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| | RTÉ News Interactive :. Northern Constituency Profiles |
 | | Sitting MP, Eddie McGrady, has represented this constituency since 1987 when he defeated Enoch Powell at the fourth attempt and was elected to serve as a member of the new Legislative Assembly in 1998. |
 | | The parliamentary consistency of South Down comprises all of the Down district council area with the exception of three wards (Derryboy, Killyleagh and Saintfield) as well as 4 wards in the Banbridge district (Ballyward, Bannside, Katesbridge, Rathfriland) and 13 wards in the Newry and Mourne local government district. |
 | | It runs from Ballynahinch, Downpatrick and Ardglass in the north and east, through south Down taking in the coastal towns of Newcastle, Kilkeel, Rostrevor and Warrenpoint and extending to the hinterland of Annaclone, Castlewellan and Rathfriland. |
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