Riding profile

Strangford

UK constituency — Northern Ireland · Mixed · northern ireland

The question

Strangford: will DUP lose this seat to UK_DUP?

Editorial read

Strangford, a mixed constituency in Northern Ireland, elected a member with the UK_DUP Party in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the UK_DUP Party ahead at 9% vote share, against 2% for the Green Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jim Shannon

Sits with DUP

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

UK_DUP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
13.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Other 9.0%
  • Green 1.8%
  • Conservative 0.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Other Green Conservative Labour
HereStrangford 9.0%1.8%0.5%0.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 4.8% +4.3 11.8% −10.0 18.9% −18.4 21.7% −21.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
UK_DUP
Margin
13.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jim Shannon Elected DUP 15,559 40.0
Michelle Guy Alliance 10,428 26.8
Richard Smart UUP 3,941 10.1
Ron McDowell TUV 3,143 8.1
Noel Sands Sinn Féin 2,793 7.2
Will Polland SDLP 1,783 4.6
Alexandra Braidner Green 703 1.8
Garreth Falls Other 256 0.7
Gareth Burns Other 157 0.4
Barry Hetherington Conservative 146 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029