North Antrim (Assembly constituency)

North Antrim (Irish: Aontroim Thuaidh, Ulster Scots: North Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

North Antrim
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency
North Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Jim Allister (TUV)   Paul Frew (DUP)   Philip McGuigan (SF)   Mervyn Storey (DUP)   Robin Swann (UUP)
Districts	Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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 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

Election	MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)		MLA (Party)
1973		John O'Hagan (SDLP)		Hugh Wilson (Alliance Party)	7 seats 1973–1982			William Craig (Vanguard)		John Baxter (UUP)		David McCarthy (UUP)		James Craig (DUP)		Ian Paisley (DUP)
1974 by-election												Clifford Smyth (DUP)
1975		John Turnley (SDLP)						William Wright (Vanguard)		David Allen (Vanguard)				Ken McFaul (DUP)
1982		Sean Farren (SDLP)		Seán Neeson (Alliance Party)		Joe Gaston (UUP)		Roy Beggs (UUP)		Cecil Cousley (DUP)		Jim Allister (DUP)		Jack McKee (DUP)
1996			5 seats 1996–1998					Robert Coulter (UUP)	5 seats 1996–1998					Ian Paisley Jr. (DUP)
1998			6 seats 1998–present			James Leslie (UUP)			6 seats 1998–present			Gardiner Kane (DUP)
2003						Philip McGuigan (Sinn Féin)						Mervyn Storey (DUP)
2007		Declan O'Loan (SDLP)				Daithí McKay (Sinn Féin)
June 2010 co-option														Paul Frew (DUP)
2011		Jim Allister (TUV)						Robin Swann (UUP)								David McIlveen (DUP)
2016																Phillip Logan (DUP)
August 2016 co-option						Philip McGuigan (Sinn Féin)
2017			5 seats 2017–present						5 seats 2017–present						5 seats 2017–present

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

2017

2017 Assembly election: North Antrim – 5 seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan	15.8	7,600	7,601	7,729	7,769	7,960	9,780
	UUP	Robin Swann	12.5	6,022	6,032	6,049	6,127	6,966	8,413
	TUV	Jim Allister	12.9	6,214	6,215	6,229	7,564	7,679	7,834	7,989
	DUP	Paul Frew	14.5	6,975	6,977	6,984	7,055	7,135	7,199	7,231
	DUP	Mervyn Storey	14.3	6,857	6,863	6,868	6,896	6,965	7,013	7,066
	DUP	Phillip Logan	11.9	5,708	5,709	5,711	5,776	5,810	5,840	5,860
	SDLP	Connor Duncan	7.3	3,519	3,527	3,665	3,759	4,992
	Alliance	Patricia O'Lynn	5.4	2,616	2,655	2,721	3,030
	TUV	Timothy Gaston	3.1	1,505	1,506	1,509
	Green (NI)	Mark Bailey	1.1	530	547	580
	Independent Republican	Monica Digney	0.9	435	454
	Independent	Adam McBride	0.2	113
Electorate: 76,739   Valid: 48,094   Spoilt: 424 (0.87%)   Quota: 8,016   Turnout: 63.22% (48,518)

2016

2016 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	TUV	Jim Allister	13.2	5,399	5,410	5,427	5,458	5,788	5,841	7,600
	DUP	Paul Frew	13.2	5,429	5,435	5,449	5,463	5,654	5,717	5,822	6,095
	DUP	Mervyn Storey	13.1	5,382	5,395	5,403	5,428	5,481	5,566	5,592	5,710	8,443
	DUP	Phillip Logan	8.9	3,635	3,642	3,651	3,672	3,724	3,759	3,834	4,131	4,724	7,165.24
	UUP	Robin Swann	8.7	3,585	3,619	3,644	4,306	4,423	4,776	4,841	5,217	5,420	5,545.44
	Sinn Féin	Daithí McKay	12.9	5,297	5,302	5,350	5,353	5,374	5,459	5,462	5,466	5,473	5,473.98
	SDLP	Connor Duncan	7.5	3,093	3,146	3,245	3,247	3,276	3,851	3,857	3,864	3,879	3,886.84
	DUP	David McIlveen	7.8	3,209	3,212	3,213	3,230	3,256	3,273	3,322	3,604
	TUV	Timothy Gaston	4.8	1,955	1,959	1,965	1,991	2,104	2,123
	Alliance	Stephen McFarland	3.2	1,318	1,397	1,658	1,671	1,718
	UKIP	Donna Anderson	2.5	1,027	1,042	1,064	1,070
	UUP	Andrew Wright	2.0	821	826	831
	Green (NI)	Jennifer Breslin	1.2	513	593
	NI Labour	Kathryn Johnston	0.6	243
	NI Conservatives	James Simpson	0.2	92
Electorate: 78,337   Valid: 40,998   Spoilt: 466 (1.12%)   Quota: 5,857   Turnout: 52.93%

2011

2011 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Paul Frew	16.3	6,581
	Sinn Féin	Daithí 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

2007 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Ian Paisley	17.4	7,716
	Sinn Féin	Daithí McKay	15.9	7,065
	DUP	Ian Paisley Jr.	13.8	6,106	7,264.04
	UUP	Robert Coulter	11.4	5,047	5,065.87	5,088.36	5,090.45	5,133.60	5,542.66	6,578.66
	DUP	Mervyn Storey	11.7	5,171	5,251.24	5,946.87	5,947.20	6,023.90	6,070.76	6,186.83	6,923.83
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan	7.4	3,281	3,282.36	3,282.62	3,583.36	3,755.17	3,955.91	4,001.13	4,060.82	4,071.82	6,498.23
	DUP	Deirdre Nelson	6.2	2,740	2,762.95	2,891.78	2,894.42	2,953.20	2,987.04	3,042.71	3,534.80	4,044.80	4,091.99
	SDLP	Orla Black	4.8	2,129	2,130.02	2,130.80	2,411.19	2,536.83	2,764.85	2,803.26	2,838.63	2,844.63
	UK Unionist	Lyle Cubitt	4.2	1,848	1,858.54	1,874.53	1,874.64	1,971.35	2,052.11	2,148.85
	UUP	Robin Swann	2.9	1,281	1,289.67	1,298.25	1,298.69	1,311.80	1,466.24
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	2.8	1,254	1,255.19	1,257.40	1,267.74	1,298.25
	Independent Republican	Paul McGlinchey	0.9	383	383	383	482.44
	Independent	James Gregg	0.7	310	313.23	319.21	320.09
Electorate: 72,814   Valid: 44,331   Spoilt: 324   Quota: 6,334   Turnout: 44,655 (61.3)

2003

2003 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Ian Paisley	19.8	8,732
	DUP	Ian Paisley Jr.	17.9	7,898
	UUP	Robert Coulter	14.5	6,385
	DUP	Mervyn Storey	8.2	3,605	5,787.60	7,152.20
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan	14.0	6,195	6,195	6,195.20	6,195.20	6,198.20	6,198.26	6,199.46	6,207.94	6,496.94
	SDLP	Sean Farren	8.3	3,648	3,649.68	3,652.08	3,654.88	3,666.28	3,666.61	3,689.60	3,920.82	5,980.43
	UUP	James Currie	7.1	3,153	3,247.08	3,320.68	3,598.68	3,676.36	3,735.98	4,041.24	4,975.04	5,049.97
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan	5.4	2,361	2,362.68	2,363.68	2,365.08	2,374.36	2,374.48	2,381.69	2,515.36
	UK Unionist	Nathaniel Small	0.9	402	444	505	779.40	824.96	825.60	997.20
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	2.0	867	873.44	883.64	896.64	914.40	915.20	953.14
	Independent	Gardiner Kane	1.4	623	677.60	703.20	788.20	819.88	820.74
	PUP	Billy McCaughey	0.5	230	244.84	254.04	297.64
Electorate: 70,489   Valid: 44,099   Spoilt: 533   Quota: 6,300   Turnout: 44,632 (63.3)

1998

1998 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	Ian Paisley	21.3	10,590
	DUP	Ian Paisley Jr.	9.0	4,459	7,551.10
	SDLP	Sean Farren	12.9	6,433	6,433.99	6,434.23	6,479.23	6,662.27	8,300.27
	UUP	Robert Coulter	10.9	5,407	5,440.99	5,451.27	5,501.82	5,636.24	5,644.24	5,660.39	6,760.58	6,797.98	7,832.98
	UUP	James Leslie	7.0	3,458	3,480.11	3,486.95	3,509.55	3,702.17	3,713.50	3,733.05	4,465.62	4,473.87	5,335.74	5,991.09	7,580.09
	DUP	Gardiner Kane	7.3	3,638	3,776.93	4,053.73	4,107.23	4,242.28	4,247.69	4,249.39	4,285.12	4,290.16	4,327.91	4,344.06	5,818.10
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry	4.1	2,024	2,024	2,024.24	2,044.28	2,200.28	2,379.28	2,815.33	2,837.28	4,892.88	5,135.68	5,144.18	5,153.98
	Independent Unionist	William Wright	6.6	3,297	3,415.80	3,461	3,515.22	3,730.24	3,731.28	3,733.83	3,791.25	3,792.95	3,955.60	4,002.35
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	4.6	2,282	2,285.63	2,287.19	2,331.92	2,456.03	2,523.03	2,870.68	3,031.60	3,146.70
	Sinn Féin	Joe Cahill	4.1	2,021	2,021	2,021.04	2,025.04	2,079.04	2,157.04	2,488.54	2,496.24
	UUP	Patricia Campbell	4.4	2,199	2,207.58	2,210.78	2,226.56	2,350.95	2,361.95	2,401.90
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	4.0	1,982	1,982.99	1,983.27	2,002.31	2,075.31
	PUP	Richard Rodgers	1.3	641	648.59	653.15	666.49
	Independent Republican	Oliver McMullan	1.0	478	478.33	478.49	502.49
	Ulster Democratic	Maurice McAllister	0.8	400	414.85	419.85	422.08
	Independent	Chris McCaughan	0.4	194	195.32	195.84
	Natural Law	John Wright	0.3	156	171.51	179.03
	Independent	Thomas Palmer	0.1	38	39.98	44.06
Electorate: 73,247   Valid: 49,697   Spoilt: 864   Quota: 7,100   Turnout: 50,561 (69.0)

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[2]

Party		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

1982 Assembly election: North Antrim – 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Ian Paisley	15.3	9,231
	DUP	Jim Allister	9.6	5,835	7,113
	UUP	Joe Gaston	9.7	5,856	5,996	6,251	6,273	6,296	7,669
	SDLP	Sean Farren	8.3	5,006	5,007	5,050	5,050	5,142	5,146	5,146	8,175
	Alliance	Seán Neeson	5.4	3,258	3,273	3,384	3,385	5,279	5,311	5,331	5,505	6,830
	DUP	Jack McKee	7.5	4,515	4,857	4,922	5,295	5,306	5,324	5,332	5,344	5,345	7,872
	UUP	Roy Beggs	8.1	4,885	4,977	5,075	5,087	5,180	5,763	6,480	6,489	6,498	6,586
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	6.8	4,133	4,543	4,675	4,778	4,786	4,974	5,032	5,040	5,049	5,540	6,835
	UUP	Charles Brown	6.0	3,606	3,641	3,698	3,703	3,758	4,227	4,563	4,564	4,573	4,815	4,885
	DUP	Ken McFaul	5.3	3,153	3,340	3,385	3,440	3,448	3,474	3,481	3,487	3,493
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary	5.5	3,321	3,323	3,357	3,357	3,374	3,374	3,374
	UUP	David Burnside	4.2	2,542	2,591	2,719	2,724	2,756
	Alliance	Thomas Benson	3.6	2,170	2,174	2,260	2,261
	UUUP	Robert Glass	0.7	444	486
	Independent Unionist	Price McConaghy	0.6	357	380
	Ecology	Malcolm Samuel	0.5	295	297
Electorate: 104,683   Valid: 60,510   Spoilt: 1,543 (2.49%)   Quota: 6,512   Turnout: 62,053 (59.28%)

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: North Antrim – 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	Ian Paisley	31.1	19,335
	DUP	Ken McFaul	12.3	7,658	11,454.20
	DUP	Clifford Smyth	9.3	5,806	10,640.80
	Alliance	Hugh Wilson	7.4	4,601	4,691.60	4,720.40	4,757.06	5,764.62	5,964.79	6,007.79	6,098.90	8,243.90
	SDLP	John Turnley	7.9	4,888	4,901.80	4,909.60	4,913.11	5,030.31	5,032.31	5,967.11	5,985.48	6,012.08	9,240.08
	Vanguard	William Wright	4.4	2,761	3,469	5,030.80	6,081.85	6,087.85	6,121.79	6,126.77	6,721.76	6,946.98	6,970.18	7,001.18	7,096.04
	Vanguard	David Allen	3.6	2,268	3,044.40	4,017.60	4,964.52	4,978.48	5,032.54	5,038.91	5,416.52	5,939.96	5,972.35	6,016.35	6,113.69
	UUP	Adam Erwin	2.8	1,751	2,141.60	2,654	3,087.29	3,099.87	3,153.36	3,156.96	4,712.67	5,669.62	5,722.81	5,794.81	6,066.37
	SDLP	Denis Haughey	5.4	3,371	3,375.20	3,378.80	3,379.58	3,434.17	3,439.37	4,781.17	4,786.97	4,817.57
	Unionist Party NI	Iris Agnew	5.0	3,138	3,256.80	3,309.60	3,370.83	3,398.61	4,459.48	4,464.08	4,593.92
	UUP	William Rainey	2.6	1,587	2,204.40	2,540.40	2,825.49	2,838.07	2,935.82	2,940.42
	SDLP	James McClements	3.7	2,318	2,324	2,326.40	2,328.74	2,375.13	2,376.73
	Unionist Party NI	Samuel Murphy	2.3	1,425	1,497.60	1,528.20	1,553.94	1,580.93
	Alliance	Maurice McHenry	2.1	1,311	1,338	1,348.20	1,356.78
Electorate: 103,469   Valid: 62,218   Spoilt: 866   Quota: 7,778   Turnout: 63,064 (60.9%)

1974 by-election to the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973

1974 by-election: North Antrim – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	DUP	Clifford Smyth	61.8	29,739
	SDLP	John Turnley	21.6	10,421
	UUP	Iris Agnew	11.5	5,546
	Alliance	Jack Fawcett	5.0	2,430
Electorate: 104,168   Valid: 48,136   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 24,069   Turnout: 48,136 (46.7%)

1973

1973 Assembly election: North Antrim – 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	DUP	Ian Paisley	20.4	14,553
	UUP	John Baxter	12.6	9,009
	Vanguard	William Craig	12.0	8,538	10,025.07
	SDLP	John O'Hagan	8.7	6,204	6,209.07	6,209.65	6,217.65	6,217.71	6,217.71	6,549.81	6,714.40	6,715.42	6,826.59	6,827.59	11,100.59
	Alliance	Hugh Wilson	4.0	2,876	2,896.28	2,900.34	2,914.34	2,915.65	2,931.26	3,252.11	4,122.84	4,132.58	6,431.23	6,593.65	6,938.76	8,666.76
	UUP	David McCarthy	7.2	5,125	5,269.69	5,322.18	5,330.96	5,384.27	5,401.75	5,450.66	5,462.32	5,553.90	5,617.61	6,930.92	6,936.31	6,946.31	11,704.31
	DUP	James Craig	5.4	3,871	5,117.83	5,415.08	5,419.83	5,421.58	5,532.83	5,548.30	5,562.09	6,537.82	6,553.08	6,772.11	6,774.50	6,776.50	7,082.15	7,829.15
	DUP	Clifford Smyth	3.6	2,572	4,749.76	5,087.90	5,090.87	5,092.72	5,296.62	5,320.43	5,332.07	6,008.13	6,022.89	6,117.67	6,118.68	6,121.68	6,334.63	6,828.63
	UUP	Trevor Strain	5.5	3,937	4,049.71	4,074.94	4,076.94	4,085.96	4,093.95	4,119.72	4,129.24	4,168.98	4,198.15	5,895.28	5,903.28	5,909.28
	SDLP	John Turnley	6.1	4,376	4,379.12	4,379.12	4,381.12	4,381.16	4,381.45	4,522.85	4,603.25	4,605.25	4,748.66	4,751.14
	UUP	Samuel Steele	4.6	3,294	3,358.74	3,377.88	3,381.88	3,394.81	3,427.19	3,459.73	3,473.18	3,533.35	3,589.79
	Alliance	Phelim O'Neill	2.4	1,701	1,713.87	1,715.03	1,717.03	1,718	1,721.29	2,095.67	2,868.38	2,878.83
	Vanguard	David Burnside	2.1	1,505	1,634.48	1,840.38	1,850.45	1,855.43	2,029.44	2,039.92	2,045.99
	Alliance	William Kelly	2.3	1,672	1,685.26	1,688.74	1,720.13	1,720.96	1,732.30	1,997.08
	NI Labour	Patrick McHugh	1.2	830	840.14	841.88	989.22	989.43	994.22
	Alliance	James Miller	0.9	651	671.67	676.60	680.60	681.46	682.24
	Vanguard	Thomas Seymour	0.4	315	478.80	606.11	609.11	609.58
	NI Labour	Robert Binnie	0.3	240	246.24	247.69
Electorate: 99,635   Valid: 71,249   Spoilt: 1,040   Quota: 8,907   Turnout: 72,289 (72.6%)

References

1. "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
2. 1996 Candidates – North Antrim, Northern Ireland Elections