Abbey was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to North Down Borough Council and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing North Down Area B and North Down Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bangor Castle, Bloomfield, Conlig, Harbour, Rathgael and Whitehill. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mainly replaced by the Bangor Central DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Michael Bower (Alliance) | Steven Agnew (Green Party) | Harry Dunlop (DUP)/ (UUP) | Ivy Cooling (DUP) | William Montgomery (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP) | ||||||
| 2005 | Stephen Farry (Alliance) | Roberta Dunlop (UUP) | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Irene Cree (UUP) | Valerie Kinghan (UKUP)/ (UPUP) | ||||||||||
| 1997 | Ann Thompson (Conservative) | Stewart Currie (PUP) | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Irene Cree (UUP) | Cecil Braniff (UPUP) | ||||||||||
| 1989 | James Magee (Alliance) | George Green (Conservative)/ (UUP) | Denny Vitty (DUP) | |||||||||
| 1985 | John Preston (UUP) | Ivy Cooling (DUP) | Brian Meharg (UPUP) | |||||||||
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: DUP and Green gain from UUP (two seats)
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP
1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP
1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)
1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: No change
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP
1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Conservative gain from DUP and UUP
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP