An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Antrim, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
DUP hold by Sammy Wilson with a majority of 15,923 - 41.7% - on a turnout of 60.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WILSON, Sammy | DUP | 21,873 | 57.3% | 21.2% |
DICKSON, Stewart | APNI | 5,950 | 15.6% | 0.6% |
STEWART, John | UUP | 4,524 | 11.9% | -7.0% |
MCMULLAN, Oliver | SF | 3,555 | 9.3% | 2.4% |
MCKILLOP, Margaret | SDLP | 1,278 | 3.4% | -1.5% |
LOGAN, Mark | Con | 963 | 2.5% | 0.9% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 62,908, having a valid vote count of 38,143 and an invalid vote count of 126.
Result declared at 02:51 on 9 June 2017.