2018 a recall petition was launched following a critical report into Paisley Jr's conduct in respect to an undeclared trip to Sri Lanka. The petition narrowly failed. Members of Parliament The Member of Parliament since the 2010 general election is Ian Paisley Jr of the DUP. He succeeded his father, the Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley, who was initially elected in the 1970 general election as a member of the Protestant Unionist Party, which became the DUP the following year. North Antrim has had comparatively few MPs in its lifetime compared to other parliamentary constituencies. Sir Hugh O'Neill had sat for one of the predecessor seats of Mid Antrim between 1915 and 1922 and Antrim between 1922 until 1950, making this one of the few seats where four individuals between them represented the seat continuously over a period of ninety years. Elections Elections in the 1880s Caused by MacNaghten being appointed Lord of Appeal. Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 2010s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland References Further reading F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970 External links Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards) Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards) 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present) Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔ (Election results from 1951 to the present) Politics of County Antrim Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 1885 establishments in Ireland 1950 establishments in Northern Ireland