UK general elections › 2015 › South Antrim
South Antrim — 2015
Danny Kinahan (Ulster Unionist Party) was elected with 11,942 votes— 32.7% of 36,523 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. 32.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −17.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,523
| 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 | Danny Kinahan | Ulster Unionist Party | 11,942 | 32.7% | −17.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | William McCrea | Democratic Unionist Party | 10,993 | 30.1% | — | |
| 3 | Declan Kearney | Sinn Féin | 4,699 | 12.9% | — | |
| 4 | Neil Kelly | Alliance | 3,576 | 9.8% | — | |
| 5 | Roisin Lynch | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,990 | 8.2% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Cairns | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,908 | 5.2% | — | |
| 7 | Alan Dunlop | Conservative Party | 415 | 1.1% | — |
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.