UK general elections › 2017 › South Down
South Down — 2017
Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin) was elected with 20,328 votes— 39.9% of 50,893 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. 39.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,893
| 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 | Chris Hazzard | Sinn Féin | 20,328 | 39.9% | −10.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Margaret Ritchie | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 17,882 | 35.1% | — | |
| 3 | Diane Forsythe | Democratic Unionist Party | 8,867 | 17.4% | — | |
| 4 | Harold McKee | Ulster Unionist Party | 2,002 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew McMurray | Alliance | 1,814 | 3.6% | — |
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.