Bangor Central (District Electoral Area)

Bangor Central
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Craig Blaney (UUP)
  •   Alistair Cathcart (DUP)
  •   Alex Harbinson (APNI)
  •   Wesley Irvine (IND)
  •   Chris McCracken (APNI)
  •   Ray McKimm (IND)
Bangor Central DEA within Ards and North Down

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)
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

Bangor Central - 6 seats[3]
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      
UUP 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        
UUP 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

Bangor Central - 6 seats[4]
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        
UUP 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
UUP 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

Bangor Central - 6 seats[5]
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  
UUP Ian Henry* 8.98% 589 603 611 619 635 657 741 747 848 932 934.08 956.08  
UUP 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

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
  3. ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.