Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)

Strangford
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Strangford in Northern Ireland.
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist)
Created from	North Down, Belfast South and Belfast East
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 54°29′02″N 5°37′05″W / 54.484°N 5.618°W / 54.484; -5.618

Strangford is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

The seat was created after boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of North Down. At its creation the constituency was formed from the local government district of Ards, and the Castlereagh districts of Beechill, Fourwinds, Hillfoot, Lower Braniel, Minnowburn, Moneyreagh, Newtownbreda, and Upper Braniel.

In 1995, the Commission controversially recommended abolishing the constituency and dividing it between North Down and new constituencies of Mid Down, and Castlereagh and Newtownards. This was successfully opposed in local enquiries and from the 1997 general election it was made up of parts of the districts of Ards, Castlereagh and Down.

Despite the name the seat does not currently contain the town of Strangford which is instead a part of South Down.

For the 2010 general election the electoral wards which make up the constituency are:

For the history of the equivalent constituencies prior to 1950 please see Down (UK Parliament constituency) and from 1950 until 1983, please see North Down.