Ards and North Down Borough Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 2015 |
Preceded by | Ards Borough Council North Down Borough Council |
Leadership | |
Mayor | Cllr Jennifer Gilmour, DUP |
Deputy Mayor | Cllr Hannah Irwin, Alliance |
Structure | |
Seats | 40 |
Political groups | Executive (34) DUP (14) Alliance (12) UUP (8) Opposition (6) Green (2) Independent (3) SDLP (1) |
Elections | |
Last election | 18 May 2023 |
Meeting place | |
City Hall, Bangor Castle | |
Website | |
http://ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk |
Ards and North Down Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Ards Borough Council and North Down Borough Council. The first elections to the authority took place on 22 May 2014 and, prior to the official creation of the Ards and North Down district on 1 April 2015, it acted as a shadow authority.
The district was originally called "North Down and Ards" [1] but the council was known as "Ards and North Down District Council". [2] Councillors on the transitional shadow authority (prior to the council's official creation) voted on 15 December 2014 to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to change the name to East Coast Borough Council with effect from 1 April 2015. [2] Negative public reaction to the proposed name prompted a rethink. [3] The district name "Ards and North Down" was not finalised until 2016. [4] The transfer of the borough charter from North Down Borough Council was delayed until after the district naming. [1]
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Alan Graham | DUP | |
2016 | 2017 | Deborah Girvan | Alliance | |
2017 | 2018 | Robert Adair | DUP | |
2018 | 2019 | Richard Smart | UUP | |
2019 | 2020 | Bill Keery | DUP | |
2020 | 2021 | Trevor Cummings | DUP | |
2021 | 2022 | Mark Brooks | UUP | |
2022 | 2023 | Karen Douglas | Alliance | |
2023 | 2024 | Jennifer Gilmour | DUP | |
2024 | Present | Alistair Cathcart | DUP | |
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Carl McClean | UUP | |
2016 | 2017 | William Keery | DUP | |
2017 | 2018 | Gavin Walker | Alliance | |
2018 | 2019 | Eddie Thompson | DUP | |
2019 | 2020 | Karen Douglas | Alliance | |
2020 | 2021 | Nigel Edmund | DUP | |
2021 | 2022 | Robert Adair | DUP | |
2022 | 2023 | Craig Blaney | UUP | |
2023 | 2024 | Hannah Irwin | Alliance | |
2024 | Present | David Chambers | UUP | |
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA): [5]
Area | Seats |
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Ards Peninsula | 6 |
Bangor Central | 6 |
Bangor East and Donaghadee | 6 |
Bangor West | 5 |
Comber | 5 |
Holywood and Clandeboye | 5 |
Newtownards | 7 |
Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 | |
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DUP | 17 | 14 | 14 | |
Alliance | 7 | 10 | 12 | |
UUP | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
Green (NI) | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
SDLP | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
TUV | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Independent | 2 | 3 | 3 |
For further details see 2023 Ards and North Down Borough Council election.
Current council members | |||
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District electoral area | Name | Party | |
Ards Peninsula | Robert Adair | DUP | |
Lorna McAlpine | Alliance | ||
Joe Boyle | SDLP | ||
Nigel Edmund | DUP | ||
David Kerr | DUP | ||
Pete Wray | UUP | ||
Bangor Central | Alex Harbinson † | Alliance | |
Wesley Irvine | Independent | ||
Alistair Cathcart | DUP | ||
Craig Blaney | UUP | ||
Chris McCraken | Alliance | ||
Ray McKimm | Independent | ||
Bangor East and Donaghadee | Mark Brooks | UUP | |
Hannah Irwin | Alliance | ||
James Cochrane | DUP | ||
David Chambers | UUP | ||
John Hennessy † | Alliance | ||
Eddie Thompson † | DUP | ||
Bangor West | Naomi McBurney † | Alliance | |
Jennifer Gilmour | DUP | ||
Stephen Hollywood | UUP | ||
Carl McClean † | DUP | ||
Barry McKee | Green (NI) | ||
Comber | Libby Douglas [6] | DUP | |
Philip Smith | UUP | ||
Trevor Cummings | DUP | ||
Patricia Morgan | Alliance | ||
Rachel Ashe | Alliance | ||
Holywood and Clandeboye | Alan Graham | DUP | |
Linzi McLaren | UUP | ||
Martin McRandal | Alliance | ||
Lauren Kendall † | Green (NI) | ||
Gillian McCollum † | Alliance | ||
Newtownards | Steven Irvine | Independent | |
Naomi Armstrong | DUP | ||
Richard Smart | UUP | ||
Alan McDowell | Alliance | ||
Stephen McIllveen | DUP | ||
Vicky Moore | Alliance | ||
Colin Kennedy | DUP |
The area covered by the new borough has 163,659 residents according to the 2021 Northern Ireland census. [7]
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