UK general elections2017 › East Antrim

East Antrim — 2017

Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 21,873 votes57.3% of 38,143 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,143

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Sammy Wilson Democratic Unionist Party 21,87357.3%+7.3 ptsElected
2Stewart Dickson Alliance 5,95015.6%
3John Stewart Ulster Unionist Party 4,52411.9%
4Oliver McMullan Sinn Féin 3,5559.3%
5Margaret McKillop Social Democratic & Labour Party 1,2783.4%
6Mark Logan Conservative Party 9632.5%

Electorate 62,908 · Turnout 60.6% · Majority 15,923 · Back to 2017 overview

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.