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. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

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%