South Down

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South Down is a UK parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland that elects a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.

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South Down canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
Westminster constituency
abolished 1922
boundaryReview Northern Ireland constituencies 1983
Northern Ireland constituencies 1997
Northern Ireland constituencies 2010
containsArea Irish Sea coast
surface form: Irish Sea coastline

Mourne Mountains ONNED1
Strangford Lough
surface form: Strangford Lough (part)
country United Kingdom
county County Down
created 1885
currentMP Chris Hazzard
currentMPFirstElected 2017
currentMPParty Sinn Féin
devolvedAssemblyConstituency South Down (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency)
electorateCharacteristic mixed urban and rural settlements
predominantly nationalist
significant rural population
electorateType county constituency
elects Member of Parliament
historicalRepresentation Irish Parliamentary Party
Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
Sinn Féin
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ulster Unionist Party
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
mainTowns Downpatrick NERFINISHED
Kilkeel
Newcastle
Newry NERFINISHED
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
parliamentaryName South Down self-link
partOf Northern Ireland
previousConstituency Down
Down South
Mourne Mountains
surface form: Mourne

South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: South Down (UK Parliament constituency) 1885–1922
previousMP Eamon O'Neill (acting / by-election candidate not elected)
Eddie McGrady
Margaret Ritchie NERFINISHED
previousMPParty Social Democratic and Labour Party
recreated 1950
replacedBy Down
Mourne Mountains
surface form: Mourne

South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: South Down (UK Parliament constituency) 1950–present
votingSystem first past the post

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