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South Down election results 1885-2010

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	�%
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie^[1]	20,648	48.5	1.6
	Sinn F�in	Caitr�ona Ruane^[2]	12,236	28.7	1.7
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells^[3]	3,645	8.6	-7.6
	Conservatives and Unionists	John McCallister^[4]	3,093	7.3	-1.5
	Traditional Unionist Voice	Ivor McConnell^[5]	1,506	3.5	3.5
	Green (NI)	Cadogan Enright^[6]	901	2.1	2.1
	Alliance	David Griffin^[7]	560	1.3	0
Majority			8,412	19.8
Turnout			42,589	60.2	-8.5
	SDLP hold		Swing	0.1

[] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	21,557	44.7	-1.6
	Sinn F�in	Caitriona Ruane	12,417	25.8	+6.1
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	8,815	18.3	+3.3
	Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt	4,775	9.9	-7.7
	Alliance	Julian Crozier	613	1.3	0.0
Majority			9,140	19.0
Turnout			48,177	65.4	-5.4
	SDLP hold		Swing	-3.8

General Election 2001: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	24,136	46.3	-6.6
	Sinn F�in	Mick Murphy	10,278	19.7	+9.4
	Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt	9,173	17.6	-15.2
	Democratic Unionist	Jim Wells	7,802	15.0	0.0
	Alliance	Betty Campbell	685	1.3	-2.1
Majority			13,858	26.6
Turnout			52,074	70.8	0.0
	SDLP hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	26,181	52.9
	Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt	16,248	32.8
	Sinn F�in	Mick Murphy	5,127	10.4
	Alliance	Julian Crozier	1,711	3.5
	Natural Law	Rosaleen McKeon	219	0.4
Majority			9,933
Turnout				70.8
	SDLP hold		Swing

General Election 1992: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	31,523	51.2
	Ulster Unionist	Drew Nelson	25,181	40.9
	Sinn F�in	Sean Fitzpatrick	1,843	3.0
	Alliance	Michael Healey	1,542	2.5
	Conservative	Stephanie McKenzie-Hill	1,488	2.4
Majority			6,342
Turnout				80.9
	SDLP hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	26,579	47.0
	Ulster Unionist	Enoch Powell	25,848	45.7
	Sinn F�in	Geraldine Ritchie	2,363	4.2
	Alliance	Siobhan Laird	1,069	1.9
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	675	1.2
Majority			731	1.3
Turnout				79.4
	SDLP gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing

South Down by-election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Enoch Powell	24,963
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	23,121
	Sinn F�in	Hugh McDowell	2,963
	Workers' Party	Sean Magee	522
Majority			1,842
Turnout
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1983: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Enoch Powell	20,693	40.3
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	20,145	39.3
	Sinn F�in	Patrick Fitzsimmons	4,074	7.9
	Democratic Unionist	Cecil Harvey	3,743	7.3
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	1,823	3.6
	Workers' Party	Margaret Magee	851	1.7
Majority			548	1.1
Turnout				77.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Enoch Powell	32,254	50.0
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	24,033	37.3
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	4,407	6.8
	Irish Independence	John Markey	1,853	2.9
	Republican Clubs	Desmond O'Hagan	1,682	2.6
	Inter-Dependence Party	Francis Rice	216	0.3
	Reform	Peter Courtney	31	0.1
Majority			8,221	12.8
Turnout				72.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Enoch Powell	33,614	50.8
	SDLP	Sean Hollywood	30,047	45.4
	Republican Clubs	Gerard O'Hanlon	2,327	3.5
	Marxist-Leninist (Ireland)	David Vipond	152	0.2
Majority			3,567	5.4
Turnout				72.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	31,088	52.1
	SDLP	Sean Hollywood	25,486	42.8
	Republican Clubs	Hugh Golding	3,046	5.1
Majority			5,602	9.4
Turnout				65.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1970: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	34,894	54.3
	Unity	Hugh Golding	21,676	33.7
	Liberal	John Quinn	7,747	12.1
Majority			13,218	20.6
Turnout				74.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	32,876	64.0
	Liberal	John Quinn	9,586	18.7
	Independent Republican	George Mussen	8,917	17.4
Majority			23,290	45.3
Turnout				65.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1964: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	32,922	59.0
	Independent Republican	George Mussen	11,031	19.8
	Labour (NI)	Samuel Thompson	6,260	11.2
	Liberal	Hamilton Gooding	5,610	10.1
Majority			21,891	39.2
Turnout				72.1
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	36,875	85.4
	Sinn F�in	Kevin O'Rourke	6,298	14.6
Majority			30,577	70.8
Turnout				55.6
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1955: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	37,921	65.9
	Sinn F�in	Kevin O'Rourke	19,624	34.1
Majority			18,297	31.8
Turnout				73.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1951: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	37,789	58.4
	Independent Republican	Gerald Annesley	26,976	41.6
Majority			10,813	16.7
Turnout				82.0
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1950: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Lawrence Orr	38,508	63.5
	Irish Labour	John MacGougan	22,176	36.5
Majority			16,332	26.9
Turnout				76.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Jeremiah MacVeagh	8,756		N/A
	Irish Unionist	John Alexander Weir Johnston	5,573		N/A
	Independent	Alexander Fisher	436		N/A
	Sinn F�in	Eamon de Valera	33		N/A
Majority					N/A
Turnout			18,708		N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

[] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Jeremiah MacVeagh	3,910		N/A
	Irish Unionist	P. K. Smiley			N/A
Majority					N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1900: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Michael McCartan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	N/A

[] Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Michael McCartan	4,057
	Liberal Unionist	T. Rowan	3,378
Majority			679
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

General Election 1892: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Michael McCartan	4,207
	Liberal Unionist	J. W. Craig	3,636
	Parnellite Nationalist	E. Magenis	42
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

[] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael McCartan	4,786
	Conservative	R. S. Corbett	3,816
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

General Election 1885: South Down
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Francis Small	4,995
	Conservative	W. H. Kisbey	3,743
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

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