UK general elections › 2010 › North Antrim
North Antrim — 2010
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 19,672 votes— 46.4% of 42,397 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. 46.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,397
| 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 | Ian Paisley | Democratic Unionist Party | 19,672 | 46.4% | −3.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jim Allister | Traditional Unionist Voice | 7,114 | 16.8% | — | |
| 3 | Daithi McKay | Sinn Féin | 5,265 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Irwin Armstrong | Independent | 4,634 | 10.9% | — | |
| 5 | Declan O'Loan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 3,738 | 8.8% | — | |
| 6 | Jayne Dunlop | Alliance | 1,368 | 3.2% | — | |
| 7 | Lyle Cubitt | Independent | 606 | 1.4% | — |
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.