South Down (UK Parliament constituency)

For other constituencies of the same name, see South Down.

South Down
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Down in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern Ireland
Major settlementsDownpatrick
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentChris Hazzard (Sinn Féin)
Created fromDown
1885–1922
Created fromDown
Replaced byDown

South Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The seat covers the Mourne Mountains, and Downpatrick to the north. It has a short border with the Republic of Ireland to the south. The MP since 2017 is Chris Hazzard of Sinn Féin.

History

The constituency was a predominantly Nationalist area prior to 1922. Although Sinn Féin leader Éamon de Valera was on the ballot at the 1918 general election, he did not campaign, as part of a pact with the Nationalist Party.

When it was recreated in 1950, the seat had a clear unionist majority, albeit with a strong nationalist minority. However boundary changes, which have wrapped it closer around nationalist heartlands near Downpatrick and the Mournes, have transformed South Down into a safe nationalist seat.

The House of Commons seat was consistently held by the Ulster Unionist Party from its creation until 1987. In the October 1974 general election the former Conservative MP Enoch Powell defended the seat for the UUP, representing a coup for them as they gained the support of a high-profile English politician, offering them a spokesperson to the United Kingdom as a whole.

Powell advocated a policy of integration for Northern Ireland whereby all forms of devolution would be wound up and the province governed as an integral part of the United Kingdom. As part of this, he campaigned for the province to have the same ratio of MPs to population as in the rest of the United Kingdom, rather than fewer, which had previously been justified due to the existence of the devolved Stormont Parliament. Powell was successful in this, but a side effect was that in his own constituency, a significant block of unionist voters were removed, resulting in a nationalist majority. Powell managed to survive for two election cycles due to a split nationalist vote, but at the 1987 general election, he narrowly lost to Eddie McGrady of the SDLP, who held the seat until he retired in 2010.

Since then, the unionist vote has declined further due to boundary changes, which excluded mainly unionist Dromore and Saintfield, and a trend for many unionists to tactically vote for the SDLP at Westminster elections to avoid the seat falling to Sinn Féin. However, in 2017, Sinn Féin gained the constituency for the first time with Chris Hazzard defeating former leader of the SDLP Margaret Ritchie as part of the SDLP's parliamentary wipeout at that year's snap general election.

The winning vote share in 2019 was the smallest of the 650 nationwide; it was just under 1⁄3 of the total votes that were cast.

The area voted to remain in the EU at the 2016 referendum.[1]

Boundaries

From 1801 to 1885, County Down returned two MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom sitting at the Palace of Westminster, with separate representation for the parliamentary boroughs of Downpatrick and Newry. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Downpatrick ceased to exist as a parliamentary borough and the parliamentary county was divided into four divisions: North Down, East Down, West Down, and South Down.

Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, Newry ceased to exist as a parliamentary borough, and the parliamentary county gained the additional division of Mid Down.[2] At the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin contested on an election manifesto with an abstentionist pledge that instead of taking its seats at Westminster, it would establish an assembly in Dublin. All MPs elected to Irish seats were invited to participate in the First Dáil convened in January 1919, but no members outside of Sinn Féin did so.[3]

The Government of Ireland Act 1920 established the Parliament of Northern Ireland, which came into operation in 1921. The representation of Northern Ireland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom was reduced from 30 MPs to 13 MPs, taking effect at the 1922 United Kingdom general election. At Westminster, the five divisions of County Down were replaced by a two-member county constituency of Down. An eight-seat constituency of Down was created for the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, which formed the basis in republican theory for representation in the Second Dáil.[4]

1885–1918 The baronies of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, Lordship of Newry, and Mourne,

and so much of the barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half, as comprises the parishes of— Clonallan, Donaghmore, Drumgath, Kilbroney, and Warrenpoint.[5][6]

1918–1922 The rural district of Newry No. 1; the part of the rural district of Kilkeel which is not included in the East Down division;

and the urban districts of Newcastle, Newry, and Warrenpoint.[7]

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, all two-member constituencies were divided. Down was divided into the county constituencies of North Down and South Down. The area was reduced in 1983 as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17 with significant parts of the constituency transferred to Upper Bann and Newry and Armagh.

1950–1983 The urban districts of Banbridge, Downpatrick, Dromore, Kilkeel, Newcastle, Newry and Warrenpoint;

the rural districts of Banbridge, Downpatrick, Kilkeel, Moira and Newry No. 1.[8][9]

1983–1997 The district of Down;

in Banbridge, the wards of Annaclone, Ballyoolymore, Croob, Dromore, Drumadonnell, Garran, Quilly and Skeagh;

in Newry and Mourne, the wards of Annalong, Ballycrossan, Binnian, Clonallan, Cranfield, Donaghmore, Drumgath, Kilkeel, Lisnacree, Rathfriland, Rostrevor, Seaview, and Spelga.[10][11]

1997–2010 In the district of Down, the wards of Ardglass, Audley's Acre, Ballymaglave, Ballymote, Ballynahinch East, Castlewellan, Cathedral, Crossgar, Donard, Drumaness, Dundrum, Dunmore, Killough, Kilmore, Murlough, Quoile, Seaforde, Shimna, Strangford and Tollymore;

in Banbridge, the wards of Ballyward, Bannside, Katesbridge and Rathfriland; and

in the district of Newry and Mourne, the wards of Annalong, Binnian, Burren and Kilbroney, Clonallan, Derryleckagh, Donaghmore, Kilkeel Central, Kilkeel South, Lisnacree, Mayobridge, Rostrevor, Seaview and Spelga.[12]

2010–2024 In the district of Banbridge, the wards of Ballyward, Bannside, Katesbridge and Rathfriland;

in the district of Down, the wards of Ardglass, Audley’s Acre, Ballymote, Castlewellan, Cathedral, Crossgar, Donard, Drumaness, Dundrum, Dunmore, Killough, Murlough, Quoile, Seaforde, Shimna, Strangford and Tollymore; and

in the district of district of Newry and Mourne, the wards of Annalong, Binnian, Burren and Kilbroney, Clonallan, Derryleckagh, Donaghmore, Kilkeel Central, Kilkeel South, Lisnacree, Mayobridge, Rostrevor, Seaview and Spelga.[13]

2024– In Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, the part of the Banbridge East ward to the east of the eastern boundary of the 2008 Upper Bann constituency, the part of the Gransha ward to the south of the southern boundary of the 2008 Lagan Valley constituency, and the wards of Loughbrickland ward, and Rathfriland;

and in Newry, Mourne and Down, the wards of the Annalong, Ballydugan ward, the part of the Ballyward ward to the south of the Ballyward split line, Binnian, Burren, Castlewellan, Cathedral, Derryleckagh, Donard, Dundrum, Hilltown, Kilkeel, Knocknashinna, Lecale, Lisnacree, Mayobridge, Murlough, the part of the Quoile ward to the south of the Quoile split line, Rostrevor, the relevant area in the Strangford ward, Tollymore, and Warrenpoint.[14]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Constituency created
1885 John Francis Small Irish Parliamentary
1886 Michael McCartan
1892 Irish National Federation
1895
1900 Irish Parliamentary
1902 b Jeremiah McVeagh
1906
1910 (Jan)
1910 (Dec)
1918
1922 Constituency abolished – see Down
1950 Constituency re-created from Down
1950 Lawrence Orr UUP
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 (Feb)
1974 (Oct) Enoch Powell
1979
1983
1983 b
1987 Eddie McGrady SDLP
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010 Margaret Ritchie
2015
2017 Chris Hazzard Sinn Féin
2019
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: South Down[15][1][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Chris Hazzard 19,698 43.5 +12.7
SDLP Colin McGrath 10,418 23.0 −4.2
DUP Diane Forsythe 7,349 16.2 −1.9
Alliance Andrew McMurray 3,187 7.0 −6.8
TUV Jim Wells 1,893 4.2 New
UUP Michael O'Loan 1,411 3.1 −4.6
Aontú Rosemary McGlone 797 1.8 −0.6
Green (NI) Declan Walsh 444 1.0 New
NI Conservatives Hannah Westropp 46 0.1 New
Majority 9,280 20.5 +17.3
Turnout 45,243 59.0 −3.4
Registered electors 76,248
Sinn Féin hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: South Down[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Chris Hazzard 16,137 32.4 ―7.5
SDLP Michael Savage 14,517 29.2 ―5.9
DUP Glyn Hanna 7,619 15.3 ―2.1
Alliance Patrick Brown 6,916 13.9 +10.3
UUP Jill Macauley 3,307 6.6 +2.7
Aontú Paul Brady 1,266 2.5 New
Majority 1,620 3.2 ―1.6
Turnout 49,762 62.9 ―4.3
Registered electors 79,113
Sinn Féin hold Swing ―0.8

This seat saw the largest decrease in vote share for the SDLP at the 2019 general election.[19]

2017 general election: South Down[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Chris Hazzard 20,328 39.9 +11.4
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 17,882 35.1 ―7.2
DUP Diane Forsythe 8,867 17.4 +9.2
UUP Harold McKee 2,002 3.9 ―5.4
Alliance Andrew McMurray 1,814 3.6 ―0.2
Majority 2,446 4.8 N/A
Turnout 50,893 67.2 +10.4
Registered electors 75,685
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP Swing ―9.3
2015 general election: South Down[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Margaret Ritchie[23] 18,077 42.3 ―6.2
Sinn Féin Chris Hazzard[23] 12,186 28.5 ―0.2
UUP Harold McKee 3,964 9.3 +2.0
DUP Jim Wells 3,486 8.2 ―0.4
UKIP Henry Reilly[23] 3,044 7.1 New
Alliance Martyn Todd[23] 1,622 3.8 +2.5
NI Conservatives Felicity Buchan 318 0.7 New
Majority 5,891 13.8 ―6.0
Turnout 42,697 56.8 ―3.4
Registered electors 75,220
SDLP hold Swing ―2.9
2010 general election: South Down[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 20,648 48.5 +1.6
Sinn Féin Caitríona Ruane 12,236 28.7 +1.7
DUP Jim Wells 3,645 8.6 ―7.6
UCU-NF John McCallister 3,093 7.3 ―1.5
TUV Ivor McConnell 1,506 3.5 New
Green (NI) Cadogan Enright 901 2.1 New
Alliance David Griffin 560 1.3 0.0
Majority 8,412 19.8 +0.8
Turnout 42,589 60.2 ―8.5
Registered electors 70,784
SDLP hold Swing ―0.1

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: South Down[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Eddie McGrady 21,557 44.7 ―1.6
Sinn Féin Caitríona Ruane 12,417 25.8 +6.1
DUP Jim Wells 8,815 18.3 +3.3
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 4,775 9.9 ―7.7
Alliance Julian Crozier 613 1.3 ±0.0
Majority 9,140 18.9 ―7.7
Turnout 48,177 65.4 ―5.4
Registered electors 73,175
SDLP hold Swing ―3.8
2001 general election: South Down[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Eddie McGrady 24,136 46.3 ―6.6
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy 10,278 19.7 +9.3
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 9,173 17.6 ―15.2
DUP Jim Wells 7,802 15.0 New
Alliance Betty Campbell 685 1.3 ―2.2
Majority 13,858 26.6 +6.5
Turnout 52,074 70.8 0.0
Registered electors 73,519
SDLP hold Swing ―8.0

Elections in the 1990s

1997 general election: South Down[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Eddie McGrady 26,181 52.9 +1.7
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 16,248 32.8 −8.1
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy 5,127 10.4 +7.4
Alliance Julian Crozier 1,711 3.5 +1.0
Natural Law Rosaleen McKeon 219 0.4 New
Majority 9,933 20.1 +9.8
Turnout 49,486 70.8 −10.1
Registered electors 69,977
SDLP hold Swing −0.3
1992 general election: South Down[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Eddie McGrady 31,523 51.2 +4.2
UUP Drew Nelson 25,181 40.9 −4.8
Sinn Féin Sean Fitzpatrick 1,843 3.0 −1.2
Alliance Michael Healey 1,542 2.5 +0.6
NI Conservatives Stephanie McKenzie-Hill 1,488 2.4 New
Majority 6,342 10.3 +9.0
Turnout 61,577 80.9 +1.5
Registered electors 76,186
SDLP hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1987 general election: South Down[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDLP Eddie McGrady 26,579 47.0 +7.7
UUP Enoch Powell 25,848 45.7 +5.4
Sinn Féin Geraldine Ritchie 2,363 4.2 −3.7
Alliance Siobhan Laird 1,069 1.9 −1.7
Workers' Party Des O'Hagan 675 1.2 −0.5
Majority 731 1.3 N/A
Turnout 56,534 79.4 +1.7
Registered electors 71,235
SDLP gain from UUP Swing
By-election 1986: South Down[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Enoch Powell 24,963 48.4 +8.1
SDLP Eddie McGrady 23,121 44.8 +5.5
Sinn Féin Hugh McDowell 2,963 5.7 −2.2
Workers' Party Sean Magee 522 1.0 −0.7
Majority 1,842 3.6 +2.6
Turnout 51,569 73.8 −3.9
Registered electors 69,843
UUP hold Swing
1983 general election: South Down[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Enoch Powell 20,693 40.3 −9.7
SDLP Eddie McGrady 20,145 39.3 +2.0
Sinn Féin Patrick Fitzsimmons 4,074 7.9 New
DUP Cecil Harvey 3,743 7.3 New
Alliance Patrick Forde 1,823 3.6 −5.2
Workers' Party Margaret Magee 851 1.7 New
Majority 548 1.0 −11.7
Turnout 51,329 77.7 +5.7
Registered electors 66,923
UUP hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1979 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Enoch Powell 32,254 50.0 −0.8
SDLP Eddie McGrady 24,033 37.3 −8.1
Alliance Patrick Forde 4,407 6.8 New
Irish Independence John Markey 1,853 2.9 New
Republican Clubs Des O'Hagan 1,682 2.6 −0.9
Inter-Dependence Party Francis Rice 216 0.3 New
Reform Peter Courtney 31 0.1 New
Majority 8,221 12.7 +7.3
Turnout 64,476 72.0 −0.4
Registered electors 89,562
UUP hold Swing
October 1974 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Enoch Powell 33,614 50.8 −1.3
SDLP Sean Hollywood 30,047 45.4 +2.6
Republican Clubs Gerard Oliver O'Hanlon 2,327 3.5 −1.6
Marxist–Leninist David Vipond 152 0.2 New
Majority 3,567 5.4 −4.0
Turnout 66,140 72.4 +7.4
Registered electors 91,354
UUP hold Swing
February 1974 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 31,088 52.1 −2.2
SDLP Sean Hollywood 25,486 42.8 New
Republican Clubs Hugh Golding 3,046 5.1 New
Majority 5,602 9.4 −11.2
Turnout 59,620 65.0 −9.0
Registered electors 91,792
UUP hold Swing
1970 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 34,894 54.3 −9.7
Unity Hugh Golding 21,676 33.7 New
Ulster Liberal John Quinn 7,747 12.1 −6.6
Majority 13,218 20.6 −24.7
Turnout 64,317 74.0 +8.2
Registered electors 87,079
UUP hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1966 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 32,876 64.0 +5.0
Ulster Liberal John Quinn 9,586 18.7 +8.6
Ind. Republican George Mussen 8,917 17.4 −2.4
Majority 23,290 45.3 +6.1
Turnout 51,379 65.8 −6.3
Registered electors 78,096
UUP hold Swing
1964 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 32,922 59.0 −26.4
Ind. Republican George Mussen 11,031 19.8 New
NI Labour Samuel Thompson 6,260 11.2 New
Ulster Liberal Hamilton Gooding 5,610 10.1 New
Majority 21,891 39.2 −31.6
Turnout 55,823 72.1 +16.5
Registered electors 77,391
UUP hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 36,875 85.6 +19.7
Sinn Féin Kevin O'Rourke 6,928 14.4 −19.7
Majority 30,577 71.2 +39.4
Turnout 43,803 56.4 −17.5
Registered electors 77,627
UUP hold Swing
1955 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 37,921 65.9 +7.5
Sinn Féin Kevin O'Rourke 19,624 34.1 New
Majority 18,297 31.8 +15.0
Turnout 57,545 73.9 −8.1
Registered electors 77,832
UUP hold Swing
1951 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 37,789 58.4 −5.1
Ind. Republican Gerald Annesley 26,976 41.6 New
Majority 10,813 16.8 −10.2
Turnout 64,765 82.0 +5.3
Registered electors 79,001
UUP hold Swing
1950 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Lawrence Orr 38,508 63.5 N/A
Irish Labour Jack MacGougan 22,176 36.5 N/A
Majority 16,332 27.0 N/A
Turnout 60,684 76.7 N/A
Registered electors 79,125
UUP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: South Down
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah McVeagh 8,756 54.7 0.0
Irish Unionist John Alexander Weir Johnston 5,573 45.3 0.0
Independent Alexander Fisher 436 2.9 New
Sinn Féin Éamon de Valera 33 0.2 New
Majority 3,183 21.4 +12.0
Turnout 14,798 86.5 0.0
Registered electors 18,708
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing +6.1

Éamon de Valera was also elected unopposed for East Clare and elected in a contested election in East Mayo.

December 1910 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah McVeagh 3,668 54.7 +0.2
Irish Unionist John Alexander Weir Johnston 3,040 45.3 −0.2
Majority 635 9.4 +0.4
Turnout 6,708 86.5 −3.7
Registered electors 7,753
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing +0.2
January 1910 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah McVeagh 3,815 54.5 0.0
Irish Unionist Lynden Macassey 3,180 45.5 0.0
Majority 635 9.0 0.0
Turnout 6,995 90.2 +1.0
Registered electors 7,753
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah McVeagh 3,910 54.5 N/A
Irish Unionist Peter Kerr-Smiley 3,262 45.5 New
Majority 648 9.0 N/A
Turnout 7,172 89.2 N/A
Registered electors 8,036
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
1902 South Down by-election[32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah McVeagh Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Parliamentary hold
1900 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Michael McCartan Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Michael McCartan 4,057 54.6 +1.2
Liberal Unionist Thomas Rowan 3,378 45.4 −0.7
Majority 679 9.2 +1.9
Turnout 7,435 85.3 +0.9
Registered electors 8,715
Irish National Federation hold Swing +1.0
1892 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Michael McCartan 4,207 53.4 −2.2
Liberal Unionist John Walker Craig 3,636 46.1 +1.7
Irish National League Eiver Magenis 42 0.5 N/A
Majority 571 7.3 −3.9
Turnout 7,885 84.4 +1.2
Registered electors 9,342
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing -2.0

Elections in the 1880s

1886 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Michael McCartan 4,786 55.6 −1.6
Liberal Unionist Robert Swan Corbitt 3,816 44.4 +1.6
Majority 970 11.2 −3.2
Turnout 8,602 83.2 −1.3
Registered electors 10,335
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing -1.6
1885 general election: South Down[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Francis Small 4,995 57.2
Irish Conservative William Henry Kisbey 3,743 42.8
Majority 1,252 14.4
Turnout 8,738 84.5
Registered electors 10,335
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

See also

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