Belfast North

Current MP

John Finucane

Sinn Féin

6 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Belfast North

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,288 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,549 local · 3,084,713 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers935 local · 427,447 total
• Call an immediate general election921 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants871 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act843 local · 550,136 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions529 local · 209,956 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza437 local · 198,966 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there432 local · 257,442 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders350 local · 244,450 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data327 local · 260,974 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold304 local · 189,887 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures289 local · 257,938 total
• Cancel the clinical trial into puberty blockers & safeguard vulnerable children274 local · 150,424 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders273 local · 188,125 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison253 local · 191,591 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 239 local · 281,794 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal213 local · 106,570 total
• Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis211 local · 109,025 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge200 local · 203,824 total

About Belfast North

Belfast North is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Northern Ireland and has a registered electorate of 74,240 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.