ELECTION 2022: East Antrim – The names and vote counts of all five winners as Alliance scoop double victory

The five MLAs in the East Antrim constituency have been decided.

After a full day of counting, they are as follows: John Stewart of the UUP, Gordon Lyons and Davy Hilditch of the DUP, and Danny Donnelly and Stewart Dickson of the Alliance.

This changes the makeup of the constituency; previously it was one Alliance, two DUP, two UUP.

Their first preference votes were as follows:

Lyons: 6,256

Stewart: 6,195

Hilditch: 5,662

Dickson: 5,059

Donnelly: 4,224

However, due to the way the transfer system works, they were elected in this order: Stewart, Lyons, Dickson, Donnelly, and Hilditch.

More details, videos and analysis will be uploaded in the morning.

MORE FROM THIS REPORTER:

Charity regulator opens investigation into the running of Green Pastures church in Ballymena amid turmoil among leadership

Permission given for new estate made up of 177 houses in Banbridge

WATCH – IPLO murder 30 years on: Random Protestant victim Billy Sargent had survived Nazi machine gun attack only to be shot while having a pint