South Antrim (Assembly constituency)

54°37′48″N 6°08′02″W / 54.630°N 6.134°W / 54.630; -6.134

South Antrim
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary constituency
South Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1973
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Steve Aiken (UUP)
  •   John Blair (APNI)
  •   Pam Cameron (DUP)
  •   Trevor Clarke (DUP)
  •   Declan Kearney (SF)
DistrictsAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
BoundariesMap

South Antrim (Irish: Aontroim Theas, Ulster Scots: Sooth Anthrim) 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 South 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 and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been 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.

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 South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

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1973 Derrick Crothers
(Alliance)
Anne Dickson
(Ind U/UPNI)
Austin Ardill
(UUP)
Vincent McCloskey
(SDLP)
William Beattie
(DUP)
Nat Minford
(UUP)
Peter McLachlan
(UUP)
Kennedy Lindsay
(Vanguard)
8 seats
1973–1982
1975 Charles Kinahan
(Alliance)
Stewart Dunlop
(DUP)
George Morrison
(Vanguard)
1982 Gordon Mawhinney
(Alliance)
Fraser Agnew
(UUP)
Clifford Forsythe
(UUP)
James McDonald
(SDLP)
Ivan Davis
(DUP)
Billy Bell
(UUP)
James Molyneaux
(UUP)
Roy Thompson
(DUP)
Seamus Close
(Alliance)
1996 Trevor Kirkland
(DUP)
John Hunter
(UUP)
Peter King
(UUP)
Donovan McClelland
(SDLP)
Wilson Clyde
(DUP)
5 seats
1996–1998
1998 David Ford
(Alliance)
Jim Wilson
(UUP)
Duncan Shipley-Dalton
(UUP)
Norman Boyd
(UKUP)
6 seats
1998–2017
2003 David Burnside
(UUP)
Thomas Burns
(SDLP)
Paul Girvan
(DUP)
2007 Mitchel McLaughlin
(Sinn Féin)
William McCrea
(DUP)
Trevor Clarke
(DUP)
June 2009
co-option
Danny Kinahan
(UUP)
July 2010
co-option
Paul Girvan
(DUP)
2011 Pam Cameron
(DUP)
June 2015
co-option
Adrian Cochrane-Watson
(UUP)
2016 Declan Kearney
(Sinn Féin)
Steve Aiken
(UUP)
2017 5 seats
2017-present
June 2017
co-option
Trevor Clarke
(DUP)
July 2018
co-option
John Blair
(Alliance)
2022

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

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Northern Ireland Assembly

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2022

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2022 Assembly election: South Antrim – 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Declan Kearney 20.08% 9,185        
Alliance John Blair 15.99% 7,315 7,651      
UUP Steve Aiken 11.71% 5,354 5,361 5,490 7,668  
DUP Pam Cameron 15.08% 6,899 6,902 6,999 7,133 9,322
DUP Trevor Clarke 10.81% 4,943 4,944 5,005 5,258 7,025
SDLP Roisin Lynch 6.86% 3,139 4,121 4,931 5,050 5,146
TUV Mel Lucas 9.56% 4,371 4,373 4,489 4,661  
UUP Paul Michael 6.17% 2,821 2,826 2,963    
Aontú Róisín Bennett 1.44% 657 783      
Green (NI) Lesley Veronica 1.18% 539 586      
People Before Profit Jerry Maguire 0.55% 251 299      
Independent Andrew Moran 0.57% 262 267      
Electorate: 76,950   Valid: 45,736 (59.44%)   Spoilt: 459   Quota: 7,623   Turnout: 46,195 (60.03%)  

2017

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2017 Assembly election: South Antrim – 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Declan Kearney 16.27% 6,891 6,895 6,925 7,065        
UUP Steve Aiken 14.85% 6,287 6,326 6,368 6,494 8,808      
Alliance David Ford 12.46% 5,278 5,313 5,494 5,990 6,222 6,768 9,862  
DUP Paul Girvan 12.17% 5,152 5,164 5,165 5,223 5,576 5,800 5,873 5,970
DUP Pam Cameron 10.87% 4,604 4,613 4,624 4,644 4,979 5,357 5,459 5,679
DUP Trevor Clarke 10.68% 4,522 4,540 4,545 4,559 4,995 5,358 5,445 5,527
SDLP Roisin Lynch 9.50% 4,024 4,035 4,069 4,229 4,360 4,596    
UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson 5.92% 2,505 2,525 2,531 2,583        
TUV Richard Cairns 3.20% 1,353 1,369 1,378 1,409        
People Before Profit Ivanka Antova 1.25% 530 535 658          
Independent David McMaster 1.19% 503 517 563          
Green (NI) Eleanor Bailey 1.18% 501 504            
NI Conservatives Mark Logan 0.46% 194              
Electorate: 68,475   Valid: 42,344 (61.84%)   Spoilt: 382   Quota: 7,058   Turnout: 42,726 (62.40%)  

2016

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2016 Assembly election: South Antrim – 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Paul Girvan 14.27% 5,014 5,036          
DUP Pam Cameron 13.06% 4,589 4,606 4,704 5,003 5,067    
Sinn Féin Declan Kearney 13.18% 4,632 4,654 4,737 4,737 4,739 6,207  
Alliance David Ford 8.88% 3,119 3,249 3,639 3,671 3,764 5,056  
UUP Steve Aiken 9.34% 3,280 3,342 3,439 3,757 4,403 4,452 4,512
DUP Trevor Clarke 10.20% 3,585 3,598 3,668 3,978 4,212 4,286 4,338
UUP Paul Michael 7.30% 2,565 2,617 2,699 2,848 3,914 4,031 4,127
SDLP Roisin Lynch 9.58% 3,366 3,400 3,515 3,526 3,547    
UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson 5.54% 1,947 1,964 2,001 2,200      
TUV Richard Cairns 3.75% 1,318 1,330 1,505        
Green (NI) Helen Farley 1.68% 589 689          
UKIP Robert Hill 1.63% 574 599          
Independent David McMaster 1.37% 483            
NI Conservatives Mark Young 0.20% 72            
Electorate: 69,680   Valid: 35,133 (50.42%)   Spoilt: 411   Quota: 5,020   Turnout: 35,544 (51.01%)  

2011

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2011 Assembly election: South Antrim – 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Paul Girvan 15.06% 4,844      
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 14.49% 4,662      
DUP Trevor Clarke 14.32% 4,607      
Alliance David Ford 14.13% 4,554 4,660    
UUP Danny Kinahan 10.71% 3,445 3,826 5,585  
DUP Pam Lewis 8.91% 2,866 3,329 3,797 4,668
SDLP Thomas Burns 10.59% 3,406 3,436 3,482 3,591
UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson 7.10% 2,285 2,568    
TUV Mel Lucas 3.39% 1,091      
BNP Stephen Parkes 1.26% 404      
Electorate: 65,231   Valid: 32,164 (49.31%)   Spoilt: 497   Quota: 4,595   Turnout: 32,661 (50.07%)  

2007

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2007 Assembly election: South Antrim – 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 16.54% 6,313              
DUP William McCrea 15.78% 6,023              
Alliance David Ford 13.12% 5,007 5,036.55 5,048.07 5,322.04 5,495.04      
UUP David Burnside 11.81% 4,507 4,508.2 4,539.07 4,587.4 5,108.97 5,134.41 6,926.41  
DUP Trevor Clarke 11.27% 4,302 4,302.75 4,497.42 4,527.02 4,762.07 4,768.31 5,087.71 5,543.71
SDLP Thomas Burns 7.13% 2,721 3,080.7 3,081.33 3,188.08 3,206.56 4,965.51 5,133.94 5,395.94
DUP Mel Lucas 7.44% 2,840 2,840.3 3,117.68 3,143.22 3,351.18 3,360.93 3,805.79 4,228.79
UUP Danny Kinahan 6.26% 2,391 2,392.95 2,400.15 2,451.24 3,107.04 3,130.48    
SDLP Noreen McClelland 4.00% 1,526 1,897.7 1,898.06 2,012.36 2,025.66      
UUP Stephen Nicholl 2.43% 927 928.2 933.42 969.72        
UK Unionist Robert McCartney 2.34% 893 893.3 902.48 932.02        
Green (NI) Pete Whitcroft 1.33% 507 559.65 561          
NI Conservatives Stephen O'Brien 0.34% 129 132 132.36          
Workers' Party Marcella Delaney 0.23% 89 101 101.09          
Electorate: 65,654   Valid: 38,175 (58.15%)   Spoilt: 306   Quota: 5,454   Turnout: 38,481 (58.61%)  

2003

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2003 Assembly election: South Antrim – 6 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
UUP David Burnside 18.88% 7,066                    
DUP Wilson Clyde 13.71% 5,131 5,255.56 5,259.8 5,302 5,533            
DUP Paul Girvan 12.88% 4,820 4,900.4 4,914.12 4,976.32 5,176 6,414          
UUP Jim Wilson 8.38% 3,135 3,519.96 3,555.44 3,667.8 3,772.48 3,878.32 4,146.32 4,214.32 5,606.32    
SDLP Thomas Burns 7.30% 2,732 2,748.56 2,751.56 2,816.56 2,855.48 2,864.2 2,875.2 2,876.2 2,961.36 2,992.36 4,979.24
Alliance David Ford 9.07% 3,393 3,456.6 3,504.04 3,754.64 3,821.48 3,872.36 3,954.36 3,969.36 4,488.84 4,696.84 4,966.2
Sinn Féin Martin Meehan 11.48% 4,295 4,296.2 4,298.2 4,311.2 4,312.2 4,313.2 4,314.2 4,314.2 4,317.92 4,318.92 4,785.64
SDLP Donovan McClelland 7.14% 2,671 2,677.24 2,678.24 2,723.72 2,726.96 2,732.2 2,738.2 2,739.2 2,783.4 2,802.4  
UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson 2.55% 953 1,853.72 1,889.68 1,964.8 2,119.48 2,263.16 2,612.16 2,696.16      
DUP John Smyth 4.01% 1,501 1,530.52 1,532.52 1,600.48 1,635.84            
NI Unionist Norman Boyd 2.07% 774 826.56 838.52 881              
NI Women's Coalition Joan Cosgrove 1.24% 465 474.36 484.36                
PUP Kenneth Wilkinson 0.83% 311 323.24 327.48                
NI Conservatives Jason Docherty 0.46% 174 179.52                  
Electorate: 63,640   Valid: 37,421 (58.80%)   Spoilt: 437   Quota: 5,346   Turnout: 37,858 (59.49%)  

1998

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1998 Assembly election: South Antrim – 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
UUP Jim Wilson 15.21% 6,691                  
DUP Wilson Clyde 13.72% 6,034 6,035 6,060 6,234 6,244.38 8,522.38        
UK Unionist Norman Boyd 9.91% 4,360 4,364 4,404 4,521 4,534.68 4,822.88 6,380.88      
SDLP Donovan McClelland 9.80% 4,309 4,327 4,480 4,530 4,532.88 4,538 4,540 6,384    
UUP Duncan Shipley-Dalton 9.43% 4,147 4,150 4,264 4,571 4,700.36 4,836.38 5,012.38 5,016.38 6,965.38  
Alliance David Ford 8.59% 3,778 3,810 4,233 4,456 4,483.6 4,497.96 4,506.96 4,566.96 5,074.32 5,655.32
SDLP Thomas Burns 7.90% 3,474 3,500 3,651 3,701 3,702.8 3,709.04 3,714.04 4,747.04 4,857.16 4,948.16
UUP John Hunter 5.31% 2,337 2,349 2,399 2,832 3,034.92 3,190.26 3,507.26 3,509.26    
Sinn Féin Martin Meehan 7.33% 3,226 3,239 3,273 3,275 3,275.12 3,278.12 3,278.12      
DUP Stuart Deignan 6.40% 2,816 2,819 2,836 2,971 2,977.3          
PUP Kenneth Wilkinson 3.51% 1,546 1,559 1,637              
NI Women's Coalition Joan Cosgrove 2.52% 1,108 1,136                
Labour Party NI Oliver Frawley 0.31% 137                  
Natural Law George Stidolph 0.06% 28                  
Electorate: 69,426   Valid: 43,991 (63.36%)   Spoilt: 608   Quota: 6,285   Turnout: 44,599 (64.24%)  

1996 forum

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Successful candidates are shown in bold.[8]

Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
UUP Peter King
John Hunter
Ivan Hunter
Peter Walker
Mervyn Rea
12,001 30.2
DUP Wilson Clyde
Trevor Kirkland
9,549 24.0
SDLP Donovan McClelland
Bobby Burns
Tommy McTeague
Bobby Loughran
Oran Keenan
6,025 15.1
Alliance David Ford
Jim Rooney
Lynn Frazer
3,332 8.4
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan
Pauline Davey-Kennedy
Laurence McKeown
2,149 5.4
UK Unionist Billy Boyd
Stephen Nicholl
2,111 5.3
PUP Kenneth Wilkinson
Mark Thompson
1,697 4.3
Ulster Democratic William Blair
David Burgess
1,000 2.5
NI Women's Coalition Joan Cosgrove
Rosaleen Pelen
Sandra Walsh
Anne McKenna
435 1.1
Independent Templeton Arthur Templeton
Fraser Agnew
250 0.7
NI Conservatives Agnes Shirley
Roger Lomas
David Bustard
246 0.6
Labour coalition Eleanor Bailey
Peter Ruddell
Glen Simpson
236 0.6
Green (NI) Alan Warren
John Spottiswoode
197 0.5
Democratic Left Paul Gupta
Paddy McGlinley
119 0.3
Democratic Partnership Rodney Greene
Paul Mullan
105 0.3
Workers' Party Eamon Gillen
Bobby Owens
104 0.3
Ulster Independence Francis Ellison
Samuel Parke
89 0.2
Independent McMullan John McDowell
William Dunbar
33 0.1
Natural Law Margaret Adams
Mark Griffiths
16 0.0
Independent Chambers William Larmour
Greta Bunting
3 0.0

1982

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1982 Assembly election: South Antrim – 10 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
UUP Jim Molyneaux 30.07% 19,978                                            
DUP William Beattie 11.27% 7,489                                            
UUP Fraser Agnew 4.97% 3,302 6,201                                          
DUP Ivan Davis 8.12% 5,394 6,170                                          
UUP Clifford Forsythe 2.43% 1,612 4,243 4,283 4,306 4,319 4,325 4,327 4,376 4,408 4,559 4,563 4,563 4,642 4,654 5,437 5,500 5,501 6,249          
DUP Roy Thompson 3.98% 2,646 3,035 3,164 3,165 3,171 3,172 3,175 3,192 3,194 3,254 3,256 3,257 3,793 3,803 3,845 3,868 3,872 3,999 6,419        
SDLP James McDonald 3.12% 2,071 2,073 2,073 2,073 2,073 2,074 2,091 2,091 2,115 2,115 2,157 2,652 2,653 2,853 2,853 2,873 4,397 4,400 4,402 4,402 4,402 7,460  
Alliance Seamus Close 4.39% 2,916 2,968 2,975 2,976 2,977 2,979 2,990 2,992 3,034 3,044 3,090 3,139 3,140 3,417 3,422 4,164 4,240 4,274 4,284 4,286 4,289 4,750 5,806
UUP Billy Bell 1.47% 979 2,906 3,039 3,116 3,166 3,198 3,200 3,284 3,331 3,413 3,413 3,417 3,495 3,506 4,049 4,128 4,129 4,898 5,269 5,541 5,678 5,683 5,683
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 4.00% 2,660 2,774 2,777 2,778 2,779 2,779 2,785 2,793 2,890 2,916 2,951 2,970 2,976 3,084 3,102 4,426 4,462 4,586 4,613 4,617 4,646 4,751 5,100
UUP Frank Millar Jr 0.79% 526 3,407 3,428 3,435 3,449 3,459 3,460 3,507 3,524 3,606 3,609 3,611 3,675 3,682 3,947 3,995 3,997 4,332 4,510 4,589 4,647 4,649 4,652
SDLP John Clenaghan 4.22% 2,802 2,806 2,808 2,808 2,809 2,809 2,830 2,830 2,850 2,851 2,887 3,083 3,083 3,297 3,299 3,318 4,174 4,178 4,189 4,190 4,191    
DUP Trevor Kirkland 1.90% 1,265 1,364 2,142 2,143 2,157 2,165 2,165 2,220 2,242 2,325 2,327 2,328 3,044 3,051 3,120 3,141 3,141 3,468          
Ind. Unionist George Herron 2.70% 1,797 2,237 2,284 2,287 2,291 2,301 2,302 2,345 2,382 2,543 2,545 2,545 2,622 2,632 2,850 2,891 2,891            
SDLP Patrick Ritchie 3.13% 2,081 2,083 2,083 2,083 2,083 2,084 2,097 2,097 2,111 2,115 2,136 2,438 2,441 2,633 2,633 2,672              
Alliance Joan Tomlin 3.17% 2,107 2,214 2,216 2,218 2,217 2,217 2,217 2,221 2,290 2,326 2,336 2,352 2,366 2,523 2,546                
UUP Ivan Hunter 1.40% 930 1,827 1,844 1,852 1,859 1,870 1,871 1,957 1,974 2,021 2,024 2,024 2,058 2,061                  
Workers' Party Kevin Smyth 1.34% 891 902 903 903 903 904 933 935 984 993 1,626 1,705 1,707                    
DUP Samuel Neill 1.88% 1,250 1,377 1,558 1,558 1,562 1,569 1,569 1,597 1,609 1,672 1,673 1,674                      
Ind. Nationalist William McDonnell 1.78% 1,180 1,182 1,182 1,182 1,182 1,182 1,189 1,189 1,203 1,206 1,236                        
Workers' Party Austin Kelly 1.17% 775 779 780 780 781 781 822 822 890 906                          
Ind. Unionist James Smith 1.03% 686 828 836 836 836 838 841 856 879                            
Newtownabbey Labour Bob Kidd 0.84% 560 600 604 605 605 605 651 658                        
UUUP Kennedy Lindsay 0.24% 160 360 364 365 366 473 473                                
Communist Andrew Gibb 0.37% 247 250 250 250 250 251                                  
UUUP Samuel Larmour 0.21% 139 196 204 205 208                                    
Electorate: 131,734   Valid: 66,443 (50.44%)   Spoilt: 2,076   Quota: 6,041   Turnout: 68,519 (52.01%)  

1975 Constitutional Convention

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1975 Constitutional Convention: South Antrim – 8 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP William Beattie 17.20% 11,834                      
UUP Austin Ardill 15.83% 10,895                      
SDLP Vincent McCloskey 9.82% 6,756 6,756 6,757 9,058                
Alliance Charles Kinahan 7.69% 5,294 5,312 5,334 5,444 6,148 6,201 6,227 9,210        
Unionist Party NI Anne Dickson 8.32% 5,723 5,911 6,251 6,278 6,325 6,534 6,677 7,021 7,943      
DUP Stewart Dunlop 3.58% 2,461 4,178 5,243 5,269 5,271 5,582 7,361 7,414 7,451 7,463 8,612  
Vanguard Kennedy Lindsay 6.58% 4,529 5,091 5,575 5,601 5,604 5,915 6,661 6,685 6,706 6,709 7,966  
Vanguard George Morrison 4.28% 2,943 3,601 3,692 3,701 3,702 4,669 5,204 5,220 5,248 5,251 6,855 7,724
Unionist Party NI Peter McLachlan 5.70% 3,919 3,968 4,006 4,032 4,082 4,276 4,353 4,509 5,003 5,270 5,812 5,905
UUP John Logan 3.77% 2,595 2,746 3,519 3,523 3,525 4,626 4,930 4,944 4,999 5,010    
Alliance John Cousins 4.69% 3,228 3,265 3,340 3,453 4,042 4,061 4,078          
DUP James Smith 4.32% 2,970 3,336 3,468 3,490 3,499 3,686            
UUP Samuel Semple 4.09% 2,813 3,175 3,395 3,400 3,403              
SDLP James McDonald 2.74% 1,888 1,889 1,889                  
Republican Clubs Kevin Smith 1.03% 710 714 718                  
Communist William Somerset 0.36% 248 249 249                  
Electorate: 119,723   Valid: 68,806 (57.47%)   Spoilt: 1,323   Quota: 7,646   Turnout: 70,129 (58.58%)  

1973

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1973 Assembly election: South Antrim – 8 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
DUP William Beattie 13.50% 10,126                                  
Ind. Unionist Anne Dickson 12.04% 9,033                                  
SDLP Vincent McCloskey 10.53% 7,899 7,900 7,901 7,915 7,977 7,979 8,060 8,178 8,552                  
Alliance Derrick Crothers 7.96% 5,975 5,983 6,020 6,038 6,166 6,176 6,299 6,928 7,435 7,536 7,597 7,600 10,234          
UUP Nat Minford 7.05% 5,289 5,324 5,452 5,453 5,454 5,499 5,525 5,539 5,595 5,598 5,836 5,877 5,934 6,266 6,886 7,016 9,076  
UUP Austin Ardill 6.98% 5,234 5,337 5,397 5,400 5,401 5,496 5,500 5,510 5,534 5,536 6,368 6,431 6,467 6,628 7,823 8,128 8,645  
Vanguard Kennedy Lindsay 4.00% 3,005 3,148 3,155 3,157 3,157 3,181 3,186 3,187 3,207 3,207 3,305 5,037 5,047 5,066 5,209 7,829 8,011 8,034
UUP Peter McLachlan 5.31% 3,983 4,002 4,107 4,109 4,110 4,144 4,156 4,163 4,202 4,202 4,313 4,327 4,366 4,534 5,456 5,517 7,324 7,998
DUP Allen Annesley 5.64% 4,232 5,321 5,332 5,333 5,334 5,357 5,365 5,370 5,397 5,397 5,504 5,685 5,698 5,733 5,943 6,488 6,621 6,663
UUP George Swann 4.99% 3,742 3,754 3,816 3,817 3,817 3,856 3,864 3,895 3,920 3,923 4,226 4,266 4,316 4,628 4,949 5,012    
Vanguard Robert Bradford 3.45% 2,587 2,883 2,890 2,891 2,894 2,907 2,917 2,922 2,943 2,943 3,080 3,740 3,752 3,774 3,891      
UUP Alexander McGowan 3.10% 2,327 2,343 2,389 2,390 2,392 2,686 2,694 2,700 2,746 2,747 3,382 3,436 3,487 3,659        
Alliance William Gawn 2.28% 1,709 1,711 1,731 1,741 1,783 1,787 1,828 2,591 2,918 3,018 3,059 3,069            
Vanguard William Snoddy 3.61% 2,706 2,731 2,735 2,736 2,736 2,748 2,757 2,765 2,790 2,790 2,809              
UUP John Blakeley 3.17% 2,375 2,438 2,493 2,496 2,500 2,655 2,659 2,664 2,697 2,700                
NI Labour Bob Kidd 0.99% 740 742 747 921 1,204 1,207 1,734 1,791                    
Alliance Joan Tomlin 2.10% 1,572 1,573 1,585 1,596 1,608 1,613 1,685                      
NI Labour Sandy Scott 1.14% 854 857 861 909 969 971                        
UUP William King 0.92% 694 708 767 771 771                          
NI Labour Deirdre Byrne 0.75% 559 561 562 608                            
NI Labour Robert Johnston 0.46% 342 343 345                              
Electorate: 114,240   Valid: 75,033 (65.68%)   Spoilt: 1,486   Quota: 8,338   Turnout: 76,519 (66.98%)  

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