Belfast South and Mid Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. It was created in 2024 as a successor to Belfast South. It contains central Belfast, Finaghy, Drumbo, and Carryduff.
| Belfast South and Mid Down | |
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| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Belfast South and Mid Down in Northern Ireland | |
| Districts of Northern Ireland |
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| Borough | Belfast |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Claire Hanna (SDLP) |
| Seats | 1 |
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The MP since 2024[update] is Claire Hanna of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Hanna had been MP for Belfast South since the 2019 general election.
Boundaries
Following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat of Belfast South was subject to boundary changes and renamed Belfast South and Mid Down. The redrawn constituency contained 90.8% of the population of the former Belfast South. It was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency comprises:
In Belfast, the wards of Belvoir, Blackstaff, Central, Finaghy, Malone, Musgrave, Ormeau, Ravenhill, Rosetta, Stranmillis, Upper Malone, and Windsor;in Lisburn and Castlereagh, the wards of Beechill, Cairnshill, Carryduff East, Carryduff West, Drumbo, Galwally, Knockbracken, Moneyreagh, and Newtownbreda; and
in Newry, Mourne and Down, the ward of Saintfield.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Claire Hanna | SDLP | |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Claire Hanna | 21,345 | 49.1 | 4.2 | |
| Alliance | Kate Nicholl | 8,839 | 20.3 | 4.9 | |
| DUP | Tracy Kelly | 6,859 | 15.8 | 9.6 | |
| UUP | Michael Henderson | 2,653 | 6.1 | 2.5 | |
| TUV | Dan Boucher | 2,218 | 5.1 | New | |
| Green (NI) | Áine Groogan | 1,577 | 3.6 | 3.4 | |
| Majority | 12,506 | 28.8 | 0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,491 | 58.2 | 8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,749 | ||||
| SDLP win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party excl. candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 25,409 | 53.3 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 12,087 | 25.4 | |
| Alliance | 7,348 | 15.4 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1,703 | 3.6 | |
| Aontú | 568 | 1.2 | |
| Sinn Féin | 247 | 0.5 | |
| Conservatives | 167 | 0.4 | |
| Greens | 73 | 0.2 | |
| People Before Profit | 67 | 0.1 | |
| Majority | 13,322 | 27.9 | |
| Turnout | 47,669 | 66.2 | |
| Electorate | 71,978 | ||
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