| Bangor Central | |
| Type: | Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Seats: | 6 (2014–) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
Bangor Central 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 Ballygrainey, Ballyholme, Bloomfield, Broadway, Castle and Harbour.[2] Bangor Central forms greater of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Abbey DEA, which had existed since 1985.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 Co-Option | Alex Harbinson (Alliance) | Chris McCracken (Alliance) | Ray McKimm (Independent) | Craig Blaney (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) | ||||||
| 2023 | Karen Douglas (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| March 2022 Defection | Stephen Dunlop (Green Party) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||||
| July 2016 Co-Option | Noelle Robinson (Green Party)/ (Independent) | Ian Henry (UUP) | Carl McClean (UUP) | |||||||||
| February 2015 Defection | Stuart Anderson (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and Green
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green