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constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BelfastSouthConstituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Outline map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BelfastSouthConstituency.svg/200px-BelfastSouthConstituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BelfastSouthConstituency.svg/300px-BelfastSouthConstituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BelfastSouthConstituency.svg/400px-BelfastSouthConstituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="779" data-file-height="635" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boundary of Belfast South in Northern Ireland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">Districts of Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_City_Council" title="Belfast City Council">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_(borough)" title="Castlereagh (borough)">Castlereagh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_registration_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Electoral registration in the United Kingdom">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">60,914 (March 2011)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Borough</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a>–<a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Cromac (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Cromac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Ormeau_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Ormeau (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Ormeau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_and_Mid_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast South and Mid Down</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a>–<a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Type of constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">borough constituency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Cromac (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Cromac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Ormeau_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Ormeau (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Ormeau</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Belfast South</b> was a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">parliamentary constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom House of Commons">United Kingdom House of Commons</a>. </p><p>Further to the completion of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>, the seat would be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_and_Mid_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast South and Mid Down</a>, to be first contested at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 United Kingdom general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 200px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 200px; height: 220px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="200" data-height="220" data-overlays="["_ccc8c94420f60bff9b1b810aa7b4eca56d0fd3ad"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,200x220.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Belfast_South_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&revid=1244731978&groups=_ccc8c94420f60bff9b1b810aa7b4eca56d0fd3ad" width="200" height="220" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,200x220@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Belfast_South_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&revid=1244731978&groups=_ccc8c94420f60bff9b1b810aa7b4eca56d0fd3ad 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Map of boundaries 2010-2024</div></div></div> <p><b>1885–1918</b>: In the Borough of Belfast, that part of Cromac ward not in the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a>, that part of St. George's ward not in the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast West</a>, and the townlands of Malone Lower and that part of Malone Upper within the parliamentary borough in the parish of Shankill. </p><p><b>1922–1974</b>: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Cromac, Ormeau, and Windsor. </p><p><b>1974–1983</b>: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Cromac, Ormeau, and Windsor, the District of Lisburn electoral divisions of Ardmore, Dunmurry, Finaghy, and Upper Malone, and the Rural District of Hillsborough electoral divisions of Breda and Edenderry. </p><p><b>1983–1997</b>: The District of Belfast wards of Ballynafeigh, Cromac, Donegall, Finaghy, Malone, Ormeau, Rosetta, St George's, Stranmillis, University, Upper Malone, Willowfield, and Windsor. </p><p><b>1997–2010</b>: The District of Belfast wards of Ballynafeigh, Blackstaff, Botanic, Finaghy, Malone, Musgrave, Ravenhill, Rosetta, Shaftesbury, Stranmillis, Upper Malone, Windsor, and Woodstock, and the District of Castlereagh wards of Beechill, Cairnshill, Galwally, Knockbracken, Minnowburn, and Newtownbreda. </p><p><b>2010–2024</b>: The District of Belfast wards above and the District of Castlereagh wards as above plus Carryduff East, Carryduff West, Hillfoot, and Wynchurch. </p><p>The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved <a href="/wiki/Stormont_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Stormont Parliament">Stormont Parliament</a> for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster Parliament">Westminster Parliament</a> was drastically cut. The seat is centred on the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_City_Council" title="Belfast City Council">Belfast City Council</a> districts of <a href="/wiki/Balmoral_(District_Electoral_Area)" title="Balmoral (District Electoral Area)">Balmoral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laganbank_(District_Electoral_Area)" title="Laganbank (District Electoral Area)">Laganbank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pottinger_(District_Electoral_Area)" title="Pottinger (District Electoral Area)">Pottinger</a> and also contains part of the district of <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_(borough)" title="Castlereagh (borough)">Castlereagh</a>. </p><p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, the Boundary Commission proposed expanding Belfast South further into <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_(borough)" title="Castlereagh (borough)">Castlereagh</a>, taking in areas currently contained in both <a href="/wiki/Strangford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)">Strangford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a>. This was strongly opposed by the DUP but supported by the Ulster Unionists. It was also one of the issues that generated the most negative comments in the written submissions with a petition representing half of Cregagh's residents opposing its move. </p><p>Following the local enquiries, the Boundary Commission proposed retaining the Cregagh ward in East Belfast while transferring instead the Hillfoot ward. These proposals were submitted as final recommendations and were put into force through the passing of the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Belfast South tended to elect 'rebel unionists' such as <a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a>, who famously defied a ban on <a href="/wiki/Orange_marches" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange marches">Orange marches</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sloan" title="Thomas Sloan">Thomas Sloan</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Orange_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Orange Order">Independent Orange Order</a>. </p><p>Belfast South contains some of Belfast's most expensive residential districts as well as Queen's University Belfast. The overall tenor of the constituency is middle-class – young, trendy and cosmopolitan towards the city centre, with Northern Ireland's biggest concentrations of both students and ethnic minorities, and further out from the city centre it is settled and prosperous. Despite this, significant pockets of inner-city working class areas such as the Markets and a number of isolated suburban estates exist in the constituency. </p><p>There has been particularly rapid demographic change in Belfast South since around the year 2000. The 2011 census revealed that Belfast South consists of a slightly larger Catholic population than Protestant and while the constituency traditionally has had a unionist majority, the nationalist vote has now surpassed this in more recent elections. There have also been strong votes for other parties such as the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, Green Party, the Conservatives and the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. The constituency has witnessed a steady series of candidates backed by groups who aspire to support the British Labour Party despite its prior ban on membership and organisation in Northern Ireland, though their results have been minimal. Until the 1990s the main focus of attention had been on contests between unionist candidates. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974 general election</a> the seat was won by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bradford_(NI_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bradford (NI politician)">Robert Bradford</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Unionist_Progressive_Party" title="Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party">Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party</a> on a united anti-<a href="/wiki/Sunningdale_Agreement" title="Sunningdale Agreement">Sunningdale Agreement</a> slate with the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>. He defeated <a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a>, the sitting Unionist MP who defended his seat as a <a href="/wiki/Pro-Assembly_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Assembly Unionist">Pro-Assembly Unionist</a>. Bradford held the seat for the next seven years, though in February 1978 he and the rump of Vanguard reunited with the Ulster Unionists. At the end of 1981 Bradford was assassinated by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army" title="Irish Republican Army">IRA</a> in a Belfast community centre while hosting a <a href="/wiki/Surgery_(politics)" title="Surgery (politics)">political surgery</a>. </p><p>The subsequent by-election garnered much interest as it was expected that the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> would take the seat, building on their steady rise which had seen them gain both <a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">previous general election</a>. However, the DUP came third, behind the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a>, and the UUP's candidate <a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> won the seat, holding it until 2005. The by-election was extremely significant at the time in that it was the first at which the DUP tide ebbed. </p><p>In January 2005 Smyth announced that he would be retiring at the 2005 general election, raising speculation both as to whom the Ulster Unionists would field in succession to him and what effect a different candidate would have upon their share of the vote. The UUP selected Assembly member <a href="/wiki/Michael_McGimpsey" title="Michael McGimpsey">Michael McGimpsey</a>, albeit with a highly controversial and bitter selection. McGimpsey was repudiated by many prominent Unionists, including both Smyth and former UUP leader <a href="/wiki/James_Molyneaux" class="mw-redirect" title="James Molyneaux">James Molyneaux</a>. The DUP selected <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Spratt_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Spratt (politician)">Jimmy Spratt</a> and offered an electoral pact to the UUP that would give each party a free run at one out of South Belfast and <a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a>. This offer was rejected by the UUP. </p><p>In the event, the DUP and UUP both fielded candidates which split the vote. The nationalist vote mainly went for the SDLP over <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a>, with the result that the SDLP took the seat despite a majority of votes cast for unionist candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a>, Sinn Féin opted not to stand against the SDLP to avoid splitting the nationalist vote.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SDLP won the seat with a majority of 6,000. This was the seat in which the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party</a> had their second-best showing, polling 15% of the votes. <a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> retained the seat in <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">May 2015</a>, with only 24.5% of the vote, as Sinn Féin opted to stand. This is the smallest proportion of the vote a winning candidate has ever achieved in a UK general election.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> the seat was won by <a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a> of the DUP<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Alasdair McDonnell losing his seat along with all other SDLP MPs in Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was won back for the SDLP by <a href="/wiki/Claire_Hanna" title="Claire Hanna">Claire Hanna</a> in <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a>, with Sinn Féin again opting not to stand.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first time since 1987 that the winning candidate in the constituency had a majority of the vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_parliament">Members of parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members of parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The member of parliament since the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a> is <a href="/wiki/Claire_Hanna" title="Claire Hanna">Claire Hanna</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a>, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #DDEEFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1885</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Conservative">Independent Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1886</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_Conservative_Party" title="Irish Conservative Party">Irish Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF"> </td> <td><i>1891</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #aadfff"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1902 Belfast South by-election">1902</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sloan" title="Thomas Sloan">Thomas Sloan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Chambers_(politician)" title="James Chambers (politician)">James Chambers</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_1917_Belfast_South_by-election" title="July 1917 Belfast South by-election">1917</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Arthur_Lindsay" title="William Arthur Lindsay">William Arthur Lindsay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Irish general election">1918</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency abolished</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency recreated</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moles" title="Thomas Moles">Thomas Moles</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_Stewart_(Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Stewart (Belfast MP)">William Stewart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #e0afaf"> </td> <td><i>1938</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Progressive_Unionist_Association" title="Ulster Progressive Unionist Association">Progressive Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conolly_Gage" title="Conolly Gage">Conolly Gage</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1952_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1952 Belfast South by-election">1952</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_(South_Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Campbell (South Belfast MP)">David Campbell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1963 Belfast South by-election">1963</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: darkorange"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bradford_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)">Robert Bradford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Progressive_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party">Vanguard Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><i>1977</i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1982 Belfast South by-election">1982</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #aadfff"> </td> <td><i>2003</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td><i>2004</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claire_Hanna" title="Claire Hanna">Claire Hanna</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png/220px-South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png/330px-South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png/440px-South_Belfast_Parlimentary.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2010s">Elections in the 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">General election 2019</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#2AA82C; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Claire_Hanna" title="Claire Hanna">Claire Hanna</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,079 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+31.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,678 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paula_Bradshaw" title="Paula Bradshaw">Paula Bradshaw</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,786 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Henderson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,259 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #44532A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris McHugh </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">550 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,401 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47,352 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">70,047 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+18.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">General election 2017</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D46A4C; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,299 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,303 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paula_Bradshaw" title="Paula Bradshaw">Paula Bradshaw</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,946 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Muilleoir" title="Máirtín Ó Muilleoir">Máirtín Ó Muilleoir</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,143 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #8dc63f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Clare_Bailey" title="Clare Bailey">Clare Bailey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,241 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Henderson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,527 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">NI Conservatives</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clare Salier </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">246 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,996 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,699 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">66,105 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">General election 2015</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#2AA82C; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,560 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–16.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bell_(politician)" title="Jonathan Bell (politician)">Jonathan Bell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,654 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paula_Bradshaw" title="Paula Bradshaw">Paula Bradshaw</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,711 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Muilleoir" title="Máirtín Ó Muilleoir">Máirtín Ó Muilleoir</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,402 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rodney McCune </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,549 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–8.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #8dc63f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Clare_Bailey" title="Clare Bailey">Clare Bailey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,238 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stoker" title="Bob Stoker">Bob Stoker</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,900 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">NI Conservatives</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ben Manton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">582 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lily Kerr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">361 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">906 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–15.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38,957 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">64,927 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–7.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The SDLP won the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election_records#Lowest_winning_share_of_the_vote" title="United Kingdom general election records">lowest winning share of the vote</a> in modern British history. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">General election 2010</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#2AA82C; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,026 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Spratt_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Spratt (politician)">Jimmy Spratt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,100 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Conservatives_and_Unionists" title="Ulster Conservatives and Unionists">UCU-NF</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paula_Bradshaw" title="Paula Bradshaw">Paula Bradshaw</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,910 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Lo" title="Anna Lo">Anna Lo</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,114 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #8dc63f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Adam_McGibbon" title="Adam McGibbon">Adam McGibbon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,036 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,926 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,186 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">59,524 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2000s">Elections in the 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">General election 2005</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#2AA82C; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,339 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>32.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Spratt_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Spratt (politician)">Jimmy Spratt</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,104 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_McGimpsey" title="Michael McGimpsey">Michael McGimpsey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,263 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–22.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Maskey" title="Alex Maskey">Alex Maskey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,882 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn">Geraldine Rice </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,012 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Vote_For_Yourself_Rainbow_Dream_Ticket" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket">Rainbow Dream Ticket</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lynda Gilby </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">235 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paddy Lynn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">193 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,235 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,028 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">52,218 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #2AA82C"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–13.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">General election 2001</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,008 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,609 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: aqua; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Women%27s_Coalition" title="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition">NI Women's Coalition</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Monica_McWilliams" title="Monica McWilliams">Monica McWilliams</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,968 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Maskey" title="Alex Maskey">Alex Maskey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,894 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn">Geraldine Rice </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,042 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–7.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2B45A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">PUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Purvis" title="Dawn Purvis">Dawn Purvis</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,112 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–11.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paddy Lynn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Vote_For_Yourself_Rainbow_Dream_Ticket" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket">Rainbow Dream Ticket</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_George_Weiss" title="Rainbow George Weiss">Rainbow George Weiss</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">115 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,399 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,952 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">59,436 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1990s">Elections in the 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">General election 1997</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,201 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>36.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–18.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,601 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2B45A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">PUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Ervine" title="David Ervine">David Ervine</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,687 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_McBride_(politician)" title="Steve McBride (politician)">Steve McBride</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,112 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn">Seán Hayes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,019 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: aqua; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Women%27s_Coalition" title="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition">NI Women's Coalition</a> </td> <td class="fn">Annie Campbell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">NI Conservatives</a> </td> <td class="fn">Myrtle Boal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">962 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–9.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFBBBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Niall Cusack </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">292 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paddy Lynn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">286 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Anderson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">120 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,600 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–19.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,484 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">63,633 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–13.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>1997 Changes are compared to the 1992 notional results shown below. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Notional 1992 UK General Election Result : Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,258 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>N/A </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,921 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,266 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">NI Conservatives</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Others </td> <td class="fn"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,437 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,116 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,337 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">General election 1992</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,336 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–9.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,266 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Montgomery </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,054 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives">NI Conservatives</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew Fee </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,356 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn">Seán Hayes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,123 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D44442; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Trade_Union_Group" title="Labour and Trade Union Group">Labour and Trade Union</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hadden" title="Peter Hadden">Peter Hadden</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">875 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paddy Lynn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">362 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">Teresa Mullen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">212 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,070 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,584 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">52,050 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1980s">Elections in the 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">General election 1987</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1987_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1987-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>18,917 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Cook_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="David Cook (Northern Ireland politician)">David Cook</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,963 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,268 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gerard Carr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,528 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn">Seán McKnight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,030 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,954 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,706 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–9.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">54,208 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1986_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1986 Belfast South by-election">By-election 1986</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,771 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>71.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+21.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Cook_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="David Cook (Northern Ireland politician)">David Cook</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,635 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gerry Carr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,109 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,136 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+20.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30,515 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–12.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">53,944 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i>Note:</i> The by-election was caused by the decision of all Unionist MPs to resign their seats and seek re-election on a platform of opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">General election 1983</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1983_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1983-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>18,669 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–11.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Cook_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="David Cook (Northern Ireland politician)">David Cook</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,945 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_McCrea" title="Raymond McCrea">Raymond McCrea</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,565 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,216 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sean McKnight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,107 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gerry Carr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">856 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,724 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–10.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,358 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">53,674 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1982_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1982 Belfast South by-election">1982 Belfast South by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Smyth" title="Martin Smyth">Martin Smyth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,123 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>39.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–22.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Cook_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="David Cook (Northern Ireland politician)">David Cook</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,726 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_McCrea,_Baron_McCrea_of_Magherafelt_and_Cookstown" title="William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown">William McCrea</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,818 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,839 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Loyalist_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party">Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_McMichael" title="John McMichael">John McMichael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">576 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Labour_Party_(Northern_Ireland)" title="United Labour Party (Northern Ireland)">United Labour Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brian Caul </td> <td style="text-align:right;">303 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">One Human Family </td> <td class="fn">Jagat Narain </td> <td style="text-align:right;">137 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Peace State </td> <td class="fn">Simon Hall-Raleigh </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,397 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–24.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,534 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">66,219 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bradford_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)">Robert Bradford</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>28,875 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Glass" title="Basil Glass">Basil Glass</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,745 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_McDonnell" title="Alasdair McDonnell">Alasdair McDonnell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,694 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffa07a; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Unionist Party of Northern Ireland">Unionist Party NI</a> </td> <td class="fn">Victor Brennan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,784 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Labour Integrationist </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Dudgeon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeffrey Dudgeon">Jeffrey Dudgeon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">692 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,130 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,790 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">68,920 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:darkorange; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Progressive_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party">Vanguard</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bradford_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)">Robert Bradford</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,116 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Glass </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,715 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_McMaster" title="Stanley McMaster">Stanley McMaster</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,982 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Caraher" title="Ben Caraher">Ben Caraher</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,390 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Holmes" title="Erskine Holmes">Erskine Holmes</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,643 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,401 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+28.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50,846 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">75,112 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: darkorange"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Progressive_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party">Vanguard</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:darkorange; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Progressive_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party">Vanguard</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bradford_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)">Robert Bradford</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,083 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFA07A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Pro-Assembly_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Assembly Unionist">Pro-Assembly Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,085 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #F6CB2F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Cook_(Northern_Ireland_politician)" title="David Cook (Northern Ireland politician)">David Cook</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,118 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2AA82C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Caraher" title="Ben Caraher">Ben Caraher</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,149 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Holmes" title="Erskine Holmes">Erskine Holmes</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,455 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–24.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,998 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51,890 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">75,443 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: darkorange"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Progressive_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party">Vanguard</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,523 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Coulthard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,567 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,956 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,090 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">57,112 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,329 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–4.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Holmes" title="Erskine Holmes">Erskine Holmes</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,364 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,965 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–16.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35,693 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">56,390 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,422 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–0.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Barkley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,792 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DAA520; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Judith Rosenfield </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,941 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #d1ffb2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Republican_(Ireland)" title="Independent Republican (Ireland)">Ind. Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert McKnight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,159 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,630 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,314 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">57,558 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1963_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1963 Belfast South by-election">By-election 1963</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rafton_Pounder" title="Rafton Pounder">Rafton Pounder</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,989 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–5.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Norman Searight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,209 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DAA520; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Albert Hamilton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,774 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,780 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–9.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27,972 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–23.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">57,864 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_(South_Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Campbell (South Belfast MP)">David Campbell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,164 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–8.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Norman Searight </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,318 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DAA520; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sheelagh_Murnaghan" title="Sheelagh Murnaghan">Sheelagh Murnaghan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,253 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brendan O'Reilly </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">434 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–2.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,846 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–12.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,169 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">59,864 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_(South_Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Campbell (South Belfast MP)">David Campbell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>33,392 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>78.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edward Brown </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,508 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td class="fn">Patrick Kearney </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,679 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,884 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42,579 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">64,844 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1952_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1952 Belfast South by-election">By-election 1952</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_(South_Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Campbell (South Belfast MP)">David Campbell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,067 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–0.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Napier_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Samuel Napier (Northern Irish politician)">Samuel Napier</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,655 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,412 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30,722 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–27.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">65,196 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gage" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Gage">Hugh Gage</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>37,046 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert McBrinn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,815 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,231 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,861 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">66,212 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gage" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Gage">Hugh Gage</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>34,620 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+23.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">James McKernan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,428 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,192 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+28.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,048 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">66,486 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1940s">Elections in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Conolly_Gage" title="Conolly Gage">Conolly Gage</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,282 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #b22222; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Labour_Party" title="Commonwealth Labour Party">Commonwealth Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Midgley" title="Harry Midgley">Harry Midgley</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,096 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DC241f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">NI Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Morrow_(trade_unionist)" title="James Morrow (trade unionist)">James Morrow</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,166 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,186 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,544 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">70,140 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1930s">Elections in the 1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">General election 1935</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Stewart_(Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Stewart (Belfast MP)">William Stewart</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">63,004 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election 1931</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Stewart_(Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Stewart (Belfast MP)">William Stewart</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">59,394 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1920s">Elections in the 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">General election 1929</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Stewart_(Belfast_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Stewart (Belfast MP)">William Stewart</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,019 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Philip_James_Woods" title="Philip James Woods">Philip James Woods</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,148 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,871 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38,167 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">59,025 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">General election 1924</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moles" title="Thomas Moles">Thomas Moles</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">General election 1923</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moles" title="Thomas Moles">Thomas Moles</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">General election 1922</a>: Belfast South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #48A5EE; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moles" title="Thomas Moles">Thomas Moles</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#48A5EE"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/July_1917_Belfast_South_by-election" title="July 1917 Belfast South by-election">July 1917 Belfast South by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Arthur_Lindsay" title="William Arthur Lindsay">William Arthur Lindsay</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/April_1917_Belfast_South_by-election" title="April 1917 Belfast South by-election">April 1917 Belfast South by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Chambers_(politician)" title="James Chambers (politician)">James Chambers</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">December 1910 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#9999FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Chambers_(politician)" title="James Chambers (politician)">James Chambers</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,585 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sloan" title="Thomas Sloan">Thomas Sloan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,722 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,863 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,307 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–9.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,622 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">January 1910 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#9999FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Chambers_(politician)" title="James Chambers (politician)">James Chambers</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,772 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sloan" title="Thomas Sloan">Thomas Sloan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,553 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–16.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,219 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,325 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">87.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,622 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionist Party">Irish Unionist</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+16.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1906 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#aadfff; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sloan" title="Thomas Sloan">Thomas Sloan</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,450 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Arthur_Hill" title="Lord Arthur Hill">Arthur Hill</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,634 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">816 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,084 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">9,538 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #aadfff"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1902_Belfast_South_by-election" title="1902 Belfast South by-election">1902 Belfast South by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#aadfff; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sloan" title="Thomas Sloan">Thomas Sloan</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,795 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles William Dunbar Buller </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,969 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">826 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,764 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,246 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #aadfff"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1900 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1895 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,192 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1892 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">7,563 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #9999FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1880s">Elections in the 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1886 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Irish_Conservative_Party" title="Irish Conservative Party">Irish Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,542 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>87.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+21.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #99FF66; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew McErlean </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">657 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,885 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,199 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6,740 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Conservative_Party" title="Irish Conservative Party">Irish Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Independent_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Conservative">Ind. Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1885 general election</a>: Belfast South<sup id="cite_ref-walker_30-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDEEFF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Conservative">Ind. Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_(Irish_politician)" title="William Johnston (Irish politician)">William Johnston</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,610 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Workman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">990 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.1 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDEEFF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Conservative">Ind. Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Seeds </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">871 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.9 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,620 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,471 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">6,740 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDEEFF"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Conservative">Ind. 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London. 19 August 1902. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Election+intelligence&rft.issue=36850&rft.pages=p.-3&rft.date=1902-08-19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelfast+South+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>General</dt></dl> <p>4. Correction: Clare Bailey, Green Party in Northern Ireland (not Green Party of England and Wales) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">F. W. S. Craig</a>, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">F. W. S. Craig</a>, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970</i></li> <li><i>The Liberal Year Book For 1917</i>, Liberal Publication Department</li> <li><i>The Constitutional Year Book For 1912</i>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Central_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Central Office">Conservative Central Office</a></li> <li><i>The Constitutional Year Book For 1894</i>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Central_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Central Office">Conservative Central Office</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/North_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Down (UK Parliament constituency)">North Down</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">TUV</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/County_Antrim_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="County Antrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">County Antrim</a> (???–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Antrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Antrim</a> (1666–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Belfast (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Belfast</a> (1613–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Carrickfergus</a> (1326–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisburn_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Lisburn (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Lisburn</a> (1661–1800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randalstown_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Randalstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Randalstown</a> (???–1800)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a> 1801–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">Antrim</a> (1801–85, 1922–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Antrim</a> (1885–1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast</a> (1801–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Cromac (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Cromac</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Duncairn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Duncairn (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Duncairn</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Falls_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Falls (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Falls</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Ormeau_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Ormeau (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Ormeau</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Pottinger_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Pottinger (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Pottinger</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Shankill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Shankill (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Shankill</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belfast South</a> (1885–1918, 1922–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_St_Anne%27s_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast St Anne's (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast St Anne's</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Victoria_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Victoria (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Victoria</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Woodvale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Woodvale (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Woodvale</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrickfergus (UK Parliament constituency)">Carrickfergus</a> (1801–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisburn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lisburn (UK Parliament constituency)">Lisburn</a> (1801–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)">Queen's University of Belfast</a> (1918–50)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">East Antrim</a> (1885–1922, 1983—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a> (1885–1922, 1950—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a> (1885–1922, 1950—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a> (1885–1918, 1922—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a> (1885–1918, 1922—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_and_Mid_Down_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South and Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast South and Mid Down</a> (2024—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast West</a> (1885–1918, 1922—)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Lagan Valley</a> 1983—</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Republic)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)">Dáil Éireann</a><br />Revolutionary era 1919–1922</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a><br />1919–21</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">(none)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">No seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">East Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Cromac (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Cromac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Duncairn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Duncairn (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Duncairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Falls_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Falls (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Ormeau_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Ormeau (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Ormeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Pottinger_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Pottinger (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Pottinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_St_Anne%27s_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast St Anne's (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast St Anne's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Shankill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Shankill (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Shankill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Victoria_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Victoria (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Woodvale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Woodvale (UK Parliament constituency)">Belfast Woodvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency)">Queen's University of Belfast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Second_D%C3%A1il" title="Second Dáil">Second Dáil</a><br />1921–22</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">(none)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">No seats taken</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Queen's University of Belfast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a><br />1921–72</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1921–29</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Antrim</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast East</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast North</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast South</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">West Belfast</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Queen's University of Belfast</a> (1921–69)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1929–72</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bannside_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bannside (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Bannside</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Ballynafeigh_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Ballynafeigh</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Bloomfield_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Bloomfield</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Central_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Central</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Clifton_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Clifton</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Cromac_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Cromac (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Cromac</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Dock_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Dock</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Duncairn_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Duncairn (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Duncairn</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Falls_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Falls</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Oldpark_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Oldpark</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Pottinger_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Pottinger</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Shankill_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Shankill</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_St_Anne%27s_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast St Anne's</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Victoria_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Victoria</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Willowfield_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Willowfield</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Windsor_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Windsor</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_Woodvale_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast Woodvale (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Belfast Woodvale</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Carrick</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkfield_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Larkfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Larkfield</a> (1969–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larne_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Larne</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Mid Antrim</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtownabbey_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newtownabbey (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Newtownabbey</a> (1969–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a> (1929–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">Queen's University of Belfast</a> (1921–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)">South Antrim</a> (1929–72)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Northern Ireland Assemblies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1973)" title="Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)">Assembly 1973–74</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Constitutional_Convention" title="Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention">Constitutional Convention</a> 1975–76<br /><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1982)" title="Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)">Assembly 1982–86</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Assembly constituency)">Belfast South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Assembly constituency)">Belfast West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Forum" title="Northern Ireland Forum">Northern Ireland Forum</a> 1996–98<br /><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly (1998–present)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="East Antrim (Assembly constituency)">East Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="North Antrim (Assembly constituency)">North Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)" title="South Antrim (Assembly constituency)">South Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_East_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast East (Assembly constituency)">Belfast East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast North (Assembly constituency)">Belfast North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_South_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast South (Assembly constituency)">Belfast South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Belfast West (Assembly constituency)">Belfast West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a><br />1979–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)">Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold; box-shadow: inset 0 1px 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