East Belfast

Details of each count in 1998 election

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.

Stage 2: Of Robinson's 11219 votes, 7706 transferred to Wilson and 1447 to Norris, thus 9153 (81.58%) to the other DUP candidates; 349 to Rodgers, 260 to Empey and 126 to Adamson, thus 735 (6.51%) to the UUP candidates; 624 (5.56%) to Vitty (UKUP); 370 to Ervine and 31 to Purvis, thus 401 (3.57%) to the PUP candidates; 99 (0.88%) to Girvan (UDP); 37 (0.33%) to Donaldson (Conservative); 24 (0.21%) to Sagar (NIWC); 19 (0.17%) to Good (Alliance); 16 (0.14%) to Bleakley (Labour); 3 (0.03%) to Jones (SDLP); 1 (0.01%) to Bell (WP); and none to O'Donnell (SF), Collins (NLP) or Lawrence (E106) with 107 (0.95%) non-transferable.

Stage 3: Of Alderdice's 6144 votes, 4014 (65.33%) transferred to Good (Alliance); 522 to Empey, 290 to Adamson and 72 to Rodgers, thus 884 (14.39%) to the UUP candidates; 559 to Ervine and 13 to Purvis, thus 572 (9.31%) to the PUP candidates; 180 (2.93%) to Bleakley (Lab); 169 (2.75%) to Sagar (NIWC); 120 (1.95%) to Jones (SDLP); 41 (0.67%) to Donaldson (Conservative); 37 (0.60%) to Bell (WP); 24 to Wilson and 9 to Norris, thus 33 (0.54%) to the DUP candidates; 22 (0.36%) to Girvan (UDP); 17 (0.28%) to O'Donnell (SF); 15 (0.24%) to Vitty (UKUP); 7 (0.11%) to Collins (NLP); and 6 (0.10%) to Lawrence (NLP) with 40 (0.65%) non-transferable.

Stage 13: Of the 483 votes transferred to Empey from Rodgers, 387 (80.12%) went to Adamson (UUP); 23 (4.76%) to Good (Alliance); also 23 (4.76%) to Vitty (UKUP) and 1 (0.21%) to Jones (SDLP) with 49 (10.14%) non-transferable.

Not a great surprise.

Full 1998 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

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Nicholas Whyte, 15 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.