North Antrim (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°57′50″N 6°10′26″W / 54.964°N 6.174°W / 54.964; -6.174

North Antrim
County Constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly
North Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
Districts	Ballymena, Ballymoney, Moyle
Current constituency
Created	1973
Assembly Members	Paul Frew (DUP) Daithí McKay (Sinn Féin) Jim Allister (TUV) Robin Swann (UUP) David McIlveen (DUP) Mervyn Storey (DUP)

North Antrim is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the North Antrim UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.

In 1996 members of the Northern Ireland Forum were elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session. However the boundaries of North Antrim were not changed in the 1996–1997 redistribution.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

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

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Election
1998	Ian Paisley (DUP)	Ian Paisley Jr (DUP)	Gardiner Kane (DUP)	Sean Farren (SDLP)	Robert Coulter (UUP)	James Leslie (UUP)
2003			Philip McGuigan (Sinn Féin)	Sean Farren (SDLP)		Mervyn Storey (DUP)
2007			Daithí McKay (Sinn Féin)	Declan O'Loan (SDLP)
June 2010 co-option		Paul Frew (DUP)		Declan O'Loan (SDLP)
2011	David McIlveen (DUP)	Paul Frew (DUP)		Jim Allister (TUV)	Robin Swann (UUP)

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.

Other (1973–1996)

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

Robert Coulter – Ulster Unionist Party
Sean Farren – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joe Gaston – Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Paisley – Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Paisley Jr – Democratic Unionist Party

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. North Antrim elected 8 members as follows:

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from North Antrim were:

David Allen – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
Ken McFaul – Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Paisley – Democratic Unionist Party
Clifford Smyth – Democratic Unionist Party
John Turnley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Wilson – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Wright – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The seven members elected from North Antrim were:

John Baxter – Ulster Unionist Party (pro Sunningdale Agreement)
James Craig – Democratic Unionist Party
William Craig – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
John O'Hagan – Social Democratic and Labour Party
David McCarthy – Ulster Unionist Party (pro Sunningdale Agreement)
Ian Paisley – Democratic Unionist Party
Hugh Wilson – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Changes 1973–1974

David McCarthy was killed in a car crash. The subsequent by-election on 20 June 1974 was won by Clifford Smyth of the Democratic Unionist Party

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2016

2016 Assembly election
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Paul Frew	13.2	5,429	5,435	5,449	5,463	5,654	5,717	5,822	6,095
	TUV	Jim Allister	13.2	5,399	5,410	5,427	5,458	5,788	5,841	7,600	5,857
	DUP	Mervyn Storey	13.1	5,382	5,395	5,403	5,428	5,481	5,566	5,592	5,710	8,443
	Sinn Féin	Daithi McKay	12.9	5,297	5,302	5,350	5,353	5,374	5,459	5,462	5,466	5,473
	DUP	Philip Logan	8.9	3,635	3,642	3,651	3,672	3,724	3,759	3,834	4,131	4,724
	UUP	Robin Swann	8.7	3,585	3,619	3,644	4,306	4,423	4,776	4,841	5,217	5,420
	DUP	David McIlveen	7.8	3,209	3,212	3,213	3,230	3,256	3,273	3,322	3,604	-3,604
	SDLP	Connor Duncan	7.5	3,093	3,146	3,245	3,247	3,276	3,851	3,857	3,864
	TUV	Timothy Gaston	4.8	1,955	1,959	1,965	1,991	2,104	2,123	-2,123
	Alliance	Stephen McFarland	3.2	1,318	1,397	1,658	1,671	1,718	-1,718
	UKIP	Donna Anderson^[1]	2.5	1,027	1,042	1,064	1,070	-1,070
	UUP	Andrew Wright	2.0	821	826	831	-831
	Green (NI)	Jennifer Breslin^[2]	1.2	513	593	-593
	NI Labour	Kathryn Johnston	0.6	243	-243
	NI Conservatives	James Simpson	0.2	92	-92
Electorate: 78,337 Valid: 40,998 Spoilt: 466 Quota: 5,857 Turnout: 41,464 (52.9)

2011

2011 Assembly election: North Antrim
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	DUP	Paul Frew	16.3%	6,581
	Sinn Féin	Daithi McKay	15.3%	6,152
	DUP	Mervyn Storey	13.3%	6,083
	DUP	David McIlveen	8.1%	3,275	3,826	3,832	3,833	3,941	3,974	4,063	6,594
	UUP	Robin Swann	6.2%	2,518	2,547	2,566	2,566	2,829	2,840	4,578	4,991	5,557
	TUV	Jim Allister	10.1%	4,061	4,093	4,656	4,657	4,745	4,759	4,963	5,189	5,430
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan	9.1%	3,682	3,689	3,689	4,036	4,639	4,641	4,745	4,798	4,816
	DUP	Evelyne Robinson	8.1%	3,256	3,381	3,405	3,406	3,539	3,754	3,990
	UUP	Bill Kennedy	5.4%	2,189	2,207	2,237	2,241	2,564	2,583
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	4.6%	1,848	1,860	1,868	1,883
	TUV	Audrey Patterson	1.7%	668	670
Electorate: 74,760 Valid: 40,313 Spoilt: 670 (1.63%) Quota: 5,760 Turnout: 54.82%

2007

**Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007**
	Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
DUP	Ian Paisley	7,716	Elected	1
Sinn Féin	Daithi McKay	7,065	Elected	1
DUP	Ian Paisley Jr	6,106	Elected	2
DUP	Mervyn Storey	5,171	Elected	8
UUP	Robert Coulter	5,047	Elected	7
SDLP	Declan O'Loan	3,281	Elected	10
DUP	Deirdre Nelson	2,740	Not elected	10
SDLP	Orla Black	2,129	Not elected	9
UK Unionist	Lyle Cubitt	1,848	Not elected	7
UUP	Robin Swann	1,281	Not elected	6
Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	1,254	Not elected	5
Independent (Republican)	Paul McGlinchey	383	Not elected	4
Independent	James Gregg	310	Not elected	4

2003

**Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003**
	Candidate	1st Pref	Result	Count
DUP	Ian Paisley	8,732	Elected	1
DUP	Ian Paisley Jr	7,898	Elected	1
UUP	Robert Coulter	6,385	Elected	1
Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan	6,195	Elected	9
SDLP	Sean Farren	3,648	Elected	9
DUP	Mervyn Storey	3,605	Elected	3
UUP	James Currie	3,153	Not elected
SDLP	Declan O'Loan	2,361	Not elected
Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	867	Not elected
Independent	Gardiner Kane	623	Not elected
UK Unionist	Nathaniel Small	402	Not elected
PUP	Billy McCaughey	230	Not elected

1998

**Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998**
	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
DUP	Ian Paisley	10,590	Elected
SDLP	Sean Farren	6,433	Elected
UUP	Robert Coulter	5,407	Elected
DUP	Ian Paisley Jr	4,459	Elected
DUP	Gardiner Kane	3,638	Elected
UUP	James Leslie	3,458	Elected
Independent Unionist	William Wright	3,297	Not elected
Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	2,282	Not elected
UUP	Patricia Campbell	2,199	Not elected
Sinn Féin	James McCarry	2,024	Not elected
Sinn Féin	Joe Cahill	2,021	Not elected
SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	1,982	Not elected
PUP	Richard Rodgers	641	Not elected
Independent Nationalist	Oliver McMullan	478	Not elected
Ulster Democratic	Maurice McAllister	400	Not elected
Independent	Chris McCaughan	194	Not elected
Natural Law	John Wright	156	Not elected
Independent	Thomas Palmer	38	Not elected

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[3]

	Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
DUP	Ian Paisley Ian Paisley Jr Gardiner Kane Samuel McConaghie Maurice Mills	16,448	37.0
UUP	Robert Coulter Joe Gaston William Wright James Leslie James Simpson	11,195	25.2
SDLP	Sean Farren Dick Kerr Patrick McAvoy Malachy McCamphill Malachy McSparran	7,185	16.1
Sinn Féin	James McCarry Christine McAuley	2,579	5.8
Alliance	David Alderdice Gareth Williams	2,518	5.6
UK Unionist	Harry Gordon Laura Lyle	1,185	2.7
Ulster Democratic	Kenneth Blair Winston McConnell	768	1.7
Independent McMullan	Oliver McMullan John Robb	670	1.5
PUP	Mervyn Craig Alan Elder	665	1.5
NI Women's Coalition	Teresa Godfrey Irene Leacock Carol Nevin	272	0.6
NI Conservatives	Elizabeth Armstrong Mary Noble	259	0.6
Labour coalition	Robert Margrain Benjamin Adams Mark McKavanagh Niall Mulholland	187	0.4
Ulster Independence	Agnes McLeister Ivan McLaughlan	167	0.5
Green (NI)	Maria McAllister Graham Gingles Roger Frew	150	0.4
Democratic Partnership	Christopher McCaughan Paul Cunningham	114	0.3
Workers' Party	Rosemary McBride Pat Scullion	60	0.1
Democratic Left	Alan Darnbrook Colm McGinn	40	0.1
Natural Law	Francis Chalmers John Wright	14	0.0
Independent Chambers	Ryan Hay Jean Arbuthnot	13	0.0

1982

**Assembly Election – 20 October 1982**
Party		Candidate	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	DUP	Ian Paisley	9231
	DUP	Jim Allister	5835	7113
	UUP	Joe Gaston	5856	5996	6251	6273	6296	7669
	SDLP	Sean Farren	5006	5007	5050	5050	5142	5146	5146	8175
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	3258	3273	3384	3385	5279	5311	5331	5505	6830
	DUP	Jack McKee	4515	4857	4922	5295	5306	5324	5332	5344	5345	7872
	UUP	Roy Beggs	4885	4977	5075	5087	5180	5763	6480	6489	6498	6586
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	4133	4543	4675	4778	4786	4974	5032	5040	5049	5540	6835
	UUP	Charles Brown	3606	3641	3698	3703	3758	4227	4563	4564	4573	4815	4885
	DUP	Ken McFaul	3153	3340	3385	3440	3448	3474	3481	3487	3493
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary	3321	3323	3357	3357	3374	3374	3374
	UUP	David Burnside	2542	2591	2719	2724	2756
	Alliance	Thomas Benson	2170	2174	2260	2261
	UUUP	Robert Glass	444	486
	Independent Unionist	Price McConaghy	357	380
	Ecology	Malcolm Samuel	295	297
Electorate=104683, valid=60510, spoiled=1543, quota=6512

1975 Constitutional Convention

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
DUP	Ian Paisley	19,335	Elected
DUP	Ken McFaul	7,658	Elected
DUP	Clifford Smyth	5,806	Elected
SDLP	John Turnley	4,888	Elected
Alliance	Hugh Wilson	4,601	Elected
SDLP	Denis Haughey	3,371	Not elected
Unionist Party NI	Iris Agnew	3,138	Not elected
Vanguard	William Wright	2,761	Elected
SDLP	James McClements	2,318	Not elected
Vanguard	David Allen	1,874	Elected
UUP	Adam Erwin	1,751	Not elected
UUP	William Rainey	1,587	Not elected
Unionist Party NI	Samuel Murphy	1,425	Not elected
Alliance	Maurice McHenry	1,311	Not elected

1974 by-election to the 1973 Assembly

	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
DUP	Clifford Smyth	29,739	61.8
SDLP	John Turnley	10,421	21.6
UUP	Iris Agnew	5,546	11.5
Alliance	Jack Fawcett	2,430	5.0

1973

	Candidate	1st Pref	Result
DUP	Ian Paisley	14,553	Elected
UUP	John Baxter	9,009	Elected
Vanguard	William Craig	8,538	Elected
SDLP	John O'Hagan	6,204	Elected
UUP	David McCarthy	5,125	Elected
SDLP	John Turnley	4,376	Not elected
UUP	Trevor Strain	3,937	Not elected
DUP	James Craig	3,871	Elected
UUP	Samuel Steele	3,294	Not elected
Alliance	Hugh Wilson	2,876	Elected
DUP	Clifford Smyth	2,572	Not elected
Alliance	Phelim O'Neill	1,701	Not elected
Alliance	William Kelly	1,672	Not elected
Vanguard	David Burnside	1,505	Not elected
NI Labour	Patrick McHugh	830	Not elected
Alliance	James Miller	651	Not elected
Vanguard	Thomas Seymour	315	Not elected
NI Labour	Robert Binnie	240	Not elected

References

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↑ http://www.greenpartyni.org/2016-candidates/
↑ 1996 Candidates – North Antrim, Northern Ireland Elections

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