Belfast South and Mid Down

Current MP

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party

Efficiency 0.3/106 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Belfast South and Mid Down

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards2,957 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election1,958 local · 3,084,713 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza1,084 local · 198,966 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act867 local · 550,136 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders605 local · 188,125 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders588 local · 244,450 total
• Call an immediate general election560 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants515 local · 720,772 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions409 local · 209,956 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers408 local · 427,447 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold342 local · 189,887 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years339 local · 53,155 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal335 local · 106,570 total
• Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis298 local · 109,025 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures280 local · 257,938 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners270 local · 114,026 total
• Cancel the clinical trial into puberty blockers & safeguard vulnerable children254 local · 150,424 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy251 local · 118,874 total
• Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza246 local · 67,305 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations245 local · 144,783 total

About Belfast South and Mid Down

Belfast South and Mid Down is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Northern Ireland and has a registered electorate of 74,749 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.