Belfast South

Belfast South is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Northern Ireland. The seat was last held by Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Gain
Majority
1,996
Electorate
66,105
Turnout
66.1%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Emma Little Pengelly
Democratic Unionist Party
13,299 30.4% 8.2%
Alasdair McDonnell
Social Democratic & Labour Party
11,303 25.9% 1.3%
Paula Bradshaw
Alliance
7,946 18.2% 1.0%
Mairtin Samuel O Muilleoir
Sinn Féin
7,143 16.3% 2.5%
Clare Bailey
Green Party Northern Ireland
2,241 5.1% -0.6%
Michael Henderson
Ulster Unionist Party
1,527 3.5% -5.6%
Clare Salier
Conservative
246 0.6% -0.9%