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North Down — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

North Down was won by Independent at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 7,305 votes over Alliance. This page covers every general election in North Down from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Thomas Waring (Irish Unionist) 4,315 60.3% John Shaw Brown (Liberal) 1,474 (20.6 pts) 77.1%
1886 Thomas Waring (Irish Unionist) 4,959 83.7% Richard McNabb (Irish Parliamentary Party) 3,995 (67.5 pts) 63.8%
1892 Thomas Waring (Irish Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1895 Thomas Waring (Irish Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Thomas Lorimer Corbett (Irish Unionist) 4,493 58.2% Robert Gordon Sharman Crawford (Irish Unionist) 1,263 (16.4 pts) 78.1%
1906 Thomas Lorimer Corbett (Irish Unionist) 4,878 65.2% Alexander Annan Adams (Russellite Unionist) 2,275 (30.4 pts) 77.5%
Jan 1910 Thomas Lorimer Corbett (Irish Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Dec 1910 William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson (Irish Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1918 Thomas Watters Brown (Irish Unionist) 9,200 81.0% John Alexander Davidson (Independent Unionist) 7,047 (62.1 pts) 61.7%
1950 Walter Dorling Smiles (Ulster Unionist) 41,810 79.4% Albert Horatio McElroy (NI Labour) 30,974 (58.8 pts) 68.1%
1951 Walter Dorling Smiles (Ulster Unionist) 43,285 81.4% Albert Horatio McElroy (NI Labour) 33,371 (62.7 pts) 65.7%
1955 George Boyle Hanna Currie (Ulster Unionist) 50,315 96.8% Joseph Campbell (Sinn Féin) 48,678 (93.7 pts) 61.1%
1959 George Boyle Hanna Currie (Ulster Unionist) 51,773 98.0% Joseph Campbell (Sinn Féin) 50,734 (96.1 pts) 58.8%
1964 George Boyle Hanna Currie (Ulster Unionist) 45,091 73.5% Edward Bell (NI Labour) 33,520 (54.7 pts) 63.1%
1966 George Currie (Ulster Unionist) 38,706 78.5% Sheelagh Murnaghan (Ulster Liberal) 28,124 (57.1 pts) 48.9%
1970 James Kilfedder (Ulster Unionist) 55,679 69.0% Kenneth Young (NI Labour) 41,433 (51.3 pts) 66.6%
Feb 1974 James Kilfedder (Ulster Unionist) 38,169 61.1% Roy Bradford (Pro-Assembly Unionist) 16,226 (26.0 pts) 67.3%
Oct 1974 James Kilfedder (Ulster Unionist) 40,996 71.9% Keith Jones (Alliance) 31,023 (54.4 pts) 60.9%
1979 James Kilfedder (Independent Unionist) 36,989 59.6% Keith Jones (Alliance) 23,625 (38.1 pts) 62.2%
1983 James Kilfedder (Ulster Popular Unionist) 22,861 56.1% John Cushnahan (Alliance) 13,846 (34.0 pts) 66.3%
1987 James Kilfedder (Ulster Popular Unionist) 18,420 45.1% Bob McCartney (Real Unionist) 3,953 (9.7 pts) 62.8%
1992 James Kilfedder (Ulster Popular Unionist) 19,305 42.9% Laurence Kennedy (NI Conservatives) 4,934 (11.0 pts) 65.5%
1997 Bob McCartney (UK Unionist) 12,817 35.1% Alan McFarland (Ulster Unionist) 1,449 (4.0 pts) 58.0%
2001 Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist) 20,833 56.0% Bob McCartney (UK Unionist) 7,324 (19.7 pts) 58.8%
2005 Sylvia Hermon (Ulster Unionist) 16,268 50.4% Peter Weir (DUP) 4,944 (15.3 pts) 54.4%
2010 Sylvia Hermon (Independent) 21,181 63.3% Ian Parsley (Independent) 14,364 (42.9 pts) 55.3%
2015 Sylvia Hermon (Independent) 17,689 49.2% Alex Easton (DUP) 9,202 (25.6 pts) 56.1%
2017 Sylvia Hermon (Independent) 16,148 41.2% Alex Easton (DUP) 1,208 (3.1 pts) 61.0%
2019 Stephen Farry (Alliance) 18,358 45.2% Alex Easton (DUP) 2,968 (7.3 pts) 60.8%
2024 Alex Easton (Independent) 20,913 48.3% Stephen Farry (Alliance) 7,305 (16.9 pts) 58.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Waring Irish Unionist 4,31560.3% Yes
John Shaw Brown Liberal 2,84139.7% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Waring Irish Unionist 4,95983.7% Yes
Richard McNabb Irish Parliamentary Party 96416.3% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Waring Irish Unionist Unopposed Yes

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Waring Irish Unionist Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Lorimer Corbett Irish Unionist 4,49358.2% Yes
Robert Gordon Sharman Crawford Irish Unionist 3,23041.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Lorimer Corbett Irish Unionist 4,87865.2% Yes
Alexander Annan Adams Russellite Unionist 2,60334.8% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Lorimer Corbett Irish Unionist Unopposed Yes

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson Irish Unionist Unopposed Yes

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Watters Brown Irish Unionist 9,20081.0% Yes
John Alexander Davidson Independent Unionist 2,15319.0% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Dorling Smiles Ulster Unionist 41,81079.4% Yes
Albert Horatio McElroy NI Labour 10,83620.6% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Dorling Smiles Ulster Unionist 43,28581.4% Yes
Albert Horatio McElroy NI Labour 9,91418.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Boyle Hanna Currie Ulster Unionist 50,31596.8% Yes
Joseph Campbell Sinn Féin 1,6373.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Boyle Hanna Currie Ulster Unionist 51,77398.0% Yes
Joseph Campbell Sinn Féin 1,0392.0% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Boyle Hanna Currie Ulster Unionist 45,09173.5% Yes
Edward Bell NI Labour 11,57118.9% No
Albert Horatio McElroy Ulster Liberal 3,7976.2% No
Paddy McGrattan Independent Republican 8551.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Currie Ulster Unionist 38,70678.5% Yes
Sheelagh Murnaghan Ulster Liberal 10,58221.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Ulster Unionist 55,67969.0% Yes
Kenneth Young NI Labour 14,24617.6% No
Robert Nixon Independent Unionist 6,4087.9% No
Ritchie McGladdery Independent 3,3214.1% No
Hamilton Simmons-Gooding Ulster Liberal 1,0761.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Ulster Unionist 38,16961.1% Yes
Roy Bradford Pro-Assembly Unionist 21,94335.1% No
Dermot Curran SDLP 2,3763.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Ulster Unionist 40,99671.9% Yes
Keith Jones Alliance 9,97317.5% No
William Brownlow Unionist Party NI 6,03710.6% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Independent Unionist 36,98959.6% Yes
Keith Jones Alliance 13,36421.5% No
Clifford Smyth Ulster Unionist 11,72818.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Ulster Popular Unionist 22,86156.1% Yes
John Cushnahan Alliance 9,01522.1% No
Bob McCartney Ulster Unionist 8,26120.3% No
Cathal O'Baioll SDLP 6451.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Ulster Popular Unionist 18,42045.1% Yes
Bob McCartney Real Unionist 14,46735.4% No
John Cushnahan Alliance 7,93219.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Kilfedder Ulster Popular Unionist 19,30542.9% Yes
Laurence Kennedy NI Conservatives 14,37132.0% No
Addie Morrow Alliance 6,61114.7% No
Denny Vitty DUP 4,4149.8% No
Andrew Wilmot Natural Law 2550.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bob McCartney UK Unionist 12,81735.1% Yes
Alan McFarland Ulster Unionist 11,36831.1% No
Oliver Napier Alliance 7,55420.7% No
Leonard Fee NI Conservatives 1,8105.0% No
Marietta Farrell SDLP 1,6024.4% No
Jane Morrice NI Women's Coalition 1,2403.4% No
Tom Mullins Natural Law 1080.3% No
Robert Mooney Northern Ireland Party 570.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lady Hermon Ulster Unionist 20,83356.0% Yes
Bob McCartney UK Unionist 13,50936.3% No
Marietta Farrell SDLP 1,2753.4% No
Julian Robertson NI Conservatives 8152.2% No
Chris Carter Independent 4441.2% No
Eamonn McConvey Sinn Féin 3130.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sylvia Hermon Ulster Unionist 16,26850.4% Yes
Peter Weir DUP 11,32435.1% No
David Alderdice Alliance 2,4517.6% No
Liam Logan SDLP 1,0093.1% No
Julian Robertson NI Conservatives 8222.5% No
Chris Carter Independent 2110.7% No
Janet McCrory Sinn Féin 2050.6% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sylvia Hermon Independent 21,18163.3% Yes
Ian Parsley Independent 6,81720.4% No
Stephen Farry Alliance 1,8765.6% No
Mary Kilpatrick Traditional Unionist Voice 1,6344.9% No
Steven Agnew Green 1,0433.1% No
Liam Logan SDLP 6802.0% No
Vincent Parker Sinn Féin 2500.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sylvia Hermon Independent 17,68949.2% Yes
Alex Easton DUP 8,48723.6% No
Andrew Muir Alliance 3,0868.6% No
Steven Agnew Green 1,9585.4% No
Mark Brotherston Conservative 1,5934.4% No
Jonny Lavery UKIP 1,4824.1% No
William Cudworth Traditional Unionist Voice 6861.9% No
Tom Woolley SDLP 3551.0% No
Glenn Donnelly Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 3380.9% No
Therese McCartney Sinn Féin 2730.8% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sylvia Hermon Independent 16,14841.2% Yes
Alex Easton DUP 14,94038.1% No
Andrew Muir Alliance 3,6399.3% No
Steven Agnew Green 2,5496.5% No
Frank Shivers Conservative 9412.4% No
Therese McCartney Sinn Féin 5311.4% No
Caoimhe McNeill SDLP 4001.0% No
Gavan Reynolds Independent 370.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Farry Alliance 18,35845.2% Yes
Alex Easton DUP 15,39037.9% No
Alan Chambers Ulster Unionist 4,93612.1% No
Matthew Robinson Conservative 1,9594.8% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alex Easton Independent 20,91348.3% Yes
Stephen Farry Alliance 13,60831.4% No
Tim Collins Ulster Unionist 6,75415.6% No
Barry McKee Green 1,2472.9% No
Deirdre Vaughan SDLP 6571.5% No
Chris Carter Independent 1170.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Irish Unionist margin 20.6 pts 1886: Irish Unionist margin 67.5 pts 1900: Irish Unionist margin 16.4 pts 1906: Irish Unionist margin 30.4 pts 1918: Irish Unionist margin 62.1 pts 1950: Ulster Unionist margin 58.8 pts 1951: Ulster Unionist margin 62.7 pts 1955: Ulster Unionist margin 93.7 pts 1959: Ulster Unionist margin 96.1 pts 1964: Ulster Unionist margin 54.7 pts 1966: Ulster Unionist margin 57.1 pts 1970: Ulster Unionist margin 51.3 pts Feb 1974: Ulster Unionist margin 26.0 pts Oct 1974: Ulster Unionist margin 54.4 pts 1979: Independent Unionist margin 38.1 pts 1983: Ulster Popular Unionist margin 34.0 pts 1987: Ulster Popular Unionist margin 9.7 pts 1992: Ulster Popular Unionist margin 11.0 pts 1997: UK Unionist margin 4.0 pts 2001: Ulster Unionist margin 19.7 pts 2005: Ulster Unionist margin 15.3 pts 2010: Independent margin 42.9 pts 2015: Independent margin 25.6 pts 2017: Independent margin 3.1 pts 2019: Alliance margin 7.3 pts 2024: Independent margin 16.9 pts 1885 1886 1900 1906 1918 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

North Down has been contested at 30 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Irish Unionist, Ulster Unionist, Independent Unionist, Ulster Popular Unionist, UK Unionist, Independent, Alliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won North Down in the 2024 general election?

Independent won North Down in 2024 with 20,913 votes (48.3%), a majority of 7,305 votes over Alliance in second place.

Which parties have won North Down since 1885?

Since 1885, North Down has been won by: Alliance, Independent, Independent Unionist, Irish Unionist, UK Unionist, Ulster Popular Unionist, Ulster Unionist.

What was the closest result in North Down?

The closest result on record for North Down was 2017, when Independent beat DUP by just 1,208 votes (3.1 percentage points).

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