North Antrim

Map by Conal Kelly

This constituency, somewhat cut down from the old North Antrim, included the whole of Ballymena, Ballymoney and Moyle districts. The boundaries of North Antrim were not changed in 1995 so the current North Antrim is the same as the old. The Member of Parliament throughout this period was the Rev Ian Paisley (DUP), also a Member of the European Parliament.

See spreadsheets for 1983, 1987 and 1992.

Election results, 1983-1992

9 April 1992

Rev Ian Paisley MP MEP (Democratic Unionist Party) 23,152 (50.9%)
Joe Gaston (Ulster Unionist Party) 8,216 (18.1%)
Sean Farren (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 6,512 (14.3%)
Gareth Williams (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 3,422 (7.6%)
Richard Sowler (Conservative Party) 2,263 (5.0%)
James McGarry (Sinn Féin) 1,916 (4.2%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority: 14,936; Electorate: 69,114; Turnout: 45,501 (65.8%)

11 June 1987

Rev Ian Paisley MP MEP (Democratic Unionist Party) 28,383 (68.7%)
Sean Farren (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 5,149 (12.5%)
Gareth Williams (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 5,140 (12.5%)
Sean Regan (Sinn Féin) 2,633 (6.4%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority: 23,234; Electorate: 65,774; Turnout: 63.3%

23 January 1986

@Rev Ian Paisley MP MEP (Democratic Unionist Party) 21,771 (96.5%)
'Peter Barry' (AIA) 1,870 (3.5%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority 33,024; Electorate 65,334; Turnout 54.7%

9 June 1983

@Rev Ian Paisley MP MEP (Democratic Unionist Party) 23,922 (54.2%)
Rev Robert Coulter (Ulster Unionist Party) 10,749 (24.3%)
@Sean Farren (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 6,193 (14.0%)
Pearse McMahon (Sinn Féin) 2,860 (6.5%)
Malcolm Samuel (Ecology Party) 451 (1.0%)

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) majority:13,173; Electorate: 63,254; Turnout: 69.9%

See also:

Results from 1983 to 1995 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 | 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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Nicholas Whyte, 21 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.