Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1922 onwards
Belfast South (Irish: Béal Feirste Theas) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
| Belfast South | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Belfast South in Northern Ireland | |
| Districts of Northern Ireland | Belfast, Castlereagh |
| Electorate | 60,914 (March 2011) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1922 |
| Member of Parliament | Claire Hanna (SDLP) |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Created from | Belfast Cromac, Belfast Ormeau |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Type of constituency | borough constituency |
| Replaced by | Belfast Cromac, Belfast Ormeau |
| Created from | Belfast |
Election results change
| General election 2019: Belfast South[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SDLP | Claire Hanna | 27,079 | 57.2 | +31.3 | |
| DUP | Emma Little-Pengelly | 11,678 | 24.7 | ―5.7 | |
| Alliance | Paula Bradshaw | 6,786 | 14.3 | ―3.9 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Michael Henderson | 1,259 | 2.7 | ―0.8 | |
| Aontú | Chris McHugh | 550 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 15,401 | 32.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,352 | 67.6 | +1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,047 | ||||
| SDLP gain from DUP | Swing | +18.5 | |||
This seat saw the largest SDLP vote share and the largest increase in vote share for the party at the 2019 general election. This came as Sinn Féin did not contest the seat. It also saw the only fall in vote share for Alliance.[2]
References change
- ↑ "Belfast South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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