2011 Belfast West by-election

2011 Belfast West by-election

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First party Second party   Candidate Paul Maskey Alex Attwood Party Sinn Féin SDLP Popular vote 16,211 3,088 Percentage 70.6% 13.5% Swing 0.5% 2.9%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Gerry Carroll Brian Kingston Party People Before Profit DUP Popular vote 1,751 1,393 Percentage 7.6% 6.1% Swing New party 1.5%

MP before election Gerry Adams Sinn Féin Subsequent MP Paul Maskey Sinn Féin

On 9 June 2011, a by-election was held for the United Kingdom constituency of Belfast West. The by-elected was prompted by the resignation of the constituency's Member of Parliament, Gerry Adams^[1] in advance of his candidacy in the 2011 general election in the Republic of Ireland.