Maps by Conal Kelly and Nicholas Whyte

See also results of all East Belfast elections 1993-2010 and the counts from 1998 and 2003. Spreadsheet for 2007 here.
 

Stage 2: Of Robinson's 5635 votes, 3612 transferred to Newton and 965 to Browne, thus 4577 (81.2%) to his fellow DUP candidates; 385 to Empey, 267 to Rodgers and 42 to Copeland, thus 694 (12.3%) to the UUP; 287 (5.1%) to Purvis (PUP); 21 (0.4%) to Agnew (Green); 12 (0.2%) to Chambers (Conservative); also 12 (0.2%) to Black (Socialist); 6 (0.1%) to Ó'Donnghaile (SF); 4 (0.1%) to Muldoon (SDLP); also 4 (0.1%) to Bell (Workers Party); and 1 (0.02%) to George (Make Politics History) with 17 (0.3%) non-transferable.

Stage 3: Of Long's 5583 votes, 1556 transferred to Empey, 350 to Copeland and 348 to Rodgers, thus 2254 (40.4%) to the UUP; 815 (14.6%) to Muldoon (SDLP); 776 (13.9%) to Agnew (Green);  775 (13.9%) to Purvis (PUP); 158 to Newton and 146 to Browne, thus 304 (5.4%) to the DUP; 213 (3.8%) to Chambers; 75 (1.3%) to Black (Socialist); 62 (1.1%) to Ó'Donnghaile (SF); 42 (0.8%) to Bell (Workers Party); and 18 (0.3%) to George (Make Politics History) with 249 (4.5%) non-transferable.

Stage 4: Of the 1556 votes which had transferred from Long to Empey, 651 transferred on to Copeland and 428 to Rodgers, thus 1079 (69.3%) to Empey's fellow UUP candidates; 114 (7.3%) to Purvis (PUP); 37 to Browne and 36 to Newton, thus 73 (4.7%) to the DUP; 73 (4.7%) also to Muldoon (SDLP); 73 (4.7%) also to Agnew (Green); 45 (0.4%) to Chambers (Conservative); 6 (0.4%) to Black (Socialist); 5 (0.3%) to george (Make Politics History); 2 (0.1%) to Ó'Donnghaile (SF); and also 2 (0.1%) to Bell (Workers Party) with, unusually, none non-transferable.

 

See also: Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies | Single Transferable Vote | The political parties | Useful books and links

Full 2007 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

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 14 March 2010.