A passionate supporter of women’s rights and well-known equality campaigner, Clare Bailey is Deputy leader of the Green Party and was elected as a South Belfast MLA in 2016. Ms Bailey was a founder pupil of Lagan College, Northern Ireland’s first integrated school, and completed a BA in politics with cultural and media studies at Queen’s University, where she was elected mature students’ officer.
Constituency: Belfast South
| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes | Quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61,309 | 5 | 43,465 | 70.89% | 43,053 | 412 | 7,176 |
Vote Distribution
Left Right
Count Results
| Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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7610 | ||||||||
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6559 | 6756.28 | 6788.12 | 6839.56 | 6981.54 | 8652.54 | |||
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5595 | 5632.26 | 5672.5 | 5740.4 | 5866.38 | 7690.38 | |||
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4529 | 4530.08 | 4551.08 | 4554.08 | 4704.08 | 4715.26 | 4726.26 | 4728.5 | 8667.5 |
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4446 | 4446.78 | 4468.84 | 4476.84 | 4655.9 | 4676.26 | 4695.26 | 4703.26 | |
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4247 | 4292.78 | 4341.74 | 4523.08 | 5073.96 | 5450 | 6344 | 6719.36 | 6797.22 |
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3863 | 3866 | 3932.12 | 3955.12 | 4240.42 | 4337.8 | 4647.8 | 4761.4 | 5255.94 |
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2053 | 2080.96 | 2095.38 | 2118.92 | 2185.34 | ||||
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1794 | 1855.68 | 1865.92 | 1893.42 | 1962.22 | ||||
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760 | 789.58 | 828.72 | 970.86 | |||||
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703 | 703.36 | 717.36 | 724.48 | |||||
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531 | 539.76 | 566.42 | ||||||
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200 | 200.48 | |||||||
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163 | 168.22 |
On the Ballot
Paula Bradshaw was elected to Belfast City Council in May 2014 before standing for the Alliance Party in the 2015 Westminster election. She was successfully elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the people of South Belfast in 2016.
Sean Burns
Cross Community Labour Alternative
Naomh Gallagher
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Claire Hanna was elected to Belfast City Council representing the Balmoral area in 2011 and re-elected in 2014. She chaired the Town Planning Committee. The following year, she was co-opted to the Assembly for South Belfast, replacing Alasdair McDonnell, and was deputy chair of the Finance Committee. She was successfully elected in 2016. The former international development worker was born in Connemara before moving to South Belfast at the age of three.
Michael Henderson is a UUP representative sitting on the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, representing the Castlereagh South district.
John Hiddleston has lived and worked in South Belfast for most of his adult life. An economics graduate from Queen’s University, he has been a director and shareholder of several small businesses. He previously stood for the UUP in the Assembly election of 2003.
George Jabbour is currently based in Belfast, but he was born in Syria to a Christian family. He moved to the UK in 2004 at the age of 22. Having obtained a degree in Civil Engineering from Damascus University, George won a scholarship to come to the United Kingdom to study for a postgraduate degree. Having been admitted as a highly-skilled migrant, he became a British citizen in 2011. He says he is very passionate about the union and took an active role during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
Lily Kerr is a veteran trade unionist and a former senior official with the public sector union, Unison. She's a former vice chair of ICTU women’s committee and a former member of the European Trade Union Congress women’s committee. She has a particular interest in low paid women workers and the defence of public services.
Emma Little-Pengelly was co-opted to the Assembly in September 2015 to represent South Belfast, replacing Jimmy Spratt, and was successfully elected in 2016. A former special advisor in the Office of the First Minister she is one of the party spokespersons on victims issues. Following the 2016 Assembly Election, she was appointed as Chair of the Assembly’s Finance Committee. She studied law at Queen’s University and previously worked as a barrister.
The son of a leading republican paramilitary murdered in a feud Emmet McDonough-Brown joined the Alliance Party and was elected to Belfast City Council in 2014, representing the Botanic district.
Padraigin Mervyn is one of seven people fighting for Assembly seats under the People Before Profit banner. She says the assembly has "failed to deliver real, tangible change for people here". The party takes a strong anti-austerity position and pledges to fight for the rights of working class people. It says it wants to end corruption, cronyism and sectarianism.
Mairtin O Muilleoir was elected for Sinn Fein in the Stormont Assembly election in May 2016 as a representative for South Belfast and was appointed to the post of Finance Minister. The former Lord Mayor Belfast was co-opted into the Assembly in 2014 where he sat on the Enterprise and Finance Committee. A publisher and businessman, he remains a Director of the Belfast Media Group. A keen runner and Irish language activist, Mr O Muilleoir is a recipient of the Tolerntia Laureate Award for his support of the LGBT community.
Christopher Stalford has served as councillor representing South Belfast for 11 years including terms as High Sheriff and Deputy Lord Mayor. He became MLA for South Belfast in the 2016 election. Mr Stalford, who attended Queen's University, is married with three children and is a Sunday School teacher at his church in Sandy Row.
