South Antrim (Assembly constituency)
54°37′48″N 6°08′02″W / 54.630°N 6.134°W / 54.630; -6.134
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Successful candidates are shown in bold .[ 8]
1982
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
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
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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