UK general elections › 2017 › North Antrim
North Antrim — 2017
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 28,521 votes— 58.9% of 48,460 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,460
| 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 | 28,521 | 58.9% | +8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Cara McShane | Sinn Féin | 7,878 | 16.3% | — | |
| 3 | Jackson Minford | Ulster Unionist Party | 3,482 | 7.2% | — | |
| 4 | Timothy Gaston | Traditional Unionist Voice | 3,282 | 6.8% | — | |
| 5 | Patricia O'Lynn | Alliance | 2,723 | 5.6% | — | |
| 6 | Declan O'Loan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2,574 | 5.3% | — |
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.