Belfast West

New parliamentary constituency

This constituency is new at the July general election, and replaces the previous two constituencies:

Belfast North

Covered approximately 7% of this new constituency’s population, and 2% of this new constituency’s area.

Belfast West

Covered approximately 95% of this new constituency’s population, and 77% of this new constituency’s area.

MP

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Paul Maskey

Paul Maskey

Sinn Féin

Data from TheyWorkForYou.

MP profiles

Data collated by The Climate Coalition.

Positions and memberships

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Votes and EDMs

Vote Position
MP vote on Environment Bill Did not vote
MP vote on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill Did not vote
MP support for Cumbria coal mine court appeal Did not support
MP support for Zero carbon homes Did not support
MP support for Accelerating construction work and lower carbon construction vehicles Did not support
MP support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Did not support

Data from UK Parliament. Votes and EDMs selected for indicating support for climate/nature movement. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

2024 majority

15,961

Data from UK Parliament. This information is provided because in the UK electoral system, political parties and the media will be paying more attention to marginal seats and therefore the voices of the people within them can have greater national impact.

Date elected

9th Jun 2011

Data from UK Parliament.

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Public opinion

Should government policy on climate change be going faster or slower?

This area National average
Go faster 0% 54.1%
Neither 0% 12.0%
Go slower 0% 30.9%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Results of last election

Party Votes
Sinn Féin 21009
Other 8123
Social Democratic and Labour Party 4318
Democratic Unionist Party 4304
apni 1077
Ulster Unionist Party 461
Green Party 451

Data from UK Parliament. The results of the last parliamentary election held in this constituency Updated 2024-07-29.

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

0%

50.5% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Should the UK have closer economic ties with the EU, even if that means giving up some sovereignty?

This area National average
Closer ties with the EU 0% 51.5%
Neither 0% 6.1%
No closer with the EU 0% 39.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of onshore wind farms in your area?

This area National average
Neither 0% 18.6%
Oppose 0% 12.2%
Support 0% 66.3%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 0% 37.2%
Neither 0% 12.5%
Undermined 0% 47.3%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 0% 34.1%
Neither 0% 11.5%
Reduced 0% 51.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 0% 44.3%
Neither 0% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 0% 46.8%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 0% 52.5%
Neither 0% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 0% 37.0%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 0% 21.1%
Oppose 0% 17.8%
Support 0% 58.2%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Second placed party at most recent election

People Before Profit Alliance

Data from UK Parliament. The parliamentary party who came second in this constituency’s most recent election or by-election Updated 2024-07-29.

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Place

Housing Tenure

This area National average
Owned with a mortgage 26.3% 28.9%
Other tenure 3.8% 1.2%
Owned outright 22.4% 33.3%
Private rented 12.5% 19.9%
Social rented 34.9% 16.8%

Data from ONS (England and Wales) and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Estimated child poverty

32.0%

29.3% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 22.3% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 11.1% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 14.1% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 18.6% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 19.5% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 14.5% 19.1%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Constituency Population

103,200

102,977.2 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Country of the UK

Northern Ireland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

1

2.8 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

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Movement

Constituents pledged to meet MP as part of Common Grounds 2024

0

0.7 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Updated October 2024.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

0

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

0

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

0

1.9 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of public Great Big Green week 2024 events held in the area. This exludes any private events that were held. Updated September 2024.

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

3

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

1

  • Bog Meadows

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Women’s Institute groups

0

8.4 national average

Data from the WI. Updated 2024-04-24.

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