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Chris Hazzard
Current MP
71,772
Electorate
5
Elections
61.3%
Avg turnout
1
Times changed

Election history

SF Chris Hazzard Hold
2024-07-04
Majority 9,280 Turnout 59.3% Votes 45,243
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ Chris Hazzard SF
19,698 43.5% +12.7pp
Colin McGrath LAB
10,418 23.0% -4.2pp
Diane Forsythe DUP
7,349 16.2% -1.9pp
Andrew McMurray ALL
3,187 7.0% -6.8pp
Jim Wells TRA
1,893 4.2%
Michael O'Loan ULS
1,411 3.1% -4.6pp
Rosemary McGlone
797 1.8% -0.6pp
Declan Walsh
444 1.0%
Hannah Westropp CON
46 0.1%

Demographics

Changes shown vs 2011 Census

📊 Age

0 to 17
24.7%
50 to 64
19.9%
35 to 49
19.3%
65 and over
17.7% ▲4.2pp
25 to 34
11.0%
18 to 24
7.3%

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group 0.1% 0.7% +0.6pp
Asian or Asian British 0.4% 0.5% +0.1pp
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British 0.1% 0.1% 0.0pp
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.2%
White 99.1% 98.7% -0.4pp

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Christian 87.7%
Hindu 0.0%
Muslim 0.2%
No religion 10.4%
Other religion 0.4%

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Level 4 qualifications or above 31.9%
No qualifications 22.3%

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers 70.1%
Private renters 17.4%
Social renters 9.3%

Previous MPs

2
MPPartyFromTo
Mr Eddie McGrady LAB 1987-06-11 2010-05-06
Enoch Powell ULS 1986-01-23 1987-06-11