Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom since 2024

Belfast
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Newry, Mourne and Down

Current constituencyCreated2024Member of ParliamentClaire Hanna (SDLP)Seats1Created from

Belfast South
Lagan Valley
Strangford

Belfast South and Mid Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat of Belfast South was subject to boundary changes and renamed Belfast South and Mid Down. It was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.^[1]^[2]

The current MP is Claire Hanna (SDLP)

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

In time for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland recommended expanding the current seat to become Belfast South and Mid Down covering central Belfast, Finaghy, Drumbo, and Carryduff.^[2]

The constituency comprises twelve wards of Belfast City Council (Belvoir; Blackstaff; Central; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Ormeau; Ravenhill; Rosetta; Stranmillis; Upper Malone; and Windsor)

- nine wards of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Beechill; Cairnshill; Carryduff East; Carryduff West; Drumbo; Galwally; Knockbracken; Moneyreagh; and Newtownbreda)

- one ward of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (Saintfield).^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Claire Hanna	SDLP

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Belfast South and Mid Down^[4]
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	5.1
	Green (NI)	Áine Groogan	1,577	3.6	+3.4
Majority			12,506	28.8	+0.9
Turnout			43,491	58.2
Registered electors			74,749
	SDLP win (new seat)

References

^ "Sinn Fein defend proposals to redraw Belfast's electoral boundaries". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - PDF". Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 (Statutory Instrument 2023 no. 1230)" (PDF). The Stationery Office. 15 November 2023. pp. 183–4. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

External links

Belfast South and Mid Down UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Current Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland (18)

Sinn Féin (7)

Belfast North
Belfast West
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Mid Ulster
Newry and Armagh
South Down
West Tyrone

DUP (5)

Belfast East
East Antrim
East Londonderry
Strangford
Upper Bann

SDLP (2)

Belfast South and Mid Down
Foyle

Alliance (1)

Lagan Valley

Independent Unionist (1)

North Down

TUV (1)

North Antrim

UUP (1)

South Antrim

Parliamentary constituencies in County Antrim and the city of Belfast

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Antrim (???–1800)
Antrim (1666–1800)
Belfast (1613–1800)
Carrickfergus (1326–1800)
Lisburn (1661–1800)
Randalstown (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic

Antrim (1801–85, 1922–50)
Mid Antrim (1885–1922)
Belfast (1801–85)
Belfast Cromac (1918–22)
Belfast Duncairn (1918–22)
Belfast Falls (1918–22)
Belfast Ormeau (1918–22)
Belfast Pottinger (1918–22)
Belfast Shankill (1918–22)
Belfast South (1885–1918, 1922–2024)
Belfast St Anne's (1918–22)
Belfast Victoria (1918–22)
Belfast Woodvale (1918–22)
Carrickfergus (1801–85)
Lisburn (1801–85)
Queen's University of Belfast (1918–50)

Current

East Antrim (1885–1922, 1983—)
North Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—)
South Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—)
Belfast East (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast North (1885–1918, 1922—)
Belfast South and Mid Down (2024—)
Belfast West (1885–1918, 1922—)
Lagan Valley 1983—

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)
No seats taken	East Antrim Mid Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast Cromac Belfast Duncairn Belfast Falls Belfast Ormeau Belfast Pottinger Belfast St Anne's Belfast Shankill Belfast Victoria Belfast Woodvale Queen's University of Belfast

Second Dáil
1921–22

Seats taken	(none)
No seats taken	Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Queen's University of Belfast

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

1921–29

Antrim (1921–29)
Belfast East (1921–29)
Belfast North (1921–29)
Belfast South (1921–29)
West Belfast (1921–29)
Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)

1929–72

Bannside (1929–72)
Belfast Ballynafeigh (1929–72)
Belfast Bloomfield (1929–72)
Belfast Central (1929–72)
Belfast Clifton (1929–72)
Belfast Cromac (1929–72)
Belfast Dock (1929–72)
Belfast Duncairn (1929–72)
Belfast Falls (1929–72)
Belfast Oldpark (1929–72)
Belfast Pottinger (1929–72)
Belfast Shankill (1929–72)
Belfast St Anne's (1929–72)
Belfast Victoria (1929–72)
Belfast Willowfield (1929–72)
Belfast Windsor (1929–72)
Belfast Woodvale (1929–72)
Carrick (1929–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Larne (1929–72)
Mid Antrim (1929–72)
Newtownabbey (1969–72)
North Antrim (1929–72)
Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)
South Antrim (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Lagan Valley

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

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Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down