UK general elections › 2010 › East Antrim
East Antrim — 2010
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 13,993 votes— 45.9% of 30,502 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 30,502
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammy Wilson | Democratic Unionist Party | 13,993 | 45.9% | −4.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rodney McCune | Independent | 7,223 | 23.7% | — | |
| 3 | Gerry Lynch | Alliance | 3,377 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Oliver McMullan | Sinn Féin | 2,064 | 6.8% | — | |
| 5 | Justin McCamphill | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,019 | 6.6% | — | |
| 6 | Samuel Morrison | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,826 | 6.0% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.