South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards
South Down (Irish: An Dún Theas) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Northern Ireland.
| South Down | |
|---|---|
| county constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of South Down in Northern Ireland | |
| Major settlements | Downpatrick |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1950 |
| Member of Parliament | Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin) |
| Created from | Down |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Replaced by | Down |
| Created from | Down |
Election results
change| General election 2019: South Down[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | Chris Hazzard | 16,137 | 32.4 | ―7.5 | |
| SDLP | Michael Savage | 14,517 | 29.2 | ―5.9 | |
| DUP | Glyn Hanna | 7,619 | 15.3 | ―2.1 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Brown | 6,916 | 13.9 | +10.3 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jill Macauley | 3,307 | 6.6 | +2.7 | |
| Aontú | Paul Brady | 1,266 | 2.5 | New | |
| Majority | 1,620 | 3.2 | ―1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 49,762 | 62.9 | ―4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,113 | ||||
| Sinn Féin hold | Swing | ―0.8 | |||
This seat saw the largest decrease in vote share for the SDLP at the 2019 general election.[2]
References
change- ↑ "South Down Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF) (second ed.). House of Commons Library. p. 25.