An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Antrim, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
DUP hold by Sammy Wilson with a majority of 5,795 - 17.3% - on a turnout of 53.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WILSON, Sammy | DUP | 12,103 | 36.1% | -9.7% |
BEGGS, Roy | UUP | 6,308 | 18.8% | - |
DICKSON, Stewart | APNI | 5,021 | 15.0% | 3.9% |
JORDAN, Noel | UKIP | 3,660 | 10.9% | - |
MCMULLAN, Oliver | SF | 2,314 | 6.9% | 0.1% |
WILSON, Ruth | TUV | 1,903 | 5.7% | -0.3% |
MCKILLOP, Margaret Anne | SDLP | 1,639 | 4.9% | -1.7% |
WILSON, Alex | Con | 549 | 1.6% | - |
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 62,811, having a valid vote count of 33,497 and an invalid vote count of 191.
Result declared at 02:30 on 8 May 2015.