Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Belfast South in Northern Ireland.
Districts of Northern Ireland	Belfast, Castlereagh
Electorate	60,914 (March 2011)
Current constituency
Created	1922
Member of parliament	Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP)
Number of members	One
Created from	Belfast Cromac, Belfast Ormeau
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Belfast Cromac, Belfast Ormeau
Created from	Belfast
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Northern Ireland

Belfast South is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. It has been represented since 2005 by Alasdair McDonnell of the Social Democratic and Labour Party

1950-1974: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Cromac, Ormeau, and Windsor.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Belfast wards of Cromac, Ormeau, and Windsor, the Rural District of Lisburn electoral divisions of Ardmore, Dunmurry, Finaghy, and Upper Malone, and the Rural District of Hillsborough electoral divisions of Breda and Edenderry.

1983-1997: The District of Belfast wards of Ballynafeigh, Cromac, Donegall, Finaghy, Malone, Ormeau, Rosetta, St George's, Stranmillis, University, Upper Malone, Willowfield, and Windsor.

1997-2010: The District of Belfast wards of Ballynafeigh, Blackstaff, Botanic, Finaghy, Malone, Musgrave, Ravenhill, Rosetta, Shaftesbury, Stranmillis, Upper Malone, Windsor, and Woodstock, and the District of Castlereagh wards of Beechill, Cairnshill, Galwally, Knockbracken, Minnowburn, and Newtownbreda.

2010-present: The District of Belfast wards of Ballynafeigh, Blackstaff, Botanic, Finaghy, Malone, Musgrave, Ravenhill, Rosetta, Shaftesbury, Stranmillis, Upper Malone, Windsor, and Woodstock, and the District of Castlereagh wards of Beechill, Cairnshill, Carryduff East, Carryduff West, Galwally, Hillfoot, Knockbracken, Minnowburn, Newtownbreda, and Wynchurch.

The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut. The seat is centred on the Belfast City Council districts of Balmoral, Laganbank and Pottinger and also contains part of the district of Castlereagh.