Belfast West (Assembly constituency)

Belfast West
Borough Constituency
for the Northern Ireland Assembly

Belfast West shown within Northern Ireland
Districts Belfast, Lisburn
Current constituency
Created 1973
Assembly Members Alex Attwood
Gerry Carroll
Alex Maskey
Fra McCann
Jennifer McCann
Pat Sheehan

Belfast West 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 West UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1973 to 1974, 1983 to 1986 and 2010-2011 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 1983–95 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 West (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
1973 Paddy Devlin
(SDLP)
Desmond Gillespie
(SDLP)
Bob Cooper
(Alliance Party)
Hugh Smyth
(Independent Unionist)
John Laird
(UUP)
Jean Coulter
(Vanguard/UUP)
1975 Joe Hendron
(SDLP)
1982 Gerry Adams
(Sinn Féin)
Will Glendinning
(Alliance)
Thomas Passmore
(UUP)
4 seats
1982-1996
1996 Alex Maskey
(Sinn Féin)
Dodie McGuinness
(Sinn Féin)
Annie Armstrong
(Sinn Féin)
5 seats
1996-1998
1998 Bairbre De Brun
(Sinn Féin)
Sue Ramsey
(Sinn Féin)
Alex Attwood
(SDLP)
2003 Fra McCann
(Sinn Féin)
Michael Ferguson
(Sinn Féin)
Diane Dodds
(DUP)
November 2004
co-option
Sue Ramsey
(Sinn Féin)
2007 Jennifer McCann
(Sinn Féin)
Paul Maskey
(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)

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 West - 6 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
People Before Profit Gerry Carroll 22.9 8,299
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 13.1 4,769 5,360.80
Sinn Féin Pat Sheehan 9.7 3,516 3,761.08 3,829.20 6,393.20
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 11.1 4,028 4,283.20 4,479.48 4,756.68 5,891.73
Sinn Féin Jennifer McCann 12.1 4,386 4,648.68 4,755.04 4,988.88 5,044.81 5,750.11
SDLP Alex Attwood 7.3 2,647 3,407.76 4,161.36 4,234.52 4,242.98 4,245.38 4,299.08 4,430.20
DUP Frank McCoubrey 10.4 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 8.4 3,053 3,244.40 3,303.24
Workers' Party Conor Campbell 1.5 532 766.54
Green (NI) Ellen Murray 0.9 327 705.84
UUP Gareth Martin 1.8 654 668.96
Alliance Jemima Higgins 0.8 291 427.40
Electorate: 63,993   Valid: 36,268   Spoilt: 722 (1.95%)   Quota: 5,182   Turnout: 56.70

    2011

    2011 Assembly election:[1] Belfast West - 6 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
    Sinn Féin Paul Maskey 15.4 5,343
    Sinn Féin Jennifer McCann 15.1 5,239
    Sinn Féin Fra McCann 12.9 4,481 4,587.96 4,604.96 4,613.08 4,645.50 4,682.60 4,735.84 4,837.22 4,838.34 5,167.34
    SDLP Alex Attwood 10.9 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 11.9 4,116 4,340.28 4,350.88 4,358.19 4,377.40 4,394.47 4,407.47 4,423.94 4,433.99 4,683.90 4,823.06
    Sinn Féin Pat Sheehan 10.8 3,723 3,737.35 3,960.50 3,971.78 3,996.39 4,016.61 4,029.73 4,051.85 4,054.90 4,249.77 4,327.19
    DUP Brian Kingston 7.5 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 4.8 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 4.2 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 2.3 802 803.26 804.41 807.41 853.58 878.63 981.82
    Workers' Party John Lowry 1.7 586 586.63 587.03 590.10 607.24 644.38
    Socialist Party Pat Lawlor 1.1 384 384.42 384.92 399.92 408.92
    Alliance Dan McGuinness 1.1 365 367.66 368.76 370.76
    Independent Brian Pelan 0.4 122 122.77 122.92
    Electorate: 61,520   Valid: 34,645   Spoilt: 973   Quota: 4,950   Turnout: 35,618 (57.9%)

      2007

      2007 Assembly election: Belfast West - 6 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 17.8 6,029
      Sinn Féin Sue Ramsey 14.0 4,715 5,266.60
      Sinn Féin Paul Maskey 12.9 4,368 4,758.60 4,774.05 4,783.95 4,821.80 5,074.80
      Sinn Féin Jennifer McCann 12.6 4,265 4,294.80 4,665.75 4,667.70 4,693.50 4,848.50
      SDLP Alex Attwood 9.0 3,036 3,148.80 3,149.70 3,196.90 3,234.90 4,779.10
      Sinn Féin Fra McCann 12.6 4,254 4,323.80 4,344.95 4,353.80 4,378 4,646.85
      DUP Diane Dodds 10.8 3,661 3,661 3,661.15 3,671.15 3,677.15 4,166
      SDLP Margret Walsh 3.2 1,074 1,086.20 1,087.10 1,110.30 1,156.50
      People Before Profit Seán Mitchell 2.3 774 789 789.60 830.40 968.80
      UUP Louis West 1.7 558 558.80 558.80 579.80 581.80
      Workers' Party John Lowry 1.3 434 440 440.45 452.65 452.65
      Republican Sinn Féin Geraldine Taylor 1.3 427 429 429.45 437.05
      Alliance Dan McGuinness 0.4 127 132.40 133.30
      Make Politicians History Rainbow George 0.2 68 69 69
      Electorate: 50,792   Valid: 33,790   Spoilt: 448   Quota: 4,828   Turnout: 34,238 (67.4%)

        Note: All Republican Sinn Féin candidates appeared as Independent on the ballot paper.

        2003

        2003 Assembly election: Belfast West
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
        Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18.9 6,199
        SDLP Alex Attwood 11.2 3,667 3,796.60 3,901.04 3,956.28 6,096.28
        Sinn Féin Bairbre de Brun 12.4 4,069 4,476.52 4,494.96 4,504.92 4,665.68 5,229.68
        Sinn Féin Fra McCann 13.0 4,263 4,337.16 4,360.88 4,363.36 4,525 4,905
        Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 11.7 3,849 3,912.84 3,921.56 3,945.12 4,000 4,117 4,346 4,448.60
        DUP Diane Dodds 7.7 2,554 2,554 2,631 4,144.24 4,256.24 4,272.40 4,274.40 4,277.09
        Sinn Féin Sue Ramsey 9.1 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 7.9 2,583 2,654.28 2,849.72 3,108.72
        UUP Chris McGimpsey 3.6 1,170 1,174.56 1,298.57
        PUP Hugh Smyth 2.5 813 814.68 862.68
        Workers' Party John Lowry 1.2 407 410.84
        Independent John MacVicar 0.6 211 211.24
        Alliance Dan McGuiness 0.2 75 78.20
        Independent David Kerr 0.1 16 16
        Electorate: 50,861   Valid: 32,854   Spoilt: 673   Quota: 4,694   Turnout: 33,527 (65.9%)

          Note: David Kerr sought election as an Ulster Third Way candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

          1998

          1998 Assembly election: Belfast West
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
          Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 21.7 9,078
          SDLP Joe Hendron 14.7 6,140
          Sinn Féin Sue Ramsey 9.4 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 Brun 11.2 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 10.3 4,330 4,831.20 4,852.35 4,856.41 4,889.20 4,901.27 4,909.82 5,242.20 5,324.61 6,328.43
          SDLP Alex Attwood 10.2 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 3.9 1,640 1,641.40 1,674.40 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 6.2 2,585 2,791.85 2,838.45 2,840.71 2,867.12 2,871.84 2,896.95
          PUP Hugh Smyth 5.2 2,180 2,186.65 2,206.75 2,208.63 2,342.94 2,716.06
          DUP Margaret Ferris 3.2 1,345 1,347.80 1,354.50 1,354.80 1,784.22
          UK Unionist Thomas Dalzell-Sheridan 1.6 666 671.25 677.25 677.37
          Workers' Party John Lowry 1.5 607 630.10 658.80 660.68
          Alliance Dan McGuiness 0.3 129 165.40
          Independent Mary Cahillane 0.3 128 151.80
          Natural Law Michael Kennedy 0.1 29 31.45
          Electorate: 50,861   Valid: 41,794   Spoilt: 960   Quota: 5,971   Turnout: 42,754 (70.5%)

            Note: Mary Cahillane sought election as a Pro-Agreement Socialist candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

            1996 Forum

            Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]

            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
            Independent DUP 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 Party Barry Bruton
            Daniella Egerton
            28 0.1
            Independent Voice Bernard McGrath
            Susan McGrath
            26 0.1
            Independent Chambers Ruth Patty
            Richard Stewart
            12 0.0

            1982

            1982 Assembly Election: Belfast West - 4 seats
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
            Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 28.4 9,740
            SDLP Joe Hendron 15.2 5,207 5,309.30 6,003.30 7,965.30
            UUP Thomas Passmore 13.1 4,505 4,505 4,509 5,128 5,130 5,131.86 5,151.79 5,165.55
            Alliance Will Glendinning 8.0 2,733 2,764.50 2,805.10 2,847.10 3,072.70 3,651.16 4,525.99 5,163.20
            DUP Billy Dickson 12.8 4,394 4,396.10 4,399.10 4,849.40 4,866.40 4,869.09 4,892.81 4,918.60
            Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 1.8 627 3,240 3,326.20 3,326.20 3,397.60 3,565.93 3,824.22
            Workers' Party Mary McMahon 7.3 2,493 2,512.80 2,566.90 2,580.90 2,662.80 3,017.13
            SDLP Cormac Boomer 6.3 2,145 2,204.40 2,452.50 2,454.50
            PUP Hugh Smyth 3.7 1,255 1,255.30 1,256.30
            SDLP Mary Muldoon 3.0 1,016 1,024.10
            People's Democracy John McAnulty 0.4 144 161.10
            Electorate: 57,726   Valid: 34,259   Spoilt: 1,819   Quota: 6,852   Turnout: 36,078 (62.50%)

              1975 Constitutional Convention

              1975 Constitutional Convention: Belfast West
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
              UUP John Laird 23.6 8,433
              SDLP Paddy Devlin 17.5 6,267
              UUP Jean Coulter 6.5 2,325 4,209.48 4,209.48 4,226.65 4,235.65 5,710.65
              Alliance Bob Cooper 9.2 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 8.0 2,840 2,841.56 3,058.82 3,180.76 3,607.50 3,611.04 3,611.66 4,901.95
              Independent Unionist Hugh Smyth 7.4 2,644 3,235.63 3,236.35 3,252.92 3,256.31 4,127.80 4,684.56 4,693.55
              SDLP Desmond Gillespie 5.6 1,986 1,988.73 2,506.59 2,652.23 3,254.10 3,257.10 3,257.72 4,513.76
              SDLP Paschal O'Hare 6.9 2,452 2,453.95 2,578.87 2,691.07 3,115.67 3,118.63 3,121.11
              DUP Edith Goligher 5.5 1,958 2,668.19 2,669.63 2,686.41 2,688.59
              Independent Thomas Conaty 5.7 2,052 2,052.78 2,133.96 2,302.18
              Republican Clubs John Sullivan 1.8 660 661.17 676.29
              Republican Clubs John Brady 1.2 418 418,78 432.82
              Republican Clubs Bernard McDonagh 0.7 262 263.17 268.21
              Communist Party John Morris 0.2 86 86 87.62
              Communist Party Peter Kerrins 0.1 44 44.78 45.50
              Electorate: 63,869   Valid: 37,514 (58.7%)   Spoilt: 1,794   Quota: 5,103   Turnout: 35,720

                Note: John Laird, Jean Coulter and Edith Goligher were all UUUC endorsed candidates.

                1973

                1973 Assembly Election: Belfast West
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12
                UUP John Laird 27.7 11,479
                SDLP Paddy Devlin 18.7 7,743
                Independent Unionist Hugh Smyth 8.8 3,625 5,997.09
                Vanguard Jean Coulter 4.3 1,765 3,606.42 3,606.42 3,634.31 3,638.30 3,704.33 3,707.56 5,610.71 6,281.71
                Alliance Bob Cooper 7.6 3,160 3,262.90 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 4.7 1,940 1,940 2,520.29 2,520.30 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 4.3 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 5.1 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 3.4 1,389 1,389 1,438.91 1,438.91 1,465.37 2,134.58 2,537.47 2,538.47 2,563.10 2,564.10
                NI Labour Billy Boyd 4.7 1,942 2,204.15 2,214.73 2,216.67 2,237.90 2,333.56 2,388.08 2,538.10
                DUP Willam Spence 3.3 1,366 2,270.05 2,270.05 2,286.85 2,293.62 2,236.40 2,239.40
                Republican Labour Paddy Kennedy 4.2 1,750 1,750.49 1,970.37 1,970.37 1,984.60 2,036.94
                Republican Clubs John O'Hare 1.7 702 703.47 715.43 715.44 725.44
                Alliance Reginald Donnelly 0.5 194 202.33 223.49 223.51 225
                Alliance Maureen Smyth 0.4 169 232.70 238.22 238.67 242.67
                NI Labour Patrick Doherty 0.4 151 152.47 172.02 172.03 174.03
                Communist Party James Stewart 0.3 123 130.35 131.96 132.20
                Electorate: 70,791   Valid: 44,208   Spoilt: 2,834   Quota: 5,911   Turnout: 41,374

                  Note: John Laird, Hugh Smyth, Jean Coulter and William Spence used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.

                  References

                  1. http://www.eoni.org.uk/index/elections/elections-2011-results-and-statistics/ni-assembly-election-2011-results-by-stage.htm
                  2. 1996 Candidates – West Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

                  Sources

                  Coordinates: 54°35′11″N 6°00′06″W / 54.58639°N 6.00167°W / 54.58639; -6.00167

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