Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Distinguish|Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)}}{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom since 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2024}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Belfast South and Mid Down
|parliament = uk
|map1 = BelfastSouthMidDown2024
|map2 =
|map_entity = Northern Ireland
|map_year =
|map_size = 200px
|year = 2024
|previous = {{ubl|Belfast South|Lagan Valley|Strangford}}
|abolished =
|type = Borough
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|elects_howmany = 1
|next =
|electorate =
|mp = Claire Hanna
|party = SDLP
|region = Northern Ireland
|county = {{ubl|Belfast|Lisburn and Castlereagh|Newry, Mourne and Down}}
}}
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.{{Cite news |title=Sinn Fein defend proposals to redraw Belfast's electoral boundaries |last=Preston |first=Allan |date=1 April 2022 |work=Belfast Telegraph |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/sinn-fein-defend-proposals-to-redraw-belfasts-electoral-boundaries/41510029.html |access-date=18 April 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - PDF |url=https://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/publications/final-recommendations-report-2023-review-parliamentary-constituencies-pdf |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland }}
The current MP is Claire Hanna of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
Boundaries
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-height=260|frame-width=240|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}
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.
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).{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/pdfs/uksi_20231230_en.pdf#page=183 |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 (Statutory Instrument 2023 no. 1230) |date=15 November 2023 |pages=183–4 |access-date=29 June 2024 |publisher=The Stationery Office }}
Members of Parliament
Election results
=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Belfast South and Mid Down{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll |url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/320a604a-e3ab-4c4c-a010-9586aec24353/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-combined-with-Notice-of-Poll |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Electoral Office for Northern Ireland }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic and Labour Party|candidate=Claire Hanna|votes=21,345|percentage=49.1|change=−4.2}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|candidate=Kate Nicholl|votes=8,839|percentage=20.3|change=+4.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Unionist Party|candidate=Tracy Kelly|votes=6,859|percentage=15.8|change=−9.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ulster Unionist Party|candidate=Michael Henderson|votes=2,653|percentage=6.1|change=+2.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Traditional Unionist Voice|candidate=Dan Boucher|votes=2,218|percentage=5.1|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party Northern Ireland|candidate=Áine Groogan|votes=1,577|percentage=3.6|change=+3.4}}
{{Election box majority||votes=12,506|percentage=28.8|change=+0.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=43,491|percentage=58.2|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors =74,749
}}
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Social Democratic and Labour Party}}{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
| class="wikitable" | ||
| + 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1997 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party excl. candidate
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} | align=right| 25,409 | align=right| 53.3 |
| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}} | align=right| 12,087 | align=right| 25.4 |
| {{party color cell|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}
| Alliance | align=right| 7,348 | align=right| 15.4 |
| {{party color cell|Ulster Unionist Party}} | align=right| 1,703 | align=right| 3.6 |
| {{party color cell|Aontú}}
| Aontú | align=right| 568 | align=right| 1.2 |
| {{party color cell|Sinn Féin}} | align=right| 247 | align=right| 0.5 |
| {{party color cell|Northern Ireland Conservatives}} | align=right| 167 | align=right| 0.4 |
| {{party color cell|Green Party Northern Ireland}}
| Greens | align=right| 73 | align=right| 0.2 |
| {{party color cell|People Before Profit}} | align=right| 67 | align=right| 0.1 |
| colspan="2"|Majority
|align=right|13,322 |align=right|27.9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|47,669 |align=right|66.2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|71,978 | |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/169039.html Belfast South and Mid Down UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
{{Current Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland}}
{{County Antrim constituencies}}
{{County Down constituencies}}
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Category:Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024