Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)

Ards Peninsula
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-1993) 5 (1993–2014) 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Robert Adair (DUP)   Joe Boyle (SDLP)   Nigel Edmund (DUP)   Davy Kerr (DUP)   Lorna McAlpine (APNI)   Pete Wray (UUP)

Ards Peninsula DEA within Ards and North Down

Ards Peninsula DEA (1993-2014) within Ards

Ards Peninsula is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. ^[1] The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballywalter, Carrowdore, Kircubbin, Loughries, Portaferry and Portavogie. ^[2] Ards Peninsula forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ards Area A, which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Ballywalter, Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South, Kircubbin, Millisle, Portaferry and Portavogie). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to five wards, gaining Carrowdore but losing Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South and Millisle to the new Ards East DEA. For the 2014 local elections, it was increased to six wards, regaining Millisle while Donaghadee moved to the new Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)
2023		Lorna McAlpine (Alliance)		Joe Boyle (SDLP)		Pete Wray (UUP)		Robert Adair (DUP)		Nigel Edmund (DUP)		Davy Kerr (DUP)	6 seats 2014–present
2019						Angus Carson (UUP)						Eddie Thompson (DUP)
June 2016 Co-Option
2014		Kellie Armstrong (Alliance)
2011		Kieran McCarthy (Alliance)								Colin Kennedy (DUP)	5 seats 1993-2014
2005								Jim Shannon (DUP)		Robert Drysdale (DUP)
2001				Daniel McCarthy (SDLP)
1997						Paul Carson (UUP)
1993				William Sheldon (Alliance)		Robert Ambrose (UUP)				James McMullan (Independent)
1989				Clifford Auld (Alliance)						Mervyn Rea (DUP)		John Shields (UUP)		Ronald Ferguson (UUP)
1985				Thomas Byers (Independent)						Oliver Johnston (DUP)				Gladys McIntyre (UPUP)

2023 election

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Robert Adair*	21.33%	1,959
	Alliance	Lorna McAlpine*	13.78%	1,266	1,273.92	1,383.92
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	13.93%	1,279	1,288.24	1,308.57	1,314.57
	DUP	Nigel Edmund*	6.89%	633	996.99	1,003.32	1,174.22	1,675.22
	DUP	Davy Kerr	9.00%	827	990.68	1,014.99	1,165.61	1,314.61
	UUP	Pete Wray	8.05%	739	773.98	810.31	949.27	1,069.06
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sands	10.29%	945	946.65	963.65	964.65	965.65
	DUP	Eddie Thompson*	7.48%	687	720.00	725.33	852.62
	TUV	Tom Thompson	6.45%	592	616.09	628.09
	Green (NI)	Gilian McNaull	1.62%	149	149.99
	Independent	Boyd Ireland	1.18%	108	111.63
Electorate: 19,000  Valid: 9,184 (48.34%)  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 1,313  Turnout: 9,925 (52.24%)

2019 election

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 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Robert 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 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 (44.57%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,120  Turnout: 7,956 (45.25%)

2014 election

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

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

2011-2014 change: DUP gain due to the addition of one seat

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Robert Adair*	24.48%	1,773
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	19.15%	1,387
	UUP	Angus Carson*	16.55%	1,199
	DUP	Nigel Edmund	8.57%	621	1,159.79
	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong * †	6.06%	439	457.49	605.69	619.46	620.56	650.47	862	1,074
	DUP	Eddie Thompson*	7.25%	456	535.12	539.02	604.98	697.88	712.11	788.67	800
	DUP	Louise Wallace	7.72%	559	616.19	618.29	653.99	669.89	678.18	701.41	703.31
	Sinn Féin	Sheila Bailie	5.36%	388	390.58	535.48	535.82	535.92	538.82	557.69
	NI Conservatives	Paul Leeman	2.22%	161	180.35	185.75	215.67	220.17	246.71
	Alliance	Colin McCormick	2.02%	146	150.73	190.33	200.02	200.72	220.09
	NI21	John Bustard	1.57%	114	117.87	125.07	131.7	132.1
Electorate: 16,656  Valid: 7,243 (43.49%)  Spoilt: 126  Quota: 1,035  Turnout: 7,369 (44.24%)

2011 election

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

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	24.24%	1,473
	DUP	Robert Adair	17.56%	1,067
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy *	15.50%	942	1,271.3
	DUP	Colin Kennedy	11.95%	726	728.59	732.37	770.53	823.53	1,140.53
	UUP	Angus Carson*	11.83%	719	731.21	746.33	803.28	879.02	954.44
	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong	4.74%	288	366.44	568.04	587.31	628.05	646.74
	DUP	John Prentice	6.91%	420	423.33	429.21	442.58	507.79
	Independent	Joe Hagan	4.30%	261	269.14	280.48	314.22
	Independent	Robert Drysdale*	2.96%	180	197.76	215.4
Electorate: 12,879  Valid: 6,076 (47.18%)  Spoilt: 132  Quota: 1,014  Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%)

2005 election

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

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

2001-2005 change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Jim Shannon *	31.44%	1,944
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy *	16.01%	990	1,074.13
	SDLP	Joe Boyle	14.77%	913	918.17	1,303.17
	DUP	Robert Drysdale*	10.72%	663	1,024.43	1,034.43
	UUP	Angus Carson*	11.37%	703	801.7	854.93	937.93
	DUP	Colin Kennedy	6.60%	408	745.93	761.69	774.69
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Lacken	4.72%	292	293.88
	Independent	Daniel McCarthy*	4.37%	270	281.28
Electorate: 11,725  Valid: 6,183 (52.73%)  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,031  Turnout: 6,313 (53.84%)

2001 election

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

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

1997-2001 change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Jim Shannon *	26.53%	1,824
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy *	18.71%	1,286
	DUP	Robert Drysdale*	10.25%	705	1,222.92
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy*	12.51%	860	865.85	899.51	918.84	1,025.08	1,025.88	1,430.88
	UUP	Angus Carson	10.33%	710	748.22	755.81	766.28	864.5	894.8	944.8	1,008.8
	UUP	Paul Carson*	7.56%	520	583.96	593.97	603.82	671.15	710.75	731.42	765.42
	Independent	Joe Boyle	7.65%	526	528.73	543.58	553.75	646.87	648.67
	Independent	Robert Ambrose	3.71%	255	289.32	298.01	307.13
	Independent	James McMullan	2.23%	153	155.73	162.99	166.58
	Alliance	Stephen McSherry	0.51%	35	38.12	85.2
Electorate: 11,849  Valid: 6,874 (58.01%)  Spoilt: 211  Quota: 1,146  Turnout: 7,085 (59.79%)

1997 election

1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Paul Carson	22.57%	1,114
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy *	21.21%	1,047
	DUP	Jim Shannon *	20.12%	993
	DUP	Robert Drysdale	10.25%	473	687.21	696.01	849.01
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy	15.60%	770	777.44	808.9	810.52	930.52
	Alliance	William Sheldon*	3.12%	154	202.98	315.62	325.16	346.72
	Alliance	John Smyth	4.48%	221	227.82	279.3	281.82	296.02
	SDLP	Iain Bell	2.65%	131	131	141.12	141.48
	Green (NI)	Owen Crawford	0.67%	33	40.75	44.49	45.75
Electorate: 11,165  Valid: 4,936 (44.21%)  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 824  Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%)

1993 election

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1989-1993 change: UUP (two seats) and DUP loss to Independent and due to the reduction of two seats

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy *	32.39%	1,546
	DUP	Jim Shannon *	18.77%	896
	Independent	James McMullan	13.74%	656	818.76
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	14.94%	713	758.24	943.24
	Alliance	William Sheldon	4.53%	216	723	743.28	770.28
	DUP	Thomas Cully	10.16%	485	498	539.08	599.08
	UUP	Samuel Brown	5.47%	261	275.56
Electorate: 10,416  Valid: 4,773 (45.82%)  Spoilt: 158  Quota: 796  Turnout: 4,931 (47.34%)

1989 election

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

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1985-1989 change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy *	16.19%	1,119
	DUP	Jim Shannon *	14.90%	1,030
	UUP	John Shields*	14.73%	1,018
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	14.59%	1,008
	DUP	Mervyn Rea	8.45%	584	588.56	682.4	705.49	738.45	748.8	1,139.8
	UUP	Ronald Ferguson	6.64%	459	464.52	474.21	586.38	688.3	786.85	845.31	983.31
	Alliance	Clifford Auld	7.41%	512	698	705.48	717.3	726.1	742	753.72	765.72
	Independent	James McMullan	8.16%	564	616.32	616.83	616.83	617.95	619	624.15	632.15
	DUP	Oliver Johnston*	6.54%	452	453.44	502.4	511.57	519.09	531.84
	UUP	Trevor Hussey	2.39%	165	167.4	172.5
Electorate: 16,006  Valid: 6,911 (43.18%)  Spoilt: 229  Quota: 864  Turnout: 7,140 (44.61%)

1985 election

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

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UPUP	Gladys McIntyre*	13.68%	999
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	11.46%	837	849.4	928.4
	Independent	Thomas Byers	11.07%	808	808.4	826.48	830.56	1,058.56
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy	6.22%	454	455.76	466	667.92	816.92	944.92
	UUP	John Shields	8.34%	609	625.16	641.28	668.24	669.32	669.32	1,036.32
	DUP	Jim Shannon	11.46%	837	844.36	858.32	863.64	863.64	863.64	899
	DUP	Oliver Johnston*	11.11%	811	819.8	822.2	823.36	827.36	828.36	867.12
	DUP	Joseph Thompson*	8.72%	637	642.68	649.68	651.76	651.84	651.84	672.24
	UUP	John Scott*	5.70%	416	428.88	468.8	505.16	505.16	505.16
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty*	4.92%	359	359.24	415.24	419.32
	Alliance	James Muirhead	3.93%	287	292.04	298.44
	UUP	Samuel McKeown	2.16%	158	165.12
	SDLP	Seamus O'Neill	1.22%	89	89.16
Electorate: 14,998  Valid: 7,301 (48.68%)  Spoilt: 220  Quota: 913  Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%)

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