UK general elections2017 › South Antrim

South Antrim — 2017

Paul Girvan (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 16,508 votes38.2% of 43,170 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. 38.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,170

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
1Paul Girvan Democratic Unionist Party 16,50838.2%−11.8 ptsElected
2Danny Kinahan Ulster Unionist Party 13,30030.8%
3Declan Kearney Sinn Féin 7,79718.1%
4Neil Kelly Alliance 3,2037.4%
5Roisin Lynch Social Democratic & Labour Party 2,3625.5%

Electorate 68,244 · Turnout 63.3% · Majority 3,208 · 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.