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
Election MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) MLA (party) 1996Seán Neeson(Alliance Party) Thomas Robinson(UUP) May Steele(UUP) May Beattie(DUP) Jack McKee(DUP) 5 seats1996–1998 1998Ken Robinson(UUP)Roy Beggs Jr(UUP) Roger Hutchinson(UKUP)David Hilditch(DUP) Danny O'Connor(SDLP) 2003Sammy Wilson(DUP)George Dawson(DUP) 2007 May 2007co-optionAlastair Ross(DUP) 2011Stewart Dickson(Alliance Party)Oliver McMullan(Sinn Féin) August 2015co-optionGordon Lyons(DUP) 2016 2017 John Stewart(UUP) 5 seats2017–present2022 Danny Donnelly(Alliance Party) September 2023co-option Cheryl Brownlee(DUP) 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
2027
2022
2017
2016
2011
2007
2003
1998
1996 forum Successful candidates are shown in bold.1996 Candidates – East Antrim , Northern Ireland Elections
Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage May SteeleThomas RobinsonJames BrownEric FergusonDavid Fleck10,03630.1 Jack McKeeMay BeattieNoel McAllister9,55728.7 Seán NeesonStewart DicksonAmelia KellyBill McKimmonJanet Crampsey3,95711.9 William DonaldsonWilliam HamiltonWilliam GreerGeorge FergusonWilliam Adamson2,2546.8 Danny O'ConnorMary White2,2136.6 Mark DingwallArthur Cowden2,0416.1 Tommy KirkhamJoe English1,1413.4 Mary DaveyMartin MeehanUna Gillespie6191.9 Angela HegartyJaqueline WeirCarmel Gallagher3231.0 Sam CroweDonald Tomb2710.8 Sharon MorrowJenny McMillanPaddy Agnew2240.7 William McClintonJoseph Watson2180.6 DUPNeville SteelAllen Boyland1070.3 Maureen SykesRachel McKeown1020.3 Cecil KaneVictor King860.3 McMullanWilliam CunningJames Simmons810.2 Austin KellyBrendan Heaney690.2 Kevin SmythEamon Lynch330.1 John CollinsAndrea Gribben140.0 ChambersGeorgina StrainHudson Strain50.0
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