South Down Constituency

**mutley** · 13-03-2011, 09:42 AM

Electorate: 71,704
Turnout: 46,623
Total Valid Poll: 46,110
Quota: 6,588

Caitriona Ruane (SF) 6334 Votes (13.7%)
Margaret Ritchie (SDLP) 5838 Votes (12.7%)
P.J. Bradley (SDLP) 5652 Votes (12.3%)
Jim Wells (DUP) 5542 Votes (12.0%)
Willie Clarke (SF) 5138 Votes (11.1%)
John McCallister (UUP) 4447 Votes (9.6%)

Home of SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie. This could be an interesting one to watch in terms of SF/SDLP.
The debacle in Education made by Caitriona Ruane and a Unionist vote given to the SDLP to keep SF out, ensured that Margaret Ritchie topped the Westminster Poll in 2010.
SF could gain if they loose Caitriona Ruane, and also the DUP may gain from the UUP, as voters turn to them to keep SF out

**mutley** · 13-03-2011, 09:46 AM

**mutley** · 13-03-2011, 10:08 AM

Confirmed candidates for May 2011

Naomi Bailie: Sinn Fein

Willie Clarke: Sinn Fein

Cadogan Enright: Green Party

David Griffin: Alliance Party

John McCallister: UUP

Karen McKevitt: SDLP

Eamonn O'Neill: SDLP

Henry Reilly: UKIP

Margaret Ritchie: SDLP

Caitriona Ruane: Sinn Fein

Jim Wells: DUP

There has been talk of ending double jobbing, but Margaret it runing in the Assembly Elections, she claims she will only take one paycheck, allegedly for fear of being called 'from Mags to Riches'

**5intheface** · 06-05-2011, 02:18 PM

Despite falling off a ladder taking his posters down last night and breaking his collar bone, the DUP's Jim Wells looks like comfortably holding on to his seat.

Same can't be said for UU Deputy leader John McAllister who is 3/400 behind third SDLP with 2/3rds of the votes counted.

**Trow** · 06-05-2011, 07:39 PM

Margaret Ritchie elected here.

**5intheface** · 06-05-2011, 07:45 PM

Ist Count

Margaret Ritchie SDLP 8,506 20.4%
Caitríona Ruane SF 5,955 14.3%
Jim Wells DUP 5,200 12.5%
John McCallister UUP 4,409 10.6%
Willie Clarke SF 3,882 9.3%
Karen McKevitt SDLP 3,758 9.0%
Naomi Bailie SF 3,050 7.3%
Eamonn O'Neill SDLP 2,663 6.4%
Henry Reilly Others 2,332 5.6%
Cadogan Enright Others 1,107 2.7%
David Griffin All 864 2.1%

Quota 5961

**5intheface** · 06-05-2011, 08:42 PM

Catríona Ruane elected for SF on the second count.

**5intheface** · 06-05-2011, 09:33 PM

William Irwin (DUP) elected count 3

**5intheface** · 02-05-2015, 09:47 AM

Candidates for 2015

Conservative
Felicity Buchan

Sinn Féin
Chris Hazzard

UUP
Harold McKee

UKIP
Henry Reilly

SDLP
Margaret Ritchie

Alliance Party
Martyn Todd

DUP
Jim Wells

SDLP should hold on here from SF but the gap will be the key for the future. Any hope from the DUP that a Nationalist split might allow Jim Wells in have been well and truly scuppered by his crazy remarks. How delightful for Henry Reilly of UKIP to not, for once, be the most ridiculous bigot on the ballot.