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

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

Belfast South and Mid Down
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Belfast South and Mid Down in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern Ireland	Belfast Lisburn and Castlereagh Newry, Mourne and Down
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Claire Hanna (SDLP)
Seats	1
Created from	Belfast South Lagan Valley Strangford

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

The current MP is Claire Hanna (SDLP)

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

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

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

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

- one ward of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (Saintfield).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Claire Hanna	SDLP

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

**General election 2024**: Belfast South and Mid Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Claire Hanna	21,345	49.1	−4.2
	Alliance	Kate Nicholl	8,839	20.3	+4.9
	DUP	Tracy Kelly	6,859	15.8	−9.6
	UUP	Michael Henderson	2,653	6.1	+2.5
	TUV	Dan Boucher	2,218	5.1	N/A
	Green (NI)	Áine Groogan	1,577	3.6	+3.4
Majority			12,506	28.8	+0.9
Turnout			43,491	58.2
Registered electors			74,749
	SDLP win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

**2019** notional result
Party excl. candidate		Vote	%
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	25,409	53.3
	Democratic Unionist Party	12,087	25.4
	Alliance	7,348	15.4
	Ulster Unionist Party	1,703	3.6
	Aontú	568	1.2
	Sinn Féin	247	0.5
	Conservatives	167	0.4
	Greens	73	0.2
	People Before Profit	67	0.1
Majority		13,322	27.9
Turnout		47,669	66.2
Electorate		71,978

References

"Sinn Fein defend proposals to redraw Belfast's electoral boundaries". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
"Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - PDF". Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 (Statutory Instrument 2023 no. 1230)" (PDF). The Stationery Office. 15 November 2023. pp. 183–4. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
"Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
"Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

External links

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

[1] "Sinn Fein defend proposals to redraw Belfast's electoral boundaries". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[BCfinalreport-2] "Final Recommendations Report of the 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - PDF". Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[3] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 (Statutory Instrument 2023 no. 1230)" (PDF). The Stationery Office. 15 November 2023. pp. 183–4. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

[4] "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[5] "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 March 2025.