Comber (District Electoral Area)

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Comber
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Rachel Ashe (APNI)
  •   Trevor Cummings (DUP)
  •   Libby Douglas (DUP)
  •   Patricia Morgan (APNI)
  •   Philip Smith (UUP)

Comber 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 Ballygowan, Comber North, Comber South, Comber West and Killinchy. [2] Comber forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ards West DEA, which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023 Patricia Morgan
(Alliance)
Rachel Ashe
(Alliance)
Philip Smith
(UUP)
Libby Douglas
(DUP)
Trevor Cummings
(DUP)
February 2023 DefectionStephen Cooper
(TUV)/
(Independent)
Robert Gibson
(DUP)
January 2023 Co-Option
2019 Deborah Girvan
(Alliance)
2014 James Fletcher
(UUP)

2023 Election

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from TUV

Comber - 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
DUP Libby Douglas [4] 20.60%1,501    
Ulster Unionist Philip Smith*19.31%1,407    
DUP Trevor Cummings*17.88%1,303    
Alliance Patricia Morgan*14.84%1,0811,087.38 1,127.54 1,204.6 1,219.6
Alliance Rachel Ashe13.99%1,0191,032.64 1,074.72 1,160.8 1,215.2
TUV Sam Patterson5.61%409595.56 651.24 677.36 922.12
Independent Stephen Cooper*4.42%322374.14 399.58 452.36  
Green (NI) Cory Quinn2.72%197207.56 219.56   
Independent John Sloan0.58%4752.5 66.42   
Electorate: 15,112  Valid: 7,286 (48.21%)  Spoilt: 95  Quota: 1,215  Turnout: 7,381 (48.84%)  

    2019 Election

    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 [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Alliance Deborah Girvan* †23.23%1,516     
    Ulster Unionist Philip Smith 16.58%1,0821,178.3    
    DUP Trevor Cummings*12.91%843856.8 895.5 901.8 1,298.8 
    DUP Robert Gibson*15.09%985992.5 1,024.5 1,028.7 1,201.7 
    TUV Stephen Cooper* ‡10.65%695716 819.3 828 887 1,065
    Green (NI) Ricky Bamford5.70%372582.3 737.4 780.6 797.6 816.6
    DUP John Montgomery9.85%643648.7 689.5 693.1   
    Ulster Unionist Michael Palmer4.87%318361.8     
    Independent John Sloan1.12%73100     
    Electorate: 14,244  Valid: 6,527 (45.82%)  Spoilt: 60  Quota: 1,088  Turnout: 6,587 (46.24%)  

      2014 Election

      2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV

      Comber - 5 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      DUP Robert Gibson*17.29%1,071      
      Ulster Unionist James Fletcher*13.93%863878 880.61 974.67 1,037.67  
      Alliance Deborah Girvan*13.16%815880 880.3 980.39 1,016.48 1,121.48 
      DUP Trevor Cummings*11.54%715724 733.39 771.63 838.93 960.93 975.93
      TUV Stephen Cooper9.32%577585 585.78 639.87 750.08 908.23 920.23
      DUP John Oswald*10.33%640648 663.36 676.63 742.14 867.38 879.38
      Ulster Unionist Philip Smith*8.17%506526 526.42 588.48 661.6   
      UKIP Isabella Hanna6.89%427439 440.65 477.71    
      NI Conservatives John Andrews6.64%411425 425.93     
      NI21 Margaret Howson2.73%169      
      Electorate: 13,681  Valid: 6,194 (45.27%)  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 1,033  Turnout: 6,272 (45.84%)  

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