East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 1980s

East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 1980s
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

UUP	Roy Beggs	14,293	37.4	N/A

DUP	Jim Allister	13,926	36.5	N/A

Alliance	Seán Neeson	7,620	20.0	N/A

SDLP	Michael O'Cleary	1,047	2.7	N/A

Independent	William Anthony Cunning	741	1.9	N/A

Workers' Party	Austin Kevin Kelly	581	1.5	N/A

Majority	367	0.9	N/A

Turnout	38,154	65.1	N/A

Registered electors	58,671

UUP win (new seat)

Sentence(s)

The UUP were only 367 votes ahead of the DUP.

final_sentence: The UUP were only 367 votes ahead of the DUP.