Maps by Conal Kelly and Nicholas Whyte

This constituency takes in the eastern quarter of Belfast City Council and adjacent parts of Castlereagh District Council. The member of parliament has been Peter Robinson (DUP deputy leader) since he defeated Bill Craig, the former Vanguard leader who had then joined the UUP, in 1979. The constituency shrank somewhat in 1983 but was then expanded outwards again in 1995.

See also results of all East Belfast elections 1993-2003.
 

			Surplus Robinson		Surplus Empey		Exclude Weiss, McBlain, Bell, Black and Dick		Exclude Van Es and O'Donnell
Peter Robinson	DUP	9254	-4830	4424	0	4424	0	4424	0	4424
Sir Reg Empey	UUP	6459	0	6459	-2035	4424	0	4424	0	4424
Robin Newton	DUP	1475	2943.2	4418.2	26.04	4444.24	0	4444.24	0	4444.24
David Ervine	PUP	2990	221.52	3211.52	165.85	3377.37	132.11	3509.48	151.31	3660.79
Naomi Long	Alliance	2774	20.28	2794.28	83.08	2877.36	133.31	3010.67	1001.34	4012.01
Michael Copeland	UUP	2291	63.96	2354.96	777.79	3132.75	87.76	3220.51	77.41	3297.92
Jim Rodgers	UUP	1502	288.6	1790.6	891.25	2681.85	100.8	2782.65	56.72	2839.37
Harry Toan	DUP	1403	1230.32	2633.32	9.92	2643.24	73.42	2716.66	11.12	2727.78
Joseph O'Donnell	SF	1180	4.16	1184.16	1.55	1185.71	20	1205.71	-1205.71	-
Leo Van Es	SDLP	967	2.6	969.6	16.43	986.03	49.62	1035.65	-1035.65	-
Terry Dick	Cons	232	2.08	234.08	16.43	250.51	-250.51	-		-
Thomas Black	Soc	176	5.2	181.2	2.48	183.68	-183.68	-		-
Joseph Bell	WP	125	3.12	128.12	0.93	129.05	-129.05	-		-
John McBlain	Ind	72	6.76	78.76	2.48	81.24	-81.24	-		-
George Weiss	VFYS	65	1.56	66.56	0.62	67.18	-67.18	-		-
			36.64	36.64	40.15	76.79	114.64	191.43	943.46	1134.89

Stage 2: Of Robinson's 9254 votes, 5660 transferred to Newton and 2366 to Toan, thus 8026 (86.7%) to the other DUP candidates; 555 to Rodgers and 123 to Copeland, thus 678 (7.3%) to the UUP candidates; 426 (4.6%) to Ervine (PUP); 39 (0.4%) to Long (Alliance); 13 (0.1%) to McBlain; 10 (0.1%) to Black (Socialist); 8 (0.1%) to O'Donnell (SF); 6 (0.1%) to Bell (WP); 5 (0.1%) to Van Es (SDLP); 4 (0.04%) to Dick (Con); and 3 (0.03%) to Weiss (VFYS) with 36 (0.4%) non-transferable.

Stage 3: Of Empey's 6459 votes, 2875 went to Rodgers and 2509 to Copeland, thus 5384 (83.4%) to the other UUP candidates; 535 (8.3%) to Ervine (PUP); 268 (4.1%) to Long (Alliance); 84 to Newton and 32 to Toan, thus 116 (1.8%) to the DUP; 53 (0.8%) to Van Es (SDLP); also 53 (0.8%) to Dick (Con); 8 (0.1%) to Black (Socialist); also 8 (0.1%) to McBlain; 5 (0.1%) to O'Donnell (SF); 3 (0.05%) to Bell (WP); and 2 (0.03%) to Weiss (VFYS) with 24 (0.4%) non-transferable.
 

			Exclude Toan
Peter Robinson	DUP	4424	0	4424
Sir Reg Empey	UUP	4424	0	4424
Robin Newton	DUP	4444.24	0	4444.24
David Ervine	PUP	3660.79	602.6	4263.39
Naomi Long	Alliance	4012.01	44.53	4056.54
Michael Copeland	UUP	3297.92	352.57	3650.49
Jim Rodgers	UUP	2839.37	457.11	3296.48
Harry Toan	DUP	2727.78	-2727.78	-
		1134.89	1270.97	2405.86

See also: Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies | Single Transferable Vote | The political parties | Useful books and links

Full 2003 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | West Tyrone | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 24 December 2003.