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2015 General Election
The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.
Summary
DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Hold
Majority
11,546
Electorate
75,876
Turnout
55.2%
You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.
Share of the vote
The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.
Breakdown
The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.
| Candidate/Party | Votes | Share | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Ian Paisley
Democratic Unionist Party
|
18,107 | 43.2% | -3.2% |
|
|
Timothy Gaston
TUV
|
6,561 | 15.7% | -1.1% |
|
|
Daithí McKay
Sinn Féin
|
5,143 | 12.3% | -0.1% |
|
|
Robin Swann
Ulster Unionist Party
|
5,054 | 12.1% | 12.1% |
|
|
Declan O'Loan
Social Democratic & Labour Party
|
2,925 | 7.0% | -1.8% |
|
|
Jayne Dunlop
Alliance
|
2,351 | 5.6% | 2.4% |
|
|
Robert Hill
UK Independence Party
|
1,341 | 3.2% | 3.2% |
|
|
Carol Freeman
Conservative
|
368 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
|
|
Thomas Palmer
Independent
|
57 | 0.1% | 0.1% |