South Belfast

Details of each count in 2007 election

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Maps by Conal Kelly and Nicholas Whyte

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

    Count 1 Surplus Spratt Surplus McDonnell Exclude George, Smyth and Wilson Exclude Lynn and Lomas
Jimmy Spratt DUP 4762 -427 4335
4335
4335
4335
Alastair McDonnell SDLP 4379
4379 -44 4335
4335
4335
Anna Lo Alliance  3829 2.00 3831.00 2.79 3833.79 19.00 3852.79 55.09 3907.88
Michael McGimpsey UUP 2647 9.20 2656.20 0.96 2657.16 6.10 2663.26 23.01 2686.27
Carmel Hanna SDLP 3748 0.64 3748.64 31.30 3779.94 6.00 3785.94 29.13 3815.07
Alex Maskey SF 3996 0.00 3996.00 6.42 4002.42 2.01 4004.43 18.05 4022.48
Christopher Stalford DUP 2035 352.40 2387.40 0.10 2387.50 10.08 2397.58 12.00 2409.58
Esmond Birnie UUP 1804 3.20 1807.20 0.26 1807.46 0.00 1807.46 19.08 1826.54
Bobby Stoker UUP 1122 9.44 1131.44 0.12 1131.56 3.00 1134.56 3.00 1137.56
Brenda Cooke Green 737 0.00 737.00 0.45 737.45 26.02 763.47 23.03 786.50
Andrew Park PUP 410 2.00 412.00 0.56 412.56 3.00 415.56 9.02 424.58
David Hoey UKUP 298 1.04 299.04 0.06 299.10 3.00 302.10 7.00 309.10
James Barbour Socialist  248 0.08 248.08 0.15 248.23 5.00 253.23 24.00 277.23
Patrick Joseph Lynn WP 123 0.08 123.08 0.30 123.38 3.00 126.38 -126.38
Roger Lomas Cons 108 0.00 108.00 0.05 108.05 0.00 108.05 -108.05
Rainbow George MPH 66 0.00 66.00 0.03 66.03 -66.03


Charles Smyth Procapitalism 22 0.16 22.16 0.01 22.17 -22.17


Geoffrey Wilson Ind 10 0.00 10.00 0.01 10.01 -10.01


  Non-transferable 46.76 46.76 0.43 47.19 12.00 59.19 12.02 71.21

Count 2: Of Spratt's 4762 votes, 4405 (92.5%) transferred to his running-mate Stalford (DUP); 118 went to Stoker, 115 to McGimpsey and 40 to Birnie, thus 273 (5.7%) to the UUP; 25 (0.5%) to Lo (Alliance); also 25 (0.5%) to Park (PUP); 13 (0,3%) to Hoey (UKUP); 8 (0.2%) to Hanna (SDLP); 2 (0.04%) to Smyth (Procapitalism); 1 (0.02%) to Barbour (Socialist); also 1 (0.02%) to Lynn (Workers Party); and none at all to Maskey (SF), Cooke (Green), Lomas (Conservative), George (Make Politicians History) or Wilson (Ind) with 9 (0.2%) non-transferable.

Count 3: Of McDonnell's 4379 votes, 3130 (71.5%) transferred to his running-mate Hanna (SDLP); 642 (14.7%) to Maskey (SF); 279 (6.4%) to Lo (Alliance); 96 to McGimspey, 26 to Birnie and 12 to Stoker, thus 134 (3.1%) to the UUP; 56 (1.3%) to Park; 45 (1.0%) to Cooke (Green); 30 (1.7%) to Lynn (WP); 15 (0.3%) to Barbour (Socialist); 10 (0.2%) to Stalford (DUP); 6 (0.1%) to Hoey (UKUP); 5 (0.1%) to Lomas (Conservative); 3 (0.1%) to George (Make Politicians History); 1 (0.02%) to Smyth (Procapitalism); and also 1 (0.02%) to Wilson (Ind) with 22 (0.5%) non-transferable.

    Count 5 Exclude Barbour Exclude Park and Hoey Exclude Cooke Exclude Stoker Exclude Birnie
Spratt DUP 4335
4335
4335
4335
4335   4335
McDonnell SDLP 4335
4335
4335
4335
4335   4335
Lo Alliance  3907.88 48.04 3955.92 90.13 4046.05 369.00 4415.05
4415.05   4415.05
McGimpsey UUP 2686.27 5.01 2691.28 110.32 2801.60 35.00 2836.60 635.79 3472.39 1455.00 4927.39
Hanna SDLP 3815.07 34.03 3849.10 7.03 3856.13 207.33 4063.46 13.12 4076.58 185.69 4262.27
Maskey Sinn Féin 4022.48 30.00 4052.48 12.03 4064.51 88.04 4152.55 9.01 4161.56 5.10 4166.66
Stalford DUP 2409.58 11.08 2420.66 235.37 2656.03 28.01 2684.04 248.13 2932.17 342.37 3274.54
Birnie UUP 1826.54 11.01 1837.55 82.48 1920.03 38.10 1958.13 293.38 2251.51 -2251.51  
Stoker UUP 1137.56 5.00 1142.56 111.41 1253.97 14.03 1268.00 -1268.00


Cooke Green Party 786.50 89.04 875.54 31.17 906.71 -906.71




Park PUP 424.58 11.00 435.58 -435.58






Hoey UKUP 309.10 13.00 322.10 -322.10






Barbour Socialist Party  277.23 -277.23









Non-transferable 71.21 20.02 91.23 77.74 168.97 127.20 296.17 68.57 364.74    

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, 21 March 2010.



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