Belfast South (Assembly constituency)

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Belfast South
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    Belfast South (

    Ulster Scots: Bilfawst Sooth) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly
    .

    The seat was first used for a

    Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast South UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 and 2010–2011 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom
    , elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

    Members were then elected from the constituency to the

    and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

    The constituency is formed from the Belfast City Council districts of Balmoral and Botanic as well as one ward from Titanic and a number of wards from Lisnasharragh and Lisburn and Castlereagh. For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency).

    Members

    Election MLA
    (party)
    MLA
    (party)
    MLA
    (party)
    MLA
    (party)
    MLA
    (party)
    MLA
    (party)
    1973 Basil Glass
    (Alliance Party)
    Basil McIvor
    (UUP)
    Reginald Magee
    (UUP)
    Herbert Kirk
    (UUP)
    Nelson Elder
    (UUP)
    Edward Burns
    (DUP)
    1975 Jim Hendron
    (Alliance)
    Jeremy Burchill
    (UUP)
    Martin Smyth
    (UUP)
    Vanguard
    )
    1982 David Cook
    (Alliance Party)
    Edgar Graham
    (UUP)
    Jim Kirkpatrick
    (UUP)
    5 seats
    1982–1998
    Raymond McCrea
    (DUP)
    1984
    by-election
    Frank Millar Jr
    (UUP)
    1996 Steve McBride
    (Alliance Party)
    Alasdair McDonnell
    (SDLP)
    Jim Clarke
    (UUP)
    Bob Stoker
    (UUP)
    Joan Parkes
    (DUP)
    1998 Monica McWilliams
    (NI Women's Coalition)
    Carmel Hanna
    (SDLP)
    Esmond Birnie
    (UUP)
    Michael McGimpsey
    (UUP)
    Mark Robinson
    (DUP)
    2003 Alex Maskey
    (Sinn Féin)
    2007 Anna Lo
    (Alliance Party)
    Jimmy Spratt
    (DUP)
    January 2010
    co-option
    Conall McDevitt
    (SDLP)
    2011
    September 2013
    co-option
    Fearghal McKinney
    (SDLP)
    October 2014
    co-option
    Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
    (Sinn Féin)
    June 2015
    co-option
    Claire Hanna
    (SDLP
    )
    September 2015
    co-option
    Emma Little-Pengelly
    (DUP)
    2016 Clare Bailey
    (Green (NI))
    Paula Bradshaw
    (Alliance Party)
    Christopher Stalford
    (DUP)
    2017 5 seats
    2017–present
    January 2020
    co-option
    Deirdre Hargey
    (Sinn Féin)
    Matthew O'Toole
    (SDLP)
    February 2022
    co-option
    Edwin Poots
    (DUP)
    2022 Kate Nicholl
    (Alliance Party)

    Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

    Elections

    Northern Ireland Assembly

    2022

    2022 Assembly election: Belfast South – 5 seats[1]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey 20.26% 9,511              
    DUP Edwin Poots 15.36% 7,211 7,217 7,223 7,341 8,475      
    SDLP Matthew O'Toole 11.49% 5,394 6,059 6,127 6,449 6,459 8,089    
    Alliance Paula Bradshaw 13.85% 6,503 6,768 6,828 6,963 6,994 7,150 8,323  
    Alliance Kate Nicholl 11.08% 5,201 5,347 5,405 5,536 5,553 5,743 6,656 6,737
    Green (NI) Clare Bailey 8.65% 4,058 4,225 4,395 4,886 4,934 5,046 5,700 5,826
    Ulster Unionist Stephen McCarthy 6.52% 3,061 3,067 3,085 3,110 3,753 3,769    
    SDLP Elsie Trainor 4.32% 2,030 2,212 2,230 2,363 2,367      
    TUV Andrew Girvin 4.12% 1,935 1,935 1,944 1,980        
    Aontú Luke McCann 1.72% 806 877 892          
    People Before Profit Sipho Sibanda 1.34% 629 670 842          
    Socialist Party Neil Moore 0.75% 353 371            
    Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 0.30% 139 164            
    Independent
    Elly Odhiambo 0.23% 107 114            
    Electorate: 73,497   Valid: 46,938 (63.86%)   Spoilt: 368   Quota: 7,824   Turnout: 47,306 (64.36%)  

    2017

    2017 Assembly election: Belfast South – 5 seats[2]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 17.68% 7,610                
    SDLP Claire Hanna 15.23% 6,559 6,756.28 6,788.12 6,839.56 6,981.54 8,652.54      
    Alliance Paula Bradshaw 13.00% 5,595 5,632.26 5,672.5 5,740.4 5,866.38 7,690.38      
    DUP Christopher Stalford 10.52% 4,529 4,530.08 4,551.08 4,554.08 4,704.08 4,715.26 4,726.26 4,728.5 8,667.5
    Green (NI) Clare Bailey 9.86% 4,247 4,292.78 4,341.74 4,523.08 5,073.96 5,450 6,344 6,719.36 6,797.22
    Ulster Unionist Michael Henderson 8.97% 3,863 3,866 3,932.12 3,955.12 4,240.2 4,337.8 4,647.8 4,761.4 5,255.94
    DUP Emma Little-Pengelly 10.33% 4,446 4,446.78 4,468.84 4,476.84 4,655.9 4,676.26 4,695.26 4,703.26  
    Alliance Emmet McDonough-Brown 4.77% 2,053 2,080.96 2,095.38 2,118.92 2,185.34        
    SDLP Naomh Gallagher 4.17% 1,794 1,855.86 1,865.92 1,893.42 1,962.22        
    People Before Profit Pádraigín Mervyn 1.77% 760 789.58 828.72 970.86          
    TUV John Hiddleston 1.63% 703 703.36 717.36 724.48          
    Labour Alternative Seán Burns 1.23% 531 539.76 566.42            
    NI Conservatives George Jabbour 0.46% 200 200.48              
    Workers' Party Lily Kerr 0.38% 163 168.22              
    Electorate: 67,953   Valid: 43,053 (63.36%)   Spoilt: 412   Quota: 7,176   Turnout: 43,465 (63.96%)  

    2016

    2016 Assembly election: Belfast South – 6 seats[3]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 14.18% 5,207 5,208 5,234 5,245 5,247              
    Alliance Paula Bradshaw 9.07% 3,332 3,352 3,369 3,400 3,418 3,425 3,437 3,570 5,729      
    SDLP Claire Hanna 12.30% 4,516 4,522 4,559 4,574 4,581 4,582 4,591 4,738 4,934 5,056.5 7,641.5  
    Green (NI) Clare Bailey 9.59% 3,521 3,534 3,600 3,670 3,678 3,691 3,707 4,289 4,524 4,729.5 4,932.75 6,056.75
    DUP Emma Little-Pengelly 12.28% 4,511 4,526 4,526 4,528 4,595 4,644 4,703 5,049 5,073 5,092.25 5,117 5,150
    DUP Christopher Stalford 9.72% 3,570 3,582 3,582 3,583 3,615 3,717 3,866 4,355 4,368 4,373.25 4,389.25 4,409.25
    Ulster Unionist Rodney McCune 6.72% 2,466 2,514 2,515 2,527 2,615 2,677 2,755 3,213 3,272 3,337.5 3,367.5 3,449.5
    SDLP Fearghal McKinney 7.75% 2,845 2,850 2,869 2,876 2,877 2,878 2,878 2,964 3,057 3,104.75    
    Alliance Duncan Morrow 7.33% 2,691 2,698 2,707 2,730 2,733 2,736 2,744 2,837        
    UKIP Bob Stoker 2.16% 794 801 803 804 832 908 1,025          
    Labour Alternative Seán Burns 2.37% 871 871 909 971 974 985 989          
    TUV John Hiddleston 1.35% 495 498 499 501 558 590 685          
    Independent
    Ruth Patterson 1.29% 475 478 479 481 502 571            
    PUP Ian Shanks 1.17% 430 432 435 438 444              
    South Belfast Unionists William Dickson 0.96% 351 357 358 359                
    NI Labour
    Brigitte Anton 0.67% 246 248 258                  
    Workers' Party Lily Kerr 0.66% 241 241                    
    NI Conservatives Ben Manton 0.44% 161                      
    Electorate: 68,469   Valid: 36,723 (53.63%)   Spoilt: 424   Quota: 5,247   Turnout: 37,147 (54.25%)  

    2011

    2011 Assembly election: Belfast South – 6 seats[4]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5
    Alliance Anna Lo 19.78% 6,390        
    SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 14.01% 4,527 4,916.1      
    Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey 9.25% 2,988 3,208.8 3,241.05 3,322.95 4,622.05
    Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 12.50% 4,038 4,124.7 4,138.45 4,268.15 4,452.05
    SDLP Conall McDevitt 9.88% 3,191 3.510.5 3,687.25 3,852.1 4,444.8
    DUP
    Jimmy Spratt
    12.52% 4,045 4,098.7 4,103.45 4,163.85 4,281.45
    DUP Ruth Patterson 11.76% 3,800 3,887 3,893.75 3,953.05 4,163.4
    Green (NI) Clare Bailey 2.75% 889 1,226.8 1,263.55 1,655.6  
    Ulster Unionist Mark Finlay 4.31% 1,394 1,554.5 1,567 1,617.7  
    People Before Profit Brian Faloon 1.28% 414 475.8 480.05    
    Socialist Party Paddy Meehan 0.72% 234 252 255    
    UKIP Nico Torregrosa 0.72% 234 244.5 245    
    Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 0.42% 135 155.4 158.9    
    Independent Charles Smyth 0.09% 29 33.5 33.5    
    Electorate: 62,484   Valid: 32,308 (51.71%)   Spoilt: 444   Quota: 4,616   Turnout: 32,752 (52.42%)  

    Note: Charles Smyth sought election as a Procapitalism candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

    2007

    2007 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats[5]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    DUP Jimmy Spratt 15.69% 4,762                  
    SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 14.43% 4,379                  
    Alliance Anna Lo 12.62% 3,829 3,831 3,833.79 3,852.79 3,907.88 3,955.92 4,046.05 4,415.05    
    Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey 8.72% 2,647 2,656.2 2,657.16 2,663.26 2,686.27 2,691.28 2,801.6 2,836.6 3,472.39 4,927.39
    SDLP Carmel Hanna 12.35% 3,748 3,748.64 3,779.94 3,785.94 3,815.07 3,849.1 3,856.13 4,063.46 4,076.58 4,262.27
    Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 13.17% 3,996 3,996 4,002.42 4,004.43 4,022.48 4,052.48 4,064.51 4,152.55 4,161.56 4,166.66
    DUP Christopher Stalford 6.71% 2,035 2,387.4 2,387.5 2,397.58 2,409.58 2,420.66 2,656.03 2,684.04 2,932.17 3,274.54
    Ulster Unionist Esmond Birnie 5.95% 1,804 1,807.2 1,807.46 1,807.46 1,826.54 1,837.55 1,920.03 1,958.13 2,251.51  
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker 3.70% 1,122 1,131.44 1,131.56 1,134.56 1,137.56 1,142.56 1,253.97 1,268    
    Green (NI) Brenda Cooke 2.43% 737 737 737.45 763.47 786.5 875.54 906.71      
    PUP Andrew Park 1.35% 410 412 412.56 415.56 424.58 435.58        
    UK Unionist David Hoey 0.98% 298 299.04 299.1 302.1 309.1 322.1        
    Socialist Party Jim Barbour 0.82% 248 248.08 248.23 253.23 277.23          
    Workers' Party Patrick Lynn 0.41% 123 123.08 123.38 126.38            
    NI Conservatives Roger Lomas 0.36% 108 108 108.05 108.05            
    Make Politicians History
    Rainbow George
    0.22% 66 66 66.03              
    Independent
    Charles Smyth 0.07% 22 22.16 22.17              
    Independent
    Geoffrey Wilson 0.03% 10 10 10.01              
    Electorate: 48,923   Valid: 30,344 (62.02%)   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 4,335   Turnout: 30,533 (62.41%)  

    2003

    2003 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats[6]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey 17.20% 5,389                      
    DUP Mark Robinson 12.74% 3,991 4,024.32 4,024.32 4,025.32 4,039.66 4,048.83 4,150.87 4,155.21 4,246.82 4,268.16 6,661.16  
    Ulster Unionist Esmond Birnie 7.38% 2,311 2,862.99 2,862.99 2,865.99 2,922.18 2,938.69 3,038.09 3,088.11 3,871.31 4,312.49 4,536.49  
    SDLP Carmel Hanna 12.48% 3,910 3,922.92 3,925.92 3,935.92 3,953.09 3,982.26 3,990.77 4,056.3 4,062.68 4,332.7 4,337.55 4,404.55
    Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 12.55% 3,933 3,935.55 3,937.55 3,947.55 3,968.55 3,987.55 3,989.55 3,991.55 3,991.55 4,003.55 4,011.55 4,012.55
    SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 10.30% 3,266 3,283 3,287 3,307 3,317.34 3,340.34 3,350.51 3,381.02 3,389.55 3,589.1 3,599.97 3,649.97
    NI Women's Coalition Monica McWilliams 6.86% 2,150 2,180.43 2,185.43 2,203.43 2,248.43 2,387.6 2,431.13 2,518 2,542.23 3,168.48 3,208.54 3,522.54
    DUP Ruth Patterson 8.10% 2,538 2,556.7 2,556.7 2,556.7 2,576.04 2,580.04 2,680.25 2,683.42 2,818.67 2,838.84    
    Alliance Geraldine Rice 3.78% 1,185 1,198.94 1,201.94 1,202.94 1,214.94 1,269.94 1,284.62 1,747.34 1,762.72      
    Ulster Unionist John Hiddleston 2.45% 769 968.75 969.75 970.92 990.6 995.6 1,089.81 1,111        
    Alliance
    Tom Ekin
    2.12% 664 672.5 673.5 678.5 698.18 726.35 739.86          
    PUP Thomas Morrow 1.58% 495 509.62 509.62 511.62 520.62 528.62            
    Green (NI) John Wright 0.98% 308 309.19 325.36 330.36 367.53              
    Socialist Party Jim Barbour 0.53% 167 168.19 170.19 181.19                
    NI Conservatives Roger Lomas 0.37% 116 119.06 120.06 120.06                
    Workers' Party Patrick Lynn 0.31% 96 96.17 97.17                  
    Rainbow Dream Ticket
    Lindsay Steven 0.13% 42 42.17                    
    Electorate: 50,707   Valid: 31,330 (61.79%)   Spoilt: 407   Quota: 4,476   Turnout: 31,737 (62.59%)  

    1998

    1998 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats[7]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey 12.13% 4,938 5,032 5,183 5,358 5,898          
    SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 12.17% 4,956 5,039 5,042 5,059 5,073 5,963        
    DUP Mark Robinson 7.05% 2,872 2,940 3,484 3,629 3,779 3,781 4,351 6,524    
    Ulster Unionist Esmond Birnie 7.06% 2,875 2,980 3,065 3,499 4,389 4,392 5,267 5,881    
    NI Women's Coalition Monica McWilliams 9.61% 3,912 4,053 4,067 4,112 4,157 4,675 5,077 5,118 5,238 5,277.27
    SDLP Carmel Hanna 9.53% 3,882 3,923 3,927 3,954 3,968 4,791 4,851 4,866 4,891 4,982.63
    Alliance Steve McBride 10.03% 4,086 4,187 4,203 4,236 4,331 4,374 4,616 4,670 4,826 4,832.46
    DUP Myreve Chambers 6.01% 2,449 2,505 3,011 3,205 3,314 3,318 3,510      
    PUP Ernie Purvis 5.19% 2,112 2,187 2,230 2,721 2,823 2,855        
    Sinn Féin Sean Hayes 6.40% 2,605 2,627 2,627 2,653 2,654          
    Ulster Unionist Jim Clarke 4.22% 1,720 1,793 1,916 2,057            
    Ulster Democratic David Adams 4.28% 1,745 1,796 1,855              
    UK Unionist Grant Dillon 3.67% 1,496 1,579                
    Ind. Unionist William Dickson 1.07% 437                  
    Labour Party NI Boyd Black 0.57% 231                  
    Workers' Party Patrick Lynn 0.43% 176                  
    NI Conservatives Roger Lomas 0.24% 97                  
    Natural Law James Anderson 0.18% 73                  
    Independent Labour
    Niall Cusack 0.15% 62                  
    Electorate: 61,209   Valid: 40,724 (66.53%)   Spoilt: 542   Quota: 5,819   Turnout: 41,266 (67.42%)  

    1996 forum

    Successful candidates are shown in bold.[8]

    Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker
    Jim Clarke
    Michael McGimpsey
    Drew Nelson
    Gordon Lucy
    8,617 22.8
    SDLP Alasdair McDonnell
    Peter O'Reilly
    Carmel Hanna
    Douglas Arthur Hegney
    Rosaleen Hughes
    7,956 21.0
    DUP Joan Parkes
    Thomas Scott
    John Norris
    5,818 15.4
    Alliance Steve McBride
    Philip McGarry
    Margaret Marshall
    4,689 12.4
    Sinn Féin Sean Hayes
    Sean Clinton
    Deborah Moore
    2,455 6.5
    PUP Dawn Purvis
    Victor Murphy
    2,321 6.1
    UK Unionist Patrick Roche
    Kate Garrett
    1,750 4.6
    Ulster Democratic David Adams
    Pauline Gilmore
    1,666 4.4
    NI Women's Coalition Kate Fearon
    Annie Campbell
    Barbara McCabe
    Clare McLaughlin
    Fidelma O'Gorman
    947 2.5
    Labour coalition Peter Hadden
    Eleanor Rogers
    Niall Cusack
    Neil House
    Maeve Cross
    333 0.9
    Green (NI) Mary Carberry
    Jane Carney
    Owen Clarke
    Andy Frew
    314 0.8
    NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal
    Alan McKelvey
    279 0.7
    Workers' Party Paddy Lynn
    Ian Foster
    270 0.7
    Democratic Partnership Paul Smyth
    Alison Wilson
    133 0.4
    Ulster Independence Gordon Smyth
    Samuel Stevenson
    108 0.3
    Democratic Left Jean Craig
    Chris Skillen
    96 0.3
    Ulster Christian Democratic Austin Scallan
    Martine McLaughlin
    John McLaughlin
    Brian McLaughlin
    Margaret Gibson
    31 0.1
    Natural Law James Anderson
    Morris Ahmed
    13 0.0
    Independent Chambers
    Bertha Burleigh
    Mark Strain
    5 0.0

    1984 by-election

    1984 by-election: South Belfast – 1 Seat
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1
    Ulster Unionist Frank Millar Jr 100.0% Unopposed
    Electorate: –   Valid: Unopposed   Spoilt: Unopposed   Quota: Unopposed   Turnout: Unopposed  

    1982

    1982 Assembly election: South Belfast – 5 seats[9]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    Ulster Unionist Martin Smyth 35.59% 13,337          
    Alliance David Cook 17.39% 6,514          
    DUP
    Stuart McCrea
    10.92% 4,091 4,695.2 4,859.68 6,880.28    
    Ulster Unionist Edgar Graham 7.67% 2,875 5,210.18 5,369.71 5,407.71 5,734.08 6,253.08
    Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick 3.01% 1,126 4,427.37 4,617.29 4,673.29 4,959.67 5,415.67
    SDLP Ben Caraher 8.92% 3,342 3,344.12 3,740.12 3,740.12 3,740.55 4,712.55
    Alliance Basil Glass 6.65% 2,493 2,643.52 3,260.01 3,274.01 3,293.36  
    DUP Cedric Wilson 5.63% 2,111 2,407.8 2,495.95      
    Workers' Party Gerard Carr 2.49% 933 938.83        
    UUUP Philip Moles 0.66% 248 322.73        
    Communist Barry Bruton 0.45% 168 169.59        
    UUUP James Scott 0.22% 82 239.41        
    Ulster Liberal Michael Warden 0.17% 65 89.38        
    Ind. Unionist William Clulow 0.17% 65 85.67        
    Independent
    Stuart Hall Raleigh 0.05% 19 20.59        
    Electorate: 66,683   Valid: 37,469 (56.19%)   Spoilt: 1,243   Quota: 6,245   Turnout: 38,712 (58.05%)  

    1975 Constitutional Convention

    1975 Constitutional Convention: Belfast South – 6 seats[10]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    Ulster Unionist Martin Smyth 31.50% 15,061                    
    Alliance Basil Glass 16.65% 7,961                    
    Ulster Unionist Jeremy Burchill 8.85% 4,230 7,751.1                  
    Alliance Jim Hendron 5.23% 2,499 2,535.85 3,473.29 3,482.81 4,282.48 4,287.65 4,464.74 7,328.74      
    Vanguard
    David Trimble 5.08% 2,429 4,398 4,403.18 4,637.96 4,742.38 5,147.02 5,216.57 5,226.48 7,240.98    
    DUP
    Thomas Burns
    5.29% 2,529 3,405.7 3,412.84 3,733.02 3,836.7 4,965.12 5,042.36 5,053.86 6,117.42 6,134.07 6,513.87
    Unionist Party NI Reginald Magee 7.43% 3,552 3,818.75 3,862.43 3,908.77 4,076 4,131.7 5,718.02 5,778.61 5,947.76 6,423.86 6,447.71
    Vanguard
    Raymond Jordan 3.92% 1,874 2,732.55 2,736.05 2,906.57 2,995.6 3,282.28 3,350.53 3,364.57      
    SDLP Ben Caraher 6.41% 3,065 3,068.85 3,125.69 3,126.81 3,269 3,270.69 3,280.81        
    Unionist Party NI John Houston 3.55% 1,697 1,783.35 1,799.73 1,827.31 2,019.72 2,050.7          
    DUP Robert McNeice 2.75% 1,316 1,836.85 1,839.09 1,903.21 1,927.76            
    NI Labour Erskine Holmes 3.34% 1,599 1,682.05 1,716.49 1,726.01              
    Electorate: 73,324   Valid: 47,812 (65.21%)   Spoilt: 789   Quota: 6,831   Turnout: 48,601 (66.28%)  

    1973

    1973 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats[11]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
    Ulster Unionist Basil McIvor 13.14% 6,930 6,940 6,958 6,959 6,981 7,003 7,120 7,152 7,191 7,385 8,185          
    Alliance Basil Glass 9.76% 5,148 5,244 5,367 5,404 5,848 5,852 5,876 7,305 7,309 7,393 7,441 9,025        
    DUP
    Thomas Burns
    8.80% 4,640 4.640 4.641 4,641 4,644 4,779 4,872 4,874 6,343 6,893 6,986 7,103 7,133 10,436    
    Ulster Unionist Nelson Elder 9.12% 4,807 4,810 4,815 4,815 4,821 4,840 4,909 4,917 4,965 6,110 6,610 6,835 6,978 7,287 8,044  
    Ulster Unionist Herbert Kirk 10.29% 5,426 5,429 5,435 5,439 5,447 5,465 5,610 5,620 5,653 6,009 6,605 6,838 7,038 7,297 7,663  
    Ulster Unionist Reginald Magee 6.93% 3,656 3,661 3,666 3,666 3,676 3,696 3,835 3,854 3,895 4,042 5,051 5,235 5,417 5,603 6,039 6,690
    SDLP Ben Caraher 6.30% 3,320 3,326 3,414 3,779 3,799 3,800 3,802 3,980 3,982 3,999 4,000 4,575 5,018 5,029 5,037 5,038
    Vanguard
    Martin Gowdy 4.62% 2,434 2,434 2,436 2,438 2,442 3,208 3,273 3,277 3,865 4,082 4,170 4,272 4,283      
    NI Labour Erskine Holmes 5.09% 2,684 2,699 2,833 2,950 2,996 3,003 3,038 3,155 3,168 3,241 3,292          
    Ulster Unionist Robert Stewart 5.41% 2,850 2,853 2,859 2,861 2,868 2,886 3,010 3,017 3,074 3,218            
    Ind. Unionist Grace Bannister 4.81% 2,538 2,540 2,553 2,554 2,568 2,584 2,900 2,918 2,992              
    DUP Thomas Wright 4.05% 2,134 2,134 2,135 2,138 2,139 2,295 2,369 2,373                
    Alliance William McCollum 2.45% 1,294 1,446 1,525 1,545 1,834 1,835 1,848                  
    Ind. Unionist Thomas Rea 2.28% 1,201 1,204 1,210 1,211 1,214 1,230                    
    Vanguard
    Stanley Morgan 2.29% 1,205 1,205 1,205 1,205 1,206                      
    Alliance Jean Graham 1.41% 743 810 869 885                        
    Republican Clubs
    Sean Flynn 1.49% 783 784 794                          
    Ulster Liberal Sheelagh Murnaghan 1.04% 548 560                            
    Alliance John Somerville 0.72% 380                              
    Electorate: 75,990   Valid: 52,721 (69.38%)   Spoilt: 928   Quota: 7,532   Turnout: 53,649 (70.60%)  

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