Bangor East and Donaghadee (District Electoral Area)
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| Bangor East and Donaghadee | |
|---|---|
| Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 6 (2014–) |
| Councillors | |
Bangor East and Donaghadee 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 Ballycrochan, Ballymagee, Donaghadee, Groomsport, Silverbirch and Warren.[2] Bangor East and Donaghadee forms part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ballyholme and Groomsport DEA, and parts of the Ards East DEA, which had existed since 1985 and 1993 respectively.
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 Co-Option | Rosaleen Quinn (Alliance) |
John Hennessy (Alliance) |
James Cochrane (DUP) |
Eddie Thompson (DUP) |
Mark Brooks (UUP) |
David Chambers (UUP) | ||||||
| October 2024 Co-Option | Hannah Irwin (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| April 2024 Co-Option | Gillian McCollum (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Janice MacArthur (DUP) | |||||||||||
| April 2021 Defection | Gavin Walker (Alliance) |
Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) |
Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | |||||||||
| May 2020 Co-Option | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Peter Martin (DUP) | |||||||||||
| May 2016 Co-Option | ||||||||||||
| December 2015 Defection | Alan Chambers (UUP)/ (Independent) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | Mark Brooks* | 23.21% | 1,972 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Hannah Irwin* † | 17.01% | 1,445 | ||||||||
| DUP | James Cochrane | 15.01% | 1,275 | ||||||||
| UUP | David Chambers* | 10.97% | 932 | 1,323.95 | |||||||
| Alliance | Gillian McCollum † | 6.89% | 585 | 630.63 | 839.59 | 864.14 | 1,110.04 | 1,128.24 | 1,208.73 | 1,208.85 | |
| DUP | Janice MacArthur* † | 8.38% | 712 | 816.52 | 817.64 | 837.20 | 853.25 | 901.13 | 1,062.63 | 1,110.67 | |
| Independent | Bill Keery* | 7.54% | 641 | 668.30 | 671.66 | 697.22 | 731.42 | 751.58 | 1,019.71 | 1,021.15 | |
| Independent | Tom Smith* | 5.41% | 460 | 590.26 | 592.34 | 612.46 | 646.29 | 669.67 | |||
| Green (NI) | Ciara Henry | 4.18% | 355 | 394.30 | 408.25 | ||||||
| NI Conservatives | Paul Leeman | 1.40% | 119 | 132.65 | 133.13 | ||||||
| Electorate: 18,066 Valid: 8,496 (47.03%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,214 Turnout: 8,590 (47.55%) | |||||||||||