North Down and Ards District Council election, 2014

The 2014 North Down and Ards District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of North Down and Ards District Council in Northern Ireland.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections."UTV local election results, North Down and Ards". UTV. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

North Down and Ards Council election, 2014

22 May 2014

All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	UUP	Alliance
Seats won	17	9	7
Seat change	New council	New council	New council

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Green (NI)	TUV	SDLP
Seats won	3	1	1
Seat change	New council	New council	New council

	Seventh party

Party	Independent
Seats won	2
Seat change	New council

Results by party

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	DUP	17	16,460	35.93%
	UUP	9	8,092	17.66%
	Alliance	7	6,243	13.63%
	Green (NI)	3	2,023	4.42%
	TUV	1	2,252	4.92%
	SDLP	1	1,695	3.70%
	Independent	2	4,505	9.83%
Totals		40		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ards Peninsula

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	DUP	Robert Adair*	24.48	1,773
	SDLP	Joe Boyle*	19.15	1,387
	UUP	Angus Carson*	16.55	1,199
	DUP	Nigel Edmund	8.57	621	1,159.79
	DUP	Louise Wallace	7.72	559	616.19	618.29	653.99	669.89	678.18	701.41	703.31
	DUP	Edward Thompson*	7.25	456	535.12	539.02	604.98	697.88	712.11	788.67	800.00
	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong*	6.06	439	457.49	605.69	619.46	620.56	650.47	862.00	1,074.00
	Sinn Féin	Sheila Bailie	5.36	388	390.58	535.48	535.82	535.92	538.82	557.69
	Conservative	Paul Leeman	2.22	161	180.35	185.75	215.67	220.17	246.71
	Alliance	Colin McCormick	2.02	146	150.73	190.33	200.02	200.72	220.09
	NI21	John Bustard	1.57	114	117.87	125.07	131.70	132.10
Electorate: 16,656 Valid: 7,243 Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,035 Turnout: 7,369 (44.24%)

Bangor Central

Bangor Central - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	DUP	Wesley Graham Irvine*	9.81	643	650	651	746	776	791	837	841	878	956
	UUP	Ian Henry*	8.98	589	603	611	619	635	657	741	747	848	932	934.08	956.08
	DUP	Alistair Cathcart*	8.45	554	556	560	584	589	606	642	643	664	721	725.16	754.16	757.16
	Green (NI)	Noelle Robinson	7.57	496	513	556	559	569	594	599	648	694	743	743.26	957.26
	Independent	Mary Macartney	6.79	445	455	465	470	486	512	515	537	619	664	665.04
	Alliance	Stuart Anderson	6.76	443	454	478	482	485	509	510	831	875	892	892	990
	UUP	Carl McClean	6.74	442	470	477	487	500	517	545	551	607	692	693.56	789.56	809.56
	DUP	Roberta Dunlop*	6.62	434	440	443	477	495	515	543	548	612	656	665.36	705.36	710.36
	Alliance	Nicholas Fell	6.03	395	399	433	435	436	449	451
	Independent	David Chambers	5.90	387	406	411	420	429	501	508	525
	UKIP	William Montgomery*	5.87	385	400	408	412	434	450	561	565	591
	TUV	William Cudworth	4.58	300	304	305	308	360	369
	Independent	Colin Breen	4.18	274	281	293	295	301
	Communist Party	Mark Gordon	3.39	222	224	229	230
	DUP	Adam Harbinson*	3.10	203	209	212
	NI21	Peter Floyd	2.65	174	178
	Conservative	David Symington	2.59	170
Electorate: 17,194 Valid: 6,556 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 937 Turnout: 6,678 (38.84%)

Bangor East and Donaghadee

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Independent	Alan Chambers*	19.15	1,311
	UUP	Mark Brooks	15.65	1,071
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	9.82	672	724.92	731.58	804.68	839.66	1,001.66
	DUP	Peter Martin*	9.13	625	662.80	664.60	671.44	685.58	691.51	691.51	726.28	782.40	1,083.40
	DUP	William Keery*	8.15	558	594.68	600.98	607.98	619.31	627.71	627.71	653.88	755.77	905.81	945.33
	DUP	Thomas Smith*	7.90	541	556.96	572.17	575.73	590.41	597.51	597.51	640.36	680.13	737.56	801.78
	DUP	Terence Malcolm*	7.19	492	516.08	517.61	522.89	531.26	539.0	539.0	563.37	614.0
	UKIP	Patrick Toms	5.38	368	383.40	385.65	394.02	411.31	426.29	427.29	566.11	636.84	658.93	660.07
	TUV	Joseph Strutt	5.29	362	379.92	382.98	387.54	404.54	411.40	411.40
	Green (NI)	Trana Gray	3.87	265	288.52	291.40	330.08	347.59
	UUP	Christopher Eisenstadt	3.27	224	285.60	333.30	349.51	390.30	424.77	425.77	507.38
	NI21	William McKee	2.64	181	192.48	192.93
	Conservative	Brian McBride	2.56	175	204.96	208.83	218.39
Electorate: 16,956 Valid: 6,845 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 978 Turnout: 6,915 (40.78%)

Bangor West

Bangor West - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	UUP	Marion Smith*	16.15	870	887	890	950
	DUP	Alan Graham*	16.08	866	889	891	932
	DUP	Alan Leslie*	15.80	851	881	883	895	912
	Alliance	Scott Wilson	11.49	619	622	686	701	709	713	713	807	1,102
	TUV	Robert Gordon	9.12	491	520	521	568	573	580	586	634	646	657
	Green (NI)	Paul Roberts	6.42	346	359	426	449	453	456	456	562	664	830
	NI21	Steven Denny	6.37	344	354	382	412	415	419	420
	Alliance	Laurence Thompson*	5.85	315	319	403	422	425	425	425	506
	SDLP	Ingrid Logan	4.91	264	268
	Conservative	Mark Brotherston	4.72	254	272	277
	Communist Party	Alison Blayney	3.08	166
Electorate: 13,479 Valid: 5,386 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 898 Turnout: 5,448 (40.42%)

Comber

Comber - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	DUP	Robert Gibson*	17.29	1,071
	UUP	James Fletcher*	13.93	863	878	880.61	974.67	1,037.67
	Alliance	Deborah Girvan*	13.16	815	880	880.30	980.39	1,016.48	1,121.48
	DUP	Trevor Cummings*	11.54	715	724	733.39	771.63	838.93	960.93	975.93
	DUP	John Oswald*	10.33	640	648	663.36	676.63	742.14	867.38	879.38
	TUV	Stephen Cooper	9.32	577	585	585.78	639.87	750.08	908.23	920.23
	UUP	Philip Smith*	8.17	506	526	526.42	588.48	661.60
	UKIP	Isabella Hanna	6.89	427	439	440.65	477.71
	Conservative	John Andrews	6.64	411	425	425.93
	NI21	Margaret Howson	2.73	169
Electorate: 13,681 Valid: 6,194 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,272 (45.84%)

Holywood and Clandeboye

Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	DUP	Stephen Dunne*	23.12	1,423
	Green (NI)	Prof. John Barry*	14.88	916	933.92	988.76	1,024.04	1,098.04
	Alliance	Andrew Muir*	14.79	910	922.88	983.16	1,013.44	1,154.44
	UUP	Daniel Allen	10.06	619	647.28	672.56	728.12	735.12	735.12	1,098.12
	DUP	Jennifer Gilmour*	8.77	540	837.64	855.92	882.60	886.16	886.16	954.96
	UUP	James McKerrow*	7.72	475	491.52	508.80	558.80	562.64	564.64
	Alliance	Kate Nicholl	7.41	456	460.48	485.04	518.32	586.16	710.16	759.40
	SDLP	Peter Lismore	5.00	308	311.36	319.64	326.64
	Conservative	William O'Callaghan	4.31	265	268.08	280.08
	NI21	Matthew Johnston	3.38	208	210.80
	Independent	Gerard Leddy	0.55	34	34.28
Electorate: 14,158 Valid: 6,154 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 6,229 (44.00%)

Newtownards

Newtownards - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	James Menagh*	18.06	1,464
	DUP	Naomi Armstrong*	12.94	1,049
	DUP	Stephen McIlveen*	10.23	829	900.40	907.75	910.30	931.46	946.89	1,016.34
	UUP	Richard Smart	7.88	639	683.10	705.80	706.25	725.35	751.10	807.56	836.74	864.79
	UUP	Katherine Ferguson	7.34	595	631.05	659.10	660.24	681.12	714.90	759.10	811.18	855.85
	DUP	Colin Kennedy*	6.82	553	585.20	591.20	593.60	607.35	618.73	665.55	1,030.55
	Alliance	Alan McDowell*	6.64	538	554.80	567.15	567.42	578.82	631.22	653.02	659.17	1,074.17
	TUV	David McMullen	6.44	522	559.80	570.50	570.95	586.40	602.48	647.68	679.45	689.53
	Alliance	Linda Cleland*	6.11	495	512.85	515.85	516.51	530.96	588.66	623.36	634.13
	DUP	John Elliott*	5.72	464	508.45	512.45	534.26	555.77	565.56	611.51
	Independent	Ian Cox	4.74	384	470.45	471.45	472.11	542.34	559.39
	NI21	Nichola Keenan	3.10	251	263.25	274.25	274.49	288.19
	Independent	Sharon Hunt	2.54	206	250.80	253.80	254.01
	Conservative	William McKendry	1.46	118	121.85
Electorate: 19,953 Valid: 8,107 Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 8,250 (41.35%)

External links

Official website

References

↑ "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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