North Antrim | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of North Antrim in Northern Ireland | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Jim Allister (TUV) |
Created from | Antrim |
1885–1922 | |
Created from | Antrim |
Replaced by | Antrim |
North Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Jim Allister (TUV).
1950–1974: The Boroughs of Ballymena and Larne, the Urban Districts of Ballycastle, Ballymoney, and Portrush, the Rural Districts of Ballycastle, Ballymena, and Ballymoney, and in the Rural District of Larne the electoral divisions of Ardclinis, Ballycor, Carncastle, Glenarm North, Glenarm South, Glencloy, and Kilwaughter.
1974–1983: The Boroughs of Ballymena, Carrickfergus, and Larne, the Urban Districts of Ballycastle, Ballymoney, Portrush, and Whitehead, the Rural Districts of Ballycastle, Ballymena, and Ballymoney, and in the Rural District of Larne the electoral divisions of Ardclinis, Ballycor, Carncastle, Eden, Glenarm North, Glenarm South, Glencloy, Glynn, Islandmagee North, Islandmagee South, Kilwaughter, Middle Division, Raloo, and Templecorran.
1983–2010: The District of Ballymena, the District of Ballymoney, and the District of Moyle.
2010–present: The District of Ballymena, the District of Ballymoney, and the District of Moyle wards of Armoy, Ballylough, Bushmills, Bonamargy and Rathlin, Carnmoon, Dalriada, Dunseverick, Glenshesk, Glentaisie, Kinbane, Knocklayd, Moss Side, and Moyarget.
North Antrim has always been a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Antrim in the north-east of Northern Ireland. It has the sea to the north and east and parts of the border with County Londonderry to the west – the County Antrim town of Portrush is included in the East Londonderry constituency (although it was in this seat until 1983).
From 1885, this constituency was one of four county divisions carved out of the former constituency of Antrim. It comprised the baronies of Cary, Dunluce Lower, Dunluce Upper and Kilconway and returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 until 1922, when it was merged into a new Antrim constituency.
North Antrim was re-created in 1950 when the old Antrim two MP constituency was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats.
The constituency is largely rural. Amongst the features within its boundaries are Rathlin Island and Giant's Causeway.
The Boundary Commission initially proposed alterations for the boundaries of North Antrim prior to the 2010 general election. It was proposed to transfer Ballycastle and the Glens, including Rathlin Island, in Moyle to East Antrim and rename that seat Antrim Coast & Glens. However that proposal raised many questions, with some arguing that the Glens have no natural ties to Jordanstown. Following consultation and revision, the constituency alterations were passed through the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.
North Antrim is an overwhelmingly unionist seat. It first existed from 1885 to 1922. From 1886 to 1974 the Conservative and Unionist members of the United Kingdom House of Commons formed a single Parliamentary party.
Unusually for Ireland, the Liberal Party retained significant strength in this constituency after the split over Home Rule in 1886. The Irish Parliamentary Party never contested the seat.
In 1906 the constituency was won by a Russellite Unionist, at least somewhat linked to the Liberal Party. Although the Unionists regained the seat when the sitting MP retired, the constituency was one of very few Unionist/Liberal marginals in Ireland at both 1910 elections.
A victory for the Unionist candidate in 1918 by 9,621 votes to Sinn Féin's 2,673 votes demonstrated the strength of the unionist support in the area.
In 1922, the constituency reverted to being part of the two member Antrim seat (as it had been before 1885). North Antrim was re-created in 1950 as a larger seat than it had been in its first incarnation. County Antrim, excluding the parts in the Belfast constituencies, was split into two divisions instead of four as previously. The 1950 North Antrim was comparable to the North and Mid Antrim divisions which had existed from 1885 to 1922.
Since 1950 the Westminster elections have been relatively uncompetitive. In 1951, it was one of the last four seats to be uncontested in a UK general election. More recently, one man repeatedly won by a large majority: Ian Paisley was first elected as a Protestant Unionist Party candidate in the 1970 general election after narrowly defeating sitting member Henry Clark. The following year that party changed to the Democratic Unionist Party and Paisley easily held the seat for 40 years until his retirement in 2010. This is the longest continuous period for which the current holding party has held any Northern Irish seat. In elections at all levels, the DUP have frequently had their highest share of the vote in North Antrim and have rarely been seriously challenged.
In March 2010 Ian Paisley announced that he would step down at the 2010 general election. His son Ian Paisley Jr was selected by the DUP to replace him as candidate. [1] Former DUP MEP Jim Allister announced that he would contest the constituency for the Traditional Unionist Voice. [2] Paisley Jr was elected with a significantly reduced majority.
In July 2018 North Antrim was the site of the first recall petition UK held in the under the provisions of the Recall of MPs Act 2015. This petition was launched following a critical report into Paisley Jr's conduct in respect to an undeclared trip to Sri Lanka, and Paisley Jr subsequently being suspended from the Commons for 30 days. The petition was signed by 9.4% of the electorate, short of the 10% required to unseat Paisley Jr and trigger a by-election.
The Member of Parliament since the 2024 general election is Jim Allister of the TUV.
This is the first time the DUP has lost its seat since gaining in 1970 as the Protestant Unionist Party.
North Antrim has had comparatively few MPs in its lifetime compared to other parliamentary constituencies. Sir Hugh O'Neill had sat for one of the predecessor seats of Mid Antrim between 1915 and 1922 and Antrim between 1922 until 1950, making this one of the few seats where four individuals between them represented the seat continuously over a period of ninety years.
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1885 | Edward Macnaghten | Conservative | ||
1887 by-election | Sir Charles Lewis Bt | |||
1891 | Irish Unionist | |||
1892 | Charles Connor | |||
1895 | Colonel Hugh McCalmont | |||
1899 by-election | William Moore | |||
1906 | Robert Glendinning | Russellite Unionist | ||
1910 (Jan) | Peter Kerr-Smiley | Irish Unionist | ||
1922 | Constituency abolished. See Antrim | |||
1950 | Constituency recreated | |||
1950 | Sir Hugh O'Neill | Ulster Unionist | ||
1952 by-election | Phelim O'Neill | |||
1959 | Henry Clark | |||
1970 | Ian Paisley | Protestant Unionist | ||
1971 | Democratic Unionist | |||
2010 | Ian Paisley Jr | |||
2018 | Independent | |||
2018 | Democratic Unionist | |||
2024 | Jim Allister | Traditional Unionist Voice |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUV | Jim Allister | 11,642 | 28.3 | +28.3 | |
DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | 11,192 | 27.2 | −23.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Philip McGuigan | 7,714 | 18.7 | +7.4 | |
Alliance | Sian Mulholland | 4,488 | 10.9 | −3.4 | |
UUP | Jackson Minford | 3,901 | 9.5 | −7.4 | |
SDLP | Helen Maher | 1,661 | 4.0 | −1.9 | |
Aontú | Ráichéal Mhic Niocaill | 451 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Tristan Morrow | 136 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 450 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,185 | 55.1 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 74,697 | ||||
TUV gain from DUP | Swing | +26.0 |
This was the first time the TUV gained a UK Parliament seat, as well as the first time in over 50 years the DUP lost the seat, since Ian Paisley gained it in 1970 as the Protestant Unionist Party candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | 20,860 | 47.4 | ―11.5 | |
UUP | Robin Swann | 8,139 | 18.5 | +11.3 | |
Alliance | Patricia O'Lynn | 6,231 | 14.1 | +8.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Cara McShane | 5,632 | 12.8 | ―3.5 | |
SDLP | Margaret Anne McKillop | 2,943 | 6.7 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Stephen Palmer | 246 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 12,721 | 28.9 | ―13.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,051 | 57.1 | ―7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 77,147 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | 28,521 | 58.9 | +15.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Cara McShane | 7,878 | 16.3 | +4.0 | |
UUP | Jackson Minford | 3,482 | 7.2 | ―4.9 | |
TUV | Timothy Gaston | 3,282 | 6.8 | ―8.9 | |
Alliance | Patricia O'Lynn | 2,723 | 5.6 | 0.0 | |
SDLP | Declan O'Loan | 2,574 | 5.3 | ―1.7 | |
Majority | 20,643 | 42.6 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,460 | 64.1 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 75,657 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | 18,107 | 43.2 | ―3.2 | |
TUV | Timothy Gaston [8] | 6,561 | 15.7 | ―1.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Daithí McKay | 5,143 | 12.3 | ―0.1 | |
UUP | Robin Swann | 5,054 | 12.1 | +1.1 | |
SDLP | Declan O'Loan | 2,925 | 7.0 | ―1.8 | |
Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 2,351 | 5.6 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Robert Hill | 1,341 | 3.2 | New | |
NI Conservatives | Carol Freeman | 368 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Thomas Palmer | 57 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,546 | 27.5 | ―2.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,907 | 55.2 | ―2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 75,876 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | 19,672 | 46.4 | ―10.4 | |
TUV | Jim Allister | 7,114 | 16.8 | New | |
Sinn Féin | Daithí McKay | 5,265 | 12.4 | ―1.8 | |
UCU-NF | Irwin Armstrong | 4,634 | 10.9 | ―4.1 | |
SDLP | Declan O'Loan | 3,738 | 8.8 | ―2.2 | |
Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 1,368 | 3.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Lyle Cubitt | 606 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,558 | 29.6 | ―9.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,397 | 57.8 | ―7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 73,338 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 25,156 | 54.8 | +4.9 | |
Sinn Féin | Philip McGuigan | 7,191 | 15.7 | +5.9 | |
UUP | Rodney McCune | 6,637 | 14.5 | ―6.5 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 5,585 | 12.2 | ―4.6 | |
Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 1,357 | 3.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 17,965 | 39.1 | ―10.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,926 | 61.7 | ―4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 73,938 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 24,539 | 49.9 | +3.4 | |
UUP | Lexie Scott | 10,315 | 21.0 | ―2.6 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 8,283 | 16.8 | +0.9 | |
Sinn Féin | John Kelly | 4,822 | 9.8 | +3.5 | |
Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 1,258 | 2.6 | ―3.6 | |
Majority | 14,224 | 28.9 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 49,217 | 66.1 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 74,451 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 21,495 | 46.5 | ―4.4 | |
UUP | James Leslie | 10,921 | 23.6 | +5.5 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 7,333 | 15.9 | +1.6 | |
Sinn Féin | James McGarry | 2,896 | 6.3 | +2.1 | |
Alliance | David Alderdice | 2,845 | 6.2 | ―1.4 | |
NI Women's Coalition | Bronagh Hinds | 580 | 1.3 | New | |
Natural Law | John Wright | 116 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,574 | 22.9 | ―9.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,186 | 63.8 | ―2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 72,491 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 23,152 | 50.9 | ―17.8 | |
UUP | Joe Gaston | 8,216 | 18.1 | New | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 6,512 | 14.3 | ―1.8 | |
Alliance | John Williams | 3,442 | 7.6 | ―4.8 | |
NI Conservatives | Thomas Sowler | 2,263 | 5.0 | New | |
Sinn Féin | James McGarry | 1,916 | 4.2 | ―2.2 | |
Majority | 14,936 | 32.8 | ―23.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,501 | 65.8 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 69,114 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 28,283 | 68.7 | +14.5 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 5,149 | 12.5 | −1.5 | |
Alliance | John Williams | 5,140 | 12.4 | New | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Reagan | 2,633 | 6.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 23,234 | 56.2 | +26.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,205 | 62.8 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 65,733 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 33,937 | 97.4 | +43.2 | |
"For the Anglo-Irish Agreement" | "Peter Barry" (Wesley Williamson) [17] | 515 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 33,024 | 94.8 | +64.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,452 | 53.5 | −16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 65,157 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 23,922 | 54.2 | +2.5 | |
UUP | Robert Coulter | 10,749 | 24.3 | +0.9 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 6,193 | 14.0 | +6.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Pearse McMahon | 2,860 | 6.5 | New | |
Ecology | Malcolm Samuel | 451 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,173 | 29.9 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,175 | 69.8 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 63,228 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 33,941 | 51.7 | −20.9 | |
UUP | Jeremy Burchill | 15,398 | 23.4 | New | |
Alliance | Hugh Wilson | 7,797 | 11.9 | −2.7 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 4,867 | 7.4 | −5.4 | |
Irish Independence | John Turnley | 3,689 | 5.6 | New | |
Majority | 18,543 | 28.3 | −29.7 | ||
Turnout | 65,692 | 64.3 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 102,202 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 43,186 | 72.6 | +9.1 | |
Alliance | Hugh Wilson | 8,689 | 14.6 | New | |
SDLP | Mary McAlister | 7,616 | 12.8 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 34,497 | 58.0 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 59,491 | 57.3 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 103,737 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Ian Paisley | 41,282 | 63.5 | +22.1 | |
Pro-Assembly Unionist | T. E. Utley | 13,651 | 21.0 | New | |
SDLP | Mary McAlister | 10,056 | 15.5 | New | |
Majority | 27,631 | 42.5 | +37.9 | ||
Turnout | 64,989 | 63.1 | –10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 104,168 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant Unionist | Ian Paisley | 24,130 | 41.2 | New | |
UUP | Henry Clark | 21,451 | 36.6 | −41.5 | |
NI Labour | Patrick McHugh | 6,476 | 11.0 | New | |
National Democratic | Alasdair McDonnell | 4,312 | 7.4 | New | |
Ulster Liberal | Richard Moore | 2,269 | 3.9 | −18.0 | |
Majority | 2,679 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,638 | 73.4 | +16.7 | ||
Registered electors | 79,930 | ||||
Protestant Unionist gain from UUP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Henry Clark | 31,927 | 78.1 | –12.0 | |
Ulster Liberal | Richard Moore | 8,941 | 21.9 | New | |
Majority | 22,986 | 56.2 | –24.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,868 | 56.7 | –6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 72,039 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Henry Clark | 40,372 | 90.1 | −4.8 | |
Ind. Republican | Seán Caughey | 4,424 | 9.9 | New | |
Majority | 35,948 | 80.2 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,796 | 63.3 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 70,762 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Henry Clark | 42,807 | 94.9 | +8.9 | |
Sinn Féin | John Dougan | 2,280 | 5.1 | –8.9 | |
Majority | 40,527 | 89.8 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,087 | 64.5 | –7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 69,880 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Phelim O'Neill | 41,763 | 86.0 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | John Dougan | 6,809 | 14.0 | New | |
Majority | 34,954 | 72.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,572 | 72.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 67,315 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Phelim O'Neill | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
UUP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Hugh O'Neill | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 68,448 | ||||
UUP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Hugh O'Neill | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 68,759 | ||||
UUP win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Peter Kerr-Smiley | 9,621 | 78.3 | +23.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick McCarry | 2,673 | 21.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,948 | 56.6 | +47.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,294 | 64.3 | −22.6 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Peter Kerr-Smiley | 3,557 | 54.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | William Macafee | 2,974 | 45.5 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 583 | 9.0 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,516 | 86.9 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Peter Kerr-Smiley | 3,519 | 52.9 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | William James Baxter | 3,135 | 47.1 | New | |
Majority | 384 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,516 | 88.5 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist gain from Russellite Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russellite Unionist | Robert Glendinning | 3,757 | 55.9 | New | |
Irish Unionist | William Moore | 2,969 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 788 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,726 | 85.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,829 | ||||
Russellite Unionist gain from Irish Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | William Moore | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | William Moore | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Hugh McCalmont | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Charles Connor | 4,666 | 69.7 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | William Huston Dodd | 2,027 | 30.3 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 2,639 | 39.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,693 | 74.1 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,035 | ||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Charles Lewis | 3,858 | 56.7 | −13.2 | |
Liberal | Samuel Craig McElroy | 2,526 | 37.1 | +7.0 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Atcheson Traill | 424 | 6.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,332 | 19.6 | −20.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,808 | 71.6 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,505 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | -10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edward MacNaghten | 4,429 | 69.9 | +25.6 | |
Liberal | Samuel Craig McElroy | 1,910 | 30.1 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 2,519 | 39.8 | +25.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,339 | 70.8 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,948 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | +12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edward MacNaghten | 3,233 | 44.3 | ||
Liberal | William Pirrie Sinclair | 2,149 | 29.5 | ||
Independent | John Pinkerton | 1,915 | 26.2 | ||
Majority | 1,084 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,297 | 81.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,948 | ||||
Irish Conservative win (new seat) |
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The North Antrim recall petition was a 2018 recall petition for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of North Antrim, in Northern Ireland, the first since the procedure was introduced by the Recall of MPs Act 2015. It was triggered when North Antrim's MP, Ian Paisley Jr, was suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for advocating for Sri Lanka after failing to declare that its government had paid for his visits there. In the prescribed six-week period, 9.4% of the registered electorate signed the petition, short of the 10% required to unseat Paisley and force a by-election.
The 2024 general election in Northern Ireland was held on 4 July 2024, with all 18 Northern Irish seats in the House of Commons contested. The general election occurred after the recently completed constituency boundaries review.
Timothy Gaston is a Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) politician, serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since July 2024.