UK general elections › 2015 › East Antrim
East Antrim — 2015
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 12,103 votes— 36.1% of 33,497 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. 36.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 33,497
| 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 | 12,103 | −13.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Roy Beggs | Ulster Unionist Party | 6,308 | — | ||
| 3 | Stewart Dickson | Alliance | 5,021 | — | ||
| 4 | Noel Jordan | UK Independence Party | 3,660 | — | ||
| 5 | Oliver McMullan | Sinn Féin | 2,314 | — | ||
| 6 | Ruth Wilson | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,903 | — | ||
| 7 | Margaret Anne McKillop | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 1,639 | — | ||
| 8 | Alex Wilson | Conservative Party | 549 | — |
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.