UK general elections › 2024 › Belfast South and Mid Down
Belfast South and Mid Down — 2024
Claire Hanna (Social Democratic and Labour Party) was elected with 21,345 votes— 49.1% of 43,491 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,491
| 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 | Claire Hanna | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 21,345 | −0.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Kate Nicholl | Alliance | 8,839 | — | ||
| 3 | Tracy Kelly | Democratic Unionist Party | 6,859 | — | ||
| 4 | Michael Henderson | Ulster Unionist Party | 2,653 | — | ||
| 5 | Dan Boucher | Traditional Unionist Voice | 2,218 | — | ||
| 6 | Ãine Groogan | Green Party Northern Ireland | 1,577 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.