South Belfast and Mid Down

The SDLP MP has retained the seat she won for the first time back in 2019

The SDLP incumbent topped the poll comfortably, receiving 21,345 votes and a majority of over 12,000.

However, a slow start to the count means the seat is still too early to call

The once safe unionist seat has transformed into one of the north’s most socially, ethnically and religiously diverse constituencies