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Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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23 February 1950 | 49,091/77,499 | 63.34 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 41,023 | 83.57 | |
Labour Party | 8,068 | 16.43 | |
Majority | 32,955 | 67.13 | |
25 October 1951 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 May 1955 | 55,502/64,939 | 85.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,347 | 90.71 | |
Sinn Féin | 5,155 | 9.29 | |
Majority | 45,192 | 81.42 | |
8 October 1959 | 55,531/93,655 | 59.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 52,786 | 95.06 | |
Sinn Féin | 2,745 | 4.94 | |
Majority | 50,041 | 90.11 | |
15 October 1964 | 67,686/105,304 | 64.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 47,325 | 69.92 | |
Labour Party | 16,531 | 24.42 | |
Republican | 3,830 | 5.66 | |
Majority | 30,794 | 45.50 | |
31 March 1966 | 63,512/113,645 | 55.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 40,840 | 64.30 | |
Labour Party | 22,672 | 35.70 | |
Majority | 18,168 | 28.61 | |
18 June 1970 | 97,448/143,274 | 68.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 59,589 | 61.15 | |
Labour Party | 19,971 | 20.49 | |
Independent Conservative | 10,938 | 11.22 | |
Nat DP | 6,037 | 6.20 | |
Liberal Party | 913 | 0.94 | |
Majority | 39,618 | 40.66 | |
1972 James Molyneaux resigns from the Conservative whip. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 71,332/116,700 | 61.12 | |
Ulster Unionist | 48,203 | 67.58 | |
Alliance Party | 12,559 | 17.61 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 8,769 | 12.29 | |
Northern Ireland Labour Party | 1,801 | 2.52 | |
Majority | 35,644 | 49.97 | |
10 October 1974 | 68,413/117,834 | 58.06 | |
Ulster Unionist | 48,892 | 71.47 | |
Alliance Party | 10,460 | 15.29 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 9,061 | 13.24 | |
Majority | 38,432 | 56.18 | |
3 May 1979 | 73,638/126,444 | 58.24 | |
Official Unionist Party | 50,782 | 68.96 | |
Alliance Party | 11,914 | 16.18 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 7,432 | 10.09 | |
United Labour | 1,895 | 2.57 | |
Republican Clubs | 1,615 | 2.19 | |
Majority | 38,868 | 52.78 | |
7 May 1979 Jim Molyneaux elected leader of the OUP. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 38,829/59,931 | 64.79 | |
Official Unionist Party | 17,727 | 45.65 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 10,935 | 28.16 | |
Alliance Party | 4,612 | 11.88 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 3,377 | 8.70 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,629 | 4.20 | |
Workers Party | 549 | 1.41 | |
Majority | 6,792 | 17.49 | |
17 December 1985 Resignation of Clifford Forsythe over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead) | |||
23 January 1986 | 31,957/59,931 | 53.32 | |
Official Unionist Party | 30,087 | 94.15 | |
Pro AIA | 1,870 | 5.85 | |
Majority | 28,217 | 88.30 | |
11 June 1987 | 36,406/62,502 | 58.25 | |
Official Unionist Party | 25,395 | 69.75 | |
Alliance Party | 5,808 | 15.95 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 3,611 | 9.92 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,592 | 4.37 | |
Majority | 19,587 | 53.80 | |
9 April 1992 | 42,239/68,013 | 62.10 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 29,956 | 70.92 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 5,397 | 12.78 | |
Alliance Party | 5,224 | 12.37 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,220 | 2.89 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 442 | 1.05 | |
Majority | 24,559 | 58.14 | |
1 May 1997 | 40,195/69,414 | 57.91 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 23,108 | 57.49 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 6,497 | 16.16 | |
Alliance Party | 4,668 | 11.61 | |
PUP | 3,490 | 8.68 | |
Sinn Féin | 2,229 | 5.55 | |
Natural Law Party | 203 | 0.51 | |
Majority | 16,611 | 41.33 | |
27 April 2000 Death of Rev Clifford Forsythe. | |||
21 September 2000 | 30,587/71,047 | 43.05 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 11,601 | 37.93 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 10,799 | 35.31 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 3,496 | 11.43 | |
Sinn Féin | 2,611 | 8.54 | |
Alliance Party | 2,031 | 6.64 | |
Natural Law Party | 49 | 0.16 | |
Majority | 802 | 2.62 | |
7 June 2001 | 44,158/70,651 | 62.50 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 16,366 | 37.06 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 15,355 | 34.77 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 5,336 | 12.08 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,160 | 9.42 | |
Alliance Party | 1,969 | 4.46 | |
NI Unionist | 972 | 2.20 | |
Majority | 1,011 | 2.29 | |
23 June 2003 David Burnside resigns the UUP whip in protest against the policies followed by the UUP leadership. | |||
5 May 2005 | 37,957/66,931 | 56.71 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 14,507 | 38.22 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 11,059 | 29.14 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 4,706 | 12.40 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,407 | 11.61 | |
Alliance Party | 3,278 | 8.64 | |
Majority | 3,448 | 9.08 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 34,009/63,054 | 53.94 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 11,536 | 33.92 | |
Ulster Conservatives & Unionists | 10,353 | 30.44 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,729 | 13.91 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 2,955 | 8.69 | |
Alliance Party | 2,607 | 7.67 | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,829 | 5.38 | |
Majority | 1,183 | 3.48 | |
7 May 2015 | 36,523/67,425 | 54.17 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 11,942 | 32.70 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 10,993 | 30.10 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,699 | 12.87 | |
Alliance Party | 3,576 | 9.79 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 2,990 | 8.19 | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,908 | 5.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 415 | 1.14 | |
Majority | 949 | 2.60 | |
8 June 2017 | 43,170/68,244 | 63.26 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 16,508 | 38.24 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 13,300 | 30.81 | |
Sinn Féin | 7,797 | 18.06 | |
Alliance Party | 3,203 | 7.42 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 2,362 | 5.47 | |
Majority | 3,208 | 7.43 | |
12 December 2019 | 42,974/71,711 | 59.93 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 15,149 | 35.25 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 12,460 | 28.99 | |
Alliance Party | 8,190 | 19.06 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,887 | 11.37 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 2,288 | 5.32 | |
Majority | 2,689 | 6.26 | |