Jim Shannon

Jim Shannon is the Democratic Unionist Party MP for Strangford, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Strangford when Jim Shannon was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 10 candidates ran for election.

Summary

DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Hold
Majority
5,131
Electorate
74,525
Turnout
52.2%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party
15,559 40.0% -0.5%
Michelle Guy
Alliance
10,428 26.8% 0.6%
Richard Smart
Ulster Unionist Party
3,941 10.1% 0.9%
Ron McDowell
Traditional Unionist Voice
3,143 8.1% 8.1%
Noel Sands
Sinn Féin
2,793 7.2% -0.4%
Will Polland
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1,783 4.6% -5.5%
Alexandra Braidner
Green Party Northern Ireland
703 1.8% 0.0%
Garreth Falls
Independent
256 0.7% 0.7%
Gareth Burns
Independent
157 0.4% 0.4%
Barry Hetherington
Conservative
146 0.4% -3.0%