| Election Name: | 2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election |
| Flag Image: | Flag placeholder.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 North Down and Ards District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Ards and North Down Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 council seats |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Leader1: | Arlene Foster |
| Party1: | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Leader2: | Naomi Long |
| Party2: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Leader3: | Robin Swann |
| Party3: | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Leader4: | Clare Bailey |
| Party4: | Green Party Northern Ireland |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Leader5: | Jim Allister |
| Party5: | Traditional Unionist Voice |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Leader6: | Colum Eastwood |
| Party6: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 0 |
| Party7: | Independent politician |
| Seats Before7: | 2 |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 300 |
The second election to Ards and North Down Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.[1] [2] The Democratic Unionist Party once again won a plurality of seats.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 43.80% with a total of 50,206 valid votes cast. A total of 660 ballots were rejected.
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|
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
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP
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
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
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
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 October 2019 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Rachel Woods | Kathryn McNickle | Woods was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 30 January 2020 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Andrew Muir | Martin McRandal | Muir was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 11 May 2020 | Bangor East and Donaghadee | Peter Martin | Janice MacArthur | Martin resigned. | ||
| 19 July 2021 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Stephen Dunne | Peter Johnson | Dunne was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 12 October 2021 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Kathryn McNickle | Lauren Kendall | McNickle resigned. | ||
| 5 May 2022 | Newtownards | Jimmy Menagh | Steven Irvine | Menagh died. | ||
| 25 May 2022 | Newtownards | Nick Mathison | Vicky Moore | Mathison was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 25 May 2022 | Bangor West | Connie Egan | Hannah Irwin | Egan was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 22 September 2022 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Lauren Kendall | Rachel Woods | Kendall resigned. | ||
| 6 January 2023 | Comber | Deborah Girvan | Patricia Morgan | Girvan resigned. | ||
| 31 March 2023 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Gillian Greer | vacant | Greer resigned but was not replaced before May election. | ||
| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2021 | Bangor East and Donaghadee | Bill Keery | Suspended from the DUP following controversial comments about Prince Philip.[3] | ||||
| 2 March 2022 | Bangor Central | Wesley Irvine | Resigned from the DUP to support the re-election campaign of independent unionist MLA Alex Easton.[4] | ||||
| 4 January 2023 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Carl McClean | Resigned from the UUP following criticisms of the party's candidate selection process.[5] | ||||
| 13 January 2023 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Carl McClean | Joined the DUP following his period as an Independent.[6] | ||||
| 8 February 2023 | Comber | Stephen Cooper | Left the TUV following an allegation of harassment from a female party member.[7] | ||||
Colin Kennedy (DUP) was suspended from the council for six weeks from Friday 18 June 2021.[8]
Last update 8 February 2023.
Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council.