List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland is divided into 18 Parliamentary constituencies - 4 Borough constituencies in Belfast and 14 County constituencies elsewhere. Each area returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons at Westminster and six Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. Parliamentary constituencies are not used for local government, which is instead carried out by 26 councils; these often have different boundaries.

Name Current boundaries Name
  1. Belfast East BC
  2. Belfast North BC
  3. Belfast South BC
  4. Belfast West BC
  5. East Antrim CC
  6. East Londonderry CC
  7. Fermanagh and South Tyrone CC
  8. Foyle CC
  9. Lagan Valley CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
  1. Mid Ulster CC
  2. Newry and Armagh CC
  3. North Antrim CC
  4. North Down CC
  5. South Antrim CC
  6. South Down CC
  7. Strangford CC
  8. Upper Bann CC
  9. West Tyrone CC

[edit] 2005 general election

      α Democratic Unionist       β Sinn Féin       δ Social Democratic and Labour       ε Ulster Unionist       Ω Independent


Name[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards Map
Belfast East BC 52,899 5,877   Peter Robinson α   Reg Empey ε
A very small constituency, located in the east of the country.
Belfast North BC 52,535 5,188 Nigel Dodds α Gerry Kelly β
A very small constituency, located in the east of the country
Belfast South BC 52,218 1,235 Alasdair McDonnell δ Jimmy Spratt α
A very small constituency, located in the East of the country.
Belfast West BC 53,536 19,315 Gerry Adams β Alex Attwood δ
A very small constituency, located in the East of the country.
East Antrim CC 57,966 7,304 Sammy Wilson α Roy Beggs ε
A medium-sized constituency, located in the East of the country.
East Londonderry CC 58,461 7,727   Gregory Campbell α   David McClarty ε
A fairly large constituency, located in the north of the country.
Fermanagh and South Tyrone CC 66,415 4,582 Michelle Gildernew β Arlene Foster α
A very large constituency, comprising the southwest area of the country.
Foyle CC 68,758 5,957 Mark Durkan δ Mitchel McLaughlin β
A medium-sized constituency found in the south east of the county.
Lagan Valley CC 70,238 14,117 Jeffrey Donaldson α Basil McCrea ε
A medium constituency located inland, in the southeast of the country.
Mid Ulster CC 62,088 10,976 Martin McGuinness β Ian McCrea α
A medium constituency, located slightly to the north and west of the centre of the country.
Newry and Armagh CC 71,771 8,195   Conor Murphy β   Dominic Bradley δ
A medium constituency in the south of the country.
North Antrim CC 73,938 17,965 Ian Paisley α Philip McGuigan β
A large constituency in the north of the county.
North Down CC 59,358 4,944 Sylvia Hermon ε Peter Weir α
A medium-sized constituency found in the south east of the county.
South Antrim CC 66,580 3,448 William McCrea α David Burnside ε
A medium constituency located in the extreme south west of the county.
South Down CC 73,175 9,140 Eddie McGrady δ Caitriona Ruane β
A medium constituency located in the centre of the county. Due to the elongated shape of the county, no constituencies border it to the north or the south despite its central location.
Strangford CC 71,509 1,886   Iris Robinson α   Gareth McGimpsey ε
A small constituency. It is situated in the south west of the county, although it borders another constituency located further south west.
Upper Bann CC 71,645 5,398 David Simpson α David Trimble ε
A large constituency in the north of the county.
West Tyrone CC 59,842 5,005 Pat Doherty β Kieran Deeny Ω
A medium-sized constituency found in the south east of the county.
Constituency Unionist vote Republican/Nationalist vote
North Down 85% 3.7%
Strangford 78% 9.3%
Lagan Valley 76% 13.6%
North Antrim 69% 28%
South Antrim 66% 24%
East Antrim 67% 8%
Upper Bann 62% 33%
East Londonderry 64% 32%
Belfast North 52% 42%
Belfast East 80% 6%
Belfast West 13% 86%
Belfast South 50% 41%
Foyle 16.5% 79%
South Down 27% 79%
Fermanagh, South Tyrone 47% 53%
Mid Ulster 34% 63%
West Tyrone 16% 57%
Newry and Armagh 30% 65%

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

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