2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election

The second election to Ards and North Down Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.[1][2] The Democratic Unionist Party once again won a plurality of seats.

2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election
2 May 2019
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arlene Foster Naomi Long Robin Swann
Party DUP Alliance UUP
Seats before 17 7 9
Seats won 14 10 8
Seat change 3 3 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Clare Bailey Jim Allister Colum Eastwood
Party Green (NI) TUV SDLP
Seats before 3 1 1
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats before 2
Seats won 3
Seat change
Map of results by District Electoral Area. Each DEA is highlighted in the colour of the plurality winner of FPVs.

Results by party
Party Seats ± First
Preference
Votes		 FPV% ±%
DUP 14 3 16,759 33.38 2.55
Alliance 10 3 11,162 22.23 8.60
UUP 8 1 8,943 17.81 0.15
Green (NI) 3 5,106 10.17 5.75
Independent 3 1 4,321 8.61 1.22
SDLP 1 1,621 3.23 0.47
TUV 1 695 1.38 3.54
UKIP 0 672 1.34 1.34
NI Conservatives 0 660 1.31 2.46
Sinn Féin 0 267 0.53 0.41
Totals 40 50,206 100% —

The overall turnout was 43.80% with a total of 50,206 valid votes cast. A total of 660 ballots were rejected.

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:

↓
17 7 9 3 2 1 1
DUP Alliance UUP GPNI I S T

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
14 10 8 3 3 1 1
DUP Alliance UUP GPNI I S T

I - Independent
S - SDLP
T - TUV

Results by electoral area

Ards Peninsula

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
DUP Robert Hugh 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 Anne 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   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,120   Turnout: 7,956 (45.25%)

    Bangor Central

    2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens
    2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
    2014-2019 Change: Independent gains one seat from UUP

    Bangor Central - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
    Alliance Karen Douglas* 18.29 1,346
    Green (NI) Stephen Dunlop 14.22 1,046 1,220.9
    DUP Alistair John 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 Graham 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   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,052   Turnout: 7,450 (41.01%)

      Bangor East and Donaghadee

      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 one seat from DUP

      Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
      UUP Mark Brooks* 17.47 1,327
      Alliance Gavin Walker* 17.15 1,303
      UUP David Alan Chambers* 12.67 963 1,006 1,144.78
      DUP Peter James 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 Irwin 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   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,086   Turnout: 7,696 (44.19%)

        Bangor West

        2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
        2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
        2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from DUP

        Bangor West - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
        Alliance Connie Egan 20.16 1,151
        DUP Jennifer Mary Gilmour 17.34 990
        UUP Marion Smith* 17.20 982
        Green (NI) Barry McKee 16.62 949 1,022
        Alliance Scott Wilson* 12.32 703 746 930.79
        DUP Alan Graham* 13.12 749 787 791.42
        NI Conservatives Ben English 2.00 114
        Sinn Féin Kieran Maxwell 1.24 71
        Electorate: 13,585   Valid: 5,709   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 952   Turnout: 5,794 (42.65%)

          Comber

          2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
          2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
          2014-2019 Change: No change

          Comber - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
          Alliance Deborah Girvan* 23.23 1,516
          UUP Philip Smith 16.58 1,082 1,178.3
          DUP Trevor Cummings* 12.91 843 856.8 895.5 901.8 1,298.8
          DUP Robert Gibson* 15.09 985 992.5 1,024.5 1,028.7 1,201.7
          TUV Stephen James Cooper* 10.65 695 716 819.3 828 887 1,065
          Green (NI) Ricky Bamford 5.70 372 582.3 737.4 780.6 797.6 816.6
          DUP John Montgomery 9.85 643 648.7 689.5 693.1
          UUP Michael Palmer 4.87 318 361.8
          Independent John Sloan 1.12 73 100
          Electorate: 14,244   Valid: 6,527   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 6,587 (46.24%)

            Holywood and Clandeboye

            2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP
            2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
            2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from DUP

            Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
            Alliance Andrew Muir* † 20.43 1,397
            Green (NI) Rachel Elizabeth Woods † 19.18 1,311
            Alliance Gillian Greer 18.27 1,249
            DUP Stephen Gordon Dunne* 16.66 1,139 1,171.4
            UUP Carl McClean 7.42 507 557.04 599.82 683.19 725.94 729.9 1,143.9
            DUP Roberta Dunlop 9.90 677 681.32 697.13 712.49 721.23 730.23 742.23
            UUP Tim Lemon 6.08 416 505.64 563.92 645.74 701.6 705.92
            NI Conservatives Andrew Turner 2.06 141 218.4 269.55
            Electorate: 15,052   Valid: 6,837   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 6,904 (45.87%)

              Newtownards

              2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
              2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
              2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from UUP

              Newtownards - 7 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
              Independent Jimmy Menagh* 25.63 2,138
              DUP Naomi Armstrong* 14.77 1,232
              Alliance Nick Mathison 13.08 1,091
              DUP Stephen McIlveen* 10.77 898 1,127.1
              DUP Colin Kennedy 6.83 570 771.84 919.59 924.07 988.03 1,055.03
              UUP Richard Smart* 8.82 736 964.52 970.97 979.45 986.99 1,040.12 1,076.12
              Alliance Alan Joseph McDowell* 6.88 574 668.54 670.19 678.83 679.87 696.66 977.61
              UUP Ian Dickson 5.77 481 585.98 599.78 602.09 607.29 677.47 734.16
              Green (NI) Maurice MacArtney 4.49 374 448.82 450.47 466.01 467.05 503.97
              UKIP Paul Robert James Corry 2.67 223 341.32 348.07 358.34 361.2
              Independent Ben King 0.29 24 61.12 61.42
              Electorate: 20,491   Valid: 8,341   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,043   Turnout: 8,479 (41.38%)

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options
                Date co-opted Electoral Area Party Outgoing Co-optee Reason
                11 October 2019 Holywood and Clandeboye Green (NI) Rachel Woods Kathryn McNickle Woods was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
                30 January 2020 Holywood and Clandeboye Alliance Andrew Muir Martin McRandal Muir was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
                11 May 2020 Bangor East and Donaghadee DUP Peter Martin Janice MacArthur Martin resigned.

                ‡ Changes in affiliation

                None

                – Suspensions

                None

                Last update 7 May 2020.

                Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council.

                References

                1. "Ards and North Down Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
                2. https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/elections-2019/results-2019
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