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East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other constituencies of the same name, see East Antrim (disambiguation).

East Antrim
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of East Antrim in Northern Ireland
Districts of Northern IrelandCauseway Coast and Glens, Mid and East Antrim, Antrim and Newtownabbey
Electorate61,745 (March 2011)
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentSammy Wilson (DUP)
Seats1
Created fromNorth Antrim and South Antrim
1885–1922
Seats1
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromAntrim
Replaced byAntrim, Carrickfergus

East Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Sammy Wilson of the DUP.

A constituency with identical boundaries is also used for elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Hello Internet The UK had an election we need to talk about because after the debates finished, the people voted and the ballots tallied the results were this: But parliament ended up looking like this: Which isn't, exactly, representative. And by not exactly, I mean at all. Red earned 30% of the vote and 36% of the seats, which is sort of close, but the rest is madness: Orange earned 8% of the vote but got one eighth of that while Yellow's 5% just about doubled, and purple earned 13% and got squat. Meanwhile blue's 37% of the people booted to 51% of the seats in parliament. The blue boost is even bigger when you consider that 51% of the seats gives basically 100% the control. How'd this happen? In the UK -- national elections aren't really national, they're a bunch of local elections. The UK is divided into constituencies, each of which elects one member of parliament (M.P.) to represent them. This local / national divide is where the trouble begins. Imagine a parliament with just three constituencies, and it's easy to see how it wouldn't always align with citizens. Some people think this sort of result is fine -- “it's all *about* winning local elections,” they’ll say. “Each M.P. represents their constituency.” And while the imbalance in this example is dumb, but it's the same problem in the real election and this same argument is given, but there are two more problems with it in reality land. 1) Few citizens have any idea who their MP is, they just know what party they voted for -- what party they want to represent their views on the national level. And pretending like it's a local election is a bit disingenuous. -- in practice it's an election for now the nation will run -- not really for who is going to represent a tiny part of it. and even if it were 2) The individual constituencies are worse at representing their citizens than parliament. Indulge this spreadsheet-loving nerd for a moment, will you? The difference between what a party earned at the polls and what they got in parliament is the amount of misrepresentation error. If we calculate all the errors for all the parties and add them up we can say the Parliament as a whole has 47% percentage points of misrepresentation error. That sounds bad looks like a utopian rainbow of diversity compared to any local election because the local elections have *one* winner. Out of the 650 constituencies 647 have a higher representation error than parliament. These are the only three that don't and they're really unusual for having so many of a single kind of voter in one place. Most places look the The Wrekin which is dead in the middle a mere one-hundred and one points off. Note that the winning candidate didn't reach a majority here. Which means more than half of constituencies elected their MP with a minority of voters. The worst is Belfast South at the bottom of the list. Hilariously unrepresentative. Less than a quarter of the voters get to speak for the entire place in parliament. This is the the lowest percentage an M.P. has ever been elected by. So when people argue that the UK election is a bunch of local elections 1) people don't act like it, and 2) It's even more of an argument that the elections are broken because they're worse on this level. These local elections are unrepresentative because of the terrible 'First Past the Post' voting system -- which I have complained mightily about and won't repeat everything here -- go watch the video -- but TL;DR it only 'works' when citizens are limited to two choices. Voting for any party except the biggest makes it more likely the biggest will win by a minority -- which is exactly what happened. That citizens keep voting for smaller parties despite knowing the result is against their strategic interests demonstrates the citizenry wants diverse representation -- but that successes is the very thing that's made this the most unrepresentative parliament in the history of the UK. People happy with the results argue the system is working fine -- of course they do. Their team won. Government isn't a sport where a singular 'winner' must be determined. It's a system to make rules that everyone follows and so, we need a system where everyone can agree the process is fair even if the results don't go in their favor. If you support a system that disenfranchises people you don't like and turbo-franchises people you do -- then it doesn't look like you sport representative democracy, it looks like you support a kind of dictatorship light. Where a small group of people (including you) makes the rules for everyone. But as it is now, on election day the more people express what they want the worse the system looks which makes them disengaged at best or angry at worst and GEE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY. This is fixable, there are many, many better ways the UK could vote -- here are two that even keep local representatives. And fixing voting really matters, because this is a kind of government illegitimacy score -- and it's been going up and may continue to do so unless this fundamentally broken voting system is changed.

Constituency profile

The seat covers the east coast from Cushendun down to Carrickfergus. The seat is strongly unionist and one of the few areas of Northern Ireland which voted to leave the European Union.[1]

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries
Carrickfergus Castle

The original county constituency comprised the eastern part of County Antrim, being carved out of the former Antrim constituency. From 1885, East Antrim consisted of the baronies of Belfast Lower and Glenarm Upper, that part of the barony of Antrim Upper not in the constituency of South Antrim, that part of the barony of Antrim Lower not in the constituency of Mid Antrim, that part of the barony of Belfast Upper consisting of the parish of Ballymartin and the parish of Templepatrick apart from the townland of Ballyutoag, and the town of Carrickfergus.

It returned one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

The current seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of North Antrim and South Antrim. Since further revisions in 1995 (when it lost part of the district of Newtownabbey to the North Belfast constituency) it now covers the entirety of the districts of Larne and Carrickfergus, as well as part of Newtownabbey and Moyle.

Prior to the 2010 general election the Boundary Commission originally proposed two significant changes for East Antrim. In the south of the constituency it was proposed to transfer a further part of Newtownabbey to the North Belfast constituency whilst in the north the seat would have gained the Glens and Ballycastle in Moyle district from North Antrim. East Antrim would have been renamed 'Antrim Coast & Glens'. However this latter part of the proposal raised many questions, with some already arguing that the Glens have no natural ties to Jordanstown (and in 1995 the previous Boundary Commission cited this very reason when rejecting such a proposal).

Following consultation and revising the recommendations, the new boundaries for East Antrim were confirmed and passed through Parliament by the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order[2] as follows:

  • The whole district of Carrickfergus
  • The whole district of Larne
  • Glenaan, Glenariff, and Glendun from the Moyle district
  • From Newtownabbey, the wards of Jordanstown, Monkstown, and Rostulla

History

1885 until 1922

The constituency was a strongly conservative then unionist area, where republican and nationalist candidates were not elected.

From 1886 to 1974 the Conservative and Unionist members of the United Kingdom House of Commons formed a single Parliamentary party.

From 1905 there was an Ulster Unionist organisation, but MPs sponsored by it are classified as Irish Unionists until the 1921 Northern Ireland general election made the partition of Ireland effective so that Irish Unionism ceased to be a realistic objective.

A victory for the Unionist candidate in 1918 by 15,206 votes to Sinn Féin's 861 votes demonstrated the virtual unanimity of the unionist support.

Consequently, Sinn Féin did not contest the 1919 by-election in the constituency.

In 1922, the constituency was incorporated into the Antrim constituency, which from 1950 until 1983 was divided into the North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies.

The First Dáil

Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.

The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.

In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. This area, in republican theory, was incorporated in a seven-member Dáil constituency of Antrim.

Constituency since 1983

The constituency is overwhelmingly unionist, with the combined votes for nationalist parties rarely exceeding 10%. However, there have been above average votes for parties outside the traditional unionist block, such as the Alliance and the Conservatives. In the local government elections for the equivalent area many votes often go to independent candidates or groups such as the Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association. While the SDLP sprung a surprise in 1998 by overtaking a DUP candidate to win the final seat due to Ulster Unionist transfers – the first time that any nationalist candidate has benefited in this way.

The main interest in Westminster Elections has been the contest between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. In 1983 the UUP were only 367 votes ahead of the DUP. As part of a pact to oppose the Anglo-Irish Agreement the DUP did not contest the seat until 1992 but they still failed to come close, though in the 1996 elections to the Northern Ireland Forum they were only slightly behind the UUP. But in the 2001 general election they achieved an astonishing result when they came with 128 votes of winning the Westminster seat, despite not having targeted it. In the 2003 Assembly election they followed this up by gaining two additional MLAs and outpolling the UUP for the first time.

The DUP remained eager to take the Westminster seat and in the 2005 general election they did so.

Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament since the 2005 general election is Sammy Wilson of the Democratic Unionist Party. In that election he defeated Roy Beggs of the Ulster Unionist Party, who had sat for the seat since it was created at the 1983 general election.

Election Member[3] Party
1885 James McCalmont Irish Conservative
1913 Robert McCalmont Irish Unionist
1919 George Hanna Independent Unionist
1922 constituency abolished
1983 constituency recreated
1983 Roy Beggs Ulster Unionist
2005 Sammy Wilson Democratic Unionist

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: East Antrim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Danny Donnelly[4]
SDLP Margaret Anne McKillop[5]
DUP Sammy Wilson[6]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: East Antrim[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DUP Sammy Wilson 16,871 45.3 ―12.0
Alliance Danny Donnelly 10,165 27.3 +11.7
UUP Steve Aiken 5,475 14.7 +2.8
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 2,120 5.7 ―3.6
NI Conservatives Aaron Rankin 1,043 2.8 +0.3
SDLP Angela Mulholland 902 2.4 ―1.0
Green (NI) Philip Randle 685 1.8 New
Majority 6,716 18.0 ―22.7
Turnout 37,261 57.5 ―3.1
Registered electors 64,645
DUP hold Swing ―11.9
General election 2017: East Antrim[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DUP Sammy Wilson 21,873 57.3 +21.2
Alliance Stewart Dickson 5,950 15.6 +0.6
UUP John Stewart 4,524 11.9 ―6.9
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 3,555 9.3 +2.4
SDLP Margaret Anne McKillop 1,278 3.4 ―1.5
NI Conservatives Mark Logan 963 2.5 +0.9
Majority 15,923 40.7 +23.4
Turnout 38,143 60.6 +7.3
Registered electors 62,908
DUP hold Swing +10.3
General election 2015: East Antrim[14] [15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DUP Sammy Wilson 12,103 36.1 ―9.8
UUP Roy Beggs Jnr 6,308 18.8 ―4.9
Alliance Stewart Dickson 5,021 15.0 +3.9
UKIP Noel Jordan 3,660 10.9 New
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 2,314 6.9 +0.1
TUV Ruth Wilson 1,903 5.7 ―0.3
SDLP Margaret Anne McKillop 1,639 4.9 ―1.7
NI Conservatives Alex Wilson 549 1.6 New
Majority 5,795 17.3 ―4.9
Turnout 33,497 53.3 +2.6
Registered electors 62,811
DUP hold Swing −2.4
General election 2010: East Antrim[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DUP Sammy Wilson 13,993 45.9 ―1.0
UCU-NF Rodney McCune 7,223 23.7 ―1.4
Alliance Gerry Lynch 3,377 11.1 ―3.6
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 2,064 6.8 +1.4
SDLP Justin McCamphill 2,019 6.6 ―0.8
TUV Sammy Morrison 1,826 6.0 New
Majority 6,770 22.2 ―0.8
Turnout 30,502 50.7 ―3.8
Registered electors 60,204
DUP hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: East Antrim[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DUP Sammy Wilson 15,766 49.6 +13.6
UUP Roy Beggs 8,462 26.6 ―9.8
Alliance Seán Neeson 4,869 15.3 +2.8
SDLP Danny O'Connor 1,695 5.3 ―2.0
Sinn Féin James McKeown 828 2.6 +0.1
Rainbow Dream Ticket David Kerr 147 0.5 New
Majority 7,304 23.0 N/A
Turnout 31,767 54.5 ―4.6
Registered electors 57,966
DUP gain from UUP Swing ―11.7
General election 2001: East Antrim[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Roy Beggs 13,101 36.4 ―2.4
DUP Sammy Wilson 12,973 36.0 +16.5
Alliance John Mathews 4,483 12.5 ―7.7
SDLP Danny O'Connor 2,641 7.3 +2.7
Independent Lindsay Mason 1,092 3.0 ―0.3
Sinn Féin Janette Graffan 903 2.5 +0.9
NI Conservatives Alan Greer 807 2.2 ―4.6
Majority 128 0.4 ―18.2
Turnout 36,000 59.1 +0.8
Registered electors 60,897
UUP hold Swing ―0.5

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: East Antrim[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Roy Beggs 13,318 38.8 ―4.4
Alliance Sean Neeson 6,929 20.2 ―3.1
DUP Jack McKee 6,682 19.5 ―4.8
NI Conservatives Terence Dick 2,334 6.8 ―1.8
PUP Billy Donaldson 1,757 5.1 New
SDLP Danny O'Connor 1,576 4.6 New
Independent Lindsay Mason 1,145 3.3 New
Sinn Féin Chrissie McAuley 543 1.6 New
Natural Law Maura McCann 69 0.2 ―0.4
Majority 6,389 18.6 ―0.3
Turnout 34,353 58.3 ―3.9
Registered electors 59,032
UUP hold Swing +0.1
General election 1992: East Antrim[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Roy Beggs 16,966 43.2 ―28.4
DUP Nigel Dodds 9,544 24.3 New
Alliance Sean Neeson 9,132 23.3 ―2.3
NI Conservatives Myrtle Margaretta Boal 3,359 8.6 New
Natural Law Andrea Palmer 250 0.6 New
Majority 7,422 18.9 ―27.1
Turnout 39,251 62.4 +7.2
Registered electors 62,864
UUP hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: East Antrim[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Roy Beggs 23,942 71.6 +34.2
Alliance Seán Neeson 8,582 25.6 +5.6
Workers' Party Austin Kevin Kelly 936 2.8 +1.3
Majority 15,360 46.0 +45.1
Turnout 33,460 55.2 ―9.9
Registered electors 60,587
UUP hold Swing
By-election 1986: East Antrim[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Roy Beggs 30,386 84.9 +47.5
Alliance Seán Neeson 5,405 15.1 ―4.9
Majority 24,981 69.8 +68.9
Turnout 24,981 59.2 ―5.9
Registered electors 60,780
UUP hold Swing
General election 1983: East Antrim[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Roy Beggs 14,293 37.4
DUP Jim Allister 13,926 36.5
Alliance Seán Neeson 7,620 20.0
SDLP Michael O'Cleary 1,047 2.7
Independent William Anthony Cunning 741 1.9
Workers' Party Austin Kevin Kelly 581 1.5
Majority 367 0.9
Turnout 38,154 65.1
Registered electors 58,671
UUP win (new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

1919 East Antrim by-election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Unionist George Boyle Hanna 8,714 48.3 New
Irish Unionist William Agnew Moore 7,549 41.8 ―52.8
Independent Charles McFerran Legg 1,778 9.9 New
Majority 1,165 6.5 N/A
Turnout 24,798 72.7 +7.9
Registered electors 24,798
Ind. Unionist gain from Irish Unionist Swing
1918 general election: East Antrim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Robert McCalmont 15,206 94.6 N/A
Sinn Féin Daniel Dumigan 861 5.4 New
Majority 14,345 89.2 N/A
Turnout 16,067 64.8 N/A
Registered electors 24,798
Irish Unionist hold Swing
1913 East Antrim by-election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Robert McCalmont Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Unionist hold
December 1910 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James McCalmont Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Unionist hold
January 1910 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James McCalmont Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James McCalmont 4,496 67.7 +10.3
Russellite Unionist Henry Rosere Beddoes 2,145 32.3 New
Majority 2,351 35.4 +20.5
Turnout 6,641 77.2 +7.0
Registered electors 8,606
Irish Unionist hold Swing
1900 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James McCalmont 3,582 57.45 N/A
Ind. Unionist James King-Kerr 2,653 42.55 New
Majority 929 14.90 N/A
Turnout 6,235 70.17 N/A
Registered electors 8,886
Irish Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James McCalmont Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Unionist hold
1892 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James McCalmont Unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Unionist hold

Elections in the 1880s

1886 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James McCalmont Unopposed
Registered electors 8,773
Irish Conservative hold
1885 general election: East Antrim[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James McCalmont 4,180 66.5
Liberal Marriott Robert Dalway 2,105 33.5
Majority 2,075 33.0
Turnout 6,285 71.6
Registered electors 8,773
Irish Conservative win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Antrim East: Seat Details". Electoral Calculus.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008". Legislation.gov.uk.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  4. ^ @allianceparty (15 March 2024). "Congratulations to @DannyDonnelly1 on being selected as Alliance's East Antrim General Election candidate!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @SDLPlive (26 May 2024). "Cllr Margaret Anne McKillop has been selected as the SDLP candidate in East Antrim for the Westminster election. Margaret Anne has been an excellent deputy Mayor and will be a strong advocate for all communities" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @eastantrimmp (25 May 2024). "Wilson X on July 4th #GE24. The campaign begins in the new wards of East Antrim. #makeNIwork" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "East Antrim Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Dickson to stand in Westminster election". Larne Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. ^ "McMullan candidate in Westminster election". Larne Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Ulster Unionist Party announces General Election candidates". Belfast Telegraph. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  11. ^ "DUP General Election candidates announced". Belfast Telegraph. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Statement of Persons nominated". Electoral Office of Northern Ireland. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  13. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election Result 2017 - East Antrim". Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ^ "East Antrim parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament Archived 5 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine in the United Kingdom Election Results website Archived 7 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine maintained by David Boothroyd
  24. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 326, 383. ISBN 0901714127.

External links

Bibliography

  • Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  • Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1978). Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume II 1886–1918. The Harvester Press.
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