| Belfast West | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for theNorthern Ireland Assembly | |
 West Belfast shown withinNorthern Ireland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Seats | 6 (1998–2016) 5 (2017–) |
| MLAs |
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| City council | Belfast City Council |
| Boundaries |  |
Belfast West is a constituency in theNorthern Ireland Assembly.
It was first used for aNorthern Ireland-only election in 1973, which elected thethen Northern Ireland Assembly. It usually shares boundaries with theBelfast West UK Parliament constituency. However, the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1973 to 1974, 1983 to 1986 and 2010 to 2011 (because the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes) and from 1996 to 1997, when members of theNorthern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51stParliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.
Members were then elected from the constituency to the1975 Constitutional Convention, the1982 Assembly, the1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, seeBelfast West (UK Parliament constituency).
| Election | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | MLA (party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Paddy Devlin (SDLP) | Desmond Gillespie (SDLP) | Hugh Smyth (Independent Unionist) | Bob Cooper (Alliance Party) | John Laird (UUP) | Jean Coulter (Vanguard/UUP) | ||||||
| 1975 | Joe Hendron (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 4 seats 1982–1996 | Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin) | Will Glendinning (Alliance) | Thomas Passmore (UUP) | 4 seats 1982–1996 | |||||||
| 1996 | 5 seats 1996–1998 | Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin) | Dodie McGuinness (Sinn Féin) | Annie Armstrong (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||
| 1998 | Alex Attwood (SDLP) | Bairbre de Brún (Sinn Féin) | Sue Ramsey (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Diane Dodds (DUP) | Fra McCann (Sinn Féin) | Michael Ferguson (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| November 2004 co-option | Sue Ramsey (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) | Jennifer McCann (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||||
| December 2010 co-option | Pat Sheehan (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||||||
| July 2012 co-option | Rosie McCorley (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| November 2014 co-option | Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Gerry Carroll (PBP) | |||||||||||
| December 2016 co-option | Órlaithí Flynn (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 5 seats 2017–present | |||||||||||
| October 2021 co-option | Aisling Reilly (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Danny Baker (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
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.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Danny Baker | 20.64% | 9,011 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Órlaithí Flynn | 15.44% | 6,743 | 7,087 | 7,093 | 7,109 | 7,136 | 7,159 | 7,159 | 7,160 | 7,228 | 7,407 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Aisling Reilly | 13.01% | 5,681 | 6,709 | 6,720 | 6,727 | 6,745 | 6,759 | 6,761 | 6,761 | 6,812 | 7,131 | 7,664 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan | 14.59% | 6,370 | 6,422 | 6,426 | 6,431 | 6,440 | 6,449 | 6,449 | 6,450 | 6,447 | 6,735 | 7,186 | |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | 7.51% | 3,279 | 3,394 | 3,414 | 3,492 | 3,563 | 3,667 | 3,688 | 3,698 | 3,936 | 4,479 | 6,023 | |
| DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 9.54% | 4,166 | 4,167 | 4,174 | 4,174 | 4,176 | 4,180 | 4,396 | 5,199 | 5,275 | 5,429 | 5,490 | |
| SDLP | Paul Doherty | 5.79% | 2,528 | 2,616 | 2,619 | 2,648 | 2,684 | 2,727 | 2,744 | 2,754 | 3,232 | 3,636 | ||
| Aontú | Gerard Herdman | 4.01% | 1,753 | 1,761 | 1,793 | 1,802 | 1,820 | 1,823 | 1,829 | 1,837 | 1,871 | |||
| Irish Republican Socialist | Dan Murphy | 2.53% | 1,103 | 1,115 | 1,123 | 1,130 | 1,144 | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,159 | |||
| Alliance | Donnamarie Higgins | 2.08% | 907 | 924 | 926 | 932 | 940 | 1,027 | 1,109 | 1,135 | ||||
| TUV | Jordan Doran | 1.84% | 802 | 802 | 805 | 806 | 809 | 810 | 918 | |||||
| UUP | Linsey Gibson | 1.09% | 474 | 475 | 477 | 478 | 480 | 484 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Stevie Maginn | 0.70% | 307 | 310 | 313 | 323 | 333 | |||||||
| Independent | Gerard Burns | 0.44% | 192 | 209 | 237 | 244 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party | Patrick Crossan | 0.44% | 193 | 198 | 205 | |||||||||
| Independent | Tony Mallon | 0.30% | 129 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Declan Hill | 0.06% | 26 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 68,727 Valid: 43,664 (63.53%) Spoilt: 776 Quota: 7,278 Turnout: 44,440 (64.66%) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Órlaithí Flynn | 17.15% | 6,918 | ||||
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | 12.15% | 4,903 | 6,514 | 8,252 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 15.73% | 6,346 | 6,451 | 7,036 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 15.37% | 6,201 | 6,314 | 6,636 | 7,067 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan | 13.55% | 5,466 | 5,515 | 5,739 | 5,903 | |
| DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 10.07% | 4,063 | 4,372 | 4,490 | 4,521 | |
| SDLP | Alex Attwood | 8.56% | 3,452 | 4,019 | |||
| People Before Profit | Michael Collins | 2.72% | 1,096 | ||||
| Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | 1.85% | 747 | ||||
| UUP | Fred Rogers | 1.20% | 486 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Conor Campbell | 1.03% | 415 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Ellen Murray | 0.62% | 251 | ||||
| Electorate: 61,309 Valid: 40,344 (65.80%) Spoilt: 586 Quota: 6,725 Turnout: 40,930 (66.76%) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | 22.88% | 8,299 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 13.15% | 4,769 | 5,360.8 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan | 9.69% | 3,516 | 3,761.08 | 3,829.2 | 6,393.2 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 11.11% | 4,028 | 4,283.2 | 4,479.48 | 4,756.68 | 5,891.73 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann | 12.09% | 4,386 | 4,648.68 | 4,755.04 | 4,988.88 | 5,044.81 | 5,750.11 | |||
| SDLP | Alex Attwood | 7.30% | 2,647 | 3,407.76 | 4,161.36 | 4,234.52 | 4,242.98 | 4,245.38 | 4,299.08 | 4,430.2 | |
| DUP | Frank McCoubrey | 10.38% | 3,766 | 3,780.52 | 4,332.28 | 4,336.28 | 4,337.69 | 4,337.69 | 4,337.69 | 4,341.21 | |
| Sinn Féin | Rosie McCorley | 8.42% | 3,053 | 3,244.4 | 3,303.24 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Conor Campbell | 1.47% | 532 | 766.54 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Ellen Murray | 0.90% | 327 | 705.84 | |||||||
| UUP | Gareth Martin | 1.80% | 654 | 668.96 | |||||||
| Alliance | Jemima Higgins | 0.80% | 291 | 427.4 | |||||||
| Electorate: 63,993 Valid: 36,268 (56.67%) Spoilt: 722 Quota: 5,182 Turnout: 36,990 (57.80%) | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 15.42% | 5,343 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann | 15.12% | 5,239 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 12.93% | 4,481 | 4,587.96 | 4,604.96 | 4,613.08 | 4,645.5 | 4,682.6 | 4,735.84 | 4,837.22 | 4,838.34 | 5,167.34 | ||
| SDLP | Alex Attwood | 10.87% | 3,765 | 3,776.69 | 3,780.09 | 3,787.09 | 3,890.45 | 3,939.62 | 4,083.74 | 4,719.58 | 4,780.65 | 5,151.65 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 11.88% | 4,116 | 4,340.28 | 4,350.88 | 4,358.19 | 4,377.4 | 4,394.47 | 4,407.47 | 4,423.94 | 4,433.99 | 4,683.9 | 4,823.06 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Sheehan | 10.75% | 3,723 | 3,737.35 | 3,960.5 | 3,971.78 | 3,996.39 | 4,016.61 | 4,029.73 | 4,051.85 | 4,054.9 | 4,249.77 | 4,327.19 | |
| DUP | Brian Kingston | 7.47% | 2,587 | 2,587.28 | 2,587.33 | 2,587.33 | 2,600.45 | 2,604.45 | 2,607.45 | 2,617.57 | 3,834.57 | 3,866.57 | 3,866.57 | |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | 4.79% | 1,661 | 1,664.85 | 1,665.85 | 1,701.85 | 1,732.85 | 1,853.97 | 1,939.09 | 1,977.31 | 1,999.31 | |||
| UUP | Bill Manwaring | 4.25% | 1,471 | 1,471.21 | 1,471.36 | 1,473.36 | 1,503.41 | 1,512.41 | 1,517.41 | 1,526.41 | ||||
| SDLP | Colin Keenan | 2.31% | 802 | 803.26 | 804.41 | 807.41 | 853.58 | 878.63 | 981.82 | |||||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 1.69% | 586 | 586.63 | 587.03 | 590.1 | 607.24 | 644.38 | ||||||
| Socialist Party | Pat Lawlor | 1.11% | 384 | 384.42 | 384.92 | 399.92 | 408.92 | |||||||
| Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 1.05% | 365 | 367.66 | 368.76 | 370.76 | ||||||||
| Independent | Brian Pelan | 0.35% | 122 | 122.77 | 122.92 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 61,520 Valid: 34,645 (56.32%) Spoilt: 973 Quota: 4,950 Turnout: 35,618 (57.90%) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 17.84% | 6,029 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 13.95% | 4,715 | 5,266.6 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey | 12.93% | 4,368 | 4,758.6 | 4,774.05 | 4,783.95 | 4,821.8 | 5,074.8 | |
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann | 12.62% | 4,265 | 4,294.8 | 4,665.75 | 4,667.7 | 4,693.5 | 4,848.5 | |
| SDLP | Alex Attwood | 8.98% | 3,036 | 3,148.8 | 3,149.7 | 3,196.9 | 3,234.9 | 4,779.1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 12.59% | 4,254 | 4,323.8 | 4,344.95 | 4,353.8 | 4,378 | 4,646.85 | |
| DUP | Diane Dodds | 10.83% | 3,661 | 3,661 | 3,661.15 | 3,671.15 | 3,677.15 | 4,166 | |
| SDLP | Margaret Walsh | 3.18% | 1,074 | 1,086.2 | 1,087.1 | 1,110.3 | 1,156.5 | ||
| People Before Profit | Seán Mitchell | 2.29% | 774 | 789 | 789.6 | 830.4 | 968.8 | ||
| UUP | Louis West | 1.65% | 558 | 558.8 | 558.8 | 579.8 | 581.8 | ||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 1.28% | 434 | 440 | 440.45 | 452.65 | 452.65 | ||
| Republican Sinn Féin | Geraldine Taylor | 1.26% | 427 | 429 | 429.45 | 437.05 | |||
| Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 0.38% | 127 | 132.4 | 133.3 | ||||
| Make Politicians History | Rainbow George | 0.20% | 68 | 69 | 69 | ||||
| Electorate: 50,792 Valid: 33,790 (66.53%) Spoilt: 448 Quota: 4,828 Turnout: 34,238 (67.41%) | |||||||||
Note: AllRepublican Sinn Féin candidates appeared asIndependent on the ballot paper.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 18.87% | 6,199 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Alex Attwood | 11.16% | 3,667 | 3,796.60 | 3,901.04 | 3,956.28 | 6,096.28 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brún | 12.39% | 4,069 | 4,476.52 | 4,494.96 | 4,504.20 | 4,665.68 | 5,229.68 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 12.98% | 4,263 | 4,337.16 | 4,360.88 | 4,363.36 | 4,525.00 | 4,905.00 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | 11.72% | 3,849 | 3,912.84 | 3,921.56 | 3,945.12 | 4,000.00 | 4,117.00 | 4,346.00 | 4,448.60 | |
| DUP | Diane Dodds | 7.74% | 2,544 | 2,544.00 | 2,631.00 | 4,144.24 | 4,256.24 | 4,272.24 | 4,274.24 | 4,277.09 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 9.09% | 2,988 | 3,673.20 | 3,699.68 | 3,705.92 | 3,768.84 | 3,923.84 | 4,084.84 | 4,190.29 | |
| SDLP | Joe Hendron | 7.86% | 2,583 | 2,654.28 | 2,849.72 | 3,108.72 | |||||
| UUP | Chris McGimpsey | 3.56% | 1,170 | 1,174.56 | 1,298.56 | ||||||
| PUP | Hugh Smyth | 2.47% | 813 | 814.68 | 862.68 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 1.24% | 407 | 410.84 | |||||||
| Independent | John MacVicar | 0.64% | 211 | 211.24 | |||||||
| Alliance | Mary Ayers | 0.23% | 75 | 78.12 | |||||||
| Independent | David Kerr | 0.05% | 16 | 16.00 | |||||||
| Electorate: 50,861 Valid: 32,854 (64.60%) Spoilt: 673 Quota: 4,694 Turnout: 33,527 (65.92%) | |||||||||||
Note:David Kerr sought election as anUlster Third Way candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 21.72% | 9,078 | ||||||||||
| SDLP | Joe Hendron | 14.69% | 6,140 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 9.44% | 3,946 | 5,223.15 | 5,235 | 5,236.44 | 5,253.27 | 5,262.62 | 5,276.34 | 7,371.34 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brún | 11.27% | 4,711 | 5,341 | 5,381.35 | 5,383.83 | 5,405.11 | 5,409.11 | 5,421.89 | 5,705.26 | 6,993.67 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 10.36% | 4,330 | 4,831.2 | 4,852.35 | 4,856.41 | 4,889.2 | 4,901.27 | 4,909.82 | 5,242.2 | 5,324.61 | 6,328.43 | |
| SDLP | Alex Attwood | 10.24% | 4,280 | 4,647.85 | 4,738.25 | 4,838.85 | 5,117.87 | 5,127.22 | 5,234.49 | 5,327.61 | 5,343.69 | 5,349.52 | |
| UUP | Chris McGimpsey | 3.92% | 1,640 | 1,641.4 | 1,674.4 | 1,675.58 | 1,808.99 | 2,757.44 | 4,827.29 | 4,837.64 | 4,837.64 | 4,837.64 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | 6.19% | 2,585 | 2,791.85 | 2,838.45 | 2,840.71 | 2,867.12 | 2,871.84 | 2,896.95 | ||||
| PUP | Hugh Smyth | 5.22% | 2,180 | 2,186.65 | 2,206.75 | 2,208.63 | 2,342.94 | 2,716.06 | |||||
| DUP | Margaret Ferris | 3.22% | 1,345 | 1,347.8 | 1,354.5 | 1,354.8 | 1,784.22 | ||||||
| UK Unionist | Thomas Dalzell-Sheridan | 1.59% | 666 | 671.25 | 677.25 | 677.37 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 1.45% | 607 | 630.1 | 658.8 | 660.68 | |||||||
| Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 0.31% | 129 | 165.4 | |||||||||
| Independent | Mary Cahillane | 0.31% | 128 | 151.8 | |||||||||
| Natural Law | Michael Kennedy | 0.07% | 29 | 31.45 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 60,669 Valid: 41,794 (68.89%) Spoilt: 960 Quota: 5,971 Turnout: 42,754 (70.47%) | |||||||||||||
Note: Mary Cahillane sought election as a Pro-Agreement Socialist candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.
Successful candidates are shown inbold.[8]
| Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams Dodie McGuinness Alex Maskey Annie Armstrong Marie Moore | 22,355 | 53.4 | |
| SDLP | Joe Hendron Alex Attwood Margaret Walsh Patricia Lewsley Mary Muldoon | 11,087 | 26.5 | |
| PUP | Hugh Smyth Mina Wardle | 1,982 | 4.7 | |
| DUP | Eric Smyth Margaret Ferris | 1,769 | 4.2 | |
| UUP | Fred Parkinson John McDonald | 1,489 | 3.6 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lowry Jim Pollock | 984 | 2.4 | |
| Ulster Democratic | Frank McCoubrey Delwyn Williams | 848 | 2.0 | |
| Alliance | Dan McGuinness Patricia Mallon Glyn Roberts | 340 | 0.8 | |
| Labour coalition | Mary Cahillane Isabel Cowan Barbara Lynn Brian McDermott Terence McDonagh | 319 | 0.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Vera McKee Mary Catney Ann Hall Julie Cullen | 252 | 0.6 | |
| Green (NI) | Jude Stephens Philip Kearney David Taylor | 156 | 0.4 | |
| NI Conservatives | Charles Balmer David Munster | 60 | 0.1 | |
| IndependentDUP | Florence Baxter William Clements | 36 | 0.1 | |
| Ulster Independence | Kenneth McClinton Clifford Peoples | 43 | 0.1 | |
| Democratic Left | Mary McMahon Freddie Rea | 37 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | Michael Kennedy Vivien Martin | 30 | 0.1 | |
| Communist | Barry Bruton Daniella Egerton | 28 | 0.1 | |
| Independent Voice | Bernard McGrath Susan McGrath | 26 | 0.1 | |
| IndependentChambers | Ruth Patty Richard Stewart | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 28.43% | 9,740 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Joe Hendron | 15.20% | 5,207 | 5,309.3 | 6,003.3 | 7,965.3 | |||||
| UUP | Thomas Passmore | 13.15% | 4,505 | 4,505 | 4,509 | 5,128 | 5,130 | 5,131.86 | 5,151.79 | 5,165.55 | |
| Alliance | Will Glendinning | 7.98% | 2,733 | 2,764.5 | 2,805.1 | 2,847.1 | 3,072.7 | 3,651.16 | 4,525.99 | 5,163.2 | |
| DUP | Billy Dickson | 12.83% | 4,394 | 4,396.1 | 4,399.1 | 4,849.4 | 4,866.4 | 4,869.09 | 4,892.81 | 4,918.6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 1.83% | 627 | 3,240 | 3,326.2 | 3,326.2 | 3,397.6 | 3,565.93 | 3,824.22 | ||
| Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 7.28% | 2,493 | 2,512.8 | 2,566.9 | 2,580.9 | 2,662.8 | 3,017.13 | |||
| SDLP | Cormac Boomer | 6.26% | 2,145 | 2,204.4 | 2,452.5 | 2,454.5 | |||||
| PUP | Hugh Smyth | 3.66% | 1,255 | 1,255.3 | 1,256.3 | ||||||
| SDLP | Mary Muldoon | 2.97% | 1,016 | 1,024.1 | |||||||
| People's Democracy | John McAnulty | 0.42% | 144 | 161.1 | |||||||
| Electorate: 57,726 Valid: 34,259 (59.35%) Spoilt: 1,819 Quota: 6,852 Turnout: 36,078 (62.50%) | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | John Laird | 23.61% | 8,433 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Paddy Devlin | 17.54% | 6,267 | ||||||||
| UUP | Jean Coulter | 6.51% | 2,325 | 4,209.48 | 4,209.48 | 4,226.65 | 4,235.65 | 5,710.65 | |||
| Alliance | Bob Cooper | 9.22% | 3,293 | 3,362.81 | 3,495.11 | 3,679.76 | 4,341.58 | 4,428.25 | 4,472.89 | 4,915.13 | |
| SDLP | Joe Hendron | 7.95% | 2,840 | 2,841.56 | 3,058.82 | 3,180.76 | 3,607.5 | 3,611.04 | 3,611.66 | 4,901.95 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 7.40% | 2,644 | 3,235.63 | 3,236.35 | 3,252.92 | 3,256.31 | 4,127.8 | 4,684.56 | 4,693.55 | |
| SDLP | Desmond Gillespie | 5.56% | 1,986 | 1,988.73 | 2,506.59 | 2,652.23 | 3,254.1 | 3,257.1 | 3,257.72 | 4,513.76 | |
| SDLP | Paschal O'Hare | 6.86% | 2,452 | 2,453.95 | 2,578.87 | 2,691.07 | 3,115.67 | 3,118.63 | 3,121.11 | ||
| DUP | Edith Goligher | 5.48% | 1,958 | 2,668.19 | 2,669.63 | 2,686.41 | 2,688.59 | ||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Thomas Conaty | 5.74% | 2,052 | 2,052.78 | 2,133.96 | 2,302.18 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | John Sullivan | 1.85% | 660 | 661.17 | 676.29 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | John Brady | 1.17% | 418 | 418.78 | 432.82 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Bernard McDonagh | 0.73% | 262 | 263.17 | 268.21 | ||||||
| Communist | John Morris | 0.24% | 86 | 86 | 87.62 | ||||||
| Communist | Peter Kerrins | 0.12% | 44 | 44.78 | 45.5 | ||||||
| Electorate: 63,869 Valid: 35,720 (55.93%) Spoilt: 1,794 Quota: 5,103 Turnout: 37,514 (58.74%) | |||||||||||
Note:John Laird,Jean Coulter and Edith Goligher were allUUUC endorsed candidates.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| UUP | John Laird | 27.74% | 11,479 | ||||||||||||
| SDLP | Paddy Devlin | 18.71% | 7,743 | ||||||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 8.76% | 3,625 | 5,997.09 | |||||||||||
| Vanguard | Jean Coulter | 4.27% | 1,765 | 3,606.42 | 3,606.42 | 3,634.31 | 3,638.3 | 3,704.33 | 3,707.56 | 5,610.71 | 6,281.71 | ||||
| Alliance | Bob Cooper | 7.64% | 3,160 | 3,262.9 | 3,374.22 | 3,374.89 | 3,382.61 | 3,637.01 | 3,810.76 | 3,866.68 | 5,042.61 | 5,221.61 | 5,378.06 | 5,597.46 | |
| SDLP | Desmond Gillespie | 4.69% | 1,940 | 1,940 | 2,520.29 | 2,520.3 | 2,527.93 | 2,590.38 | 2,953 | 2,953.49 | 2,993.58 | 2,994.58 | 3,404.51 | 4,961.35 | |
| SDLP | Gerry Campbell | 4.26% | 1,764 | 1,764.49 | 2,269.34 | 2,268.35 | 2,277.35 | 2,325.48 | 2,698.95 | 2,699.95 | 2,835.67 | 2,837.67 | 3,320.88 | 4,399.77 | |
| SDLP | Desmond O'Donnell | 5.10% | 2,112 | 2,113.47 | 2,341.17 | 2,321.17 | 2,353.40 | 2,394.93 | 2,734.28 | 2,734.78 | 2,763.39 | 2,764.39 | 3,037.25 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Raymond O'Hagan | 3.36% | 1,389 | 1,389 | 1,438.91 | 1,438.91 | 1,465.37 | 2,134.58 | 2,537.47 | 2,538.47 | 2,563.1 | 2,564.1 | |||
| NI Labour | Billy Boyd | 4.69% | 1,942 | 2,204.15 | 2,214.73 | 2,216.67 | 2,237.9 | 2,333.56 | 2,388.08 | 2,538.1 | |||||
| DUP | William Spence | 3.30% | 1,366 | 2,270.05 | 2,270.05 | 2,286.85 | 2,293.62 | 2,236.4 | 2,239.4 | ||||||
| Republican Labour | Paddy Kennedy | 4.23% | 1,750 | 1,750.49 | 1,970.37 | 1,970.37 | 1,984.6 | 2,036.94 | |||||||
| Republican Clubs | John O'Hare | 1.70% | 702 | 703.47 | 715.43 | 715.44 | 725.44 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Reginald Donnelly | 0.47% | 194 | 202.33 | 223.49 | 223.51 | 225 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Maureen Smyth | 0.41% | 169 | 232.7 | 238.22 | 238.67 | 242.67 | ||||||||
| NI Labour | Patrick Doherty | 0.36% | 151 | 152.47 | 172.02 | 172.03 | 174.03 | ||||||||
| Communist | James Stewart | 0.30% | 123 | 130.35 | 131.96 | 132.2 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 70,791 Valid: 41,374 (58.45%) Spoilt: 2,834 Quota: 5,911 Turnout: 44,208 (62.45%) | |||||||||||||||
Note:John Laird,Hugh Smyth,Jean Coulter and William Spence used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.
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