South Belfast

Maps by Conal Kelly and Nicholas Whyte

This constituency was slightly cut down from the old South Belfast. It was incorporated into the expanded South Belfast after 1995, with some tidying of the boundary with East Belfast. The Member of Parliament was Rev Martin Smyth (UUP) throughout this period.

Election results, 1983-1992

9 April 1992

Rev Martin Smyth MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 16,336 (48.7%)
Alasdair McDonnell (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 6,266 (18.7%)
John Montgomery (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 5,054 (15.1%)
Leonard Fee (Conservative Party) 3,356 (10%)
Sean Hayes (Sinn Féin) 1,123 (3.3%)
Peter Hadden (LTU) 785 (2.3%) ?
Patrick Lynn (Workers' Party) 362 (1.1%)
Teresa Mullen (Natural Law Party) 212 (0.6%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 10,070; Electorate: 52,050; Turnout: 64.5%

11 June 1987

Rev Martin Smyth MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 18,917 (57.8%)
David Cook (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 6,963 (21.3%)
Alasdair McDonnell (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 4,268 (13.0%)
Gerry Carr (Workers' Party) 1,528 (4.7%)
Sean McKnight (Sinn Fein)1,030 (3.1%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 8,560; Electorate: 59,159; Turnout: 62.7%

23 January 1986

@Rev Martin Smyth MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 21,771 (71.3%)
@David Cook (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 7,635 (25.0%)
Gerry Carr (Workers' Party) 1,109 (3.6%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority 14,136; Electorate 53,971; Turnout 56.9%

9 June 1983

@Rev. Martin Smyth MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 18,669 (50.0%)
@David Cook (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 8,945 (23.9%)
@Raymond McCrea (Democratic Unionist Party) 4,565 (12.2%)
Alasdair McDonnell (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 3,216 (8.6%)
Sean McKnight (Sinn Fein) 1,107 (3.0%)
Gerry Carr (Workers' Party) 856 (2.3%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 9,724; Electorate: 53,694; Turnout: 69.6%

See also:

Results from 1983 to 1995 for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 21 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.