Paisley Jnr keeps it in the family

Ian Paisley Jnr will take over from his father as MP for North Antrim.

His bitter rival Jim Allister of Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) had been expected to mount a major challenge because of his opposition to Unionists sitting with Sinn Féin in the powersharing government at Stormont.

But he trailed in a poor second, more than 12,500 votes behind Mr Paisley who was favourite to win, but not by such a massive majority. His father, the Rev. Ian Paisley, held the seat for 40 years.