 2,465 2,713 2,897 2,898 2,900 3,316 3,340 3,352 3,440 4,682
          Sinn Féin Martina McIlkenny 7.7% 3,165 3,165 3,172 3,198 3,198 3,198 3,209 3,210 3,210
          DUP Eric Smyth 3.1% 1,288 2,382 2,382 2,410 2,853 3,053 3,082 3,185
          UUP David Browne 5.0% 2,064 2,112 2,112 2,155 2,197 2,283 2,552
          Alliance Glyn Roberts 3.1% 1,267 1,273 1,281 1,444 1,456 1,473
          Ulster Democratic John White 2.2% 911 943 943 957 974
          UK Unionist Stephen Cooper 1.8% 748 877 877 900
          Green (NI) Peter Emerson 0.6% 257 260 262
          Labour Party NI Sam McAughtry 0.6% 255 257 262
          Workers' Party Stephen Doran 0.4% 155 156 158
          Natural Law Kevin Blair 0.2% 76 78 79
          Independent Dolores Quinn 0.1% 50 50 51
          Electorate: 62,541   Valid: 41,125   Spoilt: 941 (2.24%)   Quota: 5,876   Turnout: 67.26%

            1996 Forum

            Successful candidates are shown in bold.[4]

            Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
            DUP Nigel Dodds
            William Snoddy
            David Smylie
            William Henry De Courcy
            7,778 19.2
            Sinn Féin Gerry Kelly
            Joe Austin
            Christine Beattie
            Bobby Lavery
            Eoghan McCormain
            7,681 19.0
            SDLP Alban Maginness
            Martin Morgan
            Geraldine Leonard
            Shelagh McGlade
            Peter Coll
            7,493 18.5
            UUP David Browne
            Fred Cobain
            Nelson McCausland
            Dennis Robinson
            6,938 17.2
            PUP Billy Hutchinson
            Michael Acheson
            Robert Gourley
            3,777 9.3
            Ulster Democratic John White*
            Thomas English
            Thomasena Livingstone
            Patrick Bird
            John English
            1,874 4.6
            Alliance Nicholas Whyte
            Tommy Frazer
            Lindsay Whitcroft
            1,670 4.1
            UK Unionist Derek Peters
            Amy Corry
            1,329 3.3
            Labour coalition Mark Langhammer
            Marion Morrison
            Kevin Lawrence
            Martin Stroud
            John Simpson
            571 1.4
            NI Women's Coalition Brenda Callaghan
            Lynda Walker
            Eileen Calder
            Roisin O'Hagan
            Freda Brown
            486 1.2
            Workers' Party Margaret Smith
            Paul Treanor
            274 0.7
            Green (NI) Peter Emerson
            Rosemary Warren
            265 0.7
            Democratic Left Seamus Lynch
            John McLaughlin
            123 0.4
            Independent Voice Andrew Thompson
            Sarah Thompson
            63 0.2
            Ulster Independence Norman McClelland
            David Kerr
            41 0.1
            Independent McMullan Wesley Holmes
            Helen Craig
            Stanley Simons
            25 0.1
            Independent Chambers Joe Coggle
            Sally Irvine
            21 0.1
            *John White was elected as one of the 20 top-up candidates for Northern Ireland.

            1982 Northern Ireland Assembly

            1982 Assembly election: Belfast North – 5 Seats
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14
            UUP John Carson 21.8% 7,798
            DUP George Seawright 13.8% 4,929 5,012 5,026 5,026 5,044 5,076 5,151 5,360 5,673 5,675 6,119
            Independent Unionist Frank Millar 5.7% 2,047 2,285 2,320 2,320 2,341 2,411 2,539 2,813 3,056 3,060 4,101 4,183 6,323
            SDLP Paschal O'Hare 8.9% 3,190 3,191 3,191 3,255 3,291 3,291 3,295 3,296 3,296 4,198 4,202 5,031 5,141 5,079
            Alliance Paul Maguire 7.1% 2,527 2,565 2,569 2,582 2,693 2,699 2,877 2,906 2,936 3,205 3,421 4,326 4,477 4,757
            Sinn Féin Joe Austin 11.3% 4,029 4,029 4,029 4,088 4,102 4,102 4,108 4,108 4,114 4,189 4,189 4,557 4,564 4,573
            DUP William Gaunt 7.3% 2,618 2,731 2,752 2,752 2,764 2,802 2,855 3,023 3,259 3,261 3,647 3,689
            Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 7.0% 2,516 2,526 2,531 2,556 2,635 2,642 2,707 2,718 2,758 2,928 2,962
            UUP Peter Smith 2.8% 984 1,955 1,966 1,967 1,987 2,324 2,413 2,636 2,745 2,745
            SDLP Alban Maginness 3.7% 1,333 1,334 1,335 1,450 1,474 1,474 1,479 1,480 1,483
            Ulster Democratic Sammy Doyle 2.5% 890 939 1,023 1,024 1,030 1,042 1,135 1,187
            UUUP Nelson McCausland 2.4% 858 923 941 941 948 956 1,014
            Independent Billy Boyd 2.1% 745 778 782 783 823 824
            UUP Raymond Trimble 1.0% 369 509 518 519 522
            Ecology Peter Emerson 1.2% 412 423 425 425
            People's Democracy Fergus O'Hare 0.8% 298 298 298
            Ulster Democratic Bill Lavery 0.5% 196 215
            Electorate: 62,391   Valid: 35,739   Spoilt: 941 (3.16%)   Quota: 5,957   Turnout: 59.15%

              1975 Constitutional Convention

              1975 Constitutional Convention: Belfast North - 6 seats
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
              SDLP Gerry Fitt 14.8% 6,454
              UUP Billy Bell 14.4% 6,268
              Independent Unionist Frank Millar 13.0% 5,687 5,687 5,687 5,692 5,683 5,944 6,634
              UUP William Morgan 12.7% 5,558 5,558 5,558 5,570 5,667 5,758 6,223 6,427
              Unionist Party NI Lloyd Hall-Thompson 8.2% 3,577 3,578 3,578 3,602 3,619 3,666 3,742 3,761 4,223 5,870
              DUP William Annon 9.5% 4,132 4,132 4,132 4,138 4,219 4,271 4,972 5,127 5,603 5,800
              SDLP Thomas Donnelly 8.2% 3,596 3,772 3,772 3,794 3,794 4,108 4,111 4,112 4,213 5,124
              Alliance John Ferguson 5.1% 2,207 2,214 2,214 2,604 2,611 2,685 2,706 2,710 3,624
              NI Labour Billy Boyd 4.0% 1,749 1,750 1,750 1,776 1,787 2,360 2,424 2,441
              Vanguard Bill Lavery 4.3% 1,884 1,884 1,884 1,889 1,988 2,057
              NI Labour John Stewart 2.1% 898 899 899 925 948
              Republican Clubs Seamus Lynch 1.3% 556 560 560 561 565
              Independent Unionist Noel Trimble 1.2% 525 525 525 526
              Alliance James Robinson 1.2% 518 519 519
              Electorate: 70,673   Valid: 43,609   Spoilt: 1.130 (2.53%)   Quota: 6,230   Turnout: 63.30%

                1973 Assembly Election

                1973 Assembly election: Belfast North - 6 seats
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14Count 15
                SDLP Gerry Fitt 16.3% 8,264
                DUP John McQuade 10.1% 5,148 5,148 5,285 5,313 5,316 5,318 5,595 5,612 7,092 7,186 8,845
                UUP Lloyd Hall-Thompson 11.2% 5,694 5,696 5,706 5,726 5,744 5,745 5,763 5,789 5,824 5,965 6,100 6,180 6,199 9,387
                UUP William Morgan 10.2% 5,190 5,190 5,197 5,229 5,243 5,244 5,265 5,288 5,352 5,465 5,550 5,680 5,688 6,193 7,273
                UUP Frank Millar 8.2% 4,187 4,187 4,238 4,253 4,261 4,262 4,330 4,337 4,568 4,621 4,963 5,711 5,723 6,070 6,522
                Alliance John Ferguson 3.9% 1,958 1,983 1,986 2,024 2,261 2,270 2,272 3,134 3,142 4,172 4,218 4,230 6,048 6,111 6,146
                UUP Cecil Walker 8.6% 4,354 4,354 4,371 4,415 4,424 4,424 4,432 4,451 4,450 4,698 4,805 4,974 4,994 5,504 6,058
                UUP Wilson Gamble 8.2% 4,161 4,162 4,166 4,168 4,177 4,178 4,192 4,206 4,226 4,278 4,557 4,667 4,682
                SDLP Thomas Donnelly 3.7% 1,861 2,673 2,674 2,677 2,688 3,104 3,105 3,155 3,156 3,637 3,667 3,667
                Vanguard William Baillie 3.7% 1,859 1,860 2,017 2,023 2,024 2,026 2,510 2,513 2,809 2,836
                NI Labour Vivian Simpson 3.4% 1,742 1,803 1,803 2,111 2,151 2,255 2,258 2,358 2,382
                DUP Fred Proctor 4.2% 2,112 2,112 2,176 2,197 2,201 2,206 2,266 2,279
                Alliance Jack Smith 1.5% 742 761 764 793 1,138 1,152 1,152
                Vanguard Billy Hull 1.7% 852 852 953 961 961 962
                Republican Clubs Seamus Lynch 1.7% 854 898 898 899 900
                Alliance Keith Jones 1.3% 675 688 689 704
                NI Labour John Stewart 1.1% 571 573 574
                Independent Unionist Tommy Lyttle 1.1% 560 560
                Electorate: 75,768   Valid: 50,784   Spoilt: 1,286 (2.47%)   Quota: 7,255   Turnout: 68.72%

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