2014 North Down and Ards District Council election explained

Election Name:	2014 North Down and Ards Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Year:	2011, Ards 2011, North Down
Next Election:	2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	22 May 2014
Leader1:	Peter Robinson
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	17
Seat Change1:	5
Leader2:	Mike Nesbitt
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	9
Seat Change2:	1
Leader3:	David Ford
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	7
Seat Change3:	5
Image4:	Steven Agnew MLA 2016.png
Leader4:	Steven Agnew
Party4:	Green Party in Northern Ireland
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	2
Leader5:	Jim Allister
Party5:	Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Leader6:	Alasdair McDonnell
Party6:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	2
Seat Change7:	New council
Map Size:	400

The first election to North Down and Ards District Council (now Ards and North Down Borough Council), part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote.^{[1] [2]} The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%
	17	16,460	35.93
	9	8,092	17.66
	7	6,243	13.63
	3	2,023	4.42
	2	4,505	9.83
	1	2,252	4.92
	1	1,695	3.70
	0	1,554	3.77
	0	1,441	3.49
	0	1,180	2.86
	0	388	0.94
	0	388	0.94
Totals	align=right	40	41,270	100.00

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Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ards Peninsula|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|16.6|1|8.1|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|19.1|1|9.1|0|6|-|align="left"|Bangor Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|15.7|2|12.8|1|7.6|1|4.6|0|0.0|0|31.3|0|6|-|align="left"|Bangor East and Donaghadee|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|18.9|1|9.8|1|3.9|0|5.3|0|0.0|0|29.7|1|6|-|align="left"|Bangor West|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|16.2|1|17.3|1|6.4|1|9.1|0|4.9|0|14.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Comber|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|22.1|1|13.2|1|0.0|0|9.3|1|0.0|0|16.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Holywood and Clandeboye|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|17.8|1|22.2|1|14.9|1|0.0|0|5.0|0|8.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Newtownards|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|15.2|2|12.7|1|0.0|0|6.4|0|0.0|0|30.0|1|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|35.4|17|17.4|9|13.4|7|4.4|3|4.8|1|4.2|1|20.4|2|40|-|}

District results

Ards Peninsula

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

Bangor Central

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

Bangor East and Donaghadee

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

Bangor West

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

Comber

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

Holywood and Clandeboye

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

Newtownards

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

• Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Co-option date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
19 May 2016	Bangor East and Donaghadee		Alan Chambers	David Chambers^[4]	A. Chambers was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[5]
1 Jun 2016	Ards Peninsula		Kellie Armstrong	Lorna McAlpine^[6]	Armstrong was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
7 Jul 2016	Bangor Central		Stuart Anderson	Karen Douglas^[7]	Anderson resigned.^[8]
24 Oct 2016	Bangor West		Paul Roberts	Rachel Woods^[9]
28 Feb 2018	Bangor West		Alan Leslie	Jennifer Gilmour^[10]
15 Mar 2018	Bangor West		Rachel Woods	James Hunter	Woods moved to the Holywood and Clandeboye DEA.^[11] ^[12]
15 Mar 2018	Holywood and Clandeboye		Prof. John Barry	Rachel Woods	Barry resigned.^[13]
27 Mar 2018	Holywood and Clandeboye		Jennifer Gilmour	Roberta Dunlop^[14]	Gilmour moved to the Bangor West DEA.
20 Dec 2018	Bangor West		James Hunter	James Barry McKee^[15]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
6 Feb 2015	Bangor Central	Noelle Robinson			Resigned.^[16]
11 Dec 2015	Bangor East and Donaghadee	Alan Chambers			Joined.^[17]
11 Apr 2016	Holywood and Clandeboye	Daniel Allen			Resigned.^[18]
16 Aug 2016	Holywood and Clandeboye	Daniel Allen			Joined.^[19]

Last update 26 March 2019.

Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council

External links

• Election results North Down and Ards District Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 23 May 2014 . BBC News.
2. Web site: UTV local election results, North Down and Ards. 13 July 2014. UTV.
3. Web site: Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage. 21 January 2022.
4. Web site: New Councillor - Ards and North Down Borough Council. www.eoni.org.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044814/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-Councillor. 1 December 2017. dead. 2017-11-19.
5. Web site: Julie Flaherty & David Chambers join Ulster Unionist Local Government team. uup.org. en. 2017-11-19.
6. Web site: New Councillors. www.eoni.org.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044633/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-Councillor-(3). 1 December 2017. dead. 2017-11-19.
7. Web site: New Councillor. www.eoni.org.uk. 2017-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044453/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-Councillor-(7). 1 December 2017. dead.
8. Web site: New Bangor Councillor for Alliance (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland). www.allianceparty.org. en. 2017-11-19.
9. Web site: New Councillor - Ards and North Down Borough Council. www.eoni.org.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803162744/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-Councillor-Ards-and-North-Down-Borough-Council. 2017-08-03. 2018-10-19.
10. Web site: The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI. https://web.archive.org/web/20180604084446/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-Councillor-Ards-and-North-Down-Borough-Council. dead. 2018-06-04. 2018-06-04. 2019-03-26.
11. Web site: A to Z of councillors. 2018-02-27. Ards and North Down Borough Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213819/http://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/about-the-council/find-my-councillor/view-all. 2018-02-27. 2018-10-19.
12. Web site: A to Z of councillors. 2018-05-15. Ards and North Down Borough Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20180515151053/https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/about-the-council/find-my-councillor/view-all. 2018-05-15. dead. 2018-10-19.
13. Web site: So today I formally stepped down from @ANDborough council. And brings to an end 7 years of being a councillor. Its been a great honour and privilege to serve the citizens of Bangor Central (2011-2014) and Holywood and Clandeboye (2014-2018). @GreenPartyNI. Barry. John. 15 March 2018. @CllrJohnBarry. en. 2018-03-18.
14. News: Cllr Stephen McIlveen on Twitter. Twitter. 2018-10-19. en-gb.
15. Web site: The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI. www.eoni.org.uk. 2019-03-26.
16. Web site: Green Party councillor quits over its stance on terrorist groups. www.newsletter.co.uk. en. 2018-02-18.
17. Web site: Veteran independent councillor Alan Chambers joins UUP. Ferguson. Amanda. 2015-12-11. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2016-09-20.
18. Web site: UUP councillor quits party. Hello. 2016-04-11. Belfast Newsletter. 2016-09-20.
19. Web site: Former Ulster Unionist Allen joins the DUP. www.newsletter.co.uk. en. 2017-08-01.