| Bangor West | |
| Type: | Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Seats: | 7 (1985–2014) 5 (2014–present) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
Bangor West 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 Bryansburn, Kilcooley, Rathgael, Rathmore and Silverstream.[2] Bangor West forms 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, where it contained originally seven wards (Bryansburn, Clandeboye, Crawfordsburn, Dufferin, Princestown, Silverstream and Spring Hill). For the 2014 local elections, it was reduced to five wards losing areas to the new Holywood and Clandeboye DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 Co-Option | Naomi McBurney (Alliance) | Barry McKee (Green Party) | Carl McClean (DUP) | Jennifer Gilmour (DUP) | Stephen Hollywood (UUP) | 5 seats 2014–present | 5 seats 2014–present | |||||||
| July 2024 Co-Option | Christine Creighton (Alliance) | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Peter Martin (DUP) | |||||||||||||
| May 2022 Co-Option | Scott Wilson (Alliance) | Hannah Irwin (Alliance) | Marion Smith (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Connie Egan (Alliance) | |||||||||||||
| December 2018 Co-Option | Alan Graham (DUP) | |||||||||||||
| March 2018 Co-Option | James Hunter (Green Party) | |||||||||||||
| February 2018 Co-Option | Alan Leslie (DUP) | |||||||||||||
| October 2016 Co-Option | Rachel Woods (Green Party) | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Paul Roberts (Green Party) | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Anne Wilson (Alliance) | Tony Hill (Alliance) | James McKerrow (UUP) | Brian Wilson (Alliance)/ (Green Party)/ (Independent) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | William Keery (UKUP) | Royston Davies (UUP) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Eileen Bell (Alliance) | Ernest Steele (PUP) | Roy Bradford (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | George Green (Conservative) | William Baxter (DUP) | Ian Sinclair (Independent Unionist) | Hazel Bradford (UUP) | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Thomas Miskelly (Conservative) | James O'Fee (Conservative) | Ann-Marie Hillen (Independent) | |||||||||||
| 1985 | William Bailie (Alliance) | Alan Graham (DUP) | George McMurtry (DUP) | Ian Sinclair (UPUP) | Cecil Braniff (UUP) | |||||||||
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
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 Green
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Green becomes Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from PUP
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: UKUP, PUP and Independent gain from DUP, Conservative and Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and Independent
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP
1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) and Independent gain from Alliance, DUP and UPUP
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP