Constituency view

Belfast East

Northern Ireland

DUP hold

Current MP

Current representation

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party

Male

Majority2,676

Turnout58.6%

Electorate72,917

Valid votes42,706

2024 Results

Party breakdown

DUP19,894 - 46.6%

Alliance17,218 - 40.3%

Other2,080 - 4.9%

UUP1,818 - 4.3%

Green1,077 - 2.5%

SDLP619 - 1.4%

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 94.7%White British N/AAsian 2.8%Black, African or Caribbean 0.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011 data not available for this constituency.

2001 data not available for this constituency.

1991 data not available for this constituency.

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

Country of birth

Belfast East (2021)

UK 89.2%Other EU 6.1%Other countries 4.7%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

2011 data not available for this topic.

2001 data not available for this topic.

1991 data not available for this topic.

Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Belfast East	National	Difference
% White	94.7%	83.0%	+11.6pp
% Asian	2.8%	8.6%	-5.8pp
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.9%	3.7%	-2.8pp
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.3%	2.7%	-1.4pp
% Other ethnic group	0.3%	2.0%	-1.6pp
% UK-born	89.2%	84.0%	+5.3pp
% Non-UK-born	10.8%	16.0%	-5.3pp
% Other EU-born	6.1%	6.0%	+0.1pp
% Other countries-born	4.7%	10.1%	-5.4pp

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Belfast East

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.