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Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland · Constituency

Strangford

Represented by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)

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Your member of parliament

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Democratic Unionist Party finished ahead of Alliance by 5,131 votes.

Majority

5,131

13.2% of votes cast.

Turnout

52.2%

38,909 of 74,525 on the register.

Candidates

10

38,909 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jim ShannonElectedDemocratic Unionist Party15,55940.0%
Michelle GuyAlliance10,42826.8%
Richard SmartUlster Unionist Party3,94110.1%
Ron McDowellTraditional Unionist Voice3,1438.1%
Noel SandsSinn Féin2,7937.2%
Will PollandSocial Democratic & Labour Party1,7834.6%
Alexandra BraidnerGreen Party Northern Ireland7031.8%
Garreth FallsIndependent2560.7%
Gareth BurnsIndependent1570.4%
Barry HetheringtonConservative1460.4%

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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