Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament since the 2005 general election is Alasdair McDonnell of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He succeeded the Rev Martin Smyth of the Ulster Unionist Party, who had sat for the seat from a by-election in 1982 until retiring at the 2005 election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Johnston | Conservative | |
| 1902 | Thomas Henry Sloan | Independent Unionist | |
| 1910 | James Chambers | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1917 | William Arthur Lindsay | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
| 1922 | constituency recreated | ||
| 1922 | Thomas Moles | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1929 | William John Stewart | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1938 | Progressive Unionist | ||
| 1945 | Conolly Hugh Gage | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1952 | David Campbell | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1963 | Rafton Pounder | Ulster Unionist | |
| Feb 1974 | Robert Bradford killed, 1981 |
Vanguard Progressive Unionist | |
| 1977 | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 1982 | Martin Smyth | Ulster Unionist | |
| 2005 | Alasdair McDonnell | Social Democratic and Labour | |
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