Constituency: North Antrim


Electorate Seats Total Poll Turnout Valid Poll Spoiled Votes
77,134 1 44,355 57.50% 44,051 304

Vote Distribution

Count 1

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Count Results

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Ian Paisley Ian Paisley
* (DUP)

20860

Robin Swann Robin Swann
(UUP)

8139

Patricia O'Lynn Patricia O'Lynn
(AP)

6231

Cara McShane Cara McShane
(SF)

5632

Margaret McKillop Margaret McKillop
(SDLP)

2943

Stephen Palmer Stephen Palmer
(IND)

246

On the Ballot

Margaret McKillop

Margaret McKillop

Social Democratic and Labour Party

Margaret McKillop has been a councillor on Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council since 2011, representing the Glens electoral area. She lives in Cushendall and has three children. She is associated with local GAA club Ruairí Óg.

Cara McShane

Cara McShane

Sinn Fein

Cara McShane is a Sinn Fein representative sitting on the Causeway Coast & Glens Council, representing the Glens DEA.

Patricia O'Lynn

Patricia O'Lynn

Alliance Party

Patricia O'Lynn was elected onto Mid and East Antrim Council in May's local government election, representing Ballymena. The Alliance councillor is employed as a Regional Programme Manager for an organisation which combats school exclusion in Northern Ireland.

Ian Paisley

Ian Paisley (Outgoing)

Democratic Unionist Party

The son of the late DUP leader Ian Paisley, Ian Paisley Jr has represented North Antrim since 1996 when he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue. In 1998 he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The former MLA served as Chairman of the Agriculture Committee and also as a Junior Minister in the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister from 2007 until 2008. He has been an MP for North Antrim since 2010 when he replaced Dr Paisley after he stepped down.

Stephen Palmer

Stephen Palmer

Independent

Robin Swann

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist Party

Former UUP leader Robin Swann has been an MLA for North Antrim since 2011. Mr Swann replaced Mike Nesbitt as Ulster Unionist leader in 2017. He stepped down before this year's General Election after reflecting on his position as party leader and the impact it had on his role "as a husband and a father".


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