2019_Ards_and_North_Down_Borough_Council_election
The second election to Ards and North Down Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.[1][2] The Democratic Unionist Party once again won a plurality of seats.
Quick Facts All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ards and North Down 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| DUP | 14 | 0 | 3 |  3 |
35.0 | 33.4 | 16,759 | 2.0 | |
| Alliance | 10 | 3 | 0 |  3 |
25.0 | 22.2 | 11,162 | 8.8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
20.0 | 17.8 | 8,943 | 0.4 | |
| Green (NI) | 3 | 0 | 0 |  0 |
7.5 | 10.2 | 5,106 | 5.8 | |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
7.5 | 8.6 | 4,321 | 1.1 | |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2.5 | 3.2 | 1,621 | 1.0 | |
| TUV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2.5 | 1.4 | 695 | 3.4 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 1.3 | 672 | 1.2 | |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 1.3 | 660 | 2.0 | |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.5 | 267 | 0.3 | |
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 43.80% with a total of 50,206 valid votes cast. A total of 660 ballots were rejected.
More information Ward, % ...
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| Ards Peninsula | 47.8 | 3 | 10.6 | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 20.7 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangor Central | 26.1 | 2 | 18.3 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Bangor East and Donaghadee | 31.2 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 30.1 | 2 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangor West | 30.5 | 1 | 32.5 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 16.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Comber | 37.9 | 2 | 23.2 | 1 | 21.4 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Holywood and Clandeboye | 26.6 | 1 | 38.7 | 2 | 13.5 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Newtownards | 32.4 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 14.6 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 28.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 33.4 | 14 | 22.2 | 10 | 17.8 | 8 | 10.2 | 3 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 12.6 | 4 | 40 |
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Ards Peninsula
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: No change
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Adair* | 27.93% | 2,189 | |||||||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle* | 20.68% | 1,621 | |||||||
| DUP | Nigel Edmund* | 9.38% | 735 | 1,511.5 | ||||||
| DUP | Eddie Thompson* | 10.48% | 821 | 931 | 934.15 | 1,273.15 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Angus Carson* | 10.62% | 832 | 943.5 | 968.7 | 995.45 | 1,020.2 | 1,132 | ||
| Alliance | Lorna McAlpine* | 10.62% | 832 | 849 | 1,079.65 | 1,083.9 | 1,085.75 | 1,088.95 | 1,124.95 | |
| Green (NI) | Michele Strong | 4.07% | 319 | 333 | 372.9 | 375.9 | 383.25 | 388.25 | 434.25 | |
| Sinn Féin | Murdoch McKibbin | 2.50% | 196 | 197.5 | 380.9 | 381.4 | 382.4 | 382.6 | 384.6 | |
| UKIP | Matt Davey | 2.98% | 234 | 267.5 | 274.15 | 279.15 | 291.15 | 322.55 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Tim Mullen | 0.74% | 58 | 61 | 62.05 | 63.05 | ||||
| Electorate: 17,582 Valid: 7,837 (44.57%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 7,956 (45.25%) | ||||||||||
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Bangor Central
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Alliance | Karen Douglas* | 18.29% | 1,346 | |||||||||||
| Green (NI) | Stephen Dunlop | 14.22% | 1,046 | 1,220.9 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Alistair Cathcart* | 10.70% | 787 | 789.86 | 789.86 | 789.86 | 816.86 | 832.86 | 1,052.08 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Craig Blaney | 10.29% | 757 | 774.38 | 777.38 | 788.16 | 818.04 | 862.24 | 871.46 | 903.76 | 1,324.76 | |||
| DUP | Wesley Irvine* ‡ | 11.93% | 878 | 879.1 | 879.1 | 880.42 | 915.42 | 926.42 | 956.64 | 966.08 | 1,047.84 | 1,191.84 | ||
| Independent | Ray McKimm | 6.84% | 503 | 517.08 | 526.74 | 553.36 | 572.36 | 603.46 | 608.46 | 783.76 | 827.98 | 903.98 | 933.98 | |
| Independent | Noelle Robinson* | 5.75% | 423 | 446.76 | 461.3 | 491.88 | 513.1 | 543.2 | 544.2 | 681.46 | 723.62 | 769.62 | 788.62 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Ian Henry | 7.37% | 542 | 555.86 | 556.86 | 568.74 | 588.96 | 635.6 | 641.6 | 664.8 | ||||
| Independent | Maria Lourenço | 4.92% | 362 | 389.6 | 392.5 | 441.78 | 454.32 | 472.2 | 473.42 | |||||
| DUP | James Cochrane | 3.47% | 255 | 255.66 | 256.66 | 256.88 | 273.88 | 277.88 | ||||||
| NI Conservatives | Frank Shivers | 2.85% | 210 | 215.06 | 215.06 | 221.66 | 238.1 | |||||||
| UKIP | John Montgomery | 2.92% | 215 | 217.42 | 217.42 | 220.06 | ||||||||
| Independent | Gavan Reynolds | 0.45% | 33 | 35.86 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 18,166 Valid: 7,357 (40.50%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,052 Turnout: 7,450 (41.01%) | ||||||||||||||
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Bangor East and Donaghadee
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from Independent, Independent leaves DUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mark Brooks* | 17.47% | 1,327 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Gavin Walker* | 17.15% | 1,303 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | David Chambers* | 12.67% | 963 | 1,006 | 1,144.78 | ||||||
| DUP | Peter Martin* † | 11.87% | 902 | 905 | 908.24 | 913.28 | 916.97 | 1,413.97 | |||
| DUP | Bill Keery* ‡ | 10.06% | 764 | 775 | 784 | 787.6 | 799.12 | 965.2 | 1,280.72 | ||
| Independent | Tom Smith* | 10.06% | 765 | 805 | 844.06 | 904.9 | 922.27 | 966.31 | 973.79 | 1,056.75 | |
| Green (NI) | Hannah McNamara | 9.67% | 735 | 752 | 772.88 | 915.62 | 929.3 | 947.44 | 950.16 | 986.2 | |
| DUP | Janice MacArthur | 9.24% | 702 | 711 | 733.14 | 737.28 | 746.82 | ||||
| NI Conservatives | Paul Leeman | 1.80% | 137 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 17,416 Valid: 7,598 (43.63%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,086 Turnout: 7,696 (44.19%) | |||||||||||
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Bangor West
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Alliance | Connie Egan † | 20.16% | 1,151 | |||
| DUP | Jennifer Gilmour | 17.34% | 990 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Marion Smith* | 17.20% | 982 | |||
| Green (NI) | Barry McKee | 16.62% | 949 | 1,022 | ||
| Alliance | Scott Wilson* | 12.32% | 703 | 746 | 930.79 | |
| DUP | Alan Graham* | 13.12% | 749 | 787 | 791.42 | |
| NI Conservatives | Ben English | 2.00% | 114 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kieran Maxwell | 1.24% | 71 | |||
| Electorate: 13,585 Valid: 5,709 (42.02%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 952 Turnout: 5,794 (42.65%) | ||||||
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Comber
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2014-2019 Change: No change
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Alliance | Deborah Girvan* † | 23.23% | 1,516 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Philip Smith | 16.58% | 1,082 | 1,178.3 | |||||
| DUP | Trevor Cummings* | 12.91% | 843 | 856.8 | 895.5 | 901.8 | 1,298.8 | ||
| DUP | Robert Gibson* | 15.09% | 985 | 992.5 | 1,024.5 | 1,028.7 | 1,201.7 | ||
| TUV | Stephen Cooper* ‡ | 10.65% | 695 | 716 | 819.3 | 828 | 887 | 1,065 | |
| Green (NI) | Ricky Bamford | 5.70% | 372 | 582.3 | 737.4 | 780.6 | 797.6 | 816.6 | |
| DUP | John Montgomery | 9.85% | 643 | 648.7 | 689.5 | 693.1 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Michael Palmer | 4.87% | 318 | 361.8 | |||||
| Independent | John Sloan | 1.12% | 73 | 100 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,244 Valid: 6,527 (45.82%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,088 Turnout: 6,587 (46.24%) | |||||||||
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Holywood and Clandeboye
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alliance | Andrew Muir* † | 20.43% | 1,397 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Rachel Woods ††† | 19.18% | 1,311 | |||||||
| Alliance | Gillian Greer | 18.27% | 1,249 | |||||||
| DUP | Stephen Dunne* † | 16.66% | 1,139 | 1,171.4 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Carl McClean ‡ | 7.42% | 507 | 557.04 | 599.82 | 683.19 | 725.94 | 729.9 | 1,143.9 | |
| DUP | Roberta Dunlop | 9.90% | 677 | 681.32 | 697.13 | 712.49 | 721.23 | 730.23 | 742.23 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Tim Lemon | 6.08% | 416 | 505.64 | 563.92 | 645.74 | 701.6 | 705.92 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Andrew Turner | 2.06% | 141 | 218.4 | 269.55 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,052 Valid: 6,837 (45.42%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 6,904 (45.87%) | ||||||||||
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Newtownards
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Jimmy Menagh* † | 25.63% | 2,138 | |||||||
| DUP | Naomi Armstrong* | 14.77% | 1,232 | |||||||
| Alliance | Nick Mathison † | 13.08% | 1,091 | |||||||
| DUP | Stephen McIlveen* | 10.77% | 898 | 1,127.1 | ||||||
| DUP | Colin Kennedy – | 6.83% | 570 | 771.84 | 919.59 | 924.07 | 988.03 | 1,055.03 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Richard Smart* | 8.82% | 736 | 964.52 | 970.97 | 979.45 | 986.99 | 1,040.12 | 1,076.12 | |
| Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 6.88% | 574 | 668.54 | 670.19 | 678.83 | 679.87 | 696.66 | 977.61 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Ian Dickson | 5.77% | 481 | 585.98 | 599.78 | 602.09 | 607.29 | 677.47 | 734.16 | |
| Green (NI) | Maurice Macartney | 4.49% | 374 | 448.82 | 450.47 | 466.01 | 467.05 | 503.97 | ||
| UKIP | Paul Corry | 2.67% | 223 | 341.32 | 348.07 | 358.34 | 361.2 | |||
| Independent | Ben King | 0.29% | 24 | 61.12 | 61.42 | |||||
| Electorate: 20,491 Valid: 8,341 (40.71%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,043 Turnout: 8,479 (41.38%) | ||||||||||
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† Co-options
More information Date co-opted, Electoral Area ...
| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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| 11 October 2019 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Green (NI) | Rachel Woods | Kathryn McNickle | Woods was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 30 January 2020 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Alliance | Andrew Muir | Martin McRandal | Muir was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 11 May 2020 | Bangor East and Donaghadee | DUP | Peter Martin | Janice MacArthur | Martin resigned. | |
| 19 July 2021 | Holywood and Clandeboye | DUP | Stephen Dunne | Peter Johnson | Dunne was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 12 October 2021 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Green (NI) | Kathryn McNickle | Lauren Kendall | McNickle resigned. | |
| 5 May 2022 | Newtownards | Independent | Jimmy Menagh | Steven Irvine | Menagh died. | |
| 25 May 2022 | Newtownards | Alliance | Nick Mathison | Vicky Moore | Mathison was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 25 May 2022 | Bangor West | Alliance | Connie Egan | Hannah Irwin | Egan was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 22 September 2022 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Green (NI) | Lauren Kendall | Rachel Woods | Kendall resigned. | |
| 6 January 2023 | Comber | Alliance | Deborah Girvan | Patricia Morgan | Girvan resigned. | |
| 31 March 2023 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Alliance | Gillian Greer | vacant | Greer resigned but was not replaced before May election. | |
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‡ Changes in affiliation
More information Date, Electoral Area ...
| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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| 19 Apr 2021 | Bangor East and Donaghadee | Bill Keery | DUP | Independent | Suspended from the DUP following controversial comments about Prince Philip.[4] | ||
| 2 March 2022 | Bangor Central | Wesley Irvine | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP to support the re-election campaign of independent unionist MLA Alex Easton.[5] | ||
| 4 January 2023 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Carl McClean | Ulster Unionist | Independent | Resigned from the UUP following criticisms of the party's candidate selection process.[6] | ||
| 13 January 2023 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Carl McClean | Independent | DUP | Joined the DUP following his period as an Independent.[7] | ||
| 8 February 2023 | Comber | Stephen Cooper | TUV | Independent | Left the TUV following an allegation of harassment from a female party member.[8] | ||
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– Suspensions
Colin Kennedy (DUP) was suspended from the council for six weeks from Friday 18 June 2021.[9]
Last update 8 February 2023.
Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council.
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- "Ards and North Down councillor quits UUP over 'completely chaotic' election plans". Belfast Live. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- "DUP welcomes new North Down Councillor". Democratic Unionist Party. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Councillor Stephen Cooper quits TUV after 'harassment' claim by female party member". Belfast Live. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- "DUP Newtownards councillor suspended for 'bullying and harassing' behaviour towards female colleague". Belfast Live. Retrieved 29 August 2019.