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East Antrim (Assembly constituency)

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Summary

Constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly

FieldValue
nameEast Antrim
typeNorthern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary
year1996
image[[Image:EastAntrimConstituency.svg250px]]
captionEast Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
members_labelMLAs
members{{unbulleted list
borderdarkgray}} Cheryl Brownlee (DUP)
borderdarkgray}} Stewart Dickson (APNI)
borderdarkgray}} Danny Donnelly (APNI)
borderdarkgray}} Gordon Lyons (DUP)
borderdarkgray}} John Stewart (UUP)
seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
local_council_labelDistricts
local_councilMid and East Antrim Borough Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Parliamentary | Cheryl Brownlee (DUP) | Stewart Dickson (APNI) | Danny Donnelly (APNI) | Gordon Lyons (DUP) | John Stewart (UUP) 5 (2017–) Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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 was restored at the 2011 Assembly elections.

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

Members

ElectionMLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)MLA
(party)Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=11Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=5Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=9Democratic Unionist Party}}"Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=11Social Democratic and Labour Party}}"UK Unionist Party}}"Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=6Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=9Stewart Dickson
(Alliance Party)Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=3Gordon Lyons
(DUP)Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3John Stewart
(UUP)Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=2Danny Donnelly
(Alliance Party)Cheryl Brownlee
(DUP)
1996Seán Neeson
(Alliance Party)Thomas Robinson
(UUP)May Steele
(UUP)*5 seats
1996–1998*May Beattie
(DUP)Jack McKee
(DUP)
1998Ken Robinson
(UUP)Roy Beggs Jr
(UUP)Danny O'Connor
(SDLP)Roger Hutchinson
(UKUP)David Hilditch
(DUP)
2003George Dawson
(DUP)Sammy Wilson
(DUP)
2007
**May 2007
co-option**Alastair Ross
(DUP)
2011Oliver McMullan
(Sinn Féin)
**August 2015
co-option**
2016
2017*5 seats
2017–present*
2022
**September 2023
co-option**

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

2022

2017

2016

2011

2007

2003

1998

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

PartyCandidate(s)VotesPercentage
May Steele
Thomas Robinson
James Brown
Eric Ferguson
David Fleck10,03630.1
Jack McKee
May Beattie
Noel McAllister9,55728.7
Seán Neeson
Stewart Dickson
Amelia Kelly
Bill McKimmon
Janet Crampsey3,95711.9
William Donaldson
William Hamilton
William Greer
George Ferguson
William Adamson2,2546.8
Danny O'Connor
Mary White2,2136.6
Mark Dingwall
Arthur Cowden2,0416.1
Tommy Kirkham
Joe English1,1413.4
Mary Davey
Martin Meehan
Una Gillespie6191.9
Angela Hegarty
Jaqueline Weir
Carmel Gallagher3231.0
Sam Crowe
Donald Tomb2710.8
Sharon Morrow
Jenny McMillan
Paddy Agnew2240.7
William McClinton
Joseph Watson2180.6
DUPNeville Steel
Allen Boyland1070.3
Maureen Sykes
Rachel McKeown1020.3
Cecil Kane
Victor King860.3
McMullanWilliam Cunning
James Simmons810.2
Austin Kelly
Brendan Heaney690.2
Kevin Smyth
Eamon Lynch330.1
John Collins
Andrea Gribben140.0
ChambersGeorgina Strain
Hudson Strain50.0

References

References

  1. "Statement of Persons Nominated – East Antrim".
  2. "NI Assembly Election 2017".
  3. "NI Assembly Election 2016".
  4. "NI Assembly Election 2011".
  5. "NI Assembly Election 2007".
  6. "NI Assembly Election 2003".
  7. "NI Assembly Election 1998".
  8. [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96ea.htm 1996 Candidates – East Antrim] {{Webarchive. link. (15 June 2007 , Northern Ireland Elections)
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