Sammy Wilson

The Rt Hon Sammy Wilson is the Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Antrim, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency East Antrim when Sammy Wilson was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

DUP
Democratic Unionist Party Hold
Majority
1,306
Electorate
73,302
Turnout
54.1%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
Sammy Wilson
Democratic Unionist Party
11,462 28.9% -13.0%
Danny Donnelly
Alliance
10,156 25.6% -0.4%
John Stewart
Ulster Unionist Party
9,476 23.9% 7.3%
Matthew Warwick
Traditional Unionist Voice
4,135 10.4% 10.4%
Oliver McMullan
Sinn Féin
2,986 7.5% -0.2%
Margaret McKillop
Social Democratic & Labour Party
892 2.2% -1.3%
Mark Bailey
Green Party Northern Ireland
568 1.4% -0.3%