Abbey (District Electoral Area)

Abbey DEA (1993-2014) within North Down

Abbey was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to North Down Borough Council and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing North Down Area B and North Down Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bangor Castle, Bloomfield, Conlig, Harbour, Rathgael and Whitehill. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mainly replaced by the Bangor Central DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2011 Michael Bower
(Alliance) 		Steven Agnew
(Green Party) 		Harry Dunlop
(DUP)/
(UUP) 		Ivy Cooling
(DUP) 		William Montgomery
(DUP) 		Wesley Irvine
(DUP)
2005 Stephen Farry
(Alliance) 		Roberta Dunlop
(UUP)
2001 Irene Cree
(UUP) 		Valerie Kinghan
(UKUP)/
(UPUP)
1997 Ann Thompson
(Conservative) 		Stewart Currie
(PUP)
1993 Irene Cree
(UUP) 		Cecil Braniff
(UPUP)
1989 James Magee
(Alliance) 		George Green
(Conservative)/
(UUP) 		Denny Vitty
(DUP)
1985 John Preston
(UUP) 		Ivy Cooling
(DUP) 		Brian Meharg
(UPUP)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green

2005-2011 Change: DUP and Green gain from UUP (two seats)

Abbey - 6 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
DUP Ivy Cooling* 16.01% 859                        
Alliance Michael Bower 14.74% 791                        
DUP Wesley Irvine* 12.99% 697 702.3 703.14 703.2 706.23 709.23 712.23 717.23 732.29 742.45 759.68 828.68  
Green (NI) Steven Agnew 11.51% 618 619 629.56 633.62 641.68 651.95 656.95 663.17 682.38 698.57 711.88 776.88  
DUP Harry Dunlop* 9.99% 536 606.3 607.92 607.92 609.92 614.01 618.01 620.11 630.24 647.3 662.53 731.75 753.75
DUP William Montgomery* 9.04% 485 489.2 489.92 492.92 492.92 497.95 503.95 508.95 521.95 534.01 546.11 592.43 610.43
UUP Heather Bingham-Steele 5.65% 303 303.9 305.07 305.1 307.2 312.23 313.23 318.26 332.44 348.6 518.53 549.89 554.89
Community Partnership Mark Gordon 6.80% 365 365.8 366.7 368.7 372.73 376.76 379.76 423.03 432.12 444.21 455.33    
UUP Aaron Jamison 4.06% 218 219.1 220.09 220.09 223.09 225.12 228.12 230.15 255.24 275.3      
UKIP William Ferguson 1.90% 102 102.2 102.83 102.83 104.89 107.92 148.95 150.05 164.11        
NI Conservatives Dean Russell 2.35% 126 126.1 126.97 127 127.1 129.16 133.16 136.16          
Community Partnership Karen Worrall 1.42% 76 76.3 76.78 77.78 78.78 84.78 86.81            
UKIP Stuart Tanner 1.36% 73 73 73.06 73.06 74.06 77.09              
Independent Ed Simpson 1.36% 44 44 44.72 61.05 70.11                
Independent Christopher Carter 0.73% 39 39.3 39.72 42.72                  
Independent Robert Mooney 0.65% 35 35 35.57                    
Electorate: 13,358   Valid: 5,367 (40.18%)   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 767   Turnout: 5,495 (41.14%)  

2005 Election

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP

Abbey - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Ivy Cooling* 16.96% 1,044                  
DUP Wesley Irvine 13.68% 842 964.94                
UUP Harry Dunlop 12.28% 756 766.08 768.48 791.48 818.48 871.48        
DUP William Montgomery* 10.11% 622 653.14 750.42 766.6 804.96 859.96        
Alliance Stephen Farry* 11.59% 713 713.9 714.38 724.38 751.38 781.56 782.88 783.44 822.8 863.8
UUP Roberta Dunlop* 5.64% 347 352.58 353.38 358.38 375.38 458.74 475.02 479.78 593.26 773.28
Green (NI) Kelly Andrews 6.14% 378 378.72 378.88 402.96 425.96 437.14 437.58 438.42 469.42 520.24
Independent Irene Cree* 5.00% 308 312.14 312.94 341.28 353.28 385.68 387.88 389 446.06  
PUP Mark Gordon 5.43% 334 338.86 341.1 347.1 349.28 380.62 380.62 382.3    
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan* 4.74% 292 294.88 297.6 306.78 328.78          
NI Conservatives Dean Russell 2.83% 174 174.54 175.18 183.18            
Independent Christopher Carter 2.29% 141 142.8 142.96              
Electorate: 12,675   Valid: 6,154 (48.55%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 851   Turnout: 5,951 (46.95%)  

2001 Election

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP

1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP

Abbey - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Ivy Cooling* 18.11% 1,263                  
UUP Irene Cree 17.86% 1,246                  
Alliance Stephen Farry* 17.13% 1,195                  
UUP Roberta Dunlop* 12.09% 843 874.24 1,073.32              
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan* 13.08% 912 936.64 950.92 984.2 1,014.56          
DUP William Montgomery 4.29% 299 462.24 464.76 468.92 477.28 491.83 498.36 527.31 572.13 705.53
PUP Stewart Currie* 5.98% 417 431.3 441.17 470.29 476.89 482.37 489.68 515.63 551.49 648.45
Independent Karl McLean 4.26% 297 330.3 304.29 320.93 325.33 334.81 366.95 430.23 498.27  
NI Conservatives Lisa Fleming 2.74% 191 194.96 198.74 247.1 261.62 275.93 292.49 324.03    
Independent Christopher Carter 2.51% 175 180.06 182.16 211.28 213.92 217.13 234.72      
Independent William Gordon 1.28% 89 91.64 94.16 119.38 122.79 129.61        
NI Unionist Colin Dean 1.28% 48 54.6 63 70.8 75.86          
Electorate: 13,445   Valid: 6,975 (51.88%)   Spoilt: 250   Quota: 997   Turnout: 7,225 (53.74%)  

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)

Abbey - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alliance Stephen Farry* 16.53% 650            
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan* 16.53% 650            
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson* 15.18% 597            
DUP Ivy Cooling* 11.98% 471 474.06 498.42 503.7 528.44 610.44  
UUP Roberta Dunlop 12.26% 482 495.86 516.58 525.1 532.24 587.24  
PUP Stewart Currie 8.75% 344 352.46 357.92 359.9 417.26 483.96 505.96
UUP Karl McLean 8.34% 328 339.34 354.74 363.44 386.52 446.3 465.3
Ind. Unionist Cecil Braniff* 4.20% 165 176.7 186.78 190.08 198.42    
Independent William Gordon 2.92% 115 147.58 151.36 152.8 155.66    
Ulster Democratic Richard McCullough 3.33% 131 134.06 137.84 138.92      
Electorate: 13,415   Valid: 3,933 (29.32%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 562   Turnout: 4,026 (30.01%)  

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1989-1993 Change: No change

Abbey - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UPUP Valerie Kinghan* 18.26% 719          
Alliance Stephen Farry 15.52% 611          
UUP Irene Cree* 14.45% 408 539 569.13      
UPUP Cecil Braniff* 11.53% 454 468 537.92 546.83 635.83  
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson 9.34% 368 386 408.08 419.06 508.58 530.58
DUP Ivy Cooling 10.41% 410 423 437.26 438.16 471.8 479.8
DUP Geoffrey Bairsto 10.41% 403 412 420.28 421.9 442.94 460.94
Independent William Gordon 9.29% 366 372 381.89 403.85    
UUP Karl McLean 5.05% 199          
Electorate: 12,961   Valid: 3,938 (30.38%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 563   Turnout: 4,071 (31.41%)  

1989 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Conservative gain from DUP and UUP

Abbey - 6 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UPUP Valerie Kinghan 18.19% 745            
NI Conservatives George Green* 13.09% 536 546.12 551.66 558.66 752.66    
UPUP Cecil Braniff* 11.67% 478 560.50 580.36 584.80 587.46    
Alliance James Magee* 7.30% 299 305.82 308.92 513.80 541.46 605.46  
DUP Denny Vitty 10.47% 429 438.68 445.34 445.56 448.78 454.78 609.78
UUP Irene Cree 8.52% 349 364.40 483.26 483.26 498.92 546.92 571.9
DUP Ivy Cooling* 7.89% 323 332.24 337.12 337.12 338.34 349.34 462.10
NI Conservatives Shirley McCann 6.10% 250 252.86 254.30 262.30      
Alliance Mariam Judge 5.57% 228 229.76 229.98        
UUP Edward Johnston 2.91% 119 128.02          
UUP Robert Todd 1.03% 42 45.30          
Electorate: 11,789   Valid: 4,096 (34.74%)   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 586   Turnout: 4,284 (36.34%)  

1985 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP

Abbey - 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP John McCormick* 23.64% 1,104            
UUP George Green* 20.24% 945            
UPUP Brian Meharg 16.40% 766            
Alliance James Magee* 13.58% 634 653.27 670.09        
UUP John Preston 6.34% 296 337.82 428.3 458.45 479.82 527.66 719.42
DUP Ivy Cooling 9.79% 457 591.48 609.46 625.51 645.35 645.95 675.2
DUP Raymond Trousdale* 2.89% 135 338.36 345.32 358.22 374.71 381.28 391.36
UUP Ernest Jackson 1.58% 74 88.76 216.65 234.8 257.49 288.87  
Alliance James Pettis 3.58% 167 169.87 173.06 185.21 192.1    
PUP Kenneth McMullan 3.58% 92 106.76 111.69 118.29      
Electorate: 11,424   Valid: 4,670 (40.88%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 668   Turnout: 4,824 (42.23%)  

References

  1. ^ "Abbey Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.