Bobby Beck
Independent
Constituency: Belfast East
| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes |
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| 63,495 | 1 | 42,994 | 67.71% | 42,890 | 104 |
Vote Distribution
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Count Results
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15443 |
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1408 |
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894 |
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561 |
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446 |
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167 |
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54 |
On the Ballot
Sheila Bodel is an Employment Support Officer. She has worked in a variety of roles within education and training for over eight years. She is also studying an MA in International Business with Ulster University and plays an active role in her church.
Seamas De Faoite has been active in party politics since the age of 14. He chairs the Belfast youth wing of the SDLP and travelled to the US to campaign for Hillary Clinton in the final days of her push for the White House last year.
Hazel Legge is a UUP Councillor for Lisburn & Castlereagh Council, representing Castlereagh East.
Naomi Long is fighting to retake the Westminster seat she lost to the DUP's Gavin Robinson in one of the key battlegrounds in the June 8 poll. The Alliance leader served as MP for the constituency from 2010-2015. She returned to Stormont in 2016 and topped the poll in the snap assembly election earlier this year. She is also a former Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Georgina Milne is a research statistician with a PhD in the impact of long-term climate change and an East Belfast Green Party Councillor, representing Ormiston.
Mairead O'Donnell is a 53-year-old mother of five from the Short Strand. She is a Sinn Fein councillor on Belfast City Council. She was co-opted onto Belfast City Council in June 2016 replacing Niall O Donnghaile.
Gavin Robinson was elected as the MP for East Belfast in 2015, retaking the seat the DUP had lost to Naomi Long in 2010. A former member of Belfast City Council, he served as the Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2012-2013 during the flag protests in the city. He is the party's spokesman on Justice, Home Affairs and Human Rights.
