UK general elections2019 › East Antrim

East Antrim — 2019

Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) was elected with 16,871 votes45.3% of 37,261 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. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,261

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 16,87145.3%−4.7 ptsElected
2Danny Donnelly Alliance 10,16527.3%
3Steve Aiken Ulster Unionist Party 5,47514.7%
4Oliver McMullan Sinn Féin 2,1205.7%
5Aaron Rankin Conservative Party 1,0432.8%
6Angela Mulholland Social Democratic & Labour Party 9022.4%
7Philip Randle Green Party Northern Ireland 6851.8%

Electorate 64,830 · Turnout 57.5% · Majority 6,706 · Back to 2019 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.