South Antrim

Map by Conal Kelly

This constituency included all of Antrim district and parts of Newtownabbey. The present boundaries of South Antrim are similar to the old with just minor adjustments to the borders with West Belfast and North Belfast. The Member of Parliament throughout this period was Clifford Forsythe (UUP).

Election results, 1983-1992

9 April 1992

Clifford Forsythe MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 29,956 (70.9%)
Donovan McClelland (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 5,397 (12.8%)
John Blair (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 5,244 (12.4%)
Henry Cushinan, H. (Sinn Féin) 1,220 (2.9%)
Denis Dino Martin (Independent Raving Loony Ozone Friendly Party) 442 (1.1)%

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 24,559; Electorate: 67,192; Turnout 42,259 (62.9%)

11 June 1987

Clifford Forsythe MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 25,395 (69.8%)
Gordon Mawhinney (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 5,808 (16.0%)
Donovan McClelland (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 3,611 (9.9%)
Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin) 1,592 (4.4%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 19,587; Electorate: 61,706; Turnout 62.9%

23 January 1986

@Clifford Forsythe MP (Ulster Unionist Party) 30,087 (94.1%)
'Peter Barry' (AIA) 1,870 (5.9%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority 28,217; Electorate 61,296; Turnout 53.5%

9 June 1983

@Clifford Forsythe (Ulster Unionist Party) 17,727 (45.7%)
@Roy Thompson (Democratic Unionist Party) 10,935 (28.2%)
@Gordon Mawhinney (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) 4,612 (11.9%)
Alban Maginness (Social Democratic and Labour Party) 3,377 (8.7%)
Sean Laverty (Sinn Féin) 1,629 (4.2%)
Kevin Smyth (Workers Party) 549 (1.4%)

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) majority: 6,792; Electorate: 59,300; Turnout 65.5%

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.