Belfast South (Assembly constituency)

Belfast South Northern Ireland Assembly Borough constituency
Belfast South shown within Northern Ireland
First Used:	1973
Assembly Members:	Conall McDevitt Anna Lo Alex Maskey Alasdair McDonnell Michael McGimpsey Jimmy Spratt
Districts:	Belfast, Castlereagh

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 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 Pottinger, as well as a number of wards from Castlereagh Borough Council. For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency).

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Northern Ireland Assembly (1998 – present) 1.2 Other (1973–1996) 2 Elections 2.1 Northern Ireland Assembly 2.2 1996 Forum 2.3 1982 2.4 1975 Constitutional Convention 2.5 1973 3 References

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998 – present)

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
2011		Anna Lo (Alliance Party)		Conall McDevitt (SDLP)		Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP)		Michael McGimpsey (UUP)		Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin)		Jimmy Spratt (DUP)
2007				Carmel Hanna (SDLP)
2003		Esmond Birnie (UUP)										Mark Robinson (DUP)
1998										Monica McWilliams (Women's Coalition)

Other (1973–1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from South Belfast. They were as follows:

• Jim Clarke – Ulster Unionist Party
• Steve McBride – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Alasdair McDonnell – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Joan Parkes – Democratic Unionist Party
• Bob Stoker – Ulster Unionist Party

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. South Belfast elected 5 members as follows:

• David Cook – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Edgar Graham – Ulster Unionist Party
• Jim Kirkpatrick – Ulster Unionist Party
• Stuart McCrea – Democratic Unionist Party
• Martin Smyth – Ulster Unionist Party

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.

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 South Belfast were:

• Jeremy Burchill – Ulster Unionist Party
• Thomas Burns – Democratic Unionist Party
• Basil Glass – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Jim Hendron – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Martin Smyth – Ulster Unionist Party
• David Trimble – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from North Belfast were:

• Thomas Burns – Democratic Unionist Party
• Nelson Elder – Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale
• Basil Glass – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Herbert Kirk – Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale
• Reginald Magee – Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale
• Basil McIvor – Ulster Unionist Party pro Sunningdale

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2011 Assembly Election:Belfast South[1][2]
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	4916.10	-300.10
	Democratic Unionist	Jimmy Spratt	12.5	4,045	53.75	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
	Democratic Unionist	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	3510.50	176.75	3,687.25	164.85	3,852.10	592.70	4,444.80
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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	899	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	234.50	0.50	235.00	-235.00
	Workers' Party	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
	Democratic Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	Michael McGimpsey	2,647	Elected	10
	Democratic Unionist	Christopher Stalford	2,035	Not elected	10
	Ulster Unionist	Esmond Birnie	1,804	Not elected	10
	Ulster Unionist	Bob Stoker	1,122	Not elected	8
	Green (NI)	Brenda Cooke	737	Not elected	8
	Progressive Unionist	Andrew Park	410	Not elected	7
	UK Unionist	David Hoey	298	Not elected	7
	Socialist Party	Jim Barbour	248	Not elected	6
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	123	Not elected	5
	Conservative	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
	Ulster Unionist	Michael McGimpsey	5,389	Elected	1
	Democratic Unionist	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
	Democratic Unionist	Ruth Patterson	2,538	Not elected
	Ulster Unionist	Esmond Birnie	2,311	Elected	11
	NI Women's Coalition	Monica McWilliams	2,150	Not elected
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice	1,185	Not elected
	Ulster Unionist	John Hiddleston	769	Not elected
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	664	Not elected
	Progressive Unionist	Thomas Morrow	495	Not elected
	Green (NI)	John Wright	308	Not elected
	Socialist Party	Jim Barbour	167	Not elected
	Conservative	Roger Lomas	116	Not elected
	Workers' Party	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	Esmond Birnie	2,875	Elected	8
	Democratic Unionist	Mark Robinson	2,872	Elected	8
	Sinn Féin	Sean Hayes	2,605	Not elected
	Democratic Unionist	Myreve Chambers	2,449	Not elected
	Progressive Unionist	Ernie Purvis	2,112	Not elected
	Ulster Democratic	David Adams	1,745	Not elected
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Clarke	1,720	Not elected
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon	1,496	Not elected
	Independent Unionist	William Dixon	437	Not elected
	Labour Party NI	Boyd Black	231	Not elected
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	176	Not elected
	Conservative	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.^[3]

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	Ulster Unionist	Bob Stoker James 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
	Democratic Unionist	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
	Progressive Unionist	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
	Conservative	Myrtle Boal Alan McKelvey	279	0.7
	Workers' Party	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
	Ulster Unionist	Martin Smyth	13337
	Alliance	David Cook	6514	6514	6514	6514	6514	6514
	Democratic Unionist	Stuart McCrea	4091	4695	4859	6880
	SDLP	Ben Caragher	3342	3344	3740	3740	3740	4712
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Graham	2875	5210	5369	5407	5734	6253
	Alliance	Basil Glass	2493	2643	3260	3274	3293
	Democratic Unionist	Cedric Wilson	2111	2407	2495
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Kirkpatrick	1126	4427	4617	4673	4959	5415
	Workers' Party	Gerard Carr	933	938
	United Ulster Unionist	Philip Moles	248	322
	Communist Party	Barry Bruton	168	169
	United Ulster Unionist	James Scott	82	239
	Liberal	Michael Warden	65	89
	One Honest man, steadfast	William Clulow	65	85
	Peace State	Stuart Hall Raleigh	19	20
Electorate=66683, valid=38712, spoiled=1243, quota=6245

1975 Constitutional Convention

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Martin Smyth	15,061	Elected
	Alliance	Basil Glass	7,961	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Jeremy Burchill	4,230	Elected
	Unionist Party NI	Reginald Magee	3,552	Not elected
	SDLP	Ben Caraher	3,065	Not elected
	Democratic Unionist	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
	Labour (NI)	Erskine Holmes	1,599	Not elected
	Democratic Unionist	Robert MacNeice	1,316	Not elected

1973

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Basil McIvor	6,930	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Kirk	5,426	Elected
	Alliance	Basil Glass	5,148	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Nelson Elder	4,807	Elected
	Democratic Unionist	Thomas Burns	4,640	Elected
	Ulster Unionist	Reginald Magee	3,656	Elected
	SDLP	Ben Caraher	3,320	Not elected
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Stewart	2,850	Not elected
	Labour (NI)	Erskine Holmes	2,684	Not elected
	Independent Unionist	Grace Bannister	2,538	Not elected
	Vanguard	Martin Gowdy	2,434	Not elected
	Democratic Unionist	Thomas Wright	2,134	Not elected
	Alliance	William McCollum	1,294	Not elected
	Vanguard	Stanley Morgan	1,205	Not elected
	Independent Unionist	Thomas Rea	1,201	Not elected
	Republican Clubs	Sean Flynn	783	Not elected
	Alliance	Jean Graham	743	Not elected
	Liberal	Sheelagh Murnaghan	548	Not elected
	Alliance	John Sommerville	380	Not elected

References

1. ^ South Belfast, UTV
2. ^ http://www.eoni.org.uk/belfast_south_result_sheet.pdf
3. ^ 1996 Candidates – South Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

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