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⚑ Northern Ireland
71,646 electors
Active Seat

South Antrim

Current MP
Robin Swann
Robin Swann

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
57.4%
Avg Turnout
3
Times Changed
2015
Current Party Since
Ulster Unionist Party Robin Swann Gain from Democratic Unionist Party
Majority 7,512
Turnout 55.7% ↓4.3pp
Total Votes 42,908
Winner Swing ↑2.8pp
✓ Robin Swann
Ulster Unionist Party
16,311 38.0%
↑9.0pp
Paul Girvan
Democratic Unionist Party
8,799 20.5%
↓15.7pp
Declan Kearney
Sinn Féin
8,034 18.7%
↑7.3pp
John Blair
Alliance
4,574 10.7%
↓7.7pp
Mel Lucas
Traditional Unionist Voice
2,693 6.3%
—
Roisin Lynch
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1,589 3.7%
↓1.3pp
Lesley Veronica
—
541 1.3%
—
Siobhan McErlean
—
367 0.9%
↑0.9pp
Democratic Unionist Party Paul Girvan Hold
Majority 2,689
Turnout 59.9% ↓3.3pp
Total Votes 42,974
Winner Swing ↓3.0pp
✓ Paul Girvan
—
15,149 35.3%
↓3.0pp
Danny Kinahan
—
12,460 29.0%
↓1.8pp
John Blair
Social Democratic Party
8,190 19.1%
↑11.6pp
Declan Kearney
—
4,887 11.4%
↓6.7pp
Roisin Lynch
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,288 5.3%
↓0.2pp
Democratic Unionist Party Paul Girvan Gain from Ulster Unionist Party
Majority 3,208
Turnout 63.3% ↑9.1pp
Total Votes 43,170
Winner Swing ↑5.5pp
✓ Paul Girvan
—
16,508 38.2%
↑8.1pp
Danny Kinahan
—
13,300 30.8%
↓1.9pp
Declan Kearney
—
7,797 18.1%
↑5.2pp
Neil Kelly
Social Democratic Party
3,203 7.4%
↓2.4pp
Roisin Lynch
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,362 5.5%
↓2.7pp
Ulster Unionist Party Danny Kinahan Gain from Democratic Unionist Party
Majority 949
Turnout 54.2% ↑0.2pp
Total Votes 36,523
Winner Swing ↓1.2pp
✓ Danny Kinahan
—
11,942 32.7%
—
William McCrea
—
10,993 30.1%
↓3.8pp
Declan Kearney
—
4,699 12.9%
↓1.0pp
Neil Kelly
Social Democratic Party
3,576 9.8%
↑2.1pp
Roisin Lynch
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,990 8.2%
↓0.5pp
Richard Cairns
—
1,908 5.2%
↓0.2pp
Alan Dunlop
Conservative
415 1.1%
—
Democratic Unionist Party William McCrea Hold
Majority 1,183
Turnout 53.9%
Total Votes 34,009
✓ William McCrea
—
11,536 33.9%
↓6.4pp
Reg Empey
—
10,353 30.4%
—
Mitchel McLaughlin
—
4,729 13.9%
↑3.2pp
Michelle Byrne
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2,955 8.7%
↓2.5pp
Alan Lawther
Social Democratic Party
2,607 7.7%
—
Melwyn Lucas
—
1,829 5.4%
—

Turnout Trend

53.9%
'10
54.2%
'15
63.3%
'17
59.9%
'19
55.7%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
22.8%
35 to 49
20.3%
50 to 64
19.9%
65 and over
17.3% ▲3.8pp
25 to 34
12.4%
18 to 24
7.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.3%
Asian or Asian British
1.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
Other
0.2%
📊 Age
Under 18
22.8%
30 to 44
20.3%
45 to 64
19.9%
18 to 29
19.6%
65 and over
17.3%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.3%
Asian or Asian British
1.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
Under 18
24.8%
45 to 64
24.7%
30 to 44
21.9%
18 to 29
15.1%
65 and over
13.5%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Paul Girvan Democratic Unionist Party 2017-06-08 2024-05-30
Danny Kinahan Ulster Unionist Party 2015-05-07 2017-05-03
David Burnside Ulster Unionist Party 2001-06-07 2005-05-05
Clifford Forsythe Ulster Unionist Party 1986-01-23 2000-04-27