UKConstituencies / Northern Ireland
Belfast West: MP, 2024 result & majority
Last updated: 3 Oct 2026
Current MP
Paul Maskey
Sinn Féin · MP since 9 Jun 2011
2024 result
SF Hold
Sinn Féin
Majority
15,961
40.2% of votes cast
Turnout
52.7%
39,743 of 75,346 electors
How close is it?
Belfast West was won in 2024 by Sinn Féin (SF Hold) with a majority of 15,961 votes, 40.2% of votes cast. That ranks it 627 of 650 seats from the closest: a safe seat by 2024 margins.
Majority as a share of votes cast; ranking by 2024 majority only. This is not a forecast for the next election.
National context
UK-wide voting intention, not a local poll
As of: 2 Oct 2026 · Method: Average of the last 5 polls · Source: BMG Research, Find Out Now, More in Common, Opinium, Survation, YouGov · Constituency-level polling or MRP is only shown when published by a named pollster.
Polls are snapshots, not forecasts.
Polls are snapshots, not forecasts.
More in Northern Ireland
Closest 2024 results first
Sources: UK Parliament Members API (MPs, 2024 results), postcodes.io (nation and region).
