South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
Members of Parliament

South Down (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Members of Parliament
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Election	Member	Party

1885	Constituency created

1885	John Francis Small	Irish Parliamentary Party

1886	Michael McCartan

1892	Irish National Federation

1895

1900	Irish Parliamentary Party

1902*	Jeremiah McVeagh

1906

1910 (Jan)

1910 (Dec)

1918

1922	Constituency abolished – see Down

1950	Constituency re-created from Down

1950	Lawrence Orr	Ulster Unionist Party

1951

1955

1959

1964

1966

1970

1974 (Feb)

1974 (Oct)	Enoch Powell

1979

1983

1987	Eddie McGrady	Social Democratic and Labour Party

1992

1997

2001

2005

2010	Margaret Ritchie

2015

2017	Chris Hazzard	Sinn Féin

Sentence(s)

In 2017 Sinn Féin gained the constituency with Chris Hazzard defeating the former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Margaret Ritchie.

final_sentence: In 2017 Sinn Féin gained the constituency with Chris Hazzard defeating the former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Margaret Ritchie.