Maps by Conal Kelly and Nicholas Whyte

This constituency takes in the northern quarter of Belfast City Council and adjacent parts of Newtownabbey District Council. The member of parliament has been Nigel Dodds since the 2001 election; he defeated Cecil Walker (UUP) who had represented North Belfast since 1983. The constituency was expanded a little in 1983 and rather more in 1995. See here for 1983-1992 results.

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

			Surplus Dodds		Surplus Kelly		Surplus McCausland		Exclude Gallagher & Delaney
Nigel Dodds	DUP	9276	-4771	4505	-	4505	-	4505	-	4505
Gerry Kelly	SF	5524	-	5524	-1019	4505	-	4505	-	4505
Nelson McCausland	DUP	1500	3600.6	5100.6	-	5100.6	-595.6	4505	-	4505
Fred Cobain	UUP	2961	377.91	3338.91	0.36	3339.27	170.19	3509.46	5.18	3514.64
Alban Maginness	SDLP	3186	13.26	3199.26	111.42	3310.68	2.25	3312.93	10	3322.93
Kathy Stanton	SF	2990	0	2990	813.78	3803.78	0.09	3803.87	9	3812.87
Billy Hutchinson	PUP	1358	329.46	1687.46	0.9	1688.36	122.76	1811.12	7.53	1818.65
Pat Convery	SDLP	2108	5.61	2113.61	45.18	2158.79	1.71	2160.5	23.18	2183,68
Fraser Agnew	UUC	802	198.39	1000,39	0	1000.39	157.05	1157.44	0.09	1157.53
Eliz Byrne McCullough	NIWC	467	11.22	478.22	4.14	482.36	3.24	485.6	12.6	498.2
Frank McCoubrey	Ind	469	82.62	551.62	0.36	551.98	66.6	618.58	0.18	618.76
Marjorie Hawkins	Alliance	305	8.67	313.67	1.62	315.29	3.06	318.35	7.51	325.86
Raymond McCord	Ind	218	66.81	284.81	1.8	286.61	38.52	325.13	4.69	329.82
Peter Emerson	Green	261	8.16	269.16	2.34	271.5	6.39	277.89	21.51	299.4
Marcella Delaney	WP	90	1.02	91.02	0.18	91,2	0,72	91.92	-91,92	0
John Gallagher	VFYP	17	2.55	19.55	0	19.55	0.36	19.91	-19.91	0
			64.72	64.72	36.92	101.64	22.66	124.3	10.36	134.66

Stage 2: Of Dodds' 9276 votes, 7060 (76.1%) went to his running-mate McCausland (DUP); 741 (8.0%) went to Cobain (UUP); 646 (7.0%) went to Hutchinson (PUP); 389 (4.2%) went to Agnew (UUC); 162 (1.7%) went to McCoubrey (Ind); 131 (1.4%) went to McCord (Ind); 26 went to Maginness and 11 to Convery, thus 37 (0.4%) to the SDLP; 22 (0.2%) went to Byrne McCullough (NIWC); 17 (0.2%) to Hawkins (Alliance); 16 (0.2%) to Emerson (Green); 5 (0.1%) to Gallagher (VFYP); 2 (0.02%) to Delaney (WP); and none to Stanton (SF) with 48 (0.52%) non-transferable.

Stage 3: Of Kelly's 5524 votes, 4521 (81.8%) went to his running-mate Stanton (SF); 619 went to Maginness and 251 to Convery, thus 870 (15.7%) to the SDLP; 23 (0.4%) to Byrne McCullough (NIWC); 13 (0.2%) to Emerson (Green); 10 (0.2%) to McCord (Ind); 9 (0.2%) to Hawkins (Alliance); 5 (0.1%) to Hutchinson (PUP); 2 (0.04%) to Cobain (UUP); also 2 (0.04%) to McCoubrey (Ind); 1 (0.02%) to Delany (WP); and none to either Agnew (UUC) or Gallagher (VFYP), with 68 (1.2%) non-transferable.

Stage 4: Of the 7060 votes transferred from Dodds to McCausland (both DUP), 1891 (26.8%) went to Cobain (UUP); 1745 (24.7%) to Agnew (UUC); 1364 (19.3%) to Hutchinson (PUP); 740 (10.5%) to McCoubrey (Ind); 428 (6.1%) to McCord (Ind); 71 (1.0%) to Emerson (Green); 25 to Maginness and 19 to Convery, thus 44 (0.6%) to the SDLP; 36 (0.5%) to Byrne McCullough (NIWC); 34 (0.5%) to Hawkins (Alliance); 8 (0.1%) to Delaney (WP); 4 (0.1%) to Gallagher (VFYP); and 1 (0.01%) to Stanton (SF) with 694 (9.8%) non-transferable.

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

Your comments, please! Send an email to me at nicholas.whyte@gmail.com..

Compiled by Nicholas Whyte, Becky Vanasek and Simon Smyth, 11 April 2004.