Belfast South

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Belfast South is a parliamentary constituency in south Belfast, Northern Ireland, encompassing diverse residential, commercial, and academic areas including parts of the city centre and Queen’s University.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
Westminster constituency
abbreviation Belfast S
linked to: South Belfast
abolished 1918
boundaryChanges occurred in 1918
occurred in 1922
occurred in 1983
occurred in 1997
occurred in 2010
contains Finaghy
Malone Road area
Ormeau Road area
Queen’s University Belfast
Stranmillis
academic areas
commercial areas
parts of Ballynafeigh
parts of Belfast city centre
parts of Donegall Pass
residential areas
country United Kingdom
created 1885
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
electorateIncludes ethnically diverse communities
professionals
students
elects one Member of Parliament
hasCharacteristic politically competitive
socially diverse
hasRepresentation one seat in the UK Parliament
hasVoterProfile mixed unionist and nationalist support
significant non-aligned vote
locatedIn Belfast
Ireland
Northern Ireland
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
previouslyRepresentedBy Alasdair McDonnell
James Horner Haslett
Martin Smyth
Paddy Devlin
Robert Bradford
Thomas Henry Sloan
William Dowling
William Johnston
recreated 1922

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Strangford borderedBy Belfast South constituency
linked to: Belfast South
Sandy Row, Belfast partOf Belfast South (historical context)
linked to: Belfast South