Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)
| Belfast South and Mid Down | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Belfast South and Mid Down in Northern Ireland | |
| Districts of Northern Ireland | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Claire Hanna (SDLP) |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | |
Belfast South and Mid Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat of Belfast South was subject to boundary changes and renamed Belfast South and Mid Down. It was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[1][2]
The current MP is Claire Hanna (SDLP)
Boundaries
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In time for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland recommended expanding the current seat to become Belfast South and Mid Down covering central Belfast, Finaghy, Drumbo, and Carryduff.[2]
The constituency comprises twelve wards of Belfast City Council (Belvoir; Blackstaff; Central; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Ormeau; Ravenhill; Rosetta; Stranmillis; Upper Malone; and Windsor)
- nine wards of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Beechill; Cairnshill; Carryduff East; Carryduff West; Drumbo; Galwally; Knockbracken; Moneyreagh; and Newtownbreda)
- one ward of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (Saintfield).[3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Claire Hanna | SDLP | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Claire Hanna | 21,345 | 49.1 | −4.2 | |
| Alliance | Kate Nicholl | 8,839 | 20.3 | +4.9 | |
| DUP | Tracy Kelly | 6,859 | 15.8 | −9.6 | |
| UUP | Michael Henderson | 2,653 | 6.1 | +2.5 | |
| TUV | Dan Boucher | 2,218 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Green (NI) | Áine Groogan | 1,577 | 3.6 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 12,506 | 28.8 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,491 | 58.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 74,749 | ||||
| SDLP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sinn Fein defend proposals to redraw Belfast's electoral boundaries". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - PDF". Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 (Statutory Instrument 2023 no. 1230)" (PDF). The Stationery Office. 15 November 2023. pp. 183–4. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Belfast South and Mid Down UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK