Belfast South (Assembly constituency)

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Belfast South
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary constituency
BelfastSouthConstituency.svg
South Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created 1973
Seats6 (1998–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Paula Bradshaw (APNI)
  •   Deirdre Hargey (SF)
  •   Kate Nicholl (APNI)
  •   Matthew O'Toole (SDLP)
  •   Edwin Poots (DUP)
City council Belfast City Council
Boundaries Belfast South (Assembly constituency)

Belfast South is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Contents

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the 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 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum 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

ElectionMLA
(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)		 David Trimble
(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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey 20.26%9,511       
DUP Edwin Poots 15.36%7,2117,217 7,223 7,341 8,475   
SDLP Matthew O'Toole 11.49%5,3946,059 6,127 6,449 6,459 8,089  
Alliance Paula Bradshaw 13.85%6,5036,768 6,828 6,963 6,994 7,150 8,323 
Alliance Kate Nicholl 11.08%5,2015,347 5,405 5,536 5,553 5,743 6,656 6,737
Green (NI) Clare Bailey 8.65%4,0584,225 4,395 4,886 4,934 5,046 5,700 5,826
UUP Stephen McCarthy6.52%3,0613,067 3,085 3,110 3,753 3,769   
SDLP Elsie Trainor4.32%2,0302,212 2,230 2,363 2,367    
TUV Andrew Girvin4.12%1,9351,935 1,944 1,980     
Aontú Luke McCann1.72%806877 892      
People Before Profit Sipho Sibanda1.34%629670 842      
Socialist Party Neil Moore0.75%353371       
Workers' Party Paddy Lynn0.30%139164       
Independent Elly Odhiambo0.23%107114       
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 17.68%7,610        
    SDLP Claire Hanna 15.23%6,5596,756.28 6,788.12 6,839.56 6,981.54 8,652.54   
    Alliance Paula Bradshaw 13.00%5,5955,632.26 5,672.5 5,740.4 5,866.38 7,690.38   
    DUP Christopher Stalford 10.52%4,5294,530.08 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%4,2474,292.78 4,341.74 4,523.08 5,073.96 5,450 6,344 6,719.36 6,797.22
    UUP Michael Henderson8.97%3,8633,866 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%4,4464,446.78 4,468.84 4,476.84 4,655.9 4,676.26 4,695.26 4,703.26  
    Alliance Emmet McDonough-Brown4.77%2,0532,080.96 2,095.38 2,118.92 2,185.34     
    SDLP Naomh Gallagher4.17%1,7941,855.86 1,865.92 1,893.42 1,962.22     
    People Before Profit Pádraigín Mervyn1.77%760789.58 828.72 970.86      
    TUV John Hiddleston1.63%703703.36 717.36 724.48      
    Labour Alternative Seán Burns1.23%531539.76 566.42       
    NI Conservatives George Jabbour0.46%200200.48        
    Workers' Party Lily Kerr0.38%163168.22        
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 14.18%5,2075,208 5,234 5,245 5,247       
      Alliance Paula Bradshaw 9.07%3,3323,352 3,369 3,400 3,418 3,425 3,437 3,570 5,729   
      SDLP Claire Hanna 12.30%4,5164,522 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%3,5213,534 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%4,5114,526 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%3,5703,582 3,582 3,583 3,615 3,717 3,866 4,355 4,368 4,373.25 4,389.25 4,409.25
      UUP Rodney McCune6.72%2,4662,514 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%2,8452,850 2,869 2,876 2,877 2,878 2,878 2,964 3,057 3,104.75   
      Alliance Duncan Morrow7.33%2,6912,698 2,707 2,730 2,733 2,736 2,744 2,837     
      UKIP Bob Stoker 2.16%794801 803 804 832 908 1,025      
      Labour Alternative Seán Burns2.37%871871 909 971 974 985 989      
      TUV John Hiddleston1.35%495498 499 501 558 590 685      
      Independent Ruth Patterson 1.29%475478 479 481 502 571       
      PUP Ian Shanks1.17%430432 435 438 444        
      South Belfast Unionists William Dickson 0.96%351357 358 359         
      NI Labour Brigitte Anton0.67%246248 258          
      Workers' Party Lily Kerr0.66%241241           
      NI Conservatives Ben Manton0.44%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]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Alliance Anna Lo 19.78%6,390    
        SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 14.01%4,5274,916.1   
        UUP Michael McGimpsey 9.25%2,9883,208.8 3,241.05 3,322.95 4,622.05
        Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 12.50%4,0384,124.7 4,138.45 4,268.15 4,452.05
        SDLP Conall McDevitt 9.88%3,1913.510.5 3,687.25 3,852.1 4,444.8
        DUP Jimmy Spratt 12.52%4,0454,098.7 4,103.45 4,163.85 4,281.45
        DUP Ruth Patterson 11.76%3,8003,887 3,893.75 3,953.05 4,163.4
        Green (NI) Clare Bailey 2.75%8891,226.8 1,263.55 1,655.6  
        UUP Mark Finlay4.31%1,3941,554.5 1,567 1,617.7  
        People Before Profit Brian Faloon 1.28%414475.8 480.05   
        Socialist Party Paddy Meehan0.72%234252 255   
        UKIP Nico Torregrosa0.72%234244.5 245   
        Workers' Party Paddy Lynn0.42%135155.4 158.9   
        Independent Charles Smyth0.09%2933.5 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]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          DUP Jimmy Spratt 15.69%4,762         
          SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 14.43%4,379         
          Alliance Anna Lo 12.62%3,8293,831 3,833.79 3,852.79 3,907.88 3,955.92 4,046.05 4,415.05  
          UUP Michael McGimpsey 8.72%2,6472,656.2 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%3,7483,748.64 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%3,9963,996 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%2,0352,387.4 2,387.5 2,397.58 2,409.58 2,420.66 2,656.03 2,684.04 2,932.17 3,274.54
          UUP Esmond Birnie 5.95%1,8041,807.2 1,807.46 1,807.46 1,826.54 1,837.55 1,920.03 1,958.13 2,251.51  
          UUP Bob Stoker 3.70%1,1221,131.44 1,131.56 1,134.56 1,137.56 1,142.56 1,253.97 1,268   
          Green (NI) Brenda Cooke2.43%737737 737.45 763.47 786.5 875.54 906.71    
          PUP Andrew Park1.35%410412 412.56 415.56 424.58 435.58     
          UK Unionist David Hoey0.98%298299.04 299.1 302.1 309.1 322.1     
          Socialist Party Jim Barbour0.82%248248.08 248.23 253.23 277.23      
          Workers' Party Patrick Lynn0.41%123123.08 123.38 126.38       
          NI Conservatives Roger Lomas0.36%108108 108.05 108.05       
          Make Politicians History Rainbow George 0.22%6666 66.03        
          Independent Charles Smyth0.07%2222.16 22.17        
          Independent Geoffrey Wilson0.03%1010 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]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456789101112
            UUP Michael McGimpsey 17.20%5,389           
            DUP Mark Robinson 12.74%3,9914,024.32 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 
            UUP Esmond Birnie 7.38%2,3112,862.99 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%3,9103,922.92 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%3,9333,935.55 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%3,2663,283 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%2,1502,180.43 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%2,5382,556.7 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 Rice3.78%1,1851,198.94 1,201.94 1,202.94 1,214.94 1,269.94 1,284.62 1,747.34 1,762.72    
            UUP John Hiddleston2.45%769968.75 969.75 970.92 990.6 995.6 1,089.81 1,111     
            Alliance Tom Ekin 2.12%664672.5 673.5 678.5 698.18 726.35 739.86      
            PUP Thomas Morrow1.58%495509.62 509.62 511.62 520.62 528.62       
            Green (NI) John Wright0.98%308309.19 325.36 330.36 367.53        
            Socialist Party Jim Barbour0.53%167168.19 170.19 181.19         
            NI Conservatives Roger Lomas0.37%116119.06 120.06 120.06         
            Workers' Party Patrick Lynn0.31%9696.17 97.17          
            Rainbow Dream Ticket Lindsay Steven0.13%4242.17           
            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]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345678910
              UUP Michael McGimpsey 12.13%4,9385,032 5,183 5,358 5,898     
              SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 12.17%4,9565,039 5,042 5,059 5,073 5,963    
              DUP Mark Robinson 7.05%2,8722,940 3,484 3,629 3,779 3,781 4,351 6,524  
              UUP Esmond Birnie 7.06%2,8752,980 3,065 3,499 4,389 4,392 5,267 5,881  
              NI Women's Coalition Monica McWilliams 9.61%3,9124,053 4,067 4,112 4,157 4,675 5,077 5,118 5,238 5,277.27
              SDLP Carmel Hanna 9.53%3,8823,923 3,927 3,954 3,968 4,791 4,851 4,866 4,891 4,982.63
              Alliance Steve McBride 10.03%4,0864,187 4,203 4,236 4,331 4,374 4,616 4,670 4,826 4,832.46
              DUP Myreve Chambers6.01%2,4492,505 3,011 3,205 3,314 3,318 3,510    
              PUP Ernie Purvis5.19%2,1122,187 2,230 2,721 2,823 2,855     
              Sinn Féin Sean Hayes6.40%2,6052,627 2,627 2,653 2,654      
              UUP Jim Clarke 4.22%1,7201,793 1,916 2,057       
              Ulster Democratic David Adams 4.28%1,7451,796 1,855        
              UK Unionist Grant Dillon3.67%1,4961,579         
              Ind. Unionist William Dickson 1.07%437         
              Labour Party NI Boyd Black0.57%231         
              Workers' Party Patrick Lynn0.43%176         
              NI Conservatives Roger Lomas0.24%97         
              Natural Law James Anderson0.18%73         
              Independent Labour Niall Cusack0.15%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]

                PartyCandidate(s)VotesPercentage
                UUP Bob Stoker
                Jim Clarke
                Michael McGimpsey
                Drew Nelson
                Gordon Lucy                 		8,61722.8
                SDLP Alasdair McDonnell
                Peter O'Reilly
                Carmel Hanna
                Douglas Arthur Hegney
                Rosaleen Hughes                		7,95621.0
                DUP Joan Parkes
                Thomas Scott
                John Norris                		5,81815.4
                Alliance Steve McBride
                Philip McGarry
                Margaret Marshall                		4,68912.4
                Sinn Féin Sean Hayes
                Sean Clinton
                Deborah Moore                		2,4556.5
                PUP Dawn Purvis
                Victor Murphy                		2,3216.1
                UK Unionist Patrick Roche
                Kate Garrett                		1,7504.6
                Ulster Democratic David Adams
                Pauline Gilmore                		1,6664.4
                NI Women's Coalition Kate Fearon
                Annie Campbell
                Barbara McCabe
                Clare McLaughlin
                Fidelma O'Gorman                		9472.5
                Labour coalition Peter Hadden
                Eleanor Rogers
                Niall Cusack
                Neil House
                Maeve Cross                		3330.9
                Green (NI) Mary Carberry
                Jane Carney
                Owen Clarke
                Andy Frew                		3140.8
                NI Conservatives Myrtle Boal
                Alan McKelvey                		2790.7
                Workers' Party Paddy Lynn
                Ian Foster                		2700.7
                Democratic Partnership Paul Smyth
                Alison Wilson                		1330.4
                Ulster Independence Gordon Smyth
                Samuel Stevenson                		1080.3
                Democratic Left Jean Craig
                Chris Skillen                		960.3
                Ulster Christian Democratic Austin Scallan
                Martine McLaughlin
                John McLaughlin
                Brian McLaughlin
                Margaret Gibson                		310.1
                Natural Law James Anderson
                Morris Ahmed                		130.0
                Independent Chambers Bertha Burleigh
                Mark Strain                		50.0

                1984 by-election

                1984 by-election: South Belfast – 1 Seat
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                UUP Frank Millar Jr 100.0%Unopposed
                Electorate: –  Valid: Unopposed  Spoilt: Unopposed  Quota: Unopposed  Turnout: Unopposed  

                  1982

                  1982 Assembly election: South Belfast – 5 seats [9]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  123456
                  UUP Martin Smyth 35.59%13,337     
                  Alliance David Cook 17.39%6,514     
                  DUP Stuart McCrea 10.92%4,0914,695.2 4,859.68 6,880.28  
                  UUP Edgar Graham 7.67%2,8755,210.18 5,369.71 5,407.71 5,734.08 6,253.08
                  UUP Jim Kirkpatrick 3.01%1,1264,427.37 4,617.29 4,673.29 4,959.67 5,415.67
                  SDLP Ben Caraher 8.92%3,3423,344.12 3,740.12 3,740.12 3,740.55 4,712.55
                  Alliance Basil Glass 6.65%2,4932,643.52 3,260.01 3,274.01 3,293.36  
                  DUP Cedric Wilson 5.63%2,1112,407.8 2,495.95    
                  Workers' Party Gerard Carr2.49%933938.83     
                  UUUP Philip Moles0.66%248322.73     
                  Communist Barry Bruton0.45%168169.59     
                  UUUP James Scott0.22%82239.41     
                  Ulster Liberal Michael Warden0.17%6589.38     
                  Ind. Unionist William Clulow0.17%6585.67     
                  Independent Stuart Hall Raleigh0.05%1920.59     
                  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]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    1234567891011
                    UUP Martin Smyth 31.50%15,061          
                    Alliance Basil Glass 16.65%7,961          
                    UUP Jeremy Burchill 8.85%4,2307,751.1         
                    Alliance Jim Hendron 5.23%2,4992,535.85 3,473.29 3,482.81 4,282.48 4,287.65 4,464.74 7,328.74   
                    Vanguard David Trimble 5.08%2,4294,398 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%2,5293,405.7 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%3,5523,818.75 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 Jordan3.92%1,8742,732.55 2,736.05 2,906.57 2,995.6 3,282.28 3,350.53 3,364.57    
                    SDLP Ben Caraher 6.41%3,0653,068.85 3,125.69 3,126.81 3,269 3,270.69 3,280.81     
                    Unionist Party NI John Houston3.55%1,6971,783.35 1,799.73 1,827.31 2,019.72 2,050.7      
                    DUP Robert McNeice2.75%1,3161,836.85 1,839.09 1,903.21 1,927.76       
                    NI Labour Erskine Holmes 3.34%1,5991,682.05 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]
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      12345678910111213141516
                      UUP Basil McIvor 13.14%6,9306,940 6,958 6,959 6,981 7,003 7,120 7,152 7,191 7,385 8,185     
                      Alliance Basil Glass 9.76%5,1485,244 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%4,6404.640 4.641 4,641 4,644 4,779 4,872 4,874 6,343 6,893 6,986 7,103 7,133 10,436  
                      UUP Nelson Elder 9.12%4,8074,810 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 
                      UUP Herbert Kirk 10.29%5,4265,429 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 
                      UUP Reginald Magee 6.93%3,6563,661 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%3,3203,326 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 Gowdy4.62%2,4342,434 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%2,6842,699 2,833 2,950 2,996 3,003 3,038 3,155 3,168 3,241 3,292      
                      UUP Robert Stewart5.41%2,8502,853 2,859 2,861 2,868 2,886 3,010 3,017 3,074 3,218       
                      Ind. Unionist Grace Bannister 4.81%2,5382,540 2,553 2,554 2,568 2,584 2,900 2,918 2,992        
                      DUP Thomas Wright4.05%2,1342,134 2,135 2,138 2,139 2,295 2,369 2,373         
                      Alliance William McCollum2.45%1,2941,446 1,525 1,545 1,834 1,835 1,848          
                      Ind. Unionist Thomas Rea2.28%1,2011,204 1,210 1,211 1,214 1,230           
                      Vanguard Stanley Morgan2.29%1,2051,205 1,205 1,205 1,206            
                      Alliance Jean Graham1.41%743810 869 885             
                      Republican Clubs Sean Flynn1.49%783784 794              
                      Ulster Liberal Sheelagh Murnaghan 1.04%548560               
                      Alliance John Somerville0.72%380               
                      Electorate: 75,990  Valid: 52,721 (69.38%)  Spoilt: 928  Quota: 7,532  Turnout: 53,649 (70.60%)  

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