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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950 | 60,684/79,125 | 76.69 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 38,508 | 63.46 | |
Irish Labour | 22,176 | 36.54 | |
Majority | 16,332 | 26.91 | |
25 October 1951 | 64,765/79,001 | 81.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,789 | 58.35 | |
Independent Nationalist | 26,976 | 41.65 | |
Majority | 10,813 | 16.70 | |
26 May 1955 | 57,545/77,832 | 73.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 37,921 | 65.90 | |
Sinn Féin | 19,624 | 34.10 | |
Majority | 18,297 | 31.80 | |
8 October 1959 | 43,803/77,627 | 56.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,875 | 84.18 | |
Sinn Féin | 6,928 | 15.82 | |
Majority | 29,947 | 68.37 | |
15 October 1964 | 55,823/77,391 | 72.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,922 | 58.98 | |
Republican | 11,031 | 19.76 | |
Labour Party | 6,260 | 11.21 | |
Liberal Party | 5,610 | 10.05 | |
Majority | 21,891 | 39.22 | |
31 March 1966 | 51,379/78,096 | 65.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,876 | 63.99 | |
Liberal Party | 9,586 | 18.66 | |
Republican | 8,917 | 17.36 | |
Majority | 23,290 | 45.33 | |
18 June 1970 | 64,317/87,079 | 73.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 34,894 | 54.25 | |
Unity | 21,676 | 33.70 | |
Liberal Party | 7,747 | 12.05 | |
Majority | 13,218 | 20.55 | |
1972 Lawrence Orr resigns from the Conservative whip. | |||
28 February 1974 | 59,620/90,589 | 65.81 | |
Ulster Unionist | 31,088 | 52.14 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 25,486 | 42.75 | |
Republican Clubs | 3,046 | 5.11 | |
Majority | 5,602 | 9.40 | |
10 October 1974 | 66,140/91,354 | 72.40 | |
Ulster Unionist | 33,614 | 50.82 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 30,047 | 45.43 | |
Republican Clubs | 2,327 | 3.52 | |
CPI | 152 | 0.23 | |
Majority | 3,567 | 5.39 | |
3 May 1979 | 64,476/89,562 | 71.99 | |
Official Unionist Party | 32,254 | 50.02 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 24,033 | 37.27 | |
Alliance Party | 4,407 | 6.84 | |
Irish Independence Party | 1,853 | 2.87 | |
Republican Clubs | 1,682 | 2.61 | |
Independent | 216 | 0.34 | |
Reform | 31 | 0.05 | |
Majority | 8,221 | 12.75 | |
Francis Rice sought election as an Interdependence candidate. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 51,329/67,723 | 75.79 | |
Official Unionist Party | 20,693 | 40.31 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 20,145 | 39.25 | |
Sinn Féin | 4,074 | 7.94 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 3,743 | 7.29 | |
Alliance Party | 1,823 | 3.55 | |
Workers Party | 851 | 1.66 | |
Majority | 548 | 1.07 | |
17 December 1985 Resignation of Rt Hon Enoch Powell over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. (Northstead) | |||
23 January 1986 | 51,542/67,723 | 76.11 | |
Official Unionist Party | 24,963 | 48.43 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 23,121 | 44.86 | |
Sinn Féin | 2,936 | 5.70 | |
WP | 522 | 1.01 | |
Majority | 1,842 | 3.57 | |
11 June 1987 | 56,534/72,130 | 78.38 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 26,579 | 47.01 | |
Official Unionist Party | 25,848 | 45.72 | |
Sinn Féin | 2,363 | 4.18 | |
Alliance Party | 1,069 | 1.89 | |
Workers Party | 675 | 1.19 | |
Majority | 731 | 1.29 | |
9 April 1992 | 61,577/76,093 | 80.92 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 31,523 | 51.19 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 25,181 | 40.89 | |
Sinn Féin | 1,843 | 2.99 | |
Alliance Party | 1,542 | 2.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 1,488 | 2.42 | |
Majority | 6,342 | 10.30 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 49,486/69,855 | 70.84 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 26,181 | 52.91 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 16,248 | 32.83 | |
Sinn Féin | 5,127 | 10.36 | |
Alliance Party | 1,711 | 3.46 | |
Natural Law Party | 219 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 9,933 | 20.07 | |
7 June 2001 | 52,074/73,519 | 70.83 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 24,136 | 46.35 | |
Sinn Féin | 10,278 | 19.74 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 9,173 | 17.62 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 7,802 | 14.98 | |
Alliance Party | 685 | 1.32 | |
Majority | 13,858 | 26.61 | |
5 May 2005 | 48,177/73,668 | 65.40 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 21,557 | 44.75 | |
Sinn Féin | 12,417 | 25.77 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 8,815 | 18.30 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 4,775 | 9.91 | |
Alliance Party | 613 | 1.27 | |
Majority | 9,140 | 18.97 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 42,589/70,864 | 60.10 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 20,648 | 48.48 | |
Sinn Féin | 12,236 | 28.73 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 3,645 | 8.56 | |
Ulster Conservatives & Unionists | 3,093 | 7.26 | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,506 | 3.54 | |
Green Party | 901 | 2.12 | |
Alliance Party | 560 | 1.31 | |
Majority | 8,412 | 19.75 | |
7 May 2015 | 42,697/75,220 | 56.76 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 18,077 | 42.34 | |
Sinn Féin | 12,186 | 28.54 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 3,964 | 9.28 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 3,486 | 8.16 | |
UK Independence Party | 3,044 | 7.13 | |
Alliance Party | 1,622 | 3.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 318 | 0.74 | |
Majority | 5,891 | 13.80 | |
8 June 2017 | 50,893/75,685 | 67.24 | |
Sinn Féin | 20,328 | 39.94 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 17,882 | 35.14 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 8,867 | 17.42 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 2,002 | 3.93 | |
Alliance Party | 1,814 | 3.56 | |
Majority | 2,446 | 4.81 | |
12 December 2019 | 49,762/79,175 | 62.85 | |
Sinn Féin | 16,137 | 32.43 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 14,517 | 29.17 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 7,619 | 15.31 | |
Alliance Party | 6,916 | 13.90 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 3,307 | 6.65 | |
Aontu | 1,266 | 2.54 | |
Majority | 1,620 | 3.26 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
4 July 2024 | 45,243/76,248 | 59.34 | |
Sinn Féin | 19,698 | 43.54 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 10,418 | 23.03 | |
Democratic Unionist Party | 7,349 | 16.24 | |
Alliance Party | 3,187 | 7.04 | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,893 | 4.18 | |
Ulster Unionist Party | 1,411 | 3.12 | |
Aontu | 797 | 1.76 | |
Green Party | 444 | 0.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 46 | 0.10 | |
Majority | 9,280 | 20.51 | |