South Antrim

Details of each count in 2003 election

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Map by Conal Kelly

See also results of all South Antrim elections 1993-2010 and full counts from 1998 and 2007. Spreadsheet for 2003 here.
 

Surplus Burnside
Exclude Docherty
Exclude Cosgrove & Wilkinson
Exclude Boyd
David Burnside UUP 7066 -1720 5346 - 5346 - 5346 - 5346
Wilson Clyde DUP 5131 124.56 5255.56 4.24 5259.8 42.2 5302 231 5533
Paul Girvan DUP 4820 80.4 4900.4 13.72 4914.12 62.2 4976.32 199.68 5176
Jim Wilson UUP 3135 384.96 3519.96 35.48 3555.44 112.36 3667.8 104.68 3772.48
Thomas Burns SDLP 2732 16.56 2748.56 3 2751.56 65 2816.56 38.92 2855.48
David Ford Alliance 3393 63.6 3456.6 47.44 3504.04 250.6 3754.64 66.84 3821.48
Martin Meehan SF 4295 1.2 4296.2 2 4298.2 13 4311.2 1 4312.2
Donovan McClelland SDLP 2671 6.24 2677.24 1 2678.24 45.48 2723.72 3.24 2726.96
Adrian Cochrane-Watson UUP 953 900.72 1853.72 35.96 1889.68 75.12 1964.8 154.68 2119.48
John Smyth DUP 1501 29.52 1530.52 2 1532.52 67.96 1600.48 35.36 1635.84
Norman Boyd NIUP 774 52.56 826.56 11.96 838.52 42.48 881 -881 0
Joan Cosgrove NIWC 465 9.36 474.36 10 484.36 -484.36 0 - -
Kenneth Wilkinson PUP 311 12.24 323.24 4.24 327.48 -327.48 0 - -
Jason Docherty Cons 174 5.52 179.52 -179.52 0 - - - -



32.56 32.56 8.48 41.04 35.44 76.48 45.6 122.08

Stage 2: Of Burnside's 7066 votes, 3753 transferred to Cochrane-Watson and 1604 to Wilson, thus 5357 (75.8%) to the other UUP candidates; 519 to Clyde and 337 to Girvan, thus 977 (13.8%) to the DUP; 265 (3.8%) to Ford (Alliance); 219 (3.1%) to Boyd (NIUP); 69 to Burns and 26 to McClelland, thus 95 (1.3%) to the SDLP; 51 (0.7%) to Wilkinson (PUP); 39 (0.6%) to Cosgrove (NIWC); 23 (0.3%) to Docherty (Cons); and 5 (0.1%) to Meehan (SF) with 35 (0.5%) non-transferable.



Exclude Smyth
Surplus Girvan
Surplus Clyde
Exclude Cochrane-Watson
David Burnside UUP 5346 - 5346 - 5346 - 5346 - 5346
Wilson Clyde DUP 5533 - 5533 - 5533 -187 5346 - 5346
Paul Girvan DUP 5176 1238 6414 -1068 5346 - 5346 - 5346
Jim Wilson UUP 3772.48 105.84 3878.32 268 4146.32 68 4214.32 1392 5606.32
Thomas Burns SDLP 2855.48 8.72 2864.2 11 2875.2 1 2876.2 85.16 2961.36
David Ford Alliance 3821.48 50.88 3872.36 82 3954.36 15 3969.36 519.48 4488.84
Martin Meehan SF 4312.2 1 4313.2 1 4314.2 0 4314.2 3.72 4317.92
Donovan McClelland SDLP 2726.96 5.24 2732.2 6 2738.2 1 2739.2 44.2 2783.4
Adrian Cochrane-Watson UUP 2119.48 143.68 2263.16 349 2612.16 84 2696.16 -2696.16 0
John Smyth DUP 1635.84 -1635.84 0 - - - - - -


122.08 82.48 204.56 351 555.56 18 573.56 651.6 1225.16

Stage 7: Of the 1238 votes transferred from Smyth to Girvan (both DUP), 349 went on to Cochrane-Watson and 268 to Wilson, thus 617 (49.8%) to the UUP; 82 (6.6%) to Ford (Alliance); 11 to Burns and 6 to McClelland, thus 17 (1.4%) to the SDLP; and 1 (0.1%) to Meehan (SF) with 521 (42.1%) non-transferable.

Stage 8: Of the 231 votes transferred from Boyd (NIUP) to Clyde (DUP), 84 went on to Cochrane-Watson and 68 to Wilson, thus 152 (65.8%) to the UUP; 15 (6.5%) went to Ford (Alliance); 1 went to Burns and also 1 to McClelland, thus 2 (0.9%) to the SDLP; and none to Meehan (SF) with 62 (26.8%) non-transferable.



Surplus Wilson
Exclude McClelland
David Burnside UUP 5346 - 5346 - 5346
Wilson Clyde DUP 5346 - 5346 - 5346
Paul Girvan DUP 5346 - 5346 - 5346
Jim Wilson UUP 5606.32 -260.32 5346 - 5346
Thomas Burns SDLP 2961.36 31 2992.36 1986.88 4979.24
David Ford Alliance 4488.84 208 4696.84 269.36 4966.2
Martin Meehan SF 4317.92 1 4318.92 466.72 4785.64
Donovan McClelland SDLP 2783.4 19 2802.4 -2802.4 -


1225.16 1.32 1226.48 79.44 1305.92

Stage 10: There are no less than four possible mathematical solutions for the destiny of the 1392 votes transferred from Cochrane-Watson to Wilson (both UUP) and then on from Wilson's surplus. The first is that 208 (14.9%) went to Ford (Alliance); 31 to Burns and 19 to McClelland, thus 50 (3.6%) to the SDLP; and 1 (0.1%) to Meehan (SF) with 1133 (81.4%) non-transferable. But it's also possible that 416 (29.9%) went to Ford (Alliance); 62 to Burns and 38 to McClelland, thus 100 (7.2%) to the SDLP; and 2 (0.1%) to Meehan (SF) with 874 (62.8%) non-transferable. A third possibility is that 832 (59.8%) went to Ford (Alliance); 124 to Burns and 76 to McClelland, thus 200 (14.4%) to the SDLP; and 4 (0.3%) to Meehan (SF) with 356 (25.6%) non-transferable. Or it could even have been 1040 (74.7%) to Ford (Alliance); 155 to Burns and 95 to McClelland, thus 250 (18.0%) to the SDLP; and 5 (0.4%) to Meehan (SF) with 97 (7.0%) non-transferable. [Note added March 2006: David Ford informs me by email that the first, and most likely, of these three scenarios is the case. For understandable reasons he was keeping a close eye on proceedings.]

See also: Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies | Single Transferable Vote | The political parties | Useful books and links

Full 2003 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | West Tyrone | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Compiled by Nicholas Whyte, Becky Vanasek and Simon Smyth, 11 April 2004.


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