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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 38508 | Elected |
| Liberal | 22176 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37789 | Elected |
| Liberal | 26976 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37921 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 19624 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 36875 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 6928 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32922 | Elected |
| Irish Republican | 11031 | |
| Labour | 6260 | |
| Liberal | 5610 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32876 | Elected |
| Liberal | 9586 | |
| Irish Republican | 8917 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34894 | Elected |
| Opposition Unity | 21676 | |
| Liberal | 7747 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| UUU Council | 31088 | Elected |
| SDLP | 25486 | |
| Republican Clubs | 3046 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| UUU Council | 33614 | Elected |
| SDLP | 30047 | |
| Republican Clubs | 2327 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | 152 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Official Unionist | 32254 | Elected |
| SDLP | 24033 | |
| Alliance Party | 4407 | |
| Irish Independence | 1853 | |
| Republican Clubs | 1682 | |
| Inter-Independence | 216 | |
| Reform | 31 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 20693 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 20145 | |
| Sinn Fein | 4074 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3743 | |
| Alliance Party | 1823 | |
| The Workers' (NI) | 851 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Jan, 1986 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 24963 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 23121 | |
| Sinn Fein | 2936 | |
| Republican Clubs/Workers' Party | 522 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 26579 | Elected |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 25848 | |
| Sinn Fein | 2363 | |
| Alliance Party | 1069 | |
| The Workers' (NI) | 675 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 31523 | Elected |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 25181 | |
| Sinn Fein | 1843 | |
| Alliance Party | 1542 | |
| Conservative | 1488 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 26181 | Elected |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 16248 | |
| Sinn Fein | 5127 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1711 | |
| Natural Law | 219 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 24136 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 10278 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 9173 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 7802 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 685 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 21557 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 12417 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 8815 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 4775 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 613 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 20648 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 12236 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3645 | |
| UCUNF UUP & CON joint party | 3093 | |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1506 | |
| Green Party | 901 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 560 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 18077 | Elected |
| Sinn Fein | 12186 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 3964 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3486 | |
| UK Independence Party | 3044 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 1622 | |
| Conservative | 318 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 20328 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 17882 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 8867 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 2002 | |
| Alliance | 1814 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 16137 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 14517 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 7619 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 6916 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 3307 | |
| Aontú | 1266 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Sinn Fein | 19698 | Elected |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 10418 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 7349 | |
| Alliance | 3187 | |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1893 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1411 | |
| Aontú | 797 | |
| Green | 444 | |
| Conservative | 46 | |
More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Area in Acres as given in the Census reports.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Down Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747044/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 01st June 2026