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The North Down and Ards Borough Council is made up of the old
Ards District Council and almost all of North Down District
Council, except the very small Cedar Grove which is now part of
Belfast City Council.
The
2019
election in North Down and Ards saw a significant increase in
support for Alliance. Their share of the vote grew by 8.8% and
they increased their seat count by three, making them the second
largest party on the council. They made gains from the DUP in
Bangor West and Holywood and Clandeboye, and from the UUP in
Newtownards. In their best performance across Northern Ireland,
the Green Party also saw a major increase in their share of the
vote (10.2%) but failed to secure any additional seats beyond
the three won in 2014. The DUP remain the largest party on the
council with 14 seats. Ards and North Down recorded the lowest
turnout of the election with 43.6%, compared to 52.7% for all of
Northern Ireland.
Map by Conal
Kelly
Summary
| Electoral Area | 2019 Results | 2014 Results |
| Comber | 2 DUP, 1 Alliance, 1 UUP, 1 TUV |
2 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 TUV |
| Bangor East and Donaghadee | 2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind |
3 DUP, 1 Ind, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance |
| Newtownards | 3 DUP, 2 Alliance, 1 Ind, 1 UUP |
3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Ind, 1 Alliance |
| Bangor Central | 2 DUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind, 1 UUP, 1 Green |
2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Green |
| Bangor West | 2 Alliance, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Green |
2 DUP, 1 Alliance, 1 UUP, 1 Green |
| Holywood and Clandeboye | 2 Alliance, 1 DUP, 1 Green, 1 UUP |
2 DUP, 1 Alliance, 1 UUP, 1 Green |
| Ards Peninsula |
3 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance |
3 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance |
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Votes by Party
| 2019 Results |
2014 Results |
2011 Notional Results |
| DUP 16,759 (33.4%) 14 councillors Alliance 11,162 (22.2%) 10 councillors UUP 8,943 (17.8%) 8 councillors Green 5,106 (10.2%) 3 councillors Ind 4,321 (8.6%) 3 councillors SDLP 1,621 (3.2%) 1 councillor TUV 695 (1.4%) 1 councillor UKIP 672 (1.3%) Cons 660 (1.3%) SF 267 (0.5%) |
DUP 16,460 (35.4%), 17 councillors UUP 8,092 (17.4%), 9 councillors Alliance 6,243 (13.4%), 7 councillors TUV 2,252 (4.8%), 1 councillor Green 2,023 (4.4%), 3 councillors SDLP 1,959 (4.2%), 1 councillor Conservatives 1,554 (3.3%) NI21 1,441 (3.1%) UKIP 1,180 (2.5%) Community Partnership 388 (0.8%) SF 388 (0.8%) Inds 4,505 (9.7%), 2 councillors |
DUP: 20,723 (41.9%), 19 councillors Alliance: 9,039 (18.3%), 8 councillors UUP: 7,781 (15.7%), 7 councillors Green: 2,012 (4.1%), 1 councillor SDLP: 1,983 (4.0%) 1 councillor Cons: 850 (1.7%) TUV: 830 (1.7%) Cty Pshp: 800 (1.6%) Ind: 5,072 (10.2%) 4 councillors (1 Ind Un) |
| Electorate: 116,536; votes cast: 50,866
(43.6%); invalid votes: 660 (1.3%); valid votes: 50,206 |
Electorate: 112,077; votes cast 47,161 (
42.1%); invalid votes: 676 (1.4%); valid votes: 46,485 |
Electorate: 108,979; votes cast: 50,683; invalid votes: 1,002 (2.0%); valid votes: 49,681 |
2011 Census:
20,550 "Catholic" (13.12%); 117,589 "Protestant" (75.05%);
1,729 Other (1.10%); 16,804 None (10.73%)
The notional
results given above are my best guess projection of the 2011
results on the new boundaries - a "backcast" rather than a
forecast.
See
also
results for:
North Down: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81
Ards: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81.
Westminster
seat: Strangford
Includes
these
wards: Ballygowan, Comber North, Comber South, Comber West, and
Killinchy.
| First Count: Deborah Girvan (Alliance) 1,516 Philip Smith (UUP) 1,082 Robert Gibson (DUP) 985 Trevor Cummings (DUP) 843 Stephen James Cooper (TUV) 695 John Montgomery (DUP) 643 Ricky Bamford (Green) 372 Michael Palmer (UUP) 318 John Sloan (Ind) 73 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,471 (37.9%) 2 seats Alliance 1,516 (23.2%) 1 seat UUP 1,400 (21.4%) 1 seat TUV 695 (10.6%) 1 seat Green 372 (5.7%) Ind 73 (1.1%) |
Electorate: 14,244; votes cast: 6,587 (46.2%); invalid votes: 60
(0.9%); valid votes: 6,527; quota: 1,088.
Cooper (TUV) was 248.40 ahead of Bamford (Green) for the last
seat, with a DUP surplus of 113.70 undistributed, which would have
widened the final margin.
| First Count: Robert Gibson (DUP) 1,071 James Fletcher (UUP) 863 Deborah Girvan (Alliance) 815 Trevor Cummings (DUP) 715 John Oswald (DUP) 640 Stephen Cooper (TUV) 577 Philip Smith (UUP) 506 Isabella Hanna (UKIP) 427 John Andrews (Conservative) 411 Margaret Howson (NI21) 169 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,426 (39.2%) 2 seats UUP 1,369 (22.1%) 1 seat Alliance 815 (13.2%) 1 seat TUV 577 (9.3%) 1 seat UKIP 427 (6.9%) Cons 411 (6.6%) NI21 169 (2.7%) |
Electorate
13,681; votes cast 6,272 (45.8%); spoilt votes 78 (1.2%); valid
votes 6,194; quota: 1,033.
Cooper (TUV)
finished 40.85 votes ahead of Oswald (DUP) with a UUP surplus of
4.67 undistributed. Cooper had pulled ahead of Oswald on
transfers from Hanna (UKIP), getting 110 while the other
surviving Unionists got between 63 and 73 each. Even so,
Cummings (DUP) was 55.70 votes ahead of Cooper at the end (and
their running-mate Gibson elected comfortably on the first
count), so better DUP balancing could have made a difference.
Irish
Observer and Faha
both projected 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, so this can be counted
as a TUV gain from the DUP.
Westminster
seat: North
Down
Includes
these
wards: Ballycrochan, Ballymagee, Donaghadee, Groomsport,
Silverbirch, and Warren.
| First Count: Mark Brooks (UUP) 1,327 Gavin Walker (Alliance) 1,303 Alan Chambers (UUP) 963 Peter James Martin (DUP) 902 Tom Smith (Ind) 765 Bill Keery (DUP) 764 Hannah Irwin McNamara (Green) 735 Janice MacArthur (DUP) 702 Paul Leeman (Cons) 137 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,368 (31.2%) 2 seats UUP 2,290 (30.1%) 2 seats Alliance 1,303 (17.1%) 1 seat Ind 765 (10.1%) 1 seat Green 735 (9.7%) Cons 137 (1.8%) |
Electorate: 17,416; votes cast: 7,696 (44.2%); invalid votes: 98
(1.3%); valid votes: 7,598; quota: 1,086.
Smith (Ind) was 70.55 ahead of McNamara (Green) for the last
seat, with no undistributed surpluses remaining. Chambers, who was
successfully elected for the UUP, had won a seat in 2014 (and many
previous years) as an Independent. Smith, who was successfully
elected as an Independent, had won a seat in 2014 standing for the
DUP.
| First Count: Alan Chambers (Independent) 1,311 Mark Brooks (UUP) 1,071 Gavin Walker (Alliance) 672 Peter Martin (DUP) 625 William Keery (DUP) 558 Thomas Smith (DUP) 541 Terence Malcolm (DUP) 492 Patrick Toms (UKIP) 368 Joseph Strutt (TUV) 362 Trana Gray (Green) 265 Christopher Eisenstadt (UUP) 224 William McKee (NI21) 181 Brian McBride (Conservative) 175 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,216 (32.4%) 3 seats Ind 1,311 (19.2%) 1 seat UUP 1,295 (18.9%) 1 seat Alliance 672 (9.8%) 1 seat UKIP 368 (5.4%) TUV 362 (5.3%) Green 265 (3.9%) NI21 181 (2.6%) Cons 175 (2.6%) |
Electorate
19,953; votes cast 8,250 (41.3%); spoilt votes 143 (1.7%); valid
votes 8,107; quota: 1,014.
Toms (UKIP)
was 141.71 votes behid Smith (DUIP) on the last count; two
counts earlier, Malcolm (DUP) was eliminated when only 22 votes
behind Toms, but there was no real prospect of a fourth DUP seat
- and they balanced pretty impresively to get three from less
than 2.3 quotas.
Westminster
seat: Strangford
Includes
these
wards: Conway Square, Cronstown, Glen, Gregstown, Movilla,
Scrabo, and West Winds.
| First Count: Jimmy Menagh (Ind) 2,138 Naomi Armstrong (DUP) 1,232 Nick Mathison (Alliance) 1,091 Stephen McIlveen (DUP) 898 Richard Smart (UUP) 736 Alan Joseph McDowell (Alliance) 574 Colin Kennedy (DUP) 570 Ian Dickson (UUP) 481 Maurice MaCartney (Green) 374 Paul Robert James Corry (UKIP) 223 Ben King (Ind) 24 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,700 (32.4%) 3 seats Ind 2,162 (25.9%) 1 seat Alliance 1,665 (20.0%) 2 seats UUP 1,217 (14.6%) 1 seat Green 374 (4.5%) UKIP 223 (2.7%) |
Electorate: 20,491; votes cast: 8,479 (41.4%); invalid votes: 138
(1.6%); valid votes: 8,341; quota: 1,043.
McDowell (Alliance) was 243.45 ahead of Dickson (UUP) for the
last seat, with undistributed surpluses of 12.03 (DUP), 33.12
(UUP), and 48 (Alliance), which would have slightly widened the
final margin. Despite poor balancing and just 1.6 quotas, Alliance
were able to secure a second seat, with significant help from
Green transfers on the last count.
| First Count: James Menagh (Independent) 1,464 Naomi Armstrong (DUP) 1,049 Stephen McIlveen (DUP) 829 Richard Smart (UUP) 639 Katherine Ferguson (UUP) 595 Colin Kennedy (DUP) 553 Alan McDowell (Alliance) 538 David McMullen (TUV) 522 Linda Cleland (Alliance) 495 John Elliott (DUP) 464 Ian Cox (Independent) 384 Nichola Keenan (NI21) 251 Sharon Hunt (Independent) 206 William McKendry (Conservative) 118 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,895 (35.7%) 3 seats Inds 2,054 (25.3%) 1 seat UUP 1,234 (15.2%) 2 seats Alliance 1,033 (12.7%) 1 seat TUV 522 (6.4%) NI21 251 (3.1%) Cons 118 (1.5%) |
Electorate 19,953; votes cast 8,250 (41.3%); spoilt votes 143 (1.7%); valid votes 8,107; quota: 1,014.
On the last count, the two UUP candidates, Smart and Ferguson,
had 864.79 and 855.85 votes respectively, with McMullen (TUV) some
way behind on 689.53 and undistributed surpluses of 18 (DUP) and
60 (Alliance). This impressive case of balancing got the UUP two
seats from 1.2 quotas of first preferences. Better DUP balancing
could have put them in contention for another seat too - they had
more than twice as many first preferences as the UUP, and their
fourth candidate, Elliott, was only 36 votes behind McMullen when
he was eliminated.
Irish
Observer projected 4 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind; Faha
probably meant to project 3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind, which
was the actual result.
Westminster
seat: North
Down
Includes
these
wards: Ballygrainey, Ballyholme, Bloomfield, Broadway, Castle,
and Harbour.
| First Count: Karen Douglas (Alliance) 1,346 Stephen Dunlop (Green) 1,046 Wesley Graham Irvine (DUP) 878 Alistair John Cathcart (DUP) 787 Craig Blaney (UUP) 757 Ian Henry (UUP) 542 Ray McKimm (Ind) 503 Noelle Robinson (Ind) 423 Maria Lourenço (Ind) 362 James Cochrane (DUP) 255 John Montgomery (UKIP) 215 Frank Shivers (Cons) 210 Gavan Reynolds (Ind) 33 |
Votes by Party: DUP 1,920 (26.1%) 2 seats Alliance 1,346 (18.3%) 1 seat Ind 1,321 (18.0%) 1 seat UUP 1,299 (17.7%) 1 seat Green 1,046 (14.2%) 1 seat UKIP 215 (2.9%) Cons 210 (2.9%) |
Electorate: 18,166; votes cast: 7,450 (41.0%); invalid votes: 93
(1.2%); valid votes: 7,357; quota: 1,052.
McKimm (Ind) was 145.36 ahead of Robinson (Ind) for the last
seat, with no remaining undistributed surpluses. Bangor Central
also recorded the lowest turnout of any Electoral Area in the
election with 41.0%.
| First Count: Wesley Irvine (DUP) 643 Ian Henry (UUP) 589 Alistair Cathcart (DUP) 554 Noelle Robinson (Green) 496 Mary Macartney (Independent) 445 Stuart Anderson (Alliance) 443 Carl McClean (UUP) 442 Roberta Dunlop (DUP) 434 Nicholas Fell (Alliance) 395 David Chambers (Independent) 387 William Montgomery (UKIP) 385 William Cudworth (TUV) 300 Colin Breen (Independent) 274 Mark Gordon (Community Partnership) 222 Adam Harbinson (DUP) 203 Peter Floyd (NI21) 174 David Symington (Conservative) 170 |
Votes by Party: DUP 1,834 (28.0%) 2 seats Inds 1,106 (16.9%) UUP 1,031 (15.7%) 2 seats Alliance 838 (12.8%) 1 seat Green 496 (7.6%) 1 seat UKIP 385 (5.9%) TUV 300 (4.6%) CP 222 (3.4%) NI21 174 (2.7%) Cons 170 (2.6%) |
Irish Observer projected 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind and Faha projected 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Green. Definitely a UUP gain from the DUP, possibly a Green gain from a notional independent.
Westminster
seat: North
Down
Includes
these
wards: Bryansburn, Kilcooley, Rathgael, Rathmore, and
Silverstream.
| First Count: Connie Egan (Alliance) 1,151 Jennifer Mary Gilmour (DUP) 990 Marion Smith (UUP) 982 Barry McKee (Green) 949 Alan Graham (DUP) 749 Scott Wilson (Alliance) 703 Ben English (Cons) 114 Kieran Maxwell (SF) 71 |
Votes by Party: Alliance 1,854 (32.5%) 2 seats DUP 1,739 (30.5%) 1 seat UUP 982 (17.2%) 1 seat Green 949 (16.6%) 1 seat Cons 114 (2.0%) SF 71 (1.2%) |
Electorate: 13,585; votes cast: 5,794 (42.6%); invalid votes: 85
(1.5%); valid votes: 5,709; quota: 952.
Wilson (Alliance) was 139.37 ahead of Graham (DUP) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 30 (UUP), 38 (DUP), and 70
(Green), which would probably not change the final margin by much.
| First Count: Marion Smith (UUP) 870 Alan Graham (DUP) 866 Alan Leslie (DUP) 851 Scott Wilson (Alliance) 619 Robert Gordon (TUV) 491 Paul Roberts (Green) 346 Steven Denny (NI21) 344 Laurence Thompson (Alliance) 315 Ingrid Logan (SDLP) 264 Mark Brotherston (Conservative) 254 Alison Blayney (Community Partnership) 166 |
Votes by Party: DUP 1,717 (31.9%) 2 seats Alliance 934 (17.3%) 1 seat UUP 870 (16.2%) 1 seat TUV 491 (9.1%) Green 346 (6.4%) 1 seat NI21 344 (6.4%) SDLP 264 (4.9%) Cons 254 (4.7%) CP 166 (3.1%) |
Electorate 13,479; votes cast 5,448 (40.4%); spoilt votes 62
(1.1%); valid votes 5,386; quota: 898.
Roberts (Green) finished 173 votes ahead of Gordon (TUV), in an
election count where four surpluses were transferred with all
transferred votes going at full rather than fractional value. On
the seventh count, Thompson (Alliance) was 36 votes behind
Roberts, with Wilson (also Alliance) several hundred ahead; better
Alliance balancing would have won them two seats on Green
transfers.
Irish Observer and Faha both projected 2 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance and 1 Ind (Brian Wilson). The Greens and Alliance effectively fought a close race for Wilson's seat, appropriately enough given that he had previously been elected for both parties.
Westminster
seat: North
Down
Includes
these
wards: Clandeboye, Cultra, Helen's Bay, Holywood, and Loughview.
| First Count: Andrew Muir (Alliance) 1,397 Rachel Elizabeth Woods (Green) 1,311 Gillian Greer (Alliance) 1,249 Stephen Gordon Dunne (DUP) 1,139 Roberta Dunlop (DUP) 677 Carl McClean (UUP) 507 Tim Lemon (UUP) 416 Andrew Turner (Cons) 141 |
Votes by Party: Alliance 2,646 (38.7%) 2 seats DUP 1,816 (26.6%) 1 seat Green 1,311 (19.2%) 1 seat - best Green result of the election UUP 923 (13.5%) 1 seat Cons 141 (2.1%) |
Electorate: 15,052; votes cast: 6,904 (45.9%); invalid votes: 67
(1.0%); valid votes: 6,837; quota: 1,140.
McClean (UUP) was 401.67 ahead of Dunlop (DUP) for the last seat,
with no undistributed surpluses remaining. Strong performance by
Alliance, increasing their first preference vote by 16.5% and
gaining a second seat. Holywood and Clandeboye was the Green
Party's best performance across all 80 Electoral Areas for the
second election in a row.
| First Count: Gordon Dunne (DUP) 1,423 John Barry (Green) 916 Andrew Muir (Alliance) 910 Daniel Allen (UUP) 619 Jennifer Gilmour (DUP) 540 James McKerrow (UUP) 475 Kate Nicholl (Alliance) 456 Peter Lismore (SDLP) 308 William O'Callaghan (Conservative) 265 Matthew Johnston (NI21) 208 Gerard Leddy (Independent) 34 |
Votes by Party: DUP 1,963 (31.9%) 2 seats Alliance 1,366 (22.2%) 1 seat UUP 1,094 (17.8%) 1 seat Green 916 (14.9%) 1 seat - best Green result in Northern Ireland SDLP 308 (5.0%) Cons 265 (3.4%) NI21 208 (3.4%) Ind 34 (0.6%) |
Electorate 14,158; votes cast 6,229 (44.0%); spoilt votes 75 (1.2%); valid votes 6,154; quota: 1,026.
Nicholl
(Alliance) was 195.56 votes behind Gilmour (DUP) on the last
count, with both the UUP and Greens holding untransferred
surpluses of 72 votes.
Irish Observer projected 2 DUP, 2 Alliance, 1 UUP; Faha projected 2 Alliance, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Green. In fact Alliance were never close to the second seat here, whther one considers it to have been gained by the DUP or the Greens.
Westminster
seat: North
Down / Strangford
Includes
these
wards: Ballywalter, Carrowdore, Kircubbin, Loughries,
Portaferry, and Portavogie.
| First Count: Robert Hugh Adair (DUP) 2,189 Joe Boyle (SDLP) 1,621 Lorna McAlpine (Alliance) 832 Angus Carson (UUP) 832 Eddie Thompson (DUP) 821 Nigel Edmund (DUP) 735 Michele Anne Strong (Green) 319 Matt Davey (UKIP) 234 Murdoch McKibbin (SF) 196 Tim Mullen (Cons) 58 |
Votes by Party: DUP 3,745 (47.8%) 3 seats SDLP 1,621 (20.7%) 1 seat UUP 832 (10.6%) 1 seat Alliance 832 (10.6%) 1 seat Green 319 (4.1%) UKIP 234 (3.0%) SF 196 (2.5%) Cons 58 (0.7%) |
Electorate: 17,582; votes cast: 7,956 (45.3%); invalid votes: 119
(1.5%); valid votes: 7,837; quota: 1,120.
McAlpine (Alliance) was 690.70 ahead of Strong (Green) for the
last seat, with a UUP surplus of 12 undistributed, which would not
have made much difference. Not great balancing amongst the DUP
candidates, with Adair garnering almost 2 quotas. However, all
three candidates made it home with disciplined transfer rates
(80%+) between candidates.
| First Count: Robert Adair (DUP) 1,773 Joe Boyle (SDLP) 1,387 Angus Carson (UUP) 1,199 Nigel Edmund (DUP) 621 Louise Wallace (DUP) 559 Edward Thompson (DUP) 456 Kellie Armstrong (Alliance) 439 Sheila Bailie (SF) 388 Paul Leeman (Conservatives) 161 Colin McCormick (Alliance) 146 John Bustard (NI21) 114 |
Votes by Party: DUP 3,409 (47.1%) 3 seats SDLP 1,387 (19.1%) 1 seat UUP 1,199 (16.6%) 1 seat Alliance 585 (8.1%) 1 seat SF 388 (5.4%) Cons 161 (2.2%) NI21 114 (1.6%) |
Electorate
16,656; votes cast 7,369 (44.2%); spoilt votes 126 (1.7%); valid
votes 7,243; quota: 1,035.
Wallace (DUP) was 96.69 votes behind Thompson (also DUP) on the
final count, with an Alliance surplus of 39 undistributed. She
had started out ahead, but their relative positions were
reversed by transfers from Edmund's surplus of 124.79,
previously transferred from Adair, of which 92.90 went to
Thompson and only 15.90 to Wallace. This looks very like DUP
voters simply backing the ticket alphabetically.
Boyle (SDLP)'s
transfers went slightly more to Alliance than to SF, and
Armstrong (Alliance) was comfortably elected on the last count
when Bailie (SF) was eliminated.
Irish Observer and Faha both projected 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 SDLP, which was the actual result.
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