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Coleraine, in the East Londonderry constituency

Northern Ireland · Constituency

East Londonderry

Covers Coleraine · Portrush · Portstewart

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Photograph shows Coleraine, a town in this constituency, not the whole of East Londonderry.

Your member of parliament

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party

Democratic Unionist Party won East Londonderry at the 2024 general election with a majority of 179 votes, or 0.4 points. A swing of 0.2 points to Sinn Féin would take it. That makes it safer than 12 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 638.

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How safe is this seat?

Marginal

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 0.4 points, which is larger than 12 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Democratic Unionist Party finished ahead of Sinn Féin by 179 votes.

Majority

179

0.4% of votes cast.

Turnout

54.5%

-5.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

9

41,277 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Gregory CampbellElectedDemocratic Unionist Party11,50627.9%+27.3
Kathleen McGurkSinn Féin11,32727.4%+26.7
Cara HunterSocial Democratic & Labour Party5,26012.7%+12.4
Allister KyleTraditional Unionist Voice4,36310.6%+10.4
Richard StewartAlliance3,7349.0%+8.6
Glen MillerUlster Unionist Party3,4128.3%+7.9
Gemma BrollyAontú1,0432.5%+2.5
Jen McCahonGreen Party Northern Ireland4451.1%+1.0
Claire ScullConservative1870.5%-23.3

Marginal. Decided by under five points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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