Belfast East (Assembly constituency)

Belfast East
Belfast East
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
	East Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	6 (1998–2016); 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Andy Allen (UUP); Joanne Bunting (DUP); Naomi Long (APNI); Chris Lyttle (APNI); Robin Newton (DUP);
City council	Belfast City Council
EP constituency	Northern Ireland

Belfast East (Irish: Béal Feirste Thoir, Ulster Scots: Bilfawst East) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast East UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 and 2010 to 2011 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1973	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" rowspan=13\|	Oliver Napier (Alliance Party)	style="background-color: Template:Northern Ireland Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	David Bleakley (Labour)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Joshua Cardwell (UUP/UPNI)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Norman Agnew (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Roy Bradford (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=13\|	Eileen Paisley (DUP)
1975	style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|		style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	David Bleakley (Labour)	Reg Empey (Vanguard)	Joshua Cardwell (UUP/UPNI)	style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	William Craig (Vanguard)				Eileen Paisley (DUP)
1982	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|		Addie Morrow (Alliance Party)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=11\|	Dorothy Dunlop (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=5\|	Jeremy Burchill (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=11\|	Denny Vitty (DUP)	Peter Robinson (DUP)
1996	John Alderdice (Alliance Party)	5 seats 1996-1998		Reg Empey (UUP)	Jim Rodgers (UUP)	Sammy Wilson (DUP)
1998	John Alderdice (Alliance Party)	style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=5\|	David Ervine (PUP)		Ian Adamson (UUP)	Sammy Wilson (DUP)
2003	Naomi Long (Alliance Party)	Michael Copeland (UUP)	David Ervine (PUP)		Robin Newton (DUP)
January 2007 co-option		Michael Copeland (UUP)	Dawn Purvis (PUP)
2007		style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=5\|				Wallace Browne (DUP)
July 2010 co-option	Chris Lyttle (Alliance Party)					Wallace Browne (DUP)
2011		style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" rowspan=4\|	Judith Cochrane (Alliance Party)	Michael Copeland (UUP)		Sammy Douglas (DUP)
September 2015 co-option		Andy Allen (UUP)	Judith Cochrane (Alliance Party)
2016			Naomi Long (Alliance Party)	Joanne Bunting (DUP)
2017			Naomi Long (Alliance Party)	Joanne Bunting (DUP)		5 seats 2017-present

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2017

2017 Assembly election: Belfast East – 5 Seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Alliance	Naomi Long	18.9	7,610
	Alliance	Chris Lyttle	12.5	5,059	5,760.03	5,780.25	5,885.86	6,032.81	6,072.14	6,367.87	7,268.87
	UUP	Andy Allen	13.1	5,275	5,313.17	5,323.39	5,356.60	5,498.59	5,767.92	5,783.14	6,048.62	7,257.62
	DUP	Joanne Bunting	14.9	6,007	6,016.02	6,021.02	6,026.13	6,057.35	6,217.46	6,228.46	6,275.01	6,759.01
	DUP	Robin Newton	11.7	4,729	4,734.50	4,736.50	4,739.50	4,774.50	4,862.61	4,865.61	4,890.72	5,268.26	5,333.26	5,541.65
	DUP	David Douglas	11.0	4,431	4435.18	4436.18	4,440.18	4,455.40	4,568.40	4,572.40	4,599.73	4,995.25	5,093.25	5,410.84
	PUP	John Kyle	6.6	2,658	2,673.29	2,678.51	2,685.73	2,751.95	2,936.28	2,950.28	3,148.79
	Green (NI)	Georgina Milne	3.6	1,447	1,474.06	1,500.28	1,539.49	1,763.36	1,801.58	2,080.65
	Sinn Féin	Mairéad O'Donnell	2.9	1,173	1,183.34	1,185.45	1,216.66	1,232.88	1,235.10
	TUV	Andrew Girvin	2.3	917	918.65	920.65	924.76	958.87
	Labour Alternative	Courtney Robinson	1.1	442	449.48	456.48	467.81
	NI Conservatives	Sheila Bodel	0.7	275	276.32	278.43	280.43
	SDLP	Séamas de Faoite	0.6	250	260.45	260.56
	Independent	Jordy McKeag	84	84	85.43
Electorate: 64,788 Valid: 40,828 Spoilt: 471 (1.15%) Quota: 6,727 Turnout: 40,828 (63.02%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 Seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	DUP	Joanne Bunting	14.9	5,538
	Alliance	Naomi Long	14.7	5,482
	DUP	Sammy Douglas	11.4	4,230	4,401.52	4,409	4,411.19	4,436.26	4,456.29	4,572.61	4,574.61	4,756.52	4,978.16	5,045.16	5,461.16
	UUP	Andy Allen	8.2	3,047	3,057.28	3,065.28	3,069.57	3,176.72	3,201.81	3,283.15	3,286.15	3,520.59	3,777.94	4,756.53	5,332.53
	Alliance	Chris Lyttle	7.5	2,805	2,805.92	2,858.92	2,975.71	3,033.23	3,109.04	3,127.19	3,231.58	3,252.64	3,279.82	3,318.36	3,500.90	5,685.90
	DUP	Robin Newton	10.4	3,875	3,896.88	3,900.04	3,902.50	3,938.62	3,946.62	3,995.82	3,998.85	4,105.28	4,182.55	4,267.83	4,745.50	4,812.54
	Green (NI)	Ross Brown	5.9	2,183	2,184.40	2,222.40	2,233.29	2,283.49	2,497.23	2,559.32	2,893.95	2,935.15	3,018.46	3,050.84	3,293.25	3,487.69
	Alliance	Tim Morrow	6.4	2,372	2,372.36	2,390.36	2,404.97	2,431.07	2,469.25	2,478.41	2,526.56	2,533.56	2,538.56	2,568.07	2,636.62
	PUP	John Kyle	4.8	1,772	1,776	1,786.04	1,788.65	1,788.71	1,816.77	1,928.95	1,938.95	2,082.30	2,485.62	2,533.87
	UUP	Chris McGimpsey	2.9	1,095	1,098.24	1,102.24	1,104.67	1,165.73	1,178.77	1,211.87	1,214.87	1,305.13	1,346.15
	Independent	Maggie Hutton	3.0	1,099	1,100.48	1,107.48	1,108.26	1,113.26	1,144.39	1,190.57	1,192.60	1,277.76
	TUV	Andrew Girvin	2.4	887	889.72	891.72	891.99	907.03	911.03	1,037.14	1,037.14
	Sinn Féin	Niall Ó Donnghaile	2.5	946	946	963	964.71	966.71	985.77	988.77
	UKIP	Jonny Lavery	1.7	631	632.52	634.52	635.15	694.15	717.19
	Labour Alternative	Courtney Robinson	1.4	517	517.2	546.2	548.57	556.57
	NI Conservatives	Neil Wilson	1.3	477	477.36	482.36	483.50
	SDLP	Amy Doherty	0.4	141	141.76
	NI Labour	Erskine Holmes	0.2	78	78
Electorate: 65,740 Valid: 37,175 Spoilt: 448 (1.19%) Quota: 5,311 Turnout: 57.23

2011

2011 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 Seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Peter Robinson	28.3	9,141
	DUP	Robin Newton	7.5	2,436	4,801
	Alliance	Judith Cochrane	13.4	4,329	4,432	4,433	4,449	4,498	4,572	4,755
	Alliance	Chris Lyttle	12.9	4,183	4,307	4,309	4,320	4,331	4,420	4,530	4,572	4,696
	DUP	Sammy Douglas	8.3	2,668	3,683	3,809	3,820	3,831	3,892	3,941	4,053	4,078	4,455	4,783
	UUP	Michael Copeland	6.8	2,194	2,355	2,357	2,357	2,383	2,437	2,476	2,618	2,625	3,225	3,723
	Independent	Dawn Purvis	5.3	1,702	1,909	1,911	1,926	1,955	2,010	2,094	2,179	2,229	2,320	2,789
	PUP	Brian Ervine	4.6	1,493	1,667	1,670	1,671	1,681	1,761	1,787	1,873	1,884	1,963
	UUP	Philip Robinson	2.9	943	1,130	1,131	1,139	1,142	1,161	1,189	1,294	1,296
	Sinn Féin	Niall Ó Donnghaile	3.2	1,030	1,037	1,037	1,061	1,070	1,127	1,148	1,149
	TUV	Harry Toan	2.2	712	744	744	745	753	801	824
	Green (NI)	Martin Gregg	1.8	572	614	614	624	649	691
	BNP	Ann Cooper	1.0	337	355	355	358	365
	SDLP	Magdalena Wolska	0.8	250	253	253	270	275
	Socialist Party	Thomas Black	0.6	201	205	205	217
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Kevin McNally	0.3	102	107	107
	Independent	Stephen Stewart	0.1	46	54	54
Electorate: 61,263 Valid: 32,347 Spoilt: 481 (1.47) Quota: 4,622 Turnout: 32,828 (53.59)

2007

2007 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Peter Robinson	19.0	5,635
	Alliance	Naomi Long	18.8	5,583
	UUP	Reg Empey	14.0	4,139	4,231.40	4,620.40
	PUP	Dawn Purvis	10.3	3,045	3,113.88	3,307.63	3,336.13	3,403.11	3,455.86	3,611.83	3,654.32	3,842.92	4,208.17
	DUP	Wallace Browne	10.7	3,185	3,416.60	3,453.10	3,462.35	3,488.06	3,541.78	3,607.97	3,608.71	3,709.10	3,734.32
	DUP	Robin Newton	7.9	2,335	3,201.88	3,241.38	3,250.38	3,270.35	3,316.30	3,355.75	3,359.75	3,497.13	3,516.62
	UUP	Michael Copeland	5.3	1,557	1,567.08	1,654.58	1,817.33	1,834.83	1,951.08	2,068.32	2,073.82	2,743.06	2,999.31
	SDLP	Mary Muldoon	2.8	816	816.96	1,020.71	1,036.96	1,097.70	1,115.20	1,306.95	1,902.95	1,933.94
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	2.8	820	884.08	971.08	1,078.08	1,104.55	1,191.03	1,280.77	1,284.27
	Sinn Féin	Niall Ó Donnghaile	3.6	1,055	1,056.44	1,071.94	1,072.44	1,087.69	1,087.69	1,123.94
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	2.2	653	658.04	852.04	870.29	983.78	1,064.28
	NI Conservatives	Glyn Chambers	1.4	427	429.88	483.13	494.38	516.13
	Socialist Party	Thomas Black	0.8	225	227.88	246.63	248.13
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Joseph Bell	0.4	107	107.96	118.46	118.96
	Make Politicians History	Rainbow George	0.2	47	47.24	51.74	52.99
Electorate: 49,757 Valid: 29,629 Spoilt: 244 (0.82) Quota: 4,233 Turnout: 29,873 (60.04)

2003

2003 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Peter Robinson	29.9%	9,254
	UUP	Reg Empey	20.9%	6,459
	DUP	Robin Newton	4.8%	1,475	4,418	4,444
	PUP	David Ervine	9.7%	2,990	3,212	3,377	3,509	3,661	4,263
	Alliance	Naomi Long	9.0%	2,774	2,794	2,877	3,011	4,012	4,057
	UUP	Michael Copeland	7.4%	2,291	2,355	3,133	3,221	3,298	3,650
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	4.9%	1,502	1,791	2,682	2,783	2,839	3,296
	DUP	Harry Toan	4.5%	1,403	2,633	2,643	2,717	2,728
	Sinn Féin	Joseph O'Donnell	3.8%	1,180	1,184	1,186	1,206
	SDLP	Leo Van Es	3.1%	967	970	986	1,036
	NI Conservatives	Terence Dick	0.8%	232	234	251
	Socialist	Thomas Black	0.6%	176	181	184
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Joseph Bell	0.4%	125	128	129
	Independent	John McBlain	0.2%	72	79	81
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	0.2%	65	67	67
Electorate: 51,937 Valid: 30,965 Spoilt: 559 (1.77%) Quota: 4,424 Turnout: 60.70%

1998

1998 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	DUP	Peter Robinson	28.3%	11,219
	Alliance	John Alderdice	15.5%	6,144
	PUP	David Ervine	12.9%	5,114	5,299	5,338	5,357	5,378	5,599	5,693
	UUP	Reg Empey	13.0%	5,158	5,288	5,325	5,328	5,369	5,372	5,422	5,497	5,591	5,593	5,626	6,109
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	1.6%	633	4,486	4,488	4,488	4,507	4,520	4,530	4,617	4,638	4,641	5,532	5,711
	UUP	Ian Adamson	8.7%	3,447	3,510	3,530	3,534	3,582	3,586	3,632	3,682	3,747	3,749	3,774	4,181	4,568	4,636	5,415
	Alliance	Richard Good	2.5%	1,000	1,010	1,290	1,309	1,325	1,331	1,417	1,440	1,757	1,814	1,824	1,865	1,888	2,864	2,975
	UK Unionist	Denny Vitty	3.4%	1,362	1,674	1,675	1,675	1,704	1,709	1,723	1,756	1,773	1,773	1,880	2,000	2,023	2,026
	SDLP	Peter Jones	2.6%	1,025	1,027	1,035	1,055	1,055	1,057	1,067	1,069	1,225	1,589	1,590	1,593	1,594
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	2.6%	1,015	1,190	1,195	1,196	1,212	1,221	1,238	1,285	1,313	1,316	1,349
	DUP	John Norris	0.1%	373	1,097	1,097	1,098	1,103	1,107	1,111	1,161	1,171	1,172
	Sinn Féin	Joseph O'Donnell	2.3%	917	917	918	929	929	929	937	938	952
	NI Women's Coalition	Pearl Sagar	1.8%	711	723	735	748	752	763	800	822
	Ulster Democratic	Robert Girvan	1.3%	516	566	567	568	570	579	590
	Labour Party NI	David Bleakley	0.9%	369	377	390	400	408	409
	PUP	Dawn Purvis	0.7%	271	287	287	289	290
	NI Conservatives	Lesley Donaldson	0.5%	203	222	224	227
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Joseph Bell	0.2%	79	80	82
	Natural Law	David Collins	0.1%	22	22	22
	Independent	John Lawrence	0.04%	15	15	15
Electorate: 60,562 Valid: 39,593 Spoilt: 763 (1.89%) Quota: 5,657 Turnout: 66.63%

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[5]

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Party		Candidate(s)	Votes
DUP	Peter Robinson Sammy Wilson Robert Newton Irene Lewis Wallace Browne	11,270	29.4
UUP	Reg Empey Jim Rodgers Ian Adamson Alan Crowe	8,608	22.5
Alliance	John Alderdice Peter Osborne Danny Dow Mervyn Jones Maureen McConnell	7,130	18.6
PUP	David Ervine Patricia Laverty Rosemary Reynolds John McQuillen Alec Gordon	3,802	9.9
UK Unionist	Alan Field Maureen Ann McCartney	2,496	6.5
SDLP	Peter Prendiville Brian Heading	1,299	3.4
Ulster Democratic	Robert Girvan Jacqueline Upton Ronald Stitt Samuel Walkingshaw Joseph McMaster	1,156	3.1
Sinn Féin	Michael McVeigh Brid Duffy Anna Doherty	862	2.2
NI Women's Coalition	Felicity Huston Pearl Sagar Annie Quinn Kate Campbell Karen Snoddy	405	1.1
NI Conservatives	Ian Donaldson Dorothy Dunlop	291	0.8
Labour coalition	Gail Haslett Thomas Black Barbara Hawites David Bell Maeve O'Leary	199	0.5
Democratic Partnership	David Bleakley Edwin Sloan	197	0.5
Green (NI)	Similda Osoba April McCarthy	161	0.4
Workers' Party of Ireland	Joe Bell Marie Mooney	149	0.4
Ulster Independence	Gavin Boyd Mark Black David McClinton	114	0.3
Independent DUP	Jean Toad David Kerr	93	0.2
Democratic Left	Michael Craig June Campion	45	0.1
Communist	Andrew Gibb Sarah Stewart	38	0.1
Natural Law	Robert Johnstone Richard Johnson Ian Long	13	0.0
Independent Chambers	Ian Arbuthnot Alan Hay	11	0.0

1982

1982 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Peter Robinson	38.9%	15,319
	UUP	Jeremy Burchill	18.6%	7,345
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	15.3%	6,037
	DUP	Denny Vitty	0.6%	235	7,583
	UUP	Dorothy Dunlop	4.3%	1,696	2,066	2,087	3,271	3,309	3,323	3,347	3,512	4,565	5,981
	Alliance	Addie Morrow	7.5%	2,966	3,057	3,062	3,088	3,093	3,402	3,740	3,794	4,491	4,881
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	1.0%	397	1,239	3,024	3,044	3,061	3,065	3,081	3,259	3,400	4,170
	Vanguard	William Craig	5.8%	2,274	2,806	2,826	2,964	2,989	3,000	3,025	3,190	3,361
	UUP	William Johnstone	2.5%	973	1,126	1,136	1,377	1,394	1,398	1,408	1,520
	SDLP	Peter Prendiville	2.6%	868	873	875	875	875	881	1,090
	UUUP	Reg Empey	1.3%	503	649	655	691	769	772	777
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Francis Cullen	1.7%	681	696	697	704	707	712
	UUUP	Ben Horan	0.3%	123	185	187	199
Electorate: 74,273 Valid: 39,417 Spoilt: 1,275 (3.13%) Quota: 5,657 Turnout: 54.79%

Craig stood as Vanguard, although the party itself had been disbanded four years before.

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: Belfast East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Vanguard	William Craig	23.8	11,958
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	12.6	6,341	6,393	6,449	6,469.40	6,537.40	7,450.40
	Vanguard	Reg Empey	9.3	4,657	6,825.40	6,844	6,978.20	7,063.80	7,121.20	7,121.20	8,297.20
	Unionist Party NI	Joshua Cardwell	6.1	3,039	3,164.60	3,180	3,220.80	3,366.80	3,586.20	3,605.60	3,718	3,756.22	6,209.52	7,475.52
	DUP	Eileen Paisley	7.1	3,606	4,893.60	4,916.60	5,073	5,179.60	5,214.40	5,214.40	6,157.80	6,653.68	6,729.86	7,354.86
	NI Labour	David Bleakley	8.0	3,998	4,059.60	4,417	4,473.20	4,548.40	5,556.20	5,714.20	5,864	5,885.56	6,257.76	6,924.54
	DUP	Peter Robinson	7.8	3,933	4,165	4,173.80	4,209.80	4,253	4,283.20	4,283.60	4,672.60	5,156.72	5,201.88	5,792.52
	UUP	Roy Bradford	5.1	2,583	2,828.60	2,839	2,873.60	2,991.40	3,092	3,096.80	3,362.40	3,431.98	3,756.46
	Unionist Party NI	Norman Agnew	5.7	2,863	2,913.40	2,918.20	2,929.60	3,011.80	3,262.40	3,287.60	3,370.80	3,387.46
	UUP	David McNarry	5.2	2,609	2,941.80	2,944.60	2,978.60	3,065.80	3,093.60	3,094
	Alliance	Kate Condy	3.0	1,485	1,500.20	1,508	1,511	1,539
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	2.5	1,274	1,278.40	1,286.40	1,287.20	1,293.20
	Ind. Unionist	Walter McFarland	1.5	775	885.40	860.80	887.20
	Ind. Unionist	William Elliot	1.0	509	591.80	606
	Labour Party NI	Sandy Scott	1.0	530	543.60
Electorate: 78,340 Valid: 50,160 Spoilt: 917 (1.6%) Quota: 7,166 Turnout: 51,133 (65.3%)

1973

1973 Assembly election: Belfast East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	UUP	Roy Bradford	23.2	13,187
	UUP	Joshua Cardwell	8.8	5,001	6,635	6,643.38	6,649.38	6,672.90	6,754.40	6,871.78	7,002.74	7,035.68	7,063.44	7,072.20	7,571.96	8,177.96
	DUP	Eileen Paisley	9.7	5,518	5,613	5,618.76	5,628.52	5,717.66	5,737.08	5,780.17	6,127.42	6,142.56	6,393.08	6,396.08	7,069.44	7,170.70	7,172.47	8,907.47
	UUP	Norman Agnew	6.4	3,615	4,562.34	4,565.24	4,568.10	4,571.48	4,635.72	4,763.72	4,832.42	4,860.84	4,878.22	4,922.60	5,096.66	5,733.94	5,758.25	5,842.24	7,197.91	7,229.23	8,027.29
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	8.7	4,941	5,086.92	5,089.68	5,103.20	5,103.20	5,112.24	5,121.76	5,129.90	6,213.42	6,219.80	7,049.80	7,074.56	7,169.92	7,171.57	7,197.47	7,336.93	7,341.79	7,418.97
	NI Labour	David Bleakley	7.8	4,425	4,710.76	4,743.76	4,866.52	4,874.52	4,899.70	4,932.88	4,953.78	5,043.34	5,053.10	5,878.10	5,993.14	6,108.02	6,111.10	6,155.14	6,368.65	6,389.17	6,690.47
	UUP	Walter McFarland	4.6	2,597	3,000.94	3,002.32	3,005.46	3,015.84	3,120.52	3,432.38	3,499.12	3,526.44	3,541.20	3,548.58	3,662.52	4,085.54	4,102.48	4,271.55	5,435.29	5,469.31	6,436.15
	Vanguard	Jim Rodgers	3.4	1,947	1,972.46	1,974.46	1,975.46	2,068.60	2,070.36	2,076.12	2,152.02	2,154.02	3,133.20	3,134.20	3,509.86	3,550.38	3,550.82	4,492.23	4,683.96	5,386.40
	UUP	David McNarry	3.1	1,784	2,145.76	2,145.76	2,148.14	2,155.14	2,306.02	2,504.64	2,544.68	2,558.96	2,580.10	2,583.48	2,642.62	3,182.40	3,199.23	3,237.89
	Vanguard	Tommy Herron	4.4	2,480	2,519.90	2,524.90	2,526.90	2,561.28	2,564.80	2,577.94	2,665.88	2,672.26	2,719.26	2,722.26	3,122.34	3,146.76	3,147.20
	UUP	Walter Scott	3.2	1,806	2,326.98	2,328.98	2,329.98	2,341.36	2,395.98	2,512.24	2,539.66	2,556.22	2,568.98	2,568.98	2,614.12
	Ind. Unionist	William Annon	3.9	2,192	2,248.62	2,252.62	2,254.62	2,293.76	2,298.14	2,306.52	2,455.56	2,465.62	2,517.46	2,528.46
	SDLP	Owen Adams	3.3	1,849	1,850.90	1,856.90	1,857.90	1,858.90	1,858.90	1,858.90	1,859.90	1,865.90	1,865.90
	Vanguard	Thomas Smith	2.3	1,332	1,343.40	1,343.40	1,343.40	1,384.78	1,385.78	1,390.78	1,444.16	1,445.16
	Alliance	Kate Condy	2.2	1,256	1,297.04	1,302.80	1,310.94	1,318.32	1,329.74	1,341.26	1,346.02
	Ind. Unionist	Michael Brooks	1.7	983	1,063.56	1,064.56	1,065.56	1,082.56	1,086.94	1,096.70
	UUP	John McKeown	1.5	831	973.88	973.88	974.26	975.26	1,014.60
	UUP	Elsie Logan	0.7	394	573.36	575.36	575.36	579.36
	Ulster Constitution	Lindsay Mason	0.4	202	205.04	205.42	206.42
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Smyth	0.3	189	192.80	193.80	194.80
	NI Labour	John Coulthard	0.2	129	136.22	180.60
	NI Labour	William Gunning	0.2	107	110.42
	Independent	Sarah Hughes	0.1	19	19.38
Electorate: 80,421 Valid: 56,784 Spoilt: 917 (1.6%) Quota: 8,113 Turnout: 57,701 (71.7%)

References

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/northern-ireland-constituencies/N06000001
^ "Northern Ireland Assembly elections: East Belfast results", Belfast Telegraph, 7 May 2011
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Electoral Office for Northern Ireland - NI Assembly Election 7 March 2007
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[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

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[3] "Northern Ireland Assembly elections: East Belfast results", Belfast Telegraph, 7 May 2011

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