2011 Belfast West by-election

2011 Belfast West by-election
9 June 2011
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Paul Maskey Alex Attwood
Party Sinn Féin SDLP
Popular vote 16,211 3,088
Percentage 70.6% 13.5%
Swing 0.5 pp 2.9 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Gerry Carroll Brian Kingston
Party People Before Profit DUP
Popular vote 1,751 1,393
Percentage 7.6% 6.1%
Swing New party 1.5 pp
MP before election

Gerry Adams
Sinn Féin

Subsequent MP

Paul Maskey
Sinn Féin

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Belfast West was held on 9 June 2011, prompted by the resignation of the incumbent Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (MP) Gerry Adams to contest the Louth constituency in the 2011 Irish general election. It was won by Paul Maskey, who held the seat for Sinn Féin.

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