Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Strangford
county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Strangford in Northern Ireland
Major settlementsNewtownards, Comber
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentJim Shannon (DUP)
Created fromNorth Down, Belfast South and Belfast East[1]

Strangford (Irish: Loch Cuan) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Northern Ireland.

Election results[change | change source]

General election 2019: Strangford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DUP Jim Shannon 17,705 47.2 ―14.8
Alliance Kellie Armstrong 10,634 28.4 +13.7
Ulster Unionist Phillip Smith 4,023 10.7 ―0.7
SDLP Joe Boyle 1,994 5.3 ―0.9
NI Conservatives Grant Abraham 1,476 3.9 +2.6
Green (NI) Maurice Macartney 790 2.1 +0.5
Sinn Féin Ryan Carlin 555 1.5 ―1.3
UKIP Robert Stephenson 308 0.8 New
Majority 7,071 18.8 ―28.5
Turnout 37,485 56.0 ―4.4
Registered electors 66,938
DUP hold Swing ―14.3

References[change | change source]

  1. "'Strangford', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. "Strangford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.