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⚑ Northern Ireland
70,070 electors
Active Seat

Strangford

Current MP
Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
55.0%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Democratic Unionist Party Jim Shannon Hold
Majority 5,131
Turnout 52.2% ↓3.8pp
Total Votes 38,909
Winner Swing ↓7.2pp
✓ Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party
15,559 40.0%
↓0.5pp
Michelle Guy
Alliance
10,428 26.8%
↑0.6pp
Richard Smart
Ulster Unionist Party
3,941 10.1%
↑0.9pp
Ron McDowell
Traditional Unionist Voice
3,143 8.1%
—
Noel Sands
Sinn Féin
2,793 7.2%
↓0.4pp
Will Polland
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1,783 4.6%
↓5.5pp
Alexandra Braidner
—
703 1.8%
↑0.0pp
Garreth Falls
—
256 0.7%
—
Gareth Burns
—
157 0.4%
—
Barry Hetherington
Conservative
146 0.4%
↓3.0pp
Democratic Unionist Party Jim Shannon Hold
Majority 7,071
Turnout 56.0% ↓4.2pp
Total Votes 37,485
Winner Swing ↓14.8pp
✓ Jim Shannon
—
17,705 47.2%
↓14.8pp
Kellie Armstrong
Social Democratic Party
10,634 28.4%
↑13.7pp
Philip Smith
—
4,023 10.7%
↓0.7pp
Joe Boyle
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1,994 5.3%
↓0.9pp
Grant Abraham
Conservative
1,476 3.9%
↑2.6pp
Maurice Macartney
—
790 2.1%
↑0.5pp
Ryan Carlin
—
555 1.5%
↓1.3pp
Robert Stephenson
—
308 0.8%
—
Democratic Unionist Party Jim Shannon Hold
Majority 18,343
Turnout 60.2% ↑7.5pp
Total Votes 38,749
Winner Swing ↑17.7pp
✓ Jim Shannon
—
24,036 62.0%
↑17.7pp
Kellie Armstrong
Social Democratic Party
5,693 14.7%
↑0.9pp
Mike Nesbitt
—
4,419 11.4%
↓3.0pp
Joe Boyle
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,404 6.2%
↓0.7pp
Carole Murphy
—
1,083 2.8%
↑0.2pp
Ricky Bamford
—
607 1.6%
—
Claire Hiscott
Conservative
507 1.3%
↓5.1pp
Democratic Unionist Party Jim Shannon Hold
Majority 10,185
Turnout 52.8% ↓0.9pp
Total Votes 33,924
Winner Swing ↓1.6pp
✓ Jim Shannon
—
15,053 44.4%
↓1.6pp
Robert Burgess
—
4,868 14.4%
—
Kellie Armstrong
Social Democratic Party
4,687 13.8%
↑5.1pp
Joe Boyle
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,335 6.9%
↑0.2pp
Joe Jordan
—
2,237 6.6%
—
Johnny Andrews
Conservative
2,167 6.4%
—
Stephen Cooper
—
1,701 5.0%
↓0.6pp
Sheila Bailie
—
876 2.6%
↓1.0pp
Democratic Unionist Party Jim Shannon Hold
Majority 5,876
Turnout 53.7%
Total Votes 32,505
✓ Jim Shannon
—
14,926 45.9%
↓8.8pp
Mike Nesbitt
—
9,050 27.8%
—
Deborah Girvan
Social Democratic Party
2,828 8.7%
—
Claire Hanna
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,164 6.7%
↓1.8pp
Terry Williams
—
1,814 5.6%
—
Michael Coogan
—
1,161 3.6%
↓0.1pp
Barbara Haig
—
562 1.7%
—

Turnout Trend

53.7%
'10
52.8%
'15
60.2%
'17
56.0%
'19
52.2%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
50 to 64
21.8%
65 and over
21.5% ▲5.1pp
0 to 17
20.8%
35 to 49
18.2%
25 to 34
11.1%
18 to 24
6.6%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.5%
Asian or Asian British
0.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.5%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
Other
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
21.8%
65 and over
21.5%
Under 18
20.8%
30 to 44
18.2%
18 to 29
17.7%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
99.0%
Asian or Asian British
0.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.3%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.6%
Under 18
22.6%
30 to 44
19.6%
65 and over
16.4%
18 to 29
13.9%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mrs Iris Robinson Independent 2001-06-07 2010-01-13