Bangor Central is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballygrainey, Ballyholme, Bloomfield, Broadway, Castle and Harbour.[2] Bangor Central forms greater of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Abbey DEA, which had existed since 1985.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 Co-Option | Alex Harbinson (Alliance) |
Chris McCracken (Alliance) |
Ray McKimm (Independent) |
Craig Blaney (UUP) |
Alistair Cathcart (DUP) |
Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) | ||||||
| 2023 | Karen Douglas (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| March 2022 Defection | Stephen Dunlop (Green Party) |
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| 2019 | ||||||||||||
| July 2016 Co-Option | Noelle Robinson (Green Party)/ (Independent) |
Ian Henry (UUP) |
Carl McClean (UUP) | |||||||||
| February 2015 Defection | Stuart Anderson (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and Green
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Alliance | Karen Douglas* † | 16.31% | 1,378 | |||||||||
| Independent | Wesley Irvine* | 16.20% | 1,369 | |||||||||
| DUP | Alistair Cathcart* | 12.46% | 1,053 | 1,053.84 | 1,061.84 | 1,091.36 | 1,107.68 | 1,397.68 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Craig Blaney* | 10.85% | 917 | 920.48 | 935.48 | 965.96 | 1,205.28 | 1,225.28 | ||||
| Alliance | Chris McCracken | 7.88% | 666 | 699.24 | 705.36 | 707.16 | 718.76 | 719.88 | 722.76 | 1,154.88 | 1,436.88 | |
| Independent | Ray McKimm* | 10.47% | 885 | 891.48 | 906.48 | 933.84 | 958.52 | 962.36 | 975.8 | 1,003.44 | 1,218.44 | |
| TUV | Peter Wilson | 5.37% | 454 | 454.36 | 463.48 | 492.88 | 505.36 | 552.2 | 712.52 | 713.52 | 729.52 | |
| Green (NI) | Stephen Dunlop* | 6.90% | 583 | 598.84 | 600.84 | 605.4 | 615.88 | 622.48 | 631.12 | 666 | ||
| Alliance | Alex Harbinson | 4.56% | 385 | 485.92 | 492.04 | 494.44 | 503.92 | 504.16 | 507.04 | |||
| DUP | Dean McSorley | 4.27% | 361 | 361.12 | 366.12 | 381.84 | 388.16 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Rachel McCord | 3.70% | 313 | 315.76 | 328.76 | 341.12 | ||||||
| NI Conservatives | Tim Mullen | 1.02% | 86 | 86.36 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 19,376 Valid: 8,450 (43.61%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 8,555 (44.15%) | ||||||||||||
2019 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | ||||||||||||||
2014 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ian Henry* | 8.98% | 589 | 603 | 611 | 619 | 635 | 657 | 741 | 747 | 848 | 932 | 934.08 | 956.08 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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