Members of Parliament
The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Féin. Between 1983 and 2001 the MP was Ken Maginnis of the UUP who retired at that election.
| Constituency created (1950) | |||
| 1950 | Cahir Healy | Nationalist (NI) | |
| 1955 | Philip Christopher Clarke | Sinn Féin - subsequently unseated on petition | |
| 1955 | Lord Robert Grosvenor | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1964 | James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1970 | Frank McManus | Unity | |
| February 1974 | Harry West | Ulster Unionist | |
| October 1974 | Frank Maguire | Independent Republican | |
| April 1981 by-election | Bobby Sands | Anti H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner | |
| August 1981 by-election | Owen Carron | Anti H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner | |
| 1982 | Sinn Féin | ||
| 1983 | Ken Maginnis | Ulster Unionist | |
| 2001 | Michelle Gildernew | Sinn Féin | |
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