Belfast South (Assembly constituency)
| Belfast South | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly | |
 Belfast South shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Districts | Belfast, Castlereagh |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Assembly Members | Anna Lo Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Michael McGimpsey Fearghal McKinney Claire Hanna Emma Pengelly |
Belfast South is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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 primarily formed from the Belfast City Council districts of Balmoral, Laganbank and as well as a number of wards from Pottinger and Castlereagh Borough Council. For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency).
Members
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
In 1973, elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from Belfast South were:
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Nelson Elder (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Herbert Kirk (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Reginald Magee (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Basil McIvor (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Basil Glass (Alliance Party) |
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Edward Burns (DUP) |
| Pro-Sunningdale | ||||||||||||
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.
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975)
In 1975, elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from Belfast South were:
| Election | Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" | | David Trimble (Vanguard) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Jeremy Burchill (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Martin Smyth (UP) |
style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Basil Glass (Alliance) |
style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Jim Hendron (Alliance Party) |
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Edward Burns (DUP) |
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.
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
In 1982, elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. Belfast South elected 5 members as follows:
| Election | MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) |
MLA (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Raymond McCrea (DUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Martin Smyth (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Edgar Graham (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Jim Kirkpatrick (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | David Cook (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.
Changes 1982–1986
- Edgar Graham, Ulster Unionist Party assassinated by the IRA on 7 December 1983. Frank Millar Jr, also Ulster Unionist Party, elected unopposed in by-election on 1 March 1984.
Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Belfast South. They were as follows:
| Election | Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) |
Name (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Joan Parkes (DUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | | Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Bob Stoker (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Jim Clarke (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Steve McBride (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.
Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)
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
| 2016 Assembly Election: Belfast South | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | ||||||||||
| Green (NI) | Clare Bailey | |||||||||||
| Alliance | Paula Bradshaw[1] | |||||||||||
| Independent | Seán Burns | |||||||||||
| SDLP | Claire Hanna[2] | |||||||||||
| TUV | John Hiddleston | |||||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Ben Manton | |||||||||||
| SDLP | Fearghal McKinney | |||||||||||
| Alliance | Duncan Morrow[1] | |||||||||||
| UUP | Rodney McCune | |||||||||||
| Independent | Ruth Patterson[3] | |||||||||||
| DUP | Emma Pengelly | |||||||||||
| PUP | Ian Shanks | |||||||||||
| DUP | Christopher Stalford | |||||||||||
| UKIP | Bob Stoker | |||||||||||
| 2011 Assembly Election: Belfast South[4][5] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |||||
| Alliance | Anna Lo | 19.8 | 6,390 | -1774 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 14.0 | 4,527 | 389.10 | 4,916.10 | -300.10 | ||||||
| DUP | Jimmy Spratt | 12.5 | 4,045 | 53.70 | 4,098.70 | 4.75 | 4,103.45 | 60.40 | 4,163.85 | 117.60 | 4,281.45 | |
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 12.5 | 4,038 | 86.70 | 4,124.70 | 13.75 | 4,138.45 | 129.70 | 4,268.15 | 183.90 | 4,452.05 | |
| DUP | Ruth Patterson | 11.8 | 3,800 | 87.00 | 3,887.00 | 6.75 | 3,893.75 | 59.30 | 3,953.05 | 210.35 | 4,163.40 | |
| SDLP | Conall McDevitt | 9.9 | 3,191 | 319.50 | 3,510.50 | 176.75 | 3,687.25 | 164.85 | 3,852.10 | 592.70 | 4,444.80 | |
| UUP | Michael McGimpsey | 9.2 | 2,988 | 220.80 | 3,208.80 | 32.25 | 3,241.05 | 81.90 | 3,322.95 | 1,299.10 | 4,622.05 | |
| UUP | Mark Finlay | 4.3 | 1,394 | 160.50 | 1,554.50 | 12.50 | 1,567.00 | 50.70 | 1,617.70 | -1,617.70 | ||
| Green (NI) | Clare Bailey | 2.8 | 889 | 337.80 | 1,226.80 | 36.75 | 1,263.55 | 392.05 | 1,655.60 | -1,655.60 | ||
| People Before Profit | Brian Faloon | 1.3 | 414 | 61.80 | 475.80 | 4.25 | 480.05 | -480.05 | ||||
| Socialist Party | Paddy Meehan | 0.7 | 234 | 18.00 | 252.00 | 3.00 | 255.00 | -255.00 | ||||
| UKIP | Nico Torregrosa | 0.7 | 234 | 10.50 | 244.50 | 0.50 | 245.00 | -245.00 | ||||
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Paddy Lynn | 0.5 | 135 | 20.40 | 155.40 | 3.50 | 158.90 | -158.90 | ||||
| Procapitalism | Charles Smyth | 0.1 | 29 | 4.50 | 33.50 | 0.00 | 33.50 | -33.50 | ||||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| DUP | Jimmy Spratt | 4,762 | Elected | 1 | |
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 4,379 | Elected | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 3,996 | Elected | 10 | |
| Alliance | Anna Lo | 3,829 | Elected | 8 | |
| SDLP | Carmel Hanna | 3,748 | Elected | 10 | |
| UUP | Michael McGimpsey | 2,647 | Elected | 10 | |
| DUP | Christopher Stalford | 2,035 | Not elected | 10 | |
| UUP | Esmond Birnie | 1,804 | Not elected | 10 | |
| UUP | Bob Stoker | 1,122 | Not elected | 8 | |
| Green (NI) | Brenda Cooke | 737 | Not elected | 8 | |
| PUP | Andrew Park | 410 | Not elected | 7 | |
| UK Unionist | David Hoey | 298 | Not elected | 7 | |
| Socialist Party | Jim Barbour | 248 | Not elected | 6 | |
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Patrick Lynn | 123 | Not elected | 5 | |
| NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas | 108 | Not elected | 5 | |
| Make Politicians History | Rainbow George | 66 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Procapitalism | Charles Smyth | 22 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Independent | Geoffrey Wilson | 10 | Not elected | 4 | |
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| UUP | Michael McGimpsey | 5,389 | Elected | 1 | |
| DUP | Mark Robinson | 3,991 | Elected | 11 | |
| Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 3,933 | Elected | 12 | |
| SDLP | Carmel Hanna | 3,910 | Elected | 12 | |
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 3,266 | Elected | 12 | |
| DUP | Ruth Patterson | 2,538 | Not elected | ||
| UUP | Esmond Birnie | 2,311 | Elected | 11 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliams | 2,150 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice | 1,185 | Not elected | ||
| UUP | John Hiddleston | 769 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Tom Ekin | 664 | Not elected | ||
| PUP | Thomas Morrow | 495 | Not elected | ||
| Green (NI) | John Wright | 308 | Not elected | ||
| Socialist Party | Jim Barbour | 167 | Not elected | ||
| NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas | 116 | Not elected | ||
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Patrick Lynn | 96 | Not elected | ||
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Lindsay Steven | 42 | Not elected | ||
| Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 4,956 | Elected | 6 | |
| UUP | Michael McGimpsey | 4,938 | Elected | 5 | |
| Alliance | Steve McBride | 4,086 | Not elected | ||
| NI Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliams | 3,912 | Elected | 10 | |
| SDLP | Carmel Hanna | 3,882 | Elected | 10 | |
| UUP | Esmond Birnie | 2,875 | Elected | 8 | |
| DUP | Mark Robinson | 2,872 | Elected | 8 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Hayes | 2,605 | Not elected | ||
| DUP | Myreve Chambers | 2,449 | Not elected | ||
| PUP | Ernie Purvis | 2,112 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Democratic | David Adams | 1,745 | Not elected | ||
| UUP | Jim Clarke | 1,720 | Not elected | ||
| UK Unionist | Grant Dillon | 1,496 | Not elected | ||
| Ind. Unionist | William Dixon | 437 | Not elected | ||
| Labour Party NI | Boyd Black | 231 | Not elected | ||
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Patrick Lynn | 176 | Not elected | ||
| NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas | 97 | Not elected | ||
| Natural Law | James Anderson | 73 | Not elected | ||
| Independent Labour | Niall Cusack | 62 | Not elected | ||
1996 Forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.[6]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cd5c5c;" data-sort-value="Labour coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: khaki;" data-sort-value="Democratic Partnership" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: darkgray;" data-sort-value="Ulster Independence Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C700C7;" data-sort-value="Democratic Left (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" || Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Bob Stoker Jim Clarke Michael McGimpsey Drew Nelson Gordon Lucy |
8,617 | 22.8 | |
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell Peter O'Reilly Carmel Hanna Douglas Arthur Hegney Rosaleen Hughes |
7,956 | 21.0 | |
| DUP | Joan Parkes Thomas Scott John Norris |
5,818 | 15.4 | |
| Alliance | Steve McBride Philip McGarry Margaret Marshall |
4,689 | 12.4 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Hayes Sean Clinton Deborah Moore |
2,455 | 6.5 | |
| PUP | Dawn Purvis Victor Murphy |
2,321 | 6.1 | |
| UK Unionist | Patrick Roche Kate Garrett |
1,750 | 4.6 | |
| Ulster Democratic | David Adams Pauline Gilmore |
1,666 | 4.4 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Kate Fearon Annie Campbell Barbara McCabe Claire McLaughlin Fidelma O'Gorman |
947 | 2.5 | |
| Labour coalition | Peter Hadden Eleanor Rogers Niall Cusack Neil House Maeve Cross |
333 | 0.9 | |
| Green (NI) | Mary Carberry Jane Carney Owen Clarke Andy Frew |
314 | 0.8 | |
| NI Conservatives | Myrtle Boal Alan McKelvey |
279 | 0.7 | |
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Paddy Lynn Ian Foster |
270 | 0.7 | |
| Democratic Partnership | Paul Smyth Alison Wilson |
133 | 0.4 | |
| Ulster Independence | Gordon Smyth Samuel Stevenson |
108 | 0.3 | |
| Democratic Left | Jean Craig Chris Skillen |
96 | 0.3 | |
| Ulster Christian Democratic | Austin Scallan Martine McLaughlin John McLaughlin Brian McLaughlin Margaret Gibson |
31 | 0.1 | |
| Natural Law | James Anderson Morris Ahmed |
13 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Chambers | Bertha Burleigh Mark Strain |
5 | 0.0 | |
1982
| Assembly Election – 20 October 1982 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
| UUP | Martin Smyth | 13337 | ||||||
| Alliance | David Cook | 6514 | 6514 | 6514 | 6514 | 6514 | 6514 | |
| DUP | Stuart McCrea | 4091 | 4695 | 4859 | 6880 | |||
| SDLP | Ben Caraher | 3342 | 3344 | 3740 | 3740 | 3740 | 4712 | |
| UUP | Edgar Graham | 2875 | 5210 | 5369 | 5407 | 5734 | 6253 | |
| Alliance | Basil Glass | 2493 | 2643 | 3260 | 3274 | 3293 | ||
| DUP | Cedric Wilson | 2111 | 2407 | 2495 | ||||
| UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick | 1126 | 4427 | 4617 | 4673 | 4959 | 5415 | |
| Workers' Party of Ireland | Gerard Carr | 933 | 938 | |||||
| UUUP | Philip Moles | 248 | 322 | |||||
| Communist | Barry Bruton | 168 | 169 | |||||
| UUUP | James Scott | 82 | 239 | |||||
| Ulster Liberal | Michael Warden | 65 | 89 | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" | | One Honest man, steadfast | William Clulow | 65 | 85 | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Peace State | Stuart Hall Raleigh | 19 | 20 | ||||
| Electorate=66683, valid=38712, spoiled=1243, quota=6245 | ||||||||
1975 Constitutional Convention
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Martin Smyth | 15,061 | Elected | ||
| Alliance | Basil Glass | 7,961 | Elected | ||
| UUP | Jeremy Burchill | 4,230 | Elected | ||
| Unionist Party NI | Reginald Magee | 3,552 | Not elected | ||
| SDLP | Ben Caraher | 3,065 | Not elected | ||
| DUP | Thomas Burns | 2,529 | Elected | ||
| Alliance | Jim Hendron | 2,499 | Elected | ||
| Vanguard | David Trimble | 2,429 | Elected | ||
| Vanguard | Raymond Jordan | 1,874 | Not elected | ||
| Unionist Party NI | John Houston | 1,697 | Not elected | ||
| NI Labour | Erskine Holmes | 1,599 | Not elected | ||
| DUP | Robert MacNeice | 1,316 | Not elected | ||
1973
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | Result | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Basil McIvor | 6,930 | Elected | ||
| UUP | Herbert Kirk | 5,426 | Elected | ||
| Alliance | Basil Glass | 5,148 | Elected | ||
| UUP | Nelson Elder | 4,807 | Elected | ||
| DUP | Thomas Burns | 4,640 | Elected | ||
| UUP | Reginald Magee | 3,656 | Elected | ||
| SDLP | Ben Caraher | 3,320 | Not elected | ||
| UUP | Robert Stewart | 2,850 | Not elected | ||
| NI Labour | Erskine Holmes | 2,684 | Not elected | ||
| Ind. Unionist | Grace Bannister | 2,538 | Not elected | ||
| Vanguard | Martin Gowdy | 2,434 | Not elected | ||
| DUP | Thomas Wright | 2,134 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | William McCollum | 1,294 | Not elected | ||
| Vanguard | Stanley Morgan | 1,205 | Not elected | ||
| Ind. Unionist | Thomas Rea | 1,201 | Not elected | ||
| Republican Clubs | Sean Flynn | 783 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | Jean Graham | 743 | Not elected | ||
| Ulster Liberal | Sheelagh Murnaghan | 548 | Not elected | ||
| Alliance | John Sommerville | 380 | Not elected | ||
References
- ^ a b "Alliance announces Bradshaw and Morrow for South Belfast". 21 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Get involved". Claire Hanna. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Jamie Bryson leads Ruth Patterson election campaign". Belfast Telegraph. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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- ^ http://www.eoni.org.uk/belfast_south_result_sheet.pdf
- ^ 1996 Candidates – South Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
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