Stewart Dickson, who was a member of Carrickfergus Borough Council for over 30 years, remains an MLA after being first elected to the Assembly in 2011. He has served as chief whip of the party's Assembly group and a member of the Justice and regional Development Committees. He was also vice chair of the all party groups on diabetes international development. A peace campaigner, he has worked with groups including Counteract and the Peace People and was previously a senior employment relations manager in the Labour Relations Agency. Mr Dickson is an elder in Greenisland Presbyterian Church.
Constituency: East Antrim
| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes |
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| 62,908 | 1 | 38,269 | 60.83% | 38,143 | 126 |
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On the Ballot
The Political Vice-Chair for the County Antrim Conservatives, Mark Logan has represented the UK as Chief Spokesman at the Foreign Office’s British Consulate in Shanghai, China. He holds further senior roles at the University of Oxford where he is completing postgraduate studies.
Margaret Anne McKillop has been a Councillor on Moyle Council representing the Glens since 2011. She gained a seat on the restructured Causeway Coast and Glens Council in the May 2014 local council elections. She is married with three children and is an active member of the Glens community.
Oliver McMullan first entered politics in 1993 when he topped the poll in Moyle District Council as an independent. He joined Sinn Fein in 2003 and two years later became the first Sinn Fein chairman of the council. He was also the first Sinn Fein representative to sit on the NEELB. In 2011, he was elected as an MLA for East Antrim - a seat he lost to the UUP's John Stewart earlier this year.
Before his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Antrim in 2017, John Stewart served as a Councillor representing Carrickfergus since 2011. He is the Sales Director of his family business, Robinson’s Shoemakers based in Carrickfergus town centre. Mr Stewart graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in History. In 2016 he published his first book, The Carrickfergus Roll of Honour.
Sammy Wilson has held public office since 1981, when he was first elected to Belfast City Council on which he served until 2010. He was Lord Mayor twice, in 1986/87 and 2000/01. In 1998 he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly representing East Belfast and was subsequently returned in 2003, 2007 and 2011 for the East Antrim Constituency. In 2007 Mr Wilson was appointed to serve as the Chairman of the Education Committee before becoming Environment Minister in June 2008 and later, Finance Minister from July 2009 until August 2013. He stepped down from the Assembly in 2015. Mr Wilson was elected as the MP for East Antrim in 2005 and was re-elected again in 2010 and 2015.
