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Belfast South Assembly constituency

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2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election results

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Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2022

Share of election votes

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Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2017

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Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016

Share of first preference votes

	Party	First Preference Votes	First Preference Share	Elected on Count
Mirtn Muilleoir	Sinn Féin SF	5,207	14.2%	5
Claire Hanna	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	4,516	12.3%	11
Emma Little Pengelly	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	4,511	12.3%	12
Christopher Stalford	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	3,570	9.7%	12
Clare Bailey	Green Party Gre	3,521	9.6%	12
Paula Bradshaw	Alliance Party AP	3,332	9.1%	9
Fearghal McKinney	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	2,845	7.7%
Duncan Morrow	Alliance Party AP	2,691	7.3%
Rodney McCune	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	2,466	6.7%
Sean Burns	Independent IndA	871	2.4%
Bob Stoker	UK Independence Party UKIP	794	2.2%
John Hiddleston	Traditional Unionist Voice TUV	495	1.3%
Ruth Patterson	Independent IndB	475	1.3%
Ian Shanks	Progressive Unionist Party PUP	430	1.2%
Billy Dickson	Independent IndC	351	1.0%
Brigitte Anton	NI Labour NIL	246	0.7%
Lily Kerr	Workers Party WP	241	0.7%
Ben Manton	Conservative Con	161	0.4%

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Share of party votes

	Votes	Share	Swing	Seats	Swing
Democratic Unionist Party DUP	8,081	22.0%	-2.3	2	+1
Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	7,361	20.0%	-3.8	1	-1
Alliance Party AP	6,023	16.4%	-3.4	1
Sinn Féin SF	5,207	14.2%	+1.7	1
Green Party Gre	3,521	9.6%	+6.8	1	+1
Ulster Unionist Party UUP	2,466	6.7%	-6.8	0	-1
Independent IndA	871	2.4%		0
UK Independence Party UKIP	794	2.2%		0
Traditional Unionist Voice TUV	495	1.3%		0
Independent IndB	475	1.3%		0
Progressive Unionist Party PUP	430	1.2%		0
Independent IndC	351	1.0%		0
NI Labour NIL	246	0.7%		0
Workers Party WP	241	0.7%		0
Conservative Con	161	0.4%		0

Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011

Share of first preference votes

	Party	First Preference Votes	First Preference Share	Elected on Count
Anna Lo	Alliance Party AP	6,390	19.8%	1
Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	4,527	14.0%	2
Jimmy Spratt	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	4,045	12.5%	5
Alex Maskey	Sinn Féin SF	4,038	12.5%	5
Ruth Patterson	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	3,800	11.8%
Conall McDevitt	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	3,191	9.9%	5
Michael McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	2,988	9.2%	5
Mark Finlay	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	1,394	4.3%
Clare Bailey	Green Party Gre	889	2.8%
Brian Faloon	People before Profit Alliance PBPA	414	1.3%
Nico Torregrosa	UK Independence Party UKIP	234	0.7%
Paddy Meehan	Socialist Party SP	234	0.7%
Paddy Lynn	Workers Party WP	135	0.4%
Charles Smyth	Pro-Capitalism ProC	29	0.1%

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Share of party votes

	Votes	Share	Swing	Seats
Democratic Unionist Party DUP	7,845	24.3%	+1.9	1
Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	7,718	23.9%	-2.9	2
Alliance Party AP	6,390	19.8%	+7.2	1
Ulster Unionist Party UUP	4,382	13.6%	-4.8	1
Sinn Féin SF	4,038	12.5%	-0.7	1
Green Party Gre	889	2.8%	+0.3	0
People before Profit Alliance PBPA	414	1.3%		0
UK Independence Party UKIP	234	0.7%		0
Socialist Party SP	234	0.7%		0
Workers Party WP	135	0.4%		0
Pro-Capitalism ProC	29	0.1%		0

Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007

Share of first preference votes

	Party	First Preference Votes	First Preference Share	Elected on Count
Jimmy Spratt	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	4,762	15.7%	1
Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	4,379	14.4%	1
Alex Maskey	Sinn Féin SF	3,996	13.2%	10
Anna Lo	Alliance Party AP	3,829	12.6%	8
Carmel Hanna	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	3,748	12.4%	10
Michael McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	2,647	8.7%	10
Christopher Stalford	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	2,035	6.7%
Esmond Birnie	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	1,804	5.9%
Bob Stoker	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	1,122	3.7%
Brenda Cooke	Green Party Gre	737	2.4%
Andrew Park	Progressive Unionist Party PUP	410	1.4%
David Hoey -	United Kingdom Unionist Party UKUP	298	1.0%
James Barbour	Socialist Party SP	248	0.8%
Patrick Lynn	Workers Party WP	123	0.4%
Roger Lomas	Conservative Con	108	0.4%
Rainbow George	Make Politicians History MPH	66	0.2%
Charles Smyth	Pro-Capitalism ProC	22	0.1%
Geoffrey Wilson	Independent IndA	10	0.0%

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Share of party votes

	Votes	Share	Swing	Seats	Swing
Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	8,127	26.8%	+3.9	2
Democratic Unionist Party DUP	6,797	22.4%	+1.6	1
Ulster Unionist Party UUP	5,573	18.4%	-8.7	1	+1
Sinn Féin SF	3,996	13.2%	+0.6	1
Alliance Party AP	3,829	12.6%	+6.7	1	+1
Green Party Gre	737	2.4%	+1.4	0
Progressive Unionist Party PUP	410	1.4%	-0.2	0
United Kingdom Unionist Party UKUP	298	1.0%		0
Socialist Party SP	248	0.8%		0
Workers Party WP	123	0.4%		0
Conservative Con	108	0.4%		0
Make Politicians History MPH	66	0.2%		0
Pro-Capitalism ProC	22	0.1%		0
Independent IndA	10	0.0%		0

Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003

Share of first preference votes

	Party	First Preference Votes	First Preference Share	Elected on Count
Michael McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	5,389	17.2%	1
Mark Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	3,991	12.7%	11
Alex Maskey	Sinn Féin SF	3,933	12.6%	12
Carmel Hanna	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	3,910	12.5%	12
Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	3,266	10.4%	12
Ruth Patterson	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	2,538	8.1%
Esmond Birnie	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	2,311	7.4%	11
Geraldine Rice	Alliance Party AP	1,185	3.8%
John Hiddleston	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	769	2.5%
Tom Ekin	Alliance Party AP	664	2.1%
Thomas Morrow	Progressive Unionist Party PUP	495	1.6%
John Wright	Green Party Gre	308	1.0%
James Barbour	Socialist Party SP	167	0.5%
Roger Lomas	Conservative Con	116	0.4%
Patrick Lynn	Workers Party WP	96	0.3%
Lindsay Steven	Vote For Yourself Party VFYP	42	0.1%

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Share of party votes

	Votes	Share	Swing	Seats	Swing
Ulster Unionist Party UUP	8,469	27.0%	+3.6	0	-2
Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	7,176	22.9%	+1.2	2
Democratic Unionist Party DUP	6,529	20.8%	+7.8	1
Sinn Féin SF	3,933	12.6%	+6.2	1	+1
Women's Coalition WC	2,150	6.9%	-2.7	0	-1
Alliance Party AP	1,849	5.9%	-4.1	0
Progressive Unionist Party PUP	495	1.6%	-3.6	0
Green Party Gre	308	1.0%		0
Socialist Party SP	167	0.5%		0
Conservative Con	116	0.4%		0
Workers Party WP	96	0.3%		0
Vote For Yourself Party VFYP	42	0.1%		0

Belfast South results for Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998

Share of first preference votes

	Party	First Preference Votes	First Preference Share	Elected on Count
Alasdair McDonnell	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	4,956	12.2%	6
Michael McGimpsey	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	4,938	12.1%	5
Steve McBride	Alliance Party AP	4,086	10.0%
Monica McWillia	Women's Coalition WC	3,912	9.6%	10
Carmel Hanna	Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	3,882	9.5%	10
Esmond Birnie	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	2,875	7.1%	8
Mark Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	2,872	7.1%	8
Sean Hayes	Sinn Féin SF	2,605	6.4%
Myreve Chambers	Democratic Unionist Party DUP	2,449	6.0%
Ernie Purvis	Progressive Unionist Party PUP	2,112	5.2%
David Ada	Ulster Democratic Party UDP	1,745	4.3%
Jim Clarke	Ulster Unionist Party UUP	1,720	4.2%
Grant Dillon	United Kingdom Unionist Party UKUP	1,496	3.7%
Wiliam Dixon	Independent (U) IndG	437	1.1%
Boyd Black	Labour Lab	231	0.6%
Paddy Lynn	Workers Party WP	176	0.4%
Roger Lomas	Conservative Con	97	0.2%
James Anderson	Natural Law Party NLP	73	0.2%
Niall Cusack	Labour Lab	62	0.2%

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Share of party votes

	Votes	Share	Seats
Ulster Unionist Party UUP	9,533	23.4%	2
Social Democratic & Labour Party SDLP	8,838	21.7%	2
Democratic Unionist Party DUP	5,321	13.1%	1
Alliance Party AP	4,086	10.0%	0
Women's Coalition WC	3,912	9.6%	1
Sinn Féin SF	2,605	6.4%	0
Progressive Unionist Party PUP	2,112	5.2%	0
Ulster Democratic Party UDP	1,745	4.3%	0
United Kingdom Unionist Party UKUP	1,496	3.7%	0
Independent (U) IndG	437	1.1%	0
Labour Lab	293	0.7%	0
Workers Party WP	176	0.4%	0
Conservative Con	97	0.2%	0
Natural Law Party NLP	73	0.2%	0

Belfast South parliamentary constituency

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2019 General election results

	Winner
	MP
	Turnout	67.6% (Total electorate: 70047)
	Region	Northern Ireland

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Belfast South results for General election, 2019

Share of election votes

	Party	Votes	Share	Swing
Hanna, Claire	SDLP	27,079	57.2%	+31.3
Little-Pengelly, Emma	DUP	11,678	24.7%	+5.7
Bradshaw, Paula	AP	6,786	14.3%	-3.9
Henderson, Michael	UUP	1,259	2.7%	-0.8
Oth	Oth	550	1.2%

Belfast South results for General election, 2017

Share of election votes

	Party	Votes	Share	Swing
Emma Little-Pengelly	DUP	13,299	30.4%	+8.2
Alasdair McDonnell	SDLP	11,303	25.9%	+1.3
Paula Bradshaw	AP	7,946	18.2%	+1.0
Mirtn Muilleoir	SF	7,143	16.3%	+2.5
Clare Bailey	Gre	2,241	5.1%	-0.6
Michael Henderson	UUP	1,527	3.5%	-5.6
Clare Salier	Con	246	0.6%	-0.9

Belfast South results for General election, 2015

Share of election votes

	Party	Votes	Share
Alasdair McDonnell	SDLP	9,560	24.5%
Jonathan Bell	DUP	8,654	22.2%
Paula Bradshaw	AP	6,711	17.2%
Mirtn Muilleoir	SF	5,402	13.9%
Rodney McCune	UUP	3,549	9.1%
Clare Bailey	Gre	2,238	5.7%
Bob Stoker	UKI	1,900	4.9%
Ben Manton	Con	582	1.5%
Lily Kerr	Ind	361	0.9%

Belfast South results for General election, 2010

Share of election votes

	Party	Votes	Share
McDonnell, A.	SDLP	14,026	41.0%
Spratt, J.	DUP	8,100	23.7%
Bradshaw, P.J.	UUP	5,910	17.3%
Lo, A.	AP	5,114	15.0%
McGibbon, A.M.J.	Gre	1,036	3.0%

Last four MPs

2017

Alasdair McDonnell

Democratic Unionist Party

2015

Alasdair McDonnell

Social Democratic & Labour Party

2010

McDonnell, A.

Social Democratic & Labour Party