Election for the constituency of South Antrim on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of South Antrim, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

DUP hold by Paul Girvan with a majority of 2,689 - 6.3% - on a turnout of 59.9%.

An electorate of 71,711, having a valid vote count of 42,974 and an invalid vote count of 214.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
GIRVAN, Paul DUP 15,149 35.3% -3.0%
KINAHAN, Danny UUP 12,460 29.0% -1.8%
BLAIR, John APNI 8,190 19.1% 11.6%
KEARNEY, Declan SF 4,887 11.4% -6.7%
LYNCH, Roisin SDLP 2,288 5.3% -0.1%

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 03:23 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.