Bangor East and Donaghadee (District Electoral Area)

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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 Ards and North Down Bangor East and Donaghadee highlight.svg
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.

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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

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
October 2024 Co-OptionHannah Irwin
(Alliance)		John Hennessy
(Alliance)		James Cochrane
(DUP)		Eddie Thompson
(DUP)		Mark Brooks
(UUP)		David Chambers
(UUP)
April 2024 Co-OptionGillian McCollum
(Alliance)
2023 Janice MacArthur
(DUP)
April 2021 DefectionGavin 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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
UUP Mark Brooks*23.21%1,972       
Alliance Hannah Irwin*17.01%1,445       
DUP James Cochrane15.01%1,275       
UUP David Chambers*10.97%9321,323.95      
Alliance Gillian McCollum †6.89%585630.63 839.59 864.14 1,110.04 1,128.24 1,208.73 1,208.85
DUP Janice MacArthur* †8.38%712816.52 817.64 837.20 853.25 901.13 1,062.63 1,110.67
Independent Bill Keery*7.54%641668.30 671.66 697.22 731.42 751.58 1,019.71 1,021.15
Independent Tom Smith*5.41%460590.26 592.34 612.46 646.29 669.67   
Green (NI) Ciara Henry4.18%355394.30 408.25      
NI Conservatives Paul Leeman1.40%119132.65 133.13      
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    UUP Mark Brooks*17.47%1,327       
    Alliance Gavin Walker*17.15%1,303       
    UUP David Chambers*12.67%9631,006 1,144.78     
    DUP Peter Martin * †11.87%902905 908.24 913.28 916.97 1,413.97  
    DUP Bill Keery* ‡10.06%764775 784 787.6 799.12 965.2 1,280.72 
    Independent Tom Smith*10.06%765805 844.06 904.9 922.27 966.31 973.79 1,056.75
    Green (NI) Hannah McNamara9.67%735752 772.88 915.62 929.3 947.44 950.16 986.2
    DUP Janice MacArthur9.24%702711 733.14 737.28 746.82    
    NI Conservatives Paul Leeman1.80%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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Independent Alan Chambers * ‡†19.15%1,311          
      UUP Mark Brooks15.65%1,071          
      Alliance Gavin Walker9.82%672724.92 731.58 804.68 839.66 1,001.66     
      DUP Peter Martin *9.13%625662.8 664.6 671.44 685.58 691.51 691.51 726.28 782.4 1,083.4 
      DUP Bill Keery*8.15%558594.68 600.98 607.98 619.31 627.71 627.71 653.88 755.77 905.81 945.33
      DUP Tom Smith*7.90%541556.96 572.17 575.73 590.41 597.51 597.51 640.36 680.13 737.56 801.78
      UKIP Patrick Toms5.38%368383.4 385.65 394.02 411.31 426.29 427.29 566.11 636.84 658.93 660.07
      DUP Terence Malcolm*7.19%492516.08 517.61 522.89 531.26 539 539 563.37 614   
      UUP Christopher Eisenstadt3.27%224285.6 333.3 349.51 390.3 424.77 425.77 507.38    
      TUV Joseph Strutt5.29%362379.92 382.98 387.54 404.54 411.4 411.4     
      Green (NI) Trana Gray3.87%265288.52 291.4 330.08 347.59       
      NI Conservatives Brian McBride2.56%175204.96 208.83 218.39        
      NI21 William McKee2.64%181192.48 192.93         
      Electorate: 16,956  Valid: 6,845 (40.37%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 978  Turnout: 6,915 (40.78%)  

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