Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)

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

General election 2019: Belfast South
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.