East Antrim (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°50′42″N 5°48′40″W / 54.845°N 5.811°W / 54.845; -5.811

East Antrim
County Constituency
for the Northern Ireland Assembly

East Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
Districts Larne, Carrickfergus, Moyle, Newtownabbey
Current constituency
Created 1996
Assembly Members Roy Beggs Jr (UUP)
Stewart Dickson (Alliance)
David Hilditch (DUP)
Oliver McMullan (Sinn Féin)
Alastair Ross (DUP)
Gordon Lyons (DUP)

East Antrim is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.

For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies. From 1997 to 2010 it shared boundaries with the East Antrim UK Parliament constituency, this link was broken by the 2010 Westminster General Election but will be restored at the 2011 Assembly elections.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from East Antrim. They were as follows:

Election Name
(Party) 		Name
(Party) 		Name
(Party) 		Name
(Party) 		Name
(Party)
1996 May Steele
(UUP)		 Thomas Robinson
(UUP)		 Jack McKee
(DUP)		 May Beattie
(DUP)		 Seán Neeson
(Alliance Party)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party)
1998 Roy Beggs Jr
(UUP)		 Ken Robinson
(UUP)		 Seán Neeson
(Alliance Party)		 David Hilditch
(DUP)		 Roger Hutchinson
(UK Unionist)		 Danny O'Connor
(SDLP)
2003 Sammy Wilson
(DUP)		 George Dawson
(DUP)
2007
May 2007
co-option		 Alastair Ross
(DUP)
2011 Oliver McMullan
(Sinn Féin)		 Stewart Dickson
(Alliance Party)
August 2015
co-option		 Gordon Lyons
(DUP)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly election
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
UUP Roy Beggs Jr 11.9 3848
Alliance Stewart Dickson 9.6 3115
Alliance Danny Donnelly 5.0 1632
DUP David Hilditch 18.2 5906
UKIP Noel Jordan[1] 6.8 2207
DUP Gordon Lyons 10.7 3472
PUP Jim McCaw 1.4 455
SDLP Margaret Anne McKillop 3.8 1229
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 8.1 2633
UUP Maureen Morrow 2.2 719
Green (NI) Dawn Patterson[2] 2.1 693
DUP Alastair Ross 7.2 2323
Labour Alternative Conor Sheridan 1.7 551
UUP John Stewart 6.1 1985
TUV Ruth Wilson 5.1 1643
Electorate: -   Valid: -   Spoilt: -   Quota: 4631   Turnout: 32744(51.0%)

    2011

    2011 Assembly election: East Antrim[3][4]
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
    DUP Sammy Wilson 24.8% 7,181                  
    DUP David Hilditch 11.3% 3,288 4,219                
    DUP Alastair Ross 5.5% 1,608 2,566 2,642 2,646 2,938 4,267        
    Alliance Stewart Dickson 10.0% 2,889 2,977 3,162 3,410 3,480 3,520 3,527 3,534 4,777  
    UUP Roy Beggs Jr 10.5% 3,042 3,349 3,450 3,469 3,839 4,037 4,080 4,125 4,194  
    Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 8.2% 2,369 2,379 2,417 2,917 2,925 2,931 2,931 2,931 3,250 3,389
    UUP Rodney McCune 6.4% 1,851 1,958 2,030 2,038 2,343 2,418 2,447 2,463 2,603 2,890
    Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna 5.6% 1,620 1,689 1,869 2,314 2,356 2,389 2,392 2,394    
    DUP Gordon Lyons 4.6% 1,321 1,601 1,716 1,733 1,973          
    TUV Ruth Wilson 4.6% 1,346 1,509 1,651 1,654            
    SDLP Justin McCamphill 4.6% 1,333 1,345 1,433              
    Green (NI) Daniel Donnelly 2.3% 664 685                
    BNP Steven Moore 1.0% 511 546                
    Electorate: 61,617   Valid: 28,993   Spoilt: 437 (1.48%)   Quota: 4,147   Turnout: 29,430 (47.76%)

      2007

      Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007
      Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
      DUP Sammy Wilson 6,755 Elected 1
      DUP George Dawson 4,167 Elected 2
      Alliance Seán Neeson 3,114 Elected 10
      UUP Roy Beggs Jr 3,076 Elected 12
      DUP David Hilditch 2,732 Elected 3
      UUP Ken Robinson 1,881 Elected 13
      SDLP Danny O'Connor 1,769 Not elected 13
      Alliance Stewart Dickson 1,624 Not elected 9
      UUP Mark Dunn 1,617 Not elected 10
      Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 1,168 Not elected 9
      UK Unionist Thomas Robinson 731 Not elected 7
      Green (NI) Mark Bailey 612 Not elected 6
      Independent John Anderson 398 Not elected 4
      NI Conservatives Tim Lewis 395 Not elected 5

      2003

      Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003
      Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
      UUP Roy Beggs Jr 5,175 Elected 1
      DUP Sammy Wilson 4,544 Elected 1
      DUP George Dawson 3,163 Elected 15
      DUP David Hilditch 2,856 Elected 15
      SDLP Danny O'Connor 2,428 Not elected
      Alliance Seán Neeson 2,180 Elected 15
      UUP Ken Robinson 2,062 Elected 15
      UUP Roy McCune 1,646 Not elected
      Independent Jack McKee 1,449 Not elected
      Alliance Stewart Dickson 1,192 Not elected
      Independent Roger Hutchinson 1,011 Not elected
      Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 768 Not elected
      UK Unionist Thomas Robinson 564 Not elected
      PUP Carolyn Howarth 534 Not elected
      Independent Lindsay Mason 364 Not elected
      Independent John Anderson 348 Not elected
      NI Women's Coalition Anne Monaghan 307 Not elected
      NI Conservatives Alan Greer 196 Not elected
      Green (NI) Andrew Frew 165 Not elected

      1998

      Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
      Party Candidate 1st Pref Result Count
      UUP Roy Beggs Jr 5,764 Elected
      Alliance Seán Neeson 5,247 Elected
      DUP David Hilditch 4,876 Elected
      DUP Jack McKee 3,013 Not elected
      UK Unionist Roger Hutchinson 2,866 Elected
      UUP May Steele 2,399 Not elected
      UUP Ken Robinson 2,384 Elected
      SDLP Danny O'Connor 2,106 Elected
      Alliance Stewart Dickson 1,921 Not elected
      Independent Unionist James Brown 1,571 Not elected
      PUP William Greer 1,432 Not elected
      Sinn Féin Chrissie McAuley 746 Not elected
      Ulster Democratic Tommy Kirkham 596 Not elected
      Independent Lindsay Mason 424 Not elected
      NI Conservatives Terence Dick 233 Not elected
      Natural Law James McKissock 32 Not elected

      1996 Forum

      Successful candidates are shown in bold.[5]

      Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
      UUP May Steele
      Thomas Robinson
      James Brown
      Eric Ferguson
      David Fleck      		 10,036 30.1
      DUP Jack McKee
      May Beattie
      Noel McAllister      		 9,557 28.7
      Alliance Seán Neeson
      Stewart Dickson
      Amelia Kelly
      Bill McKimmon
      Janet Crampsey      		 3,957 11.9
      PUP William Donaldson
      William Hamilton
      William Green
      George Ferguson
      William Adamson      		 2,254 6.8
      SDLP Danny O'Connor
      Mary White      		 2,213 6.6
      UK Unionist Mark Dingwall
      Arthur Cowden      		 2,041 6.1
      Ulster Democratic Tommy Kirkham
      Joe English      		 1,141 3.4
      Sinn Féin Mary Davey
      Martin Meehan
      Una Gillespie      		 619 1.9
      NI Women's Coalition Angela Hegarty
      Jaqueline Weir
      Carmel Gallagher      		 323 1.0
      NI Conservatives Sam Crowe
      Donald Tomb      		 271 0.8
      Green (NI) Sharon Morrow
      Jenny McMillan
      Paddy Agnew      		 224 0.7
      Labour coalition William McClinton
      Joseph Watson      		 218 0.6
      Independent DUP Neville Steel
      Allen Boyland      		 107 0.3
      Democratic Partnership Maureen Sykes
      Rachel McKeown      		 102 0.3
      Ulster Independence Cecil Kane
      Victor King      		 86 0.3
      Independent McMullan William Cunning
      James Simmons      		 81 0.2
      Workers' Party Austin Kelly
      Brendan Heaney      		 69 0.2
      Democratic Left Kevin Smyth
      Eamon Lynch      		 33 0.1
      Natural Law John Collins
      Andrea Gribben      		 14 0.0
      Independent Chambers Georgina Strain
      Hudson Strain      		 5 0.0

      References

      1. ↑
      2. ↑ http://www.greenpartyni.org/dawn-patterson/
      3. ↑ , Belfast Telegraph
      4. ↑ http://www.eoni.org.uk/ni_assembly_election_2011_-_east_antrim_result_sheet.pdf
      5. ↑ 1996 Candidates – East Antrim, Northern Ireland Elections
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