North Antrim (Assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 54°57′50″N 6°10′26″W / 54.964°N 6.174°W / 54.964; -6.174

North Antrim
Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary Constituency
NorthAntrimConstituency.svg
North Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created1973
Seats6 (1996–2016)
5 (2017–)
MLAs
  •   Jim Allister (TUV)
  •   Paul Frew (DUP)
  •   Philip McGuigan (SF)
  •   Mervyn Storey (DUP)
  •   Robin Swann (UUP)
DistrictsMid and East Antrim Borough Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

North Antrim (Irish: Aontroim Thuaidh, Ulster Scots: North Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the North Antrim UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.

In 1996 members of the Northern Ireland Forum were elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session. However the boundaries of North Antrim were not changed in the 1996–1997 redistribution.

Members were elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency).

Members[]

Election MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
MLA
(Party)
1973 John O'Hagan
(SDLP)
Hugh Wilson
(Alliance Party)
7 seats
1973–1982
William Craig
(Vanguard)
John Baxter
(UUP)
David McCarthy
(UUP)
James Craig
(DUP)
Ian Paisley
(DUP)
1974 by-election Clifford Smyth
(DUP)
1975 John Turnley
(SDLP)
William Wright
(Vanguard)
David Allen
(Vanguard)
Ken McFaul
(DUP)
1982 Sean Farren
(SDLP)
Seán Neeson
(Alliance Party)
Joe Gaston
(UUP)
Roy Beggs
(UUP)
Cecil Cousley
(DUP)
Jim Allister
(DUP)
Jack McKee
(DUP)
1996 5 seats
1996–1998
Robert Coulter
(UUP)
5 seats
1996–1998
Ian Paisley Jr.
(DUP)
1998 6 seats
1998–2017
James Leslie
(UUP)
6 seats
1998–2017
Gardiner Kane
(DUP)
2003 Philip McGuigan
(Sinn Féin)
Mervyn Storey
(DUP)
2007 Declan O'Loan
(SDLP)
Daithí McKay
(Sinn Féin)
June 2010
co-option
Paul Frew
(DUP)
2011 Jim Allister
(TUV)
Robin Swann
(UUP)
David McIlveen
(DUP)
2016 Phillip Logan
(DUP)
August 2016
co-option
Philip McGuigan
(Sinn Féin)
2017 5 seats
2017–present
5 seats
2017–present
5 seats
2017–present

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections[]

Assembly Elections North Antrim – First Preference Votes (Percentage), 1998-2022

Northern Ireland Assembly[]

2022[]

2022 Assembly election: North Antrim – 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
TUV Jim Allister[1]
TUV Matthew Armstrong[1]
Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan[2]
Alliance Patricia O’Lynn[3]
SDLP Eugene Reid[4]
Green (NI) Paul Veronica[5]

2017[]

2017 Assembly election: North Antrim – 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan 15.80% 7,600 7,601 7,729 7,769 7,960 9,780  
UUP Robin Swann 12.52% 6,022 6,032 6,049 6,127 6,966 8,413  
TUV Jim Allister 12.92% 6,214 6,215 6,229 7,564 7,679 7,834 7,989
DUP Paul Frew 14.50% 6,975 6,977 6,984 7,055 7,135 7,199 7,231
DUP Mervyn Storey 14.26% 6,857 6,863 6,868 6,896 6,965 7,013 7,066
DUP Phillip Logan 11.87% 5,708 5,709 5,711 5,776 5,810 5,840 5,860
SDLP Connor Duncan 7.32% 3,519 3,527 3,665 3,759 4,992    
Alliance Patricia O'Lynn 5.44% 2,616 2,655 2,721 3,030      
TUV Timothy Gaston 3.13% 1,505 1,506 1,509        
Green (NI) Mark Bailey 1.10% 530 547 580        
Independent Republican Monica Digney 0.90% 435 454          
Independent Adam McBride 0.23% 113            
Electorate: 76,739   Valid: 48,094 (62.67%)   Spoilt: 424   Quota: 8,016   Turnout: 48,518 (63.22%)

2016[]

2016 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TUV Jim Allister 13.17% 5,399 5,410 5,427 5,458 5,788 5,841 7,600      
DUP Paul Frew 13.24% 5,429 5,435 5,449 5,463 5,654 5,717 5,822 6,095    
DUP Mervyn Storey 13.13% 5,382 5,395 5,403 5,428 5,481 5,566 5,592 5,710 8,443  
DUP Phillip Logan 8.87% 3,635 3,642 3,651 3,672 3,724 3,759 3,834 4,131 4,724 7,165.24
UUP Robin Swann 8.74% 3,585 3,619 3,644 4,306 4,423 4,776 4,841 5,217 5,420 5,545.44
Sinn Féin Daithí McKay 12.92% 5,297 5,302 5,350 5,353 5,374 5,459 5,462 5,466 5,473 5,473.98
SDLP Connor Duncan 7.54% 3,093 3,146 3,245 3,247 3,276 3,851 3,857 3,864 3,879 3,886.84
DUP David McIlveen 7.83% 3,209 3,212 3,213 3,230 3,256 3,273 3,322 3,604    
TUV Timothy Gaston 4.77% 1,955 1,959 1,965 1,991 2,104 2,123        
Alliance Stephen McFarland 3.21% 1,318 1,397 1,658 1,671 1,718          
UKIP Donna Anderson 2.51% 1,027 1,042 1,064 1,070            
UUP Andrew Wright 2.00% 821 826 831              
Green (NI) Jennifer Breslin 1.25% 513 593                
NI Labour Kathryn Johnston 0.59% 243                  
NI Conservatives James Simpson 0.22% 92                  
Electorate: 78,337   Valid: 40,998 (52.34%)   Spoilt: 466   Quota: 5,857   Turnout: 41,464 (52.93%)

2011[]

2011 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Paul Frew 16.32% 6,581                
Sinn Féin Daithí McKay 15.26% 6,152                
DUP Mervyn Storey 15.09% 6,083                
DUP David McIlveen 8.12% 3,275 3,825.56 3,831.8 3,832.84 3,941.04 3,973.79 4,062.54 6,593.54  
UUP Robin Swann 6.25% 2,518 2,547.4 2,565.64 2,566.2 2,828.76 2,839.81 4,577.99 4,991.22 5,556.6
TUV Jim Allister 10.07% 4,061 4,092.68 4,655.92 4,656.96 4,744.6 4,759.35 4,963 5,189.42 5,429.99
SDLP Declan O'Loan 9.13% 3,682 3,688.84 3,688.96 4,035.92 4,639.04 4,641.34 4,745.27 4,797.74 4,816.37
DUP Evelyne Robinson 8.08% 3,256 3,380.68 3,404.52 3,406.28 3,539.4 3,754.45 3,989.68    
UUP Bill Kennedy 5.43% 2,189 2,206.52 2,236.64 2,240.72 2,563.96 2,583.16      
Alliance Jayne Dunlop 4.58% 1,848 1,859.76 1,867.88 1,882.52          
TUV Audrey Patterson 1.66% 668 670.4              
Electorate: 74,760   Valid: 40,313 (53.92%)   Spoilt: 670   Quota: 5,760   Turnout: 40,983 (54.82%)

2007[]

2007 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Ian Paisley 17.41% 7,716                  
Sinn Féin Daithí McKay 15.94% 7,065                  
DUP Ian Paisley Jr. 13.77% 6,106 7,264.04                
UUP Robert Coulter 11.38% 5,047 5,065.87 5,088.36 5,090.45 5,133.6 5,542.66 6,578.66      
DUP Mervyn Storey 11.66% 5,171 5,251.24 5,946.87 5,947.2 6,023.9 6,070.76 6,186.83 6,923.83    
SDLP Declan O'Loan 7.40% 3,281 3,282.36 3,282.62 3,583.36 3,755.17 3,955.91 4,001.13 4,060.82 4,071.82 6,498.23
DUP Deirdre Nelson 6.18% 2,740 2,762.95 2,891.78 2,894.42 2,953.2 2,987.04 3,042.71 3,534.8 4,044.8 4,091.99
SDLP Orla Black 4.80% 2,129 2,130.02 2,130.8 2,411.19 2,536.83 2,764.85 2,803.26 2,838.63 2,844.63  
UK Unionist Lyle Cubitt 4.17% 1,848 1,858.54 1,874.53 1,874.64 1,971.35 2,052.11 2,148.85      
UUP Robin Swann 2.89% 1,281 1,289.67 1,298.25 1,298.69 1,311.8 1,466.24        
Alliance Jayne Dunlop 2.83% 1,254 1,255.19 1,257.40 1,267.74 1,298.25          
Independent Republican Paul McGlinchey 0.86% 383 383 383 482.44            
Independent James Gregg 0.70% 310 313.23 319.21 320.09            
Electorate: 72,814   Valid: 44,331 (60.88%)   Spoilt: 324   Quota: 6,334   Turnout: 44,655 (61.33%)

2003[]

2003 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Ian Paisley 19.80% 8,732                
DUP Ian Paisley Jr. 17.91% 7,898                
UUP Robert Coulter 14.48% 6,385                
DUP Mervyn Storey 8.17% 3,605 5,787.6 7,152.2            
Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan 14.05% 6,195 6,195 6,195.2 6,195.2 6,198.2 6,198.26 6,199.46 6,207.94 6,496.94
SDLP Sean Farren 8.27% 3,648 3,649.68 3,652.08 3,654.88 3,666.28 3,666.61 3,689.6 3,920.82 5,980.43
UUP James Currie 7.15% 3,153 3,247.08 3,320.68 3,598.68 3,676.36 3,735.98 4,041.24 4,975.04 5,049.97
SDLP Declan O'Loan 5.35% 2,361 2,362.68 2,363.68 2,365.08 2,374.36 2,374.48 2,381.69 2,515.36  
UK Unionist Nathaniel Small 0.91% 402 444 505 779.4 824.96 825.6 997.2    
Alliance Jayne Dunlop 1.97% 867 873.44 883.64 896.64 914.4 915.2 953.14    
Independent Gardiner Kane 1.41% 623 677.6 703.2 788.2 819.88 820.74      
PUP Billy McCaughey 0.52% 230 244.84 254.04 297.64          
Electorate: 70,489   Valid: 44,099 (62.56%)   Spoilt: 533   Quota: 6,300   Turnout: 44,632 (63.32%)

1998[]

1998 Assembly election: North Antrim – 6 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP Ian Paisley 21.31% 10,590                      
DUP Ian Paisley Jr. 8.97% 4,459 7,551.1                    
SDLP Sean Farren 12.94% 6,433 6,433.99 6,434.23 6,479.23 6,662.27 8,300.27            
UUP Robert Coulter 10.88% 5,407 5,440.99 5,451.27 5,501.82 5,636.24 5,644.24 5,660.39 6,760.58 6,797.98 7,832.98    
UUP James Leslie 6.96% 3,458 3,480.11 3,486.95 3,509.55 3,702.17 3,713.50 3,733.05 4,465.62 4,473.87 5,335.74 5,991.09 7,580.09
DUP Gardiner Kane 7.32% 3,638 3,776.93 4,053.73 4,107.23 4,242.28 4,247.69 4,249.39 4,285.12 4,290.16 4,327.91 4,344.06 5,818.1
Sinn Féin James McCarry 4.07% 2,024 2,024 2,024.24 2,044.28 2,200.28 2,379.28 2,815.33 2,837.28 4,892.88 5,135.68 5,144.18 5,153.98
Ind U William Wright 6.63% 3,297 3,415.8 3,461 3,515.22 3,730.24 3,731.28 3,733.83 3,791.25 3,792.95 3,955.6 4,002.35  
Alliance Jayne Dunlop 4.59% 2,282 2,285.63 2,287.19 2,331.92 2,456.03 2,523.03 2,870.68 3,031.6 3,146.7      
Sinn Féin Joe Cahill 4.07% 2,021 2,021 2,021.04 2,025.04 2,079.04 2,157.04 2,488.54 2,496.24        
UUP Patricia Campbell 4.42% 2,199 2,207.58 2,210.78 2,226.56 2,350.95 2,361.95 2,401.9          
SDLP Malachy McCamphill 3.99% 1,982 1,982.99 1,983.27 2,002.31 2,075.31              
PUP Richard Rodgers 1.29% 641 648.59 653.15 666.49                
Independent Republican Oliver McMullan 0.96% 478 478.33 478.49 502.49                
Ulster Democratic Maurice McAllister 0.80% 400 414.85 419.85 422.08                
Independent Chris McCaughan 0.39% 194 195.32 195.84                  
Natural Law John Wright 0.31% 156 171.51 179.03                  
Independent Thomas Palmer 0.08% 38 39.98 44.06                  
Electorate: 73,247   Valid: 49,697 (67.85%)   Spoilt: 864   Quota: 7,100   Turnout: 50,561 (69.03%)

1996 Forum[]

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[12]

Party Candidate(s) Votes Percentage
DUP Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley Jr.
Gardiner Kane
Samuel McConaghie
Maurice Mills
16,448 37.0
UUP Robert Coulter
Joe Gaston
William Wright
James Leslie
James Simpson
11,195 25.2
SDLP Sean Farren
Dick Kerr
Patrick McAvoy
Malachy McCamphill
Malachy McSparran
7,185 16.1
Sinn Féin James McCarry
Christine McAuley
2,579 5.8
Alliance David Alderdice
Gareth Williams
2,518 5.6
UK Unionist Harry Gordon
Laura Lyle
1,185 2.7
Ulster Democratic Kenneth Blair
Winston McConnell
768 1.7
Independent McMullan Oliver McMullan
John Robb
670 1.5
PUP Mervyn Craig
Alan Elder
665 1.5
NI Women's Coalition Teresa Godfrey
Irene Leacock
Carol Nevin
272 0.6
NI Conservatives Elizabeth Armstrong
Mary Noble
259 0.6
Labour coalition Robert Margrain
Benjamin Adams
Mark McKavanagh
Niall Mulholland
187 0.4
Ulster Independence Agnes McLeister
Ivan McLaughlan
167 0.5
Green (NI) Maria McAllister
Graham Gingles
Roger Frew
150 0.4
Democratic Partnership Christopher McCaughan
Paul Cunningham
114 0.3
Workers' Party Rosemary McBride
Pat Scullion
60 0.1
Democratic Left Alan Darnbrook
Colm McGinn
40 0.1
Natural Law Francis Chalmers
John Wright
14 0.0
Independent Chambers Ryan Hay
Jean Arbuthnot
13 0.0

1982 Assembly Election[]

1982 Assembly election: North Antrim – 8 seats[13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
DUP Ian Paisley 15.75% 9,231                    
DUP Jim Allister 9.96% 5,835 7,113.61                  
UUP Joe Gaston 9.99% 5,856 5,996.36 6,257.05 6,272.78 6,295.62 7,668.62          
SDLP Sean Farren 8.54% 5,006 5,007.16 5,050.45 5,050.58 5,141.87 5,145.87 5,145.87 8,174.87      
Alliance Seán Neeson 5.56% 3,258 3,273.37 3,384.24 3,385.41 5,279.12 5,310.7 5,331.17 5,505.33 6,830.33    
DUP Jack McKee 7.70% 4,515 4,857.49 4,922.29 5,295 5,306.29 5,324.26 5,332.27 5,343.85 5,344.85 7,871.85  
UUP Roy Beggs 8.34% 4,885 4,977.8 5,074.86 5,086.95 5,179.66 5,762.69 6,480.03 6,489.03 6,498.03 6,586.03  
DUP Cecil Cousley 7.05% 4,133 4,543.64 4,675.59 4,778.42 4,786.42 4,974.41 5,032.26 5,040.26 5,048.26 5,539.78 6,835.06
UUP Charles Brown 6.15% 3,606 3,641.38 3,698.15 3,703.09 3,758.22 4,226.89 4,563.31 4,564.31 4,573.31 4,815.55 4,864.83
DUP Ken McFaul 5.38% 3,153 3,340.05 3,385.85 3,440.58 3,447.87 3,473.74 3,480.86 3,486.86 3,492.86    
SDLP Michael O'Cleary 5.67% 3,321 3,323.61 3,356.61 3,356.61 3,373.61 3,373.61 3,373.61        
UUP David Burnside 4.34% 2,542 2,591.01 2,719.39 2,724.46 2,756.46            
Alliance Thomas Benson 3.70% 2,170 2,174.93 2,259.93 2,260.84              
UUUP Robert Glass 0.76% 444 486.34                  
Ind U Price McConaghy 0.61% 357 380.2                  
Ecology Malcolm Samuel 0.50% 295 297                  
Electorate: 104,683   Valid: 58,607 (55.99%)   Spoilt: 1,543   Quota: 6,512   Turnout: 60,150 (57.46%)

1975 Constitutional Convention[]

1975 Constitutional Convention: North Antrim – 8 seats[14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP Ian Paisley 31.08% 19,335                      
DUP Ken McFaul 12.31% 7,658 11,454.2                    
DUP Clifford Smyth 9.33% 5,806 10,640.8                    
Alliance Hugh Wilson 7.39% 4,601 4,691.6 4,720.4 4,757.06 5,764.62 5,964.79 6,007.79 6,098.9 8,243.9      
SDLP John Turnley 7.86% 4,888 4,901.8 4,909.6 4,913.11 5,030.31 5,032.31 5,967.11 5,985.48 6,012.08 9,240.08    
Vanguard William Wright 4.44% 2,761 3,469 5,030.8 6,081.85 6,087.85 6,121.79 6,126.77 6,721.76 6,946.98 6,970.18 7,001.18 7,096.04
Vanguard David Allen 3.65% 2,268 3,044.4 4,017.6 4,964.52 4,978.48 5,032.54 5,038.91 5,416.52 5,939.96 5,972.35 6,016.35 6,113.69
UUP Adam Erwin 2.81% 1,751 2,141.6 2,654 3,087.29 3,099.87 3,153.36 3,156.96 4,712.67 5,669.62 5,722.81 5,794.81 6,066.37
SDLP Denis Haughey 5.42% 3,371 3,375.2 3,378.8 3,379.58 3,434.17 3,439.37 4,781.17 4,786.97 4,817.57      
Unionist Party NI Iris Agnew 5.04% 3,138 3,256.8 3,309.6 3,370.83 3,398.61 4,459.48 4,464.08 4,593.92        
UUP William Rainey 2.55% 1,587 2,204.4 2,540.4 2,825.49 2,838.07 2,935.82 2,940.42          
SDLP James McClements 3.73% 2,318 2,324 2,326.4 2,328.74 2,375.13 2,376.73            
Unionist Party NI Samuel Murphy 2.29% 1,425 1,497.6 1,528.2 1,553.94 1,580.93              
Alliance Maurice McHenry 2.11% 1,311 1,338 1,348.2 1,356.78                
Electorate: 103,469   Valid: 62,218 (60.13%)   Spoilt: 866   Quota: 7,778   Turnout: 63,084 (60.97%)

1974 by-election to the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973[]

1974 by-election: North Antrim – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
DUP Clifford Smyth 61.8 29,739
SDLP John Turnley 21.6 10,421
UUP Iris Agnew 11.5 5,546
Alliance Jack Fawcett 5.0 2,430
Electorate: 104,168   Valid: 48,136   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 24,069   Turnout: 48,136 (46.7%)

1973[]

1973 Assembly election: North Antrim – 7 seats[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
DUP Ian Paisley 20.43% 14,553                            
UUP John Baxter 12.64% 9,009                            
Vanguard William Craig 11.98% 8,538 10,025.07                          
SDLP John O'Hagan 8.71% 6,204 6,209.07 6,209.65 6,217.65 6,217.71 6,217.71 6,549.81 6,714.4 6,715.42 6,826.59 6,827.59 11,100.59      
Alliance Hugh Wilson 4.04% 2,876 2,896.28 2,900.34 2,914.34 2,915.65 2,931.26 3,252.11 4,122.84 4,132.58 6,431.23 6,593.65 6,938.76 8,666.76    
UUP David McCarthy 7.19% 5,125 5,269.69 5,322.18 5,330.96 5,384.27 5,401.75 5,450.66 5,462.32 5,553.9 5,617.61 6,930.92 6,936.31 6,946.31 11,704.31  
DUP James Craig 5.43% 3,871 5,117.83 5,415.08 5,419.83 5,421.58 5,532.83 5,548.3 5,562.09 6,537.82 6,553.08 6,772.11 6,774.5 6,776.5 7,082.15 7,829.15
DUP Clifford Smyth 3.61% 2,572 4,749.76 5,087.9 5,090.87 5,092.72 5,296.62 5,320.43 5,332.07 6,008.13 6,022.89 6,117.67 6,118.68 6,121.68 6,334.63 6,828.63
UUP Trevor Strain 5.53% 3,937 4,049.71 4,074.94 4,076.94 4,085.96 4,093.95 4,119.72 4,129.24 4,168.98 4,198.15 5,895.28 5,903.28 5,909.28    
SDLP John Turnley 6.14% 4,376 4,379.12 4,379.12 4,381.12 4,381.16 4,381.45 4,522.85 4,603.25 4,605.25 4,748.66 4,751.14        
UUP Samuel Steele 4.62% 3,294 3,358.74 3,377.88 3,381.88 3,394.81 3,427.19 3,459.73 3,473.18 3,533.35 3,589.79          
Alliance Phelim O'Neill 2.39% 1,701 1,713.87 1,715.03 1,717.03 1,718 1,721.29 2,095.67 2,868.38 2,878.83            
Vanguard David Burnside 2.11% 1,505 1,634.48 1,840.38 1,850.45 1,855.43 2,029.44 2,039.92 2,045.99              
Alliance William Kelly 2.35% 1,672 1,685.26 1,688.74 1,720.13 1,720.96 1,732.3 1,997.08                
NI Labour Patrick McHugh 1.16% 830 840.14 841.88 989.22 989.43 994.22                  
Alliance James Miller 0.91% 651 671.67 676.6 680.6 681.46 682.24                  
Vanguard Thomas Seymour 0.44% 315 478.8 606.11 609.11 609.58                    
NI Labour Robert Binnie 0.34% 240 246.24 247.69                        
Electorate: 99,635   Valid: 71,249 (71.51%)   Spoilt: 1,040   Quota: 8,907   Turnout: 72,289 (72.55%)

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  1. ^ a b "TUV announces two candidates in North Antrim | TUV – Traditional Unionist Voice". Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ^ @SinnFeinElectio (16 February 2022). "Sinn Féin North Antrim
    Selected to stand as a candidate in the 2022 Assembly election
    Philip McGuigan"
    (Tweet). Retrieved 16 February 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ O'Lynn, Patricia [@PatriciaOLynn] (14 February 2022). "It is an honour and a privilege to be selected by the people of North Antrim Alliance to stand as the only #Positive #Progressive #CrossCommunity candidate in the upcoming Assembly election.
    To find out more click on the link below