UK general elections › 2010 › South Down
South Down — 2010
Margaret Ritchie (Social Democratic & Labour Party) was elected with 20,648 votes— 48.5% of 42,589 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,589
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret Ritchie | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 20,648 | 48.5% | −1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Caitriona Ruane | Sinn Féin | 12,236 | 28.7% | — | |
| 3 | Jim Wells | Democratic Unionist Party | 3,645 | 8.6% | — | |
| 4 | John McCallister | Independent | 3,093 | 7.3% | — | |
| 5 | Ivor McConnell | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,506 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Cadogan Enright | Green Party Northern Ireland | 901 | 2.1% | — | |
| 7 | David Griffin | Alliance | 560 | 1.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.