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2015 General Election · 7 May 2015 · Northern Ireland

Margaret Ritchie (Social Democratic & Labour Party) won the seat, a SDLP hold, with a majority of 5,891 on a 56.8% turnout.

Electorate 75,220 · Valid votes 42,697 · Turnout 56.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Margaret Ritchie (sitting MP)	Social Democratic & Labour Party	18,077	42.3%
Chris Hazzard	Sinn Féin	12,186	28.5%
Harold McKee	Ulster Unionist Party	3,964	9.3%
Jim Wells	Democratic Unionist Party	3,486	8.2%
Henry Reilly	UK Independence Party	3,044	7.1%
Martyn Todd	Alliance	1,622	3.8%
Felicity Buchan	Conservative	318	0.7%