Belfast West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Belfast West in Northern Ireland | |
Districts of Northern Ireland | Belfast, Lisburn |
Electorate | 60,817 (March 2011) |
Borough | Belfast |
Major settlements | Belfast |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1922 |
Member of Parliament | Paul Maskey (Sinn Fein) |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | 1 |
Type of constituency | borough constituency |
Created from | Belfast |
Replaced by | Belfast Falls, Belfast St Anne's and Belfast Woodvale |
Belfast West is a parliamentary constituency (seat) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Paul Maskey of Sinn Fein.
In 2017, it ranked the most secure of Northern Ireland's 18 seats by percentage and/or numerical tally of its winning majority, followed by North Down and by North Antrim respectively.[1]