South Antrim | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of South Antrim in Northern Ireland | |
Districts of Northern Ireland | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
Major settlements | Antrim, Ballyclare and Randalstown |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885, 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Robin Swann (UUP) |
Created from | Antrim |
1885–1922 | |
Created from | Antrim, Lisburn |
Replaced by | Antrim |
South Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Robin Swann (UUP)
Boundaries
Map of current boundariesFrom 1885, this constituency was one of four county divisions of the former Antrim constituency. It comprised the baronies of Massereene Upper, Massereene Lower, that part of the barony Antrim Upper in the parish of Antrim, that part of the barony of Toome Upper not in the constituency of Mid Antrim, that part of the barony of Belfast Upper not in the constituency of East Antrim, and so much of the Parliamentary Borough of Belfast as was in the County of Antrim.
It returned one Member of Parliament. In 1922, it was merged into a new Antrim constituency.
The seat 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 seat was reduced in size for the 1974 general election, with the town of Carrickfergus and the areas between it and Larne town transferred to North Antrim. Additionally some territory was transferred to Belfast West. Despite these changes, the seat had become the largest in the entire United Kingdom by the time of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections of 1982, by which time its electorate had passed the 131,000 mark. For the 1983 general election Northern Ireland received new seats. Consequently, South Antrim was significantly reduced, losing a lot of territory to the new seats of East Antrim and Lagan Valley as well as minor sections to Belfast West, Belfast North and Upper Bann. The new South Antrim which was fought for the 1983 election contained only 43% of the previous seat. In 1995 there were minor changes around the borders with North Belfast and West Belfast. The seat fought at the 2005 election encompassed the entirety of the district of Antrim and part of the district of Newtownabbey.
Following consultation of boundary changes across Northern Ireland, the altered South Antrim constituency fought at the 2010 general election is made up as follows:
- Glenavy from Lisburn City government area
- Ballyclare North, Ballyclare South, Ballyduff, Ballynure, Ballyrobert, Burnthill, Carnmoney, Doagh, Hawthorne, Mallusk, and Mossley, from Newtownabbey
- The district of Antrim
History
South Antrim is an overwhelmingly unionist constituency which once had the strongest vote for the Ulster Unionist Party anywhere in the province. From 1886 to 1974 the Conservative and Unionist members of the United Kingdom House of Commons formed a single Parliamentary party, and they continuously represented South Antrim.
In 1951, it was one of the last four seats to be uncontested in a British General Election. In the 1979 general election James Molyneaux had the largest majority of any MP in the entire of the United Kingdom, helped also by having one of the largest electorates.
The boundary changes in 1983 reduced the Ulster Unionist vote somewhat, with a significant portion now contained in the new Lagan Valley (which Molyneaux then contested) but the constituency still gave strong results for the party.
However, in April 2000 the Ulster Unionist incumbent, Clifford Forsythe, died suddenly. The ensuing by-election took place amidst a fierce political struggle between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party over the Good Friday Agreement, an agreement that the UUP were themselves split over. The DUP had not contested the seat at the previous general election but on this occasion stood William McCrea, the former MP for Mid Ulster, who campaigned strongly on the DUP's refusal to co-operate with Sinn Féin in the absence of arms decommissioning by the IRA. The local UUP branch selected David Burnside to contest the seat who declared that he had supported the Good Friday Agreement at the time that it was signed but had since become disillusioned with its implementation. As a result, many commentators predicted that whatever the outcome of the election it was a severe blow for the UUP's leader David Trimble. On a low turnout amidst a fierce contest McCrea narrowly won the seat.
Burnside was nominated again to contest the seat in the 2001 general election in which he overturned McCrea's majority, aided by tactical voting by SDLP and Alliance voters. However the DUP were eager to regain the seat and in the 2003 Assembly election they outpolled the UUP by 298 votes. In the 2005 general election McCrea defeated Burnside in their third contest, but with a noticeably lower swing than those garnered by other DUP candidates who ousted UUP MPs. McCrea held the seat in the 2010 general election with a reduced majority. The seat was won by the UUP at the 2015 general election following the defeat of McCrea by Danny Kinahan. The DUP regained the seat following the 2017 general election with the defeat of Kinahan by Paul Girvan. Girvan would hold the seat until 2024, when Robin Swann, a former Health Minister who led Northern Ireland's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, retook the seat for the UUP on a 12.3% swing, giving them a seat in the Commons for the first time in 7 years.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | William Ellison-Macartney | Conservative | |
1891 | Irish Unionist | ||
1903 by-election | Charles Craig | ||
1921 | Ulster Unionist | ||
1922 | constituency abolished | ||
1950 | constituency recreated | ||
1950 | Douglas Lloyd Savory | Ulster Unionist | |
1955 | Knox Cunningham | ||
1970 | James Molyneaux | ||
1983 | Clifford Forsythe | ||
2000 by-election | William McCrea | Democratic Unionist | |
2001 | David Burnside | Ulster Unionist | |
2003 | Independent Unionist | ||
2004 | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
2005 | William McCrea | Democratic Unionist | |
2015 | Danny Kinahan | Ulster Unionist | |
2017 | Paul Girvan | Democratic Unionist | |
2024 | Robin Swann | Ulster Unionist |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Robin Swann | 16,311 | 38.0 | +8.9 | |
DUP | Paul Girvan | 8,799 | 20.5 | −15.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kearney | 8,034 | 18.7 | +7.3 | |
Alliance | John Blair | 4,574 | 10.7 | −7.7 | |
TUV | Mel Lucas | 2,693 | 6.3 | New | |
SDLP | Roisin Lynch | 1,589 | 3.7 | −1.3 | |
Green (NI) | Lesley Veronica | 541 | 1.3 | New | |
Aontú | Siobhán McErlean | 367 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,512 | 17.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,908 | 55.7 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 77,058 | ||||
UUP gain from DUP | Swing | +12.3 |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Girvan | 15,149 | 35.3 | ―2.9 | |
UUP | Danny Kinahan | 12,460 | 29.0 | ―1.8 | |
Alliance | John Blair | 8,190 | 19.1 | +11.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kearney | 4,887 | 11.4 | ―6.7 | |
SDLP | Roisin Lynch | 2,288 | 5.3 | ―0.2 | |
Majority | 2,689 | 6.3 | ―1.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,974 | 59.9 | ―3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 71,743 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Paul Girvan | 16,508 | 38.2 | +8.1 | |
UUP | Danny Kinahan | 13,300 | 30.8 | ―1.9 | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kearney | 7,797 | 18.1 | +5.2 | |
Alliance | Neil Kelly | 3,203 | 7.4 | ―2.4 | |
SDLP | Roisin Lynch | 2,362 | 5.5 | ―2.7 | |
Majority | 3,208 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,292 | 63.3 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 68,244 | ||||
DUP gain from UUP | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Danny Kinahan | 11,942 | 32.7 | +2.3 | |
DUP | William McCrea | 10,993 | 30.1 | ―3.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kearney | 4,699 | 12.9 | ―1.0 | |
Alliance | Neil Kelly | 3,576 | 9.8 | +2.1 | |
SDLP | Roisin Lynch | 2,990 | 8.2 | ―0.5 | |
TUV | Rick Cairns | 1,908 | 5.2 | ―0.2 | |
NI Conservatives | Alan Dunlop | 415 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 949 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,523 | 54.2 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 67,425 | ||||
UUP gain from DUP | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | William McCrea | 11,536 | 33.9 | ―4.3 | |
UCU-NF | Reg Empey | 10,353 | 30.4 | +1.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin | 4,729 | 13.9 | +2.3 | |
SDLP | Michelle Byrne | 2,955 | 8.7 | ―3.7 | |
Alliance | Alan Lawther | 2,607 | 7.7 | ―0.9 | |
TUV | Mel Lucas | 1,829 | 5.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,183 | 3.5 | ―5.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,009 | 53.9 | ―2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 63,054 | ||||
DUP hold | Swing | ―2.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | William McCrea | 14,507 | 38.2 | +3.4 | |
UUP | David Burnside | 11,059 | 29.1 | −8.0 | |
SDLP | Noreen McClelland | 4,706 | 12.4 | +0.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 4,407 | 11.6 | +2.2 | |
Alliance | David Ford | 3,278 | 8.6 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 3,448 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,957 | 56.7 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 66,580 | ||||
DUP gain from UUP | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | David Burnside | 16,366 | 37.1 | −20.4 | |
DUP | William McCrea | 15,355 | 34.8 | New | |
SDLP | Sean A. McKee | 5,336 | 12.1 | −4.1 | |
Sinn Féin | Martin Meehan | 4,160 | 9.4 | +3.9 | |
Alliance | David Ford | 1,969 | 4.5 | −7.1 | |
NI Unionist | Norman Boyd | 972 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,011 | 2.3 | −39.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,158 | 62.5 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 70,651 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | −10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | William McCrea | 11,601 | 38.0 | New | |
UUP | David Burnside | 10,779 | 35.3 | −22.2 | |
SDLP | Donovan McClelland | 3,496 | 11.4 | −4.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Martin Meehan | 2,611 | 8.5 | +3.0 | |
Alliance | David Ford | 2,031 | 6.6 | −5.0 | |
Natural Law | David H. Collins | 49 | 0.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 822 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,567 | 43.0 | −14.8 | ||
Registered electors | 71,047 | ||||
DUP gain from UUP | Swing | −5.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Clifford Forsythe | 23,108 | 57.5 | −13.9 | |
SDLP | Donovan McClelland | 6,497 | 16.2 | +3.4 | |
Alliance | David Ford | 4,668 | 11.6 | +0.7 | |
PUP | Hugh Smyth | 3,490 | 9.0 | New | |
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 2,229 | 5.5 | +2.5 | |
Natural Law | Barbara A. Briggs | 203 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 16,611 | 41.3 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,195 | 57.8 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 69,512 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing | −8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Clifford Forsythe | 29,956 | 70.9 | +1.1 | |
SDLP | Donovan McClelland | 5,397 | 12.8 | +2.9 | |
Alliance | John Blair | 5,244 | 12.4 | −3.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 1,220 | 2.9 | −1.5 | |
Independent | Denis Martin | 442 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 24,559 | 58.1 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,259 | 62.9 | +0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 67,192 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Clifford Forsythe | 25,395 | 69.8 | +24.1 | |
Alliance | Gordon Mawhinney | 5,808 | 16.0 | +4.1 | |
SDLP | Donovan McClelland | 3,611 | 9.9 | +1.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 1,592 | 4.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 19,587 | 53.8 | +36.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,406 | 62.9 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 61,649 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Clifford Forsythe | 30,087 | 94.1 | +48.4 | |
"For the Anglo-Irish Agreement" | "Peter Barry" (Wesley Robert Williamson) | 1,870 | 5.9 | New | |
Majority | 28,217 | 88.2 | +70.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,957 | 53.5 | −12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 60,780 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Clifford Forsythe | 17,727 | 45.7 | −23.3 | |
DUP | Roy Thompson | 10,935 | 28.2 | New | |
Alliance | Gordon Mawhinney | 4,612 | 11.9 | −4.3 | |
SDLP | Alban Maginness | 3,377 | 8.7 | −1.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean H. Laverty | 1,629 | 4.2 | New | |
Workers' Party | Kevin Smyth | 549 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,792 | 17.5 | −35.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,829 | 65.5 | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 59,233 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 50,782 | 69.0 | −2.5 | |
Alliance | Charles Kinahan | 11,914 | 16.2 | +0.9 | |
SDLP | Patrick Rowan | 7,432 | 10.1 | −3.1 | |
United Labour | Bob Kidd | 1,895 | 2.6 | New | |
Republican Clubs | Kevin Smyth | 1,615 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 38,868 | 52.8 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 73,638 | 58.2 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 126,444 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 48,892 | 71.5 | +3.9 | |
Alliance | Charles Kinahan | 10,460 | 15.3 | −2.3 | |
SDLP | Patrick Rowan | 9,061 | 13.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 38,432 | 56.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 68,413 | 58.1 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 117,834 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 48,203 | 67.6 | +6.4 | |
Alliance | Charles Kinahan | 12,559 | 17.6 | New | |
SDLP | Patrick John Rowan | 8,769 | 12.3 | New | |
Independent | Bob Kidd | 1,801 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 35,644 | 50.0 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 71,332 | 61.1 | −6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 118,483 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | James Molyneaux | 59,589 | 61.2 | −3.1 | |
NI Labour | Robert Johnston | 19,971 | 20.5 | −15.2 | |
Ind. Unionist | Tom Caldwell | 10,938 | 11.2 | New | |
National Democratic | Daniel MacAllister | 6,037 | 6.2 | New | |
Ulster Liberal | Rodney Smith | 913 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 39,618 | 40.7 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 97,448 | 68.0 | +12.1 | ||
Registered electors | 143,274 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Knox Cunningham | 40,840 | 64.3 | −5.6 | |
NI Labour | Sydney Stewart | 22,672 | 35.7 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 18,168 | 28.6 | −16.9 | ||
Turnout | 63,512 | 55.9 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 113,645 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Knox Cunningham | 47,325 | 69.9 | −25.2 | |
NI Labour | Sydney Stewart | 16,531 | 24.4 | New | |
Ind. Republican | Leo Wilson | 3,830 | 5.7 | New | |
Majority | 30,794 | 45.5 | −13.7 | ||
Turnout | 67,686 | 64.3 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 105,304 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Knox Cunningham | 52,786 | 95.1 | +4.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Michael Traynor | 2,745 | 4.9 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 50,041 | 90.2 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,531 | 59.3 | −6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 93,634 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Knox Cunningham | 50,347 | 90.7 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Michael Traynor | 5,155 | 9.3 | New | |
Majority | 45,192 | 81.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,502 | 65.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 84,939 | ||||
UUP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Douglas Savory | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 79,533 | ||||
UUP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Douglas Savory | 41,023 | 83.6 | ||
NI Labour | Edward Brown | 8,068 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 32,955 | 67.2 | |||
Turnout | 49,091 | 63.3 | |||
Registered electors | 77,499 | ||||
UUP win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Charles Craig | 13,270 | 85.1 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Kevin O'Shiel | 2,318 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 10,952 | 70.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,558 | 67.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Charles Craig | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,900 | ||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Charles Craig | 5,310 | 69.41 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Moffat Clow | 2,340 | 30.59 | New | |
Majority | 2,970 | 38.82 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,650 | 77.27 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,900 | ||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Charles Craig | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | Charles Craig | 4,464 | 55.25 | +0.86 | |
Russellite Unionist | Samuel Robert Keightley | 3,615 | 44.75 | New | |
Majority | 849 | 10.50 | +1.72 | ||
Turnout | 8,079 | 78.93 | +13.86 | ||
Registered electors | 10,236 | ||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | William Ellison-Macartney | 3,674 | 54.39 | N/A | |
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Lawther | 3,081 | 45.61 | New | |
Majority | 593 | 8.78 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,755 | 65.07 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,381 | ||||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | William Ellison-Macartney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Unionist | William Ellison-Macartney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | William Ellison-Macartney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,824 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | William Ellison-Macartney | 5,047 | 57.8 | ||
Liberal | John Dougherty Barbour | 3,680 | 42.2 | ||
Majority | 1,367 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,727 | 80.6 | |||
Registered electors | 10,824 | ||||
Irish Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- Whyte, Dr Nicholas. "Westminster elections in NI since 1920". www.ark.ac.uk.
- Whyte, Nicholas. "South Antrim 1973-82". www.ark.ac.uk.
- Almanac of British Politics, 3rd ed, Robert Waller
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008". Legislation.gov.uk.
- "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- "Election of a Member of Parliament for the SOUTH ANTRIM Constituency - Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk.
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- Candidates Archived 18 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Sinn Féin
- Byrne: It's time for real change in South Antrim, SDLP
- "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament in the United Kingdom Election Results website maintained by David Boothroyd
- Nicholas Whyte (13 May 2003). "Westminster by-elections, 23 January 1986". Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
References
External links
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- South Antrim UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- South Antrim UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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