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South Down
County constituency
for the Northern Ireland Assembly
South Down shown within Northern Ireland
DistrictsDown, Banbridge, Newry and Mourne
Current constituency
Created1973
Assembly MembersChris Hazzard
Harold McKee
Sinead Bradley
Colin McGrath
Caitríona Ruane
Jim Wells

South Down is an electoral constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the South Down UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 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.

Some of the most high-profile MLA's for the constituency include Caitríona Ruane, Margaret Ritchie, and John McCallister.

For further details on the history and boundaries of the constituency, see South Down (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
1973 style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=4| Patrick O'Donoghue
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=6| Eddie McGrady
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=4| Frank Feely
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Brian Faulkner
(UUP/UPNI)
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Herbert Heslip
(UUP)
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Ronald Broadhurst
(UUP)
style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Cecil Harvey
(Vanguard)
1975 style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Peter Brush
(UUP)
1982 style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Raymond McCullough
(UUP)
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| William Brown
(UUP)
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Jim Wells
(DUP)
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| George Graham
(DUP)
1985
by-election
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Jeffrey Donaldson
(UUP)
1996 style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=2| Mick Murphy
(Sinn Féin)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Margaret Ritchie
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Hugh Carr
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=3| Dermot Nesbitt
(UUP)
5 seats
1996-1998
1998 style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Eamonn O'Neill
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=3| P. J. Bradley
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=6| Jim Wells
(DUP)
6 seats
1998-present
2003 style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=5| Caitriona Ruane
(Sinn Féin)
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=3| Willie Clarke
(Sinn Féin)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=3| Margaret Ritchie
(SDLP)
2007 style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=3| John McCallister
(UUP/Independent)
2011 style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Karen McKevitt
(SDLP)
April 2012
co-option
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=2| Chris Hazzard
(Sinn Féin)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Seán Rogers
(SDLP)
2016 style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Colin McGrath
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Sinead Bradley
(SDLP)
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Harold McKee
(UUP)

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

2016 Assembly election: South Down – 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Jim Wells 12.3 5,033 5,183 6,470
UUP Harold McKee 8.5 3,481 3,812 5,168 5,567 6,141
Sinn Féin Chris Hazzard 12.3 5,045 5,142 5,144 5,321 5,321.50 7,277.50
SDLP Sinead Bradley 12.3 5,059 5,231 5,241 5,828 5,834 6,144
Sinn Féin Caitríona Ruane 10.2 4,191 4,240 4,244 4,335 4,335 5,415 6,664.50
SDLP Colin McGrath 10.4 4,288 4,429 4,440 5,033 5,038 5,121 5,190 5,397
SDLP Seán Rogers 8.7 3,564 3,699 3,721 4,076 4,086.50 4,227.50 4,309 4,595.75
Sinn Féin Michael Gray-Sloan 8.6 3,520 3,571 3,572 3,665 3,665
Alliance Patrick Brown 5.4 2,200 2,841 2,869
TUV Henry Reilly 6.6 2,718 2,800
Independent John McCallister 2.8 1,156
Green (NI) John Hardy 2.0 820
Electorate: 77,409   Valid: 41,075   Spoilt: 570 (1.37%)   Quota: 5,868   Turnout: 53.80%  

2011

2011 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 20.4 8,506
Sinn Féin Caitriona Ruane 14.3 5,955 6,192.15
DUP Jim Wells 12.5 5,200 5,284.84 5,354.56 5,404.28 6,543.28
UUP John McCallister 10.6 4,409 4,480.92 4,624.88 4,714.77 5,679.90 6,329.60
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke 9.3 3,882 3,957.95 3,992.50 4,094.15 4,101.46 4,103.20 6,777.20
SDLP Karen McKevitt 9.0 3,758 4,318.79 4,432.71 4,675.33 4,702.43 4,707.27 4,842.93 5,277.28 5,347.46
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 6.4 2,633 3,844.72 3,959.19 4,222.77 4,251.35 4,259.47 4,449.46 4,826.14 4,882.98
Sinn Féin Naomi Bailie 7.3 3,050 3,150.44 3,161.06 3,305.46 3,306.77 3,308.51
UKIP Henry Reilly 5.6 2,322 2,353.29 2,373.70 2,398.94
Green (NI) Cadogan Enright 2.7 1,107 1,227.28 1,238.75
Alliance David Griffin 2.7 864 915.15
Electorate: 73,240   Valid: 41,276   Spoilt: 825 (1.94%)   Quota: 5,961   Turnout: 58.10%  

2007

2007 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sinn Féin Caitriona Ruane 13.7 6,334 6,336 6,337 6,337 6,428 6,450 6,676
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke 11.1 5,138 5,145 5,152 5,154 5,259 5,273 5,412 7,382
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 12.7 5,838 5,870 5,887 5,892 6,026 6,055 6,429 6,945
SDLP P. J. Bradley 12.3 5,652 5,662 5,682 5,684 5,772 5,829 6,190 6,286 6,650.32
DUP Jim Wells 12.0 5,542 5,546 5,605 5,763 5,792 6,188 6,240 6,248 6,250.97 8,462.97
UUP John McCallister 9.6 4,447 4,448 4,553 4,637 4,819 5,230 5,370 5,377 5,384.92 6,046.91 7,720.91
SDLP Michael Carr 6.4 2,972 2,976 2,986 2,989 3,062 3,093 3,354 3,422 3,830.87 3,853.87 3,882.87
DUP William Burns 5.7 2,611 2,613 2,667 2,721 2,741 3,040 3,061 3,062 3,064.97
Sinn Féin Eamonn McConvey 5.8 2,662 2,678 2,679 2,679 2,703 2,703 2,778
Green (NI) Ciaran Mussen 3.5 1,622 1,646 1,675 1,685 2,008 2,043
UKIP Henry Reilly 2.7 1,229 1,229 1,239 1,326 1,354
Alliance David Griffin 1.5 691 700 743 755
Ind. Republican Martin Cunningham 0.9 434 441 448 448
UK Unionist Frederick Wharton 0.9 424 424 443
NI Conservatives Peter Bowles 0.8 391 391
Labour Party NI Malachi Curran 0.3 123
Electorate: 71,704   Valid: 46,110   Spoilt: 513 (1.10%)   Quota: 6,588   Turnout: 65.02%  

2003

2003 Assembly Election: South Down
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Jim Wells 15.0 6,789
SDLP P. J. Bradley 11.8 5,337 5,337.36 5,355.36 5,682.96 7,136.96
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 11.8 5,368 5,411 5,420 5,759.04 5,797.20 5,802.72 5,822.72 8,325.72
Sinn Féin Caitriona Ruane 11.3 5,118 5,118 5,124 5,211.08 5,415.08 5,450.04 6,024.42 6,026.54 6,035.54
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke 9.0 4,083 4,083.08 4,092.08 4,185.16 4,268.20 4,278.78 5,920.74 5,926.44 5,934.44
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 9.4 4,261 4,261.76 4,313.76 4,665.32 4,848.36 4,921.50 5,419.96 5,477.96 5,733.96
SDLP Eamonn O'Neill 8.7 3,942 3,942.92 3,963.92 4,220.24 4,692.32 5,215.34 5,350.34 5,411.52 5,697.52
UUP Jim Donaldson 6.4 2,885 2,984.52 2,989.52 3,254.96 3,264.12 3,265.96 3,269.42
Sinn Féin Eamonn McConvey 6.2 2,806 2,806.12 2,833.12 2,961.16 2,986.16 2,990.30
SDLP Marion Fitzpatrick 5.3 2,382 2,382.44 2,409.44 2,555.64
Green (NI) Raymond Blaney 1.8 799 799.76 851.76
NI Women's Coalition Trudy Miller 1.2 565 565.60 589.60
Alliance Neil Powell 1.1 489 489.48 495.48
UK Unionist Nelson Wharton 0.5 245 360.64 362.72
Independent Malachi Curran 0.4 162 162.08
Workers' Party of Ireland Desmond O'Hagan 0.3 115 115.08
Electorate: 70,149   Valid: 45,346   Spoilt: 666   Quota: 6,479   Turnout: 46,012 (65.6)  

1998

1998 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
SDLP Eddie McGrady 20.2 10,373
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy 12.2 6,251 6,418.33 6,514.51 6,517.51 6,574.08 7,761.08
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 10.7 5,480 5,507.84 5,524.03 5,788.90 6,133.54 6,137.99 6,137.99 7,770.99
SDLP P. J. Bradley 10.8 5,571 6,218.28 6,313.44 6,317.31 6,485.16 6,563.40 6,665.52 6,716.39 6,739.49 7,390.23
DUP Jim Wells 9.4 4,826 4,830.06 4,840.35 5,261.35 5,270.35 5,272.35 5,273.27 5,631.85 5,792.85 5,849.34 8,170.34
SDLP Eamonn O'Neill 7.0 3,582 4,752.73 4,889.94 4,892.52 5,006.57 5,144.92 5,289.36 5,323.39 5,342.29 6,120.06 6,163.20
SDLP Hugh Carr 7.3 3,731 4,132.36 4,230.24 4,232.24 4,379.71 4,438.47 4,501.03 4,517.90 4,528.40 5,114.14 5,186.72
UK Unionist Frederick Wharton 5.0 2,576 2,577.16 2,581.16 2,886.45 2,904.74 2,905.74 2,906.20 3,125.36 3,271.66 3,313.71
NI Women's Coalition Anne Carr 3.2 1,658 1,811.41 2,000.03 2,009.32 2,563.74 2,675.11 2,785.05 2,890.12 2,955.57
UUP Norman Hanna 3.8 1,939 1,946.83 1,962.28 2,481.15 2,642.73 2,646.73 2,647.65
Sinn Féin Garret O'Fachtna 3.0 1,520 1,603.81 1,697.41 1,697.70 1,716.73
Alliance Anne-Marie Cunningham 2.9 1,502 1,586.39 1,675.63 1,697.50
Ind. Unionist George Graham 3.0 1,562 1,567.51 1,578.51
Labour Party NI Malachi Curran 1.0 498 634.01
Workers' Party of Ireland Des O'Hagan 0.2 130 151.17
Independent Labour Patrick O'Connor 0.2 121 148.84
Natural Law Thomas Mullins 0.1 33 38.51
Electorate: 71,027   Valid: 51,353   Spoilt: 989 (1.89%)   Quota: 7,337   Turnout: 73.69%  

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[1]

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Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
SDLP Eddie McGrady
Hugh Carr
Margaret Ritchie
Marietta Farrell
John Doris
20,220 43.2
UUP Dermot Nesbitt
Frederick Wharton
Gerry Douglas
Albert Colmer
William Martin
10,379 22.2
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy
Frank McDowell
Martin Gough
Deidre Clark
6,142 13.1
DUP William Alexander
John Finlay
William Burns
5,060 10.8
Alliance Julian Crozier
Michael Healy
1,685 3.6
Labour coalition Malachi Curran
Patrick O'Connor
Edna Furey
James Masson
Michael Kearney
927 2.0
PUP George Graham
James McDonald
497 1.1
NI Women's Coalition Bronagh Lawson
Claire Hannah
Lynn Carvill
Ursula Leahy
464 1.0
Ulster Democratic Norma Coulter
Denis Paisley
404 0.9
Green (NI) Maggie Burch
Eugene O'Shea
Christopher Busby
251 0.6
NI Conservatives Paul Megarity
Michael Henderson
197 0.4
Workers' Party of Ireland Marie O'Hagan
Eddie O'Hagan
162 0.4
Ulster Independence Samuel Pollock
Stanley Watson
James McElrath
130 0.3
Democratic Partnership William Leneghan
Sean O'Baoill
117 0.2
Democratic Left Veronica McEneaney
Jim Ryan
65 0.1
Natural Law Desmond Garrett
William McCarthy
30 0.1
Independent Chambers George Chambers
Doreen Larmour
18 0.0

1985 by-election

1982 Assembly election: South Down - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
UUP Jeffrey Donaldson 86.1% 17,528
UUUP Ethel Smyth 13.9% 2,838
Electorate: 98,126   Valid: 20,366   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 10,184   Turnout: 20,366 (21.3%)  

1982

1982 Assembly election: South Down - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SDLP Frank Feely 12.5% 7,391
SDLP Eddie McGrady 12.4% 7,313 7,636
UUP William Brown 8.8% 5,220 5,227 5,234 5,441 7,593
SDLP Patrick O'Donoghue 10.0% 5,916 6,252 6,440 6,449 6,455 8,181
UUP Raymond McCullough 9.8% 5,802 5,808 5,809 5,903 6,451 6,458 6,471 6,497 9,553
DUP George Graham 6.9% 4,075 4,081 4,082 5,366 5,533 5,543 5,548 5,552 6,518 7,596
DUP Jim Wells 6.4% 3,779 3,783 3,783 5,361 5,474 5,488 5,503 5,505 5,663 5,937
Alliance Patrick Forde 6.2% 3,646 3,999 4,027 4,047 4,148 4,346 4,707 4,709 4,879 5,101
UUP William Coulter 6.4% 3,787 3,794 3,795 3,828 4,490 4,497 4,508 4,663
Sinn Féin Cyril Toman 5.7% 3,393 3,772 3,795 3,805 3,806
UUP William Martin 6.0% 3,562 3,567 3,568 3,798
DUP Ethel Smyth 5.9% 3,495 3,507 3,508
Workers' Party of Ireland Thomas Moore 2.8% 1,676
Electorate: 93,261   Valid: 59,055   Spoilt: 2,137 (3.49%)   Quota: 7,382   Turnout: 61,192 (65.6%)  

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: South Down - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Frank Feely 16.0 9,730
Vanguard Cecil Harvey 14.6 8,843
SDLP Eddy McGrady 11.9 7,257 8,560.28
SDLP Patrick O'Donoghue 11.0 6,657 7,335.26 7,336.52 8,231.08
Unionist Party NI Brian Faulkner 9.9 6,035 6,048.20 6,075.78 6,078.50 6,114.34 6,127.14 6,608.72 6,687.12 8,512.12
UUP Peter Brush 10.4 6,293 6,294.32 6,520.56 6,520.46 6,520.46 6,520.56 6,813.24 6,891.16 6,995
UUP Herbert Heslip 10.5 6,380 6,384.84 6,643.70 6,643.86 6,644.50 6,645.72 6,726.26 6,736.72 6,838.18
DUP David Herron 6.2 3,752 3,757.28 4,464 4,464.16 4,464.16 4,465.16 4,536.28 4,552.50 4,624.66
Alliance Anthony Williamson 2.7 1,612 1,659.96 1,660.24 1,676.08 1,882.80 1,931.02 1,937.46 2,136.46
Alliance Denys Rowan-Hamilton 2.5 1,509 1,518.02 1,520.82 1,529.46 1,678.42 1,714.02 1,757.02 1,950.58
Republican Clubs Raymond Blaney 1.6 1,002 1,018.50 1,018.64 1,022.16 1,056.72 1,672.28 1,673.50
Unionist Party NI Ronald Broadhurst 1.6 994 995.1 1,001.96 1,002.44 1,007.08 1,007.08
Republican Clubs Gerard O'Hanlon 1.1 680 706.18 706.18 721.38 843.30
Electorate: 89,912   Valid: 60,744   Spoilt: 2,129 (3.39%)   Quota: 7,594   Turnout: 62,873 (69.93%)  

1973

1973 Assembly election: South Down - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
UUP Brian Faulkner - 16,287
SDLP Eddy McGrady - 7,870 7,894.99 7,913.50 7,926.50 7,927.50 7,972.01 8,050.01
UUP Ronald Broadhurst - 1,515 6,049.41 6,075.02 6,075.02 6,266.74 6,268.25 6,270.27 6,273.78 6,344.42 6,370.62 6,374.13 9,108.64
SDLP Frank Feely - 6,857 6,869.24 6,895.75 6,929.75 6,931.75 6,949.75 7,055.75 7,344.75 7,352.75 7,422.77 7,759.77 7,761.28 7,762.30 9,190.30
SDLP Patrick O'Donoghue - 4,322 4,327.10 4,343.10 4,346.10 4,347.10 4,406.10 4,507.61 4,608.61 4,630.14 4,745.65 5,709.65 5,711.65 5,712.67 7,180.69 8,225.69
Vanguard Cecil Harvey 7.8 5,006 5,435.42 5,442.42 5,445.42 5,672.17 5,672.17 5,678.68 5,682.68 5,689.23 5,689.23 5,691.23 5,931.58 6,095.29 6,099.29 6,102.29 6,105.59 9,485.59
UUP Herbert Heslip - 3,838 4,709.08 4,715.61 4,715.61 4,758.81 4,760.81 4,765.81 4,768.83 4,776.87 4,779.89 4,780.89 5,360.47 5,960.23 5,967.27 5,969.27 5,971.25 7,177.36
Alliance Anthony Williamson - 1,489 1,519.09 1,543.09 1,546.09 1,548.09 1,550.09 1,590.09 1,598.09 2,283.30 4,155.98 4,261.49 4,296.77 4,398.26 4,664.77 4,711.77 4,923.63 4,954.50
DUP David Herron 6.3 4,016 4,327.61 4,332.12 4,332.12 4,453.81 4,453.81 4,461.81 4,464.81 4,471.32 4,471.83 4,473.83 4,666.69 4,811.02 4,816.02 4,818.02 4,819.34
Independent Rory McShane - 2,785 2,790.10 2,799.61 2,827.61 2,827.61 2,881.61 2,979.61 3,312.12 3,325.63 3,340.14 4,059.14 4,061.14 4,061.14
UUP William Martin - 1,996 3,760.60 3,766.11 3,766.11 3,810.74 3,812.74 3,817.27 3,820.82 3,851.08 3,865.12 3,865.12
Ind. Republican James O'Reilly 3.1 2,000 2,001.02 2,008.02 2,016.02 2,018.02 2,092.02 2,268.53 2,397.53 2,405.04 2,447.04
Alliance Michael O'Shea - 1,475 1,503.05 1,557.09 1,558.09 1,561.09 1,565.09 1,588.60 1,605.60 2,209.04
Alliance Denys Rowan-Hamilton - 1,316 1,428.20 1,464.26 1,465.26 1,467.77 1,468.77 1,480.28 1,483.28
Republican Clubs Noel Collins - 648 652.08 652.08 959.08 965.08 1,378.08 1,402.10
Independent Arthur Doran - 653 658.10 678.61 686.63 696.14 705.14
Republican Clubs Edward O'Hagan - 612 613.02 614.02 695.02 695.53
National Front William Annett 0.9 591 668.52 672.52 672.52
Republican Clubs Samuel Dowling - 499 499 502.02
Ulster Liberal Berkley Farr 0.1 263 279.32
Electorate: 89,234   Valid: 64,038   Spoilt: 1,359   Quota: 8,005   Turnout: 65,397 (73.2%)  

References

  1. ^ 1996 Candidates – South Down, Northern Ireland Elections

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