Election for the constituency of South Down on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of South Down, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Sinn Féin hold by Chris Hazzard with a majority of 1,620 - 3.3% - on a turnout of 62.9%.

An electorate of 79,175, having a valid vote count of 49,762 and an invalid vote count of 209.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
HAZZARD, Chris SF 16,137 32.4% -7.5%
SAVAGE, Michael SDLP 14,517 29.2% -6.0%
HANNA, Glyn DUP 7,619 15.3% -2.1%
BROWN, Patrick APNI 6,916 13.9% 10.3%
MACAULEY, Jill UUP 3,307 6.6% 2.7%
BRADY, Paul AONT 1,266 2.5% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 03:29 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.