East Antrim

Details of each count in 1998 election

Map by Conal Kelly

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

Stage 2: Of Beggs' 5764 votes, 2169 transferred to Robinson and 955 to Steele, thus 3124 (54.20%) to the other UUP candidates; 928 (16.10%) to Brown (Ind U); 386 to Hilditch and 270 to McKee, thus 656 (11.38%) to the DUP candidates; 329 (5.71%) to Hutchinson (UKUP); 214 (3.71%) to Greer (PUP); 207 (3.59%) to Dickson (Alliance); 89 (1.54%) to Kirkham (UDP); 86 (1.49%) to Dick (Conservative); 34 (0.59%) to Mason (Ind); 20 (0.35%) to O'Connor (SDLP); 3 (0.05%) to McKissock (NLP) and 1 (0.02%) to McAuley (SF) with 73 (1.27%) non-transferable.

Stage 6: Of Neeson's 5247 votes, 3504 (66.78%) transferred to Dickson (Alliance); 677 (12.90%) to O'Connor (SDLP); 208 to Steele and 194 to Robinson, thus 402 (7.66%) to the UUP; 217 (4.14%) to Brown (Ind U); 128 (2.44%) to Greer; 70 to Hilditch and 27 to McKee, thus 97 (1.85%) to the DUP; 43 (0.82%) to McAuley (SF); 36 (0.69%) to Kirkham (UDP); and 33 (0.63%) to Hutchinson (UKUP) with 110 (2.10%) non-transferable.

Stage 11: Of the 178 votes transferred to Hilditch from Greer, 54 (30.34%) went to McKee (DUP); 39 (21.91%) to Hutchinson (UKUP); 17 to Robinson and 14 to Steele, thus 31 (17.42%) to the UUP candidates; and none to O'Connor (SDLP) with 54 (30.34%) non-transferable.

Stage 13: Of the 1986 votes transferred from Steele to Robinson, probably 896 transferred farther (though it is mathematically possible that the number was 1792). This would mean that 365 (18.38%) went to Hutchinson (UKUP); 294 (14.80%) to O'Connor (SDLP); and 237 (11.93%) to McKee (DUP) with 54.89% non-transferable.

This was a major shock. On the first count it was clear that the UKUP had probably done well enough to take a seat, which in itself was surprising. But as transfers continued, the SDLP candidate, who had started eighth, overtook candidates from first the UUP and then the DUP to take the final place, in an area where they had only one local councillor, by 49 votes, the closest margin of the election.

Full 1998 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

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Nicholas Whyte, 15 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.