Belfast South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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 |
Belfast South (Irish: Béal Feirste Theas) is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
General election 2019: Belfast South[1] | |||||
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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]
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Current Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland (18) | |
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Democratic Unionist (8) | |
Sinn Féin (7) | |
Social Democratic and Labour (2) | |
Alliance (1) | |