2014 North Down and Ards District Council election

2014 North Down and Ards Council election
All 40 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Ards and North Down 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

The first election to North Down and Ards District Council (now Ards and North Down Borough Council), part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote.^[1]^[2] The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

Election results

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%
	DUP	17	16,460	35.93
	UUP	9	8,092	17.66
	Alliance	7	6,243	13.63
	Green (NI)	3	2,023	4.42
	Independent	2	4,505	9.83
	TUV	1	2,252	4.92
	SDLP	1	1,695	3.70
	NI Conservatives	0	1,554	3.77
	NI21	0	1,441	3.49
	UKIP	0	1,180	2.86
	Sinn Féin	0	388	0.94
	Community Partnership	0	388	0.94
Totals		40	41,270	100.00

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Districts summary

Results of the North Down and Ards Borough Council election, 2014
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		Green		TUV		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Ards Peninsula	47.1	3	16.6	1	8.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	19.1	1	9.1	0	6
Bangor Central	28.0	2	15.7	2	12.8	1	7.6	1	4.6	0	0.0	0	31.3	0	6
Bangor East and Donaghadee	32.4	3	18.9	1	9.8	1	3.9	0	5.3	0	0.0	0	29.7	1	6
Bangor West	31.9	2	16.2	1	17.3	1	6.4	1	9.1	0	4.9	0	14.2	0	5
Comber	39.2	2	22.1	1	13.2	1	0.0	0	9.3	1	0.0	0	16.2	0	5
Holywood and Clandeboye	31.9	2	17.8	1	22.2	1	14.9	1	0.0	0	5.0	0	8.2	0	5
Newtownards	35.7	3	15.2	2	12.7	1	0.0	0	6.4	0	0.0	0	30.0	1	7
Total	35.4	17	17.4	9	13.4	7	4.4	3	4.8	1	4.2	1	20.4	2	40

District results

Ards Peninsula

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Robert Adair*	24.48%	1,773
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	19.15%	1,387
	UUP	Angus Carson*	16.55%	1,199
	DUP	Nigel Edmund	8.57%	621	1,159.79
	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong* †	6.06%	439	457.49	605.69	619.46	620.56	650.47	862	1,074
	DUP	Eddie Thompson*	7.25%	456	535.12	539.02	604.98	697.88	712.11	788.67	800
	DUP	Louise Wallace	7.72%	559	616.19	618.29	653.99	669.89	678.18	701.41	703.31
	Sinn Féin	Sheila Bailie	5.36%	388	390.58	535.48	535.82	535.92	538.82	557.69
	NI Conservatives	Paul Leeman	2.22%	161	180.35	185.75	215.67	220.17	246.71
	Alliance	Colin McCormick	2.02%	146	150.73	190.33	200.02	200.72	220.09
	NI21	John Bustard	1.57%	114	117.87	125.07	131.7	132.1
Electorate: 16,656 Valid: 7,243 (43.49%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,035 Turnout: 7,369 (44.24%)

Bangor Central

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green

Bangor Central - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	DUP	Wesley Irvine*	9.81%	643	650	651	746	776	791	837	841	878	956
	Alliance	Stuart Anderson †	6.76%	443	454	478	482	485	509	510	831	875	892	892	990
	Green (NI)	Noelle Robinson ‡	7.57%	496	513	556	559	569	594	599	648	694	743	743.26	957.26
	UUP	Ian Henry*	8.98%	589	603	611	619	635	657	741	747	848	932	934.08	956.08
	UUP	Carl McClean	6.74%	442	470	477	487	500	517	545	551	607	692	693.56	789.56	809.56
	DUP	Alistair Cathcart*	8.45%	554	556	560	584	589	606	642	643	664	721	725.16	754.16	757.16
	DUP	Roberta Dunlop*	6.62%	434	440	443	477	495	515	543	548	612	656	665.36	705.36	710.36
	Independent	Mary Macartney	6.79%	445	455	465	470	486	512	515	537	619	664	665.04
	UKIP	William Montgomery*	5.87%	385	400	408	412	434	450	561	565	591
	Independent	David Chambers	5.90%	387	406	411	420	429	501	508	525
	Alliance	Nicholas Fell	6.03%	395	399	433	435	436	449	451
	TUV	William Cudworth	4.58%	300	304	305	308	360	369
	Independent	Colin Breen	4.18%	274	281	293	295	301
	Community Partnership	Mark Gordon	3.39%	222	224	229	230
	DUP	Adam Harbinson*	3.10%	203	209	212
	NI21	Peter Floyd	2.65%	174	178
	NI Conservatives	David Symington	2.59%	170
Electorate: 17,194 Valid: 6,556 (38.13%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 937 Turnout: 6,678 (38.84%)

Bangor East and Donaghadee

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Alan Chambers* ‡†	19.15%	1,311
	UUP	Mark Brooks	15.65%	1,071
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	9.82%	672	724.92	731.58	804.68	839.66	1,001.66
	DUP	Peter Martin*	9.13%	625	662.8	664.6	671.44	685.58	691.51	691.51	726.28	782.4	1,083.4
	DUP	Bill Keery*	8.15%	558	594.68	600.98	607.98	619.31	627.71	627.71	653.88	755.77	905.81	945.33
	DUP	Tom Smith*	7.90%	541	556.96	572.17	575.73	590.41	597.51	597.51	640.36	680.13	737.56	801.78
	UKIP	Patrick Toms	5.38%	368	383.4	385.65	394.02	411.31	426.29	427.29	566.11	636.84	658.93	660.07
	DUP	Terence Malcolm*	7.19%	492	516.08	517.61	522.89	531.26	539	539	563.37	614
	UUP	Christopher Eisenstadt	3.27%	224	285.6	333.3	349.51	390.3	424.77	425.77	507.38
	TUV	Joseph Strutt	5.29%	362	379.92	382.98	387.54	404.54	411.4	411.4
	Green (NI)	Trana Gray	3.87%	265	288.52	291.4	330.08	347.59
	NI Conservatives	Brian McBride	2.56%	175	204.96	208.83	218.39
	NI21	William McKee	2.64%	181	192.48	192.93
Electorate: 16,956 Valid: 6,845 (40.37%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 978 Turnout: 6,915 (40.78%)

Bangor West

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

Bangor West - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Marion Smith*	16.15%	870	887	890	950
	DUP	Alan Graham*	16.08%	866	889	891	932
	DUP	Alan Leslie* †	15.80%	851	881	883	895	912
	Alliance	Scott Wilson	11.49%	619	622	686	701	709	713	713	807	1,102
	Green (NI)	Paul Roberts †††	6.42%	346	359	426	449	453	456	456	562	664	830
	TUV	Robert Gordon	9.12%	491	520	521	568	573	580	586	634	646	657
	Alliance	Laurence Thompson*	5.85%	315	319	403	422	425	425	425	506
	NI21	Steven Denny	6.37%	344	354	382	412	415	419	420
	NI Conservatives	Mark Brotherston	4.72%	254	272	277
	SDLP	Ingrid Logan	4.91%	264	268
	Community Partnership	Alison Blayney	3.08%	166
Electorate: 13,479 Valid: 5,386 (39.96%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 898 Turnout: 5,448 (40.42%)

Comber

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV

Comber - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Robert Gibson*	17.29%	1,071
	UUP	James Fletcher*	13.93%	863	878	880.61	974.67	1,037.67
	Alliance	Deborah Girvan*	13.16%	815	880	880.3	980.39	1,016.48	1,121.48
	DUP	Trevor Cummings*	11.54%	715	724	733.39	771.63	838.93	960.93	975.93
	TUV	Stephen Cooper	9.32%	577	585	585.78	639.87	750.08	908.23	920.23
	DUP	John Oswald*	10.33%	640	648	663.36	676.63	742.14	867.38	879.38
	UUP	Philip Smith*	8.17%	506	526	526.42	588.48	661.6
	UKIP	Isabella Hanna	6.89%	427	439	440.65	477.71
	NI Conservatives	John Andrews	6.64%	411	425	425.93
	NI21	Margaret Howson	2.73%	169
Electorate: 13,681 Valid: 6,194 (45.27%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,272 (45.84%)

Holywood and Clandeboye

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Stephen Dunne*	23.12%	1,423
	Alliance	Andrew Muir*	14.79%	910	922.88	983.16	1,013.44	1,154.44
	Green (NI)	John Barry* †	14.88%	916	933.92	988.76	1,024.04	1,098.04
	UUP	Daniel Allen ‡‡	10.06%	619	647.28	672.56	728.12	735.12	735.12	1,098.12
	DUP	Jennifer Gilmour* †	8.77%	540	837.64	855.92	882.60	886.16	886.16	954.96
	Alliance	Kate Nicholl	7.41%	456	460.48	485.04	518.32	586.16	710.16	759.4
	UUP	James McKerrow*	7.72%	475	491.52	508.80	558.80	562.64	564.64
	SDLP	Peter Lismore	5.00%	308	311.36	319.64	326.64
	NI Conservatives	William O'Callaghan	4.31%	265	268.08	280.08
	NI21	Matthew Johnston	3.38%	208	210.8
	Independent	Gerard Leddy	0.55%	34	34.28
Electorate: 14,158 Valid: 6,154 (43.47%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 6,229 (44.00%)

Newtownards

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Newtownards - 7 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	James Menagh*	18.06%	1,464
	DUP	Naomi Armstrong*	12.94%	1,049
	DUP	Stephen McIlveen*	10.23%	829	900.4	907.75	910.3	931.46	946.89	1,016.34
	DUP	Colin Kennedy*	6.82%	553	585.2	591.2	593.6	607.35	618.73	665.55	1,030.55
	Alliance	Alan McDowell*	6.64%	538	554.8	567.15	567.42	578.82	631.22	653.02	659.17	1,074.17
	UUP	Richard Smart	7.88%	639	683.1	705.8	706.25	725.35	751.1	807.56	836.74	864.79
	UUP	Katherine Ferguson	7.34%	595	631.05	659.10	660.24	681.12	714.9	759.1	811.18	855.85
	TUV	David McMullen	6.44%	522	559.8	570.5	570.95	586.4	602.48	647.68	679.45	689.53
	Alliance	Linda Cleland*	6.11%	495	512.85	515.85	516.51	530.96	588.66	623.36	634.13
	DUP	John Elliott*	5.72%	464	508.45	512.45	534.26	555.77	565.56	611.51
	Independent	Ian Cox	4.74%	384	470.45	471.45	472.11	542.34	559.39
	NI21	Nichola Keenan	3.10%	251	263.25	274.25	274.49	288.19
	Independent	Sharon Hunt	2.54%	206	250.8	253.8	254.01
	NI Conservatives	William McKendry	1.46%	118	121.85
Electorate: 19,953 Valid: 8,107 (40.63%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 8,250 (41.35%)

* Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Co-option date	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
19 May 2016	Bangor East and Donaghadee	UUP	Alan Chambers	David Chambers^[4]	A. Chambers was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[5]
1 Jun 2016	Ards Peninsula	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong	Lorna McAlpine^[6]	Armstrong was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
7 Jul 2016	Bangor Central	Alliance	Stuart Anderson	Karen Douglas^[7]	Anderson resigned.^[8]
24 Oct 2016	Bangor West	Green (NI)	Paul Roberts	Rachel Woods^[9]
28 Feb 2018	Bangor West	DUP	Alan Leslie	Jennifer Gilmour^[10]
15 Mar 2018	Bangor West	Green (NI)	Rachel Woods	James Hunter	Woods moved to the Holywood and Clandeboye DEA.^[11]^[12]
15 Mar 2018	Holywood and Clandeboye	Green (NI)	Prof. John Barry	Rachel Woods^[12]	Barry resigned.^[13]
27 Mar 2018	Holywood and Clandeboye	DUP	Jennifer Gilmour	Roberta Dunlop^[14]	Gilmour moved to the Bangor West DEA.
20 Dec 2018	Bangor West	Green (NI)	James Hunter	James Barry McKee^[15]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name			Circumstance
6 Feb 2015	Bangor Central	Noelle Robinson	Green (NI)	Independent	Resigned.^[16]
11 Dec 2015	Bangor East and Donaghadee	Alan Chambers	Independent	UUP	Joined.^[17]
11 Apr 2016	Holywood and Clandeboye	Daniel Allen	UUP	Independent	Resigned.^[18]
16 Aug 2016	Holywood and Clandeboye	Daniel Allen	Independent	DUP	Joined.^[19]

Last update 26 March 2019.

Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council

References

^ "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
^ "UTV local election results, North Down and Ards". UTV. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "New Councillor - Ards and North Down Borough Council". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "Julie Flaherty & David Chambers join Ulster Unionist Local Government team". uup.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "New Councillors". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "New Councillor". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "New Bangor Councillor for Alliance (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland)". www.allianceparty.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "New Councillor - Ards and North Down Borough Council". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "A to Z of councillors". Ards and North Down Borough Council. 27 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "A to Z of councillors". Ards and North Down Borough Council. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ Barry, John (15 March 2018). "So today I formally stepped down from @ANDborough council. And brings to an end 7 years of being a councillor. Its been a great honour and privilege to serve the citizens of Bangor Central (2011-2014) and Holywood and Clandeboye (2014-2018). @GreenPartyNI". @CllrJohnBarry. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "Cllr Stephen McIlveen on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "Green Party councillor quits over its stance on terrorist groups". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Ferguson, Amanda (11 December 2015). "Veteran independent councillor Alan Chambers joins UUP". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^ Hello (11 April 2016). "UUP councillor quits party". Belfast Newsletter. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^ "Former Ulster Unionist Allen joins the DUP". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

External links

Election results North Down and Ards District Council

[BBC-1] "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[2] "UTV local election results, North Down and Ards". UTV. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

[Ards-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[4] "New Councillor - Ards and North Down Borough Council". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[5] "Julie Flaherty & David Chambers join Ulster Unionist Local Government team". uup.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[6] "New Councillors". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[7] "New Councillor". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[8] "New Bangor Councillor for Alliance (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland)". www.allianceparty.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[9] "New Councillor - Ards and North Down Borough Council". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[10] "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[11] "A to Z of councillors". Ards and North Down Borough Council. 27 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[:0-12] "A to Z of councillors". Ards and North Down Borough Council. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[13] Barry, John (15 March 2018). "So today I formally stepped down from @ANDborough council. And brings to an end 7 years of being a councillor. Its been a great honour and privilege to serve the citizens of Bangor Central (2011-2014) and Holywood and Clandeboye (2014-2018). @GreenPartyNI". @CllrJohnBarry. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[14] "Cllr Stephen McIlveen on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[15] "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[16] "Green Party councillor quits over its stance on terrorist groups". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[17] Ferguson, Amanda (11 December 2015). "Veteran independent councillor Alan Chambers joins UUP". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

[18] Hello (11 April 2016). "UUP councillor quits party". Belfast Newsletter. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

[19] "Former Ulster Unionist Allen joins the DUP". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

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