Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)

Ards Peninsula
Ards Peninsula
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-1993); 5 (1993–2014); 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Robert Adair (DUP); Joe Boyle (SDLP); Nigel Edmund (DUP); Davy Kerr (DUP); Lorna McAlpine (APNI); Pete Wray (UUP);

Created1985

Seats7 (1985-1993)
5 (1993–2014)
6 (2014-)

Councillors

Robert Adair (DUP)
Joe Boyle (SDLP)
Nigel Edmund (DUP)
Davy Kerr (DUP)
Lorna McAlpine (APNI)
Pete Wray (UUP)

Ards Peninsula is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballywalter, Carrowdore, Kircubbin, Loughries, Portaferry and Portavogie.^[2] Ards Peninsula forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ards Area A, which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Ballywalter, Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South, Kircubbin, Millisle, Portaferry and Portavogie). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to five wards, gaining Carrowdore but losing Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South and Millisle to the new Ards East DEA. For the 2014 local elections, it was increased to six wards, regaining Millisle while Donaghadee moved to the new Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA.

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Election						Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)
2023	Lorna McAlpine (Alliance)	Joe Boyle (SDLP)	Pete Wray (UUP)	Robert Adair (DUP)	Nigel Edmund (DUP)		Davy Kerr (DUP)	6 seats 2014–present
2019			Angus Carson (UUP)				Eddie Thompson (DUP)
June 2016 Co-Option
2014	Kellie Armstrong (Alliance)
2011	Kieran McCarthy (Alliance)				Colin Kennedy (DUP)	5 seats 1993-2014
2005				Jim Shannon (DUP)	Robert Drysdale (DUP)
2001		Daniel McCarthy (SDLP)
1997		Daniel McCarthy (SDLP)	Paul Carson (UUP)
1993		William Sheldon (Alliance)	Robert Ambrose (UUP)		James McMullan (Independent)
1989		Clifford Auld (Alliance)			Mervyn Rea (DUP)		John Shields (UUP)		Ronald Ferguson (UUP)
1985		Thomas Byers (Independent)			Oliver Johnston (DUP)		John Shields (UUP)		Gladys McIntyre (UPUP)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Robert Adair*	21.33%	1,959
	Alliance	Lorna McAlpine*	13.78%	1,266	1,273.92	1,383.92
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	13.93%	1,279	1,288.24	1,308.57	1,314.57
	DUP	Nigel Edmund*	6.89%	633	996.99	1,003.32	1,174.22	1,675.22
	DUP	Davy Kerr	9.00%	827	990.68	1,014.99	1,165.61	1,314.61
	UUP	Pete Wray	8.05%	739	773.98	810.31	949.27	1,069.06
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sands	10.29%	945	946.65	963.65	964.65	965.65
	DUP	Eddie Thompson*	7.48%	687	720.00	725.33	852.62
	TUV	Tom Thompson	6.45%	592	616.09	628.09
	Green (NI)	Gilian McNaull	1.62%	149	149.99
	Independent	Boyd Ireland	1.18%	108	111.63
Electorate: 19,000 Valid: 9,184 (48.34%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 9,925 (52.24%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)

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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	24.24%	1,473
	DUP	Robert Adair	17.56%	1,067
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	15.50%	942	1,271.3
	DUP	Colin Kennedy	11.95%	726	728.59	732.37	770.53	823.53	1,140.53
	UUP	Angus Carson*	11.83%	719	731.21	746.33	803.28	879.02	954.44
	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong	4.74%	288	366.44	568.04	587.31	628.05	646.74
	DUP	John Prentice	6.91%	420	423.33	429.21	442.58	507.79
	Independent	Joe Hagan	4.30%	261	269.14	280.48	314.22
	Independent	Robert Drysdale*	2.96%	180	197.76	215.4
Electorate: 12,879 Valid: 6,076 (47.18%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%)

Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)

2023 election

2019 election

2014 election

2011 election

2005 election

2001 election

1997 election

1993 election

1989 election

1985 election

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Ards Peninsula - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	31.44%	1,944
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	16.01%	990	1,074.13
	SDLP	Joe Boyle	14.77%	913	918.17	1,303.17
	DUP	Robert Drysdale*	10.72%	663	1,024.43	1,034.43
	UUP	Angus Carson*	11.37%	703	801.7	854.93	937.93
	DUP	Colin Kennedy	6.60%	408	745.93	761.69	774.69
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Lacken	4.72%	292	293.88
	Independent	Daniel McCarthy*	4.37%	270	281.28
Electorate: 11,725 Valid: 6,183 (52.73%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,031 Turnout: 6,313 (53.84%)

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	26.53%	1,824
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	18.71%	1,286
	DUP	Robert Drysdale*	10.25%	705	1,222.92
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy*	12.51%	860	865.85	899.51	918.84	1,025.08	1,025.88	1,430.88
	UUP	Angus Carson	10.33%	710	748.22	755.81	766.28	864.5	894.8	944.8	1,008.8
	UUP	Paul Carson*	7.56%	520	583.96	593.97	603.82	671.15	710.75	731.42	765.42
	Independent	Joe Boyle	7.65%	526	528.73	543.58	553.75	646.87	648.67
	Independent	Robert Ambrose	3.71%	255	289.32	298.01	307.13
	Independent	James McMullan	2.23%	153	155.73	162.99	166.58
	Alliance	Stephen McSherry	0.51%	35	38.12	85.2
Electorate: 11,849 Valid: 6,874 (58.01%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 7,085 (59.79%)

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Paul Carson	22.57%	1,114
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	21.21%	1,047
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	20.12%	993
	DUP	Robert Drysdale	10.25%	473	687.21	696.01	849.01
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy	15.60%	770	777.44	808.9	810.52	930.52
	Alliance	William Sheldon*	3.12%	154	202.98	315.62	325.16	346.72
	Alliance	John Smyth	4.48%	221	227.82	279.3	281.82	296.02
	SDLP	Iain Bell	2.65%	131	131	141.12	141.48
	Green (NI)	Owen Crawford	0.67%	33	40.75	44.49	45.75
Electorate: 11,165 Valid: 4,936 (44.21%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%)

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	32.39%	1,546
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	18.77%	896
	Independent	James McMullan	13.74%	656	818.76
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	14.94%	713	758.24	943.24
	Alliance	William Sheldon	4.53%	216	723	743.28	770.28
	DUP	Thomas Cully	10.16%	485	498	539.08	599.08
	UUP	Samuel Brown	5.47%	261	275.56
Electorate: 10,416 Valid: 4,773 (45.82%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 796 Turnout: 4,931 (47.34%)