Ards and North Down Borough Council
| North Down and ards Borough Council | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2015 |
| Preceded by |
Ards Borough Council North Down Borough Council |
| Leadership | |
Mayor |
Alan Graham, DUP |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
 | |
Political groups |
DUP (17) UUP (10) Alliance (7) Green (NI) (2) SDLP (1) TUV (1) Independents (2) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 22 May 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
 Town Hall, Bangor Castle | |
| Website | |
| http://ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk | |
Ards and North Down Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Ards Borough Council and North Down Borough Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Ards and North Down district on 1 April 2015.
At a meeting of the shadow authority on 15 December 2014, councillors voted in favour of changing the council’s name to East Coast Borough Council, and to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to change the name with effect from 1 April 2015; until then the Council will continue to be known as Ards and North Down District Council.[1]
Mayoralty
Mayor
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Alan Graham | DUP |
Deputy Mayor
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Carl McLean | UUP |
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[2]
| Area | Seats |
|---|---|
| Ards Peninsula | 6 |
| Bangor Central | 6 |
| Bangor East and Donaghadee | 6 |
| Bangor West | 5 |
| Comber | 5 |
| Holywood and Clandeboye | 5 |
| Newtownards | 7 |
2014 seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| DUP | 17 | |
| UUP | 9 | |
| Alliance | 7 | |
| Green (NI) | 2 | |
| SDLP | 1 | |
| TUV | 1 | |
| Independents | 3 | |
Councillors by electoral area
| Council members from 2014 election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Ards Peninsula | Robert Adair | DUP | |
| Joe Boyle | SDLP | ||
| Angus Carson | UUP | ||
| Nigel Edmund | DUP | ||
| Kellie Armstrong | Alliance | ||
| Edward Thompson | DUP | ||
| Bangor Central | Wesley Graham Irvine | DUP | |
| Stuart Anderson | Alliance | ||
| Noelle Robinson | Green (NI) | ||
| Ian Henry | UUP | ||
| Carl McClean | UUP | ||
| Alistair Cathcart | DUP | ||
| Bangor East and Donaghadee | Alan Chambers | Independent | |
| Mark Brooks | UUP | ||
| Gavin Walker | Alliance | ||
| Peter Martin | DUP | ||
| William Keery | DUP | ||
| Thomas Smith | DUP | ||
| Bangor West | Marion Smith | UUP | |
| Alan Graham | DUP | ||
| Alan Leslie | DUP | ||
| Scott Wilson | Alliance | ||
| Paul Roberts | Green (NI) | ||
| Comber | Robert Gibson | DUP | |
| James Fletcher | UUP | ||
| Deborah Girvan | Alliance | ||
| Trevor Cummings | DUP | ||
| Stephen Cooper | TUV | ||
| Holywood and Clandeboye | Stephen Dunne | DUP | |
| Andrew Muir | Alliance | ||
| Prof. John Barry | Green (NI) | ||
| Daniel Allen | UUP | ||
| Jennifer Gilmour | DUP | ||
| Newtownards | James Menagh | Independent | |
| Naomi Armstrong | DUP | ||
| Stephen McIlveen | DUP | ||
| Colin Kennedy | DUP | ||
| Alan McDowell | Alliance | ||
| Richard Smart | UUP | ||
| Katherine Ferguson | UUP | ||
Changes
- Alan Chambers changed affiliation from Independent to Ulster Unionist.[3]
Population
The area covered by the new Council has a population of 156,672 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.northdown.gov.uk/Events/New-name-signifies-a-new-beginning-for-local-Counc
- ↑ http://www.deac-ni.org/index/current-review-of-district-electoral-areas/final_ni_overview__300dpi_a1_.pdf
- ↑
- ↑ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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