Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
Belfast has four coterminous constituencies for the UK Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly, which extend somewhat beyond the city boundaries into parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and Newtownabbey districts. At the 2010 UK general election, Belfast returned four MPs for the following constituencies: Belfast East (Naomi Long, Alliance Party), Belfast South (Alasdair McDonnell, SDLP), Belfast North (Nigel Dodds, DUP) and Belfast West (Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin).
In the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Belfast returned a total of 24 MLAs (six per constituency) for the constituencies of Belfast East, Belfast South, Belfast North and Belfast West. The results are summarised below:
| Party | NIA 2011 | +/- | UK 2010 | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 8 | = | 1 | = | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 7 | +1 | 1 | -1 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 4 | = | 1 | = | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 3 | +1 | 1 | +1 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 2 | -1 | 0 | = | |
| Other | 0 | -1 | 0 | = | |
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