Bangor East and Donaghadee (District Electoral Area)

Bangor East and Donaghadee
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Mark Brooks (UUP)
  •   David Chambers (UUP)
  •   James Cochrane (DUP)
  •   John Hennessy (APNI)
  •   Hannah Irwin (APNI)
  •   Eddie Thompson (DUP)
Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA within Ards and North Down

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.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
October 2024 Co-Option Hannah Irwin
(Alliance) 		John Hennessy
(Alliance) 		James Cochrane
(DUP) 		Eddie Thompson
(DUP) 		Mark Brooks
(UUP) 		David Chambers
(UUP)
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

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats[3]
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%)  

2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from Independent, Independent leaves DUP

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Mark Brooks* 17.47% 1,327              
Alliance Gavin Walker* 17.15% 1,303              
UUP David Chambers* 12.67% 963 1,006 1,144.78          
DUP Peter Martin* † 11.87% 902 905 908.24 913.28 916.97 1,413.97    
DUP Bill Keery* ‡ 10.06% 764 775 784 787.6 799.12 965.2 1,280.72  
Independent Tom Smith* 10.06% 765 805 844.06 904.9 922.27 966.31 973.79 1,056.75
Green (NI) Hannah McNamara 9.67% 735 752 772.88 915.62 929.3 947.44 950.16 986.2
DUP Janice MacArthur 9.24% 702 711 733.14 737.28 746.82      
NI Conservatives Paul Leeman 1.80% 137              
Electorate: 17,416   Valid: 7,598 (43.63%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,086   Turnout: 7,696 (44.19%)  

2014 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Alan Chambers* ‡† 19.15% 1,311                    
UUP Mark Brooks 15.65% 1,071                    
Alliance Gavin Walker 9.82% 672 724.92 731.58 804.68 839.66 1,001.66          
DUP Peter Martin* 9.13% 625 662.8 664.6 671.44 685.58 691.51 691.51 726.28 782.4 1,083.4  
DUP Bill Keery* 8.15% 558 594.68 600.98 607.98 619.31 627.71 627.71 653.88 755.77 905.81 945.33
DUP Tom Smith* 7.90% 541 556.96 572.17 575.73 590.41 597.51 597.51 640.36 680.13 737.56 801.78
UKIP Patrick Toms 5.38% 368 383.4 385.65 394.02 411.31 426.29 427.29 566.11 636.84 658.93 660.07
DUP Terence Malcolm* 7.19% 492 516.08 517.61 522.89 531.26 539 539 563.37 614    
UUP Christopher Eisenstadt 3.27% 224 285.6 333.3 349.51 390.3 424.77 425.77 507.38      
TUV Joseph Strutt 5.29% 362 379.92 382.98 387.54 404.54 411.4 411.4        
Green (NI) Trana Gray 3.87% 265 288.52 291.4 330.08 347.59            
NI Conservatives Brian McBride 2.56% 175 204.96 208.83 218.39              
NI21 William McKee 2.64% 181 192.48 192.93                
Electorate: 16,956   Valid: 6,845 (40.37%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 978   Turnout: 6,915 (40.78%)  

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.