Ballyholme and Groomsport (District Electoral Area)

Ballyholme and Groomsport 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 until 1993 and seven members until 2014, and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Ballyholme and Groomsport DEA (1993-2014) within North Down

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing North Down Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballyholme, Ballymaconnell, Ballymagee, Broadway, Churchill and Groomsport. In 1993 it gained an additional ward, Ballycrochan. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mainly replaced by the Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011		Christine Bower (Alliance)		Ian Henry (UUP)		Peter Martin (DUP)		Peter Weir (DUP)		Alex Easton (DUP)		Alan Chambers (Independent Unionist)		Austen Lennon (Independent Unionist)
2005		Marsden Fitzsimons (Alliance)				Leslie Cree (UUP)
2001								Patricia Wallace (NI Women's Coalition)
1997								Bruce Mulligan (Conservative)/ (UUP)		Elizabeth Roche (UKUP)
1993										Raymond Stewart (DUP)
1989		Jane Copeland (Alliance)		Ivan Thompson (Conservative)						Alan Leslie (DUP)		Edmund Mills (Independent Unionist)	6 seats 1985–1993
1985				Donald Hayes (Alliance)		Samuel Hamilton (UUP)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Alex Easton*	22.06%	1,812
	Independent	Alan Chambers*	18.03%	1,481
	DUP	Peter Weir*	9.28%	762	1,048.88
	DUP	Peter Martin	6.44%	529	903.88	980.72	997.16	1,019.52	1,053.52
	UUP	Ian Henry*	5.04%	414	434.68	479.56	484.32	547.32	586.58	659.86	684	687	1,100
	Alliance	Christine Bower	7.38%	606	615.68	648.32	654.32	662.88	690.7	731.16	854.1	856.1	897.26	911.26
	Independent	Austen Lennon*	6.12%	503	532.48	615.44	619.44	627.78	660.02	740.06	812.14	816.14	844.18	854.18
	Alliance	Adam Harbinson	6.37%	523	533.12	570.52	575.52	586.98	617.8	651.34	764.28	767.28	794.66	801.66
	UUP	Colin Breen	5.64%	463	478.84	514.2	524.88	572.26	597.82	624.78	654.14	657.14
	Green (NI)	Paul Roberts	4.75%	390	392.2	408.86	418.56	422.44	449.78	472.82
	Independent	Roberta Dunlop*	2.71%	223	233.56	307.34	319.22	324.9	351.06
	NI Conservatives	David Symington	2.86%	235	241.16	258.16	272.6	284.94
	UUP	Francis McCully	2.11%	173	180.04	198.4	205.08
	UKIP	Pat Toms	1.23%	101	107.6	113.38
Electorate: 17,062   Valid: 8,215 (48.15%)   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,027   Turnout: 8,322 (48.78%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x Independent, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Women's Coalition

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Peter Weir	16.85%	1,571
	Independent	Alan Chambers*	16.70%	1,557
	DUP	Alex Easton*	15.66%	1,460
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons*	11.14%	1,039	1,054.5	1,119.74	1,147.42	1,160.92	1,486.92
	Independent	Austen Lennon*	6.65%	620	649.45	733.17	839.67	897.27	1,083.3	1,203.3
	UUP	Ian Henry*	7.77%	724	804.29	850.49	902.87	967.37	1,056.33	1,094.33
	UUP	Leslie Cree*	7.52%	701	778.19	843.15	890.15	952.85	1,015.17	1,053.17
	UUP	Mark Brooks	7.18%	669	742.16	781.64	829.49	897.89	941.17	969.17
	NI Women's Coalition	Patricia Wallace*	7.92%	738	756.6	792.72	822.64	842.14
	Independent	Henry Gordon	1.89%	176	196.15	235.91
	UK Unionist	Charles Teggart	0.73%	68	147.05	159.65
Electorate: 16,218   Valid: 9,323 (57.49%)   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 1,166   Turnout: 9,479 (58.44%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition

1997-2001 Change: DUP and Women's Coalition gain from Conservative and UKUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) become Independent

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Alan Chambers*	20.40%	2,099
	UUP	Leslie Cree*	15.85%	1,631
	Independent	Austen Lennon*	13.25%	1,363
	DUP	Alex Easton	11.32%	1,164	1,262.04	1,281.36	1,287.3
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons*	9.13%	939	1,083.48	1,108.89	1,199.99	1,140.67	1,145.65	1,203.14	1,456.14
	UUP	Ian Henry*	5.84%	601	720.11	804.53	812.09	843.14	871.67	928.72	955.95	1,381.64
	NI Women's Coalition	Patricia Wallace	6.39%	657	724.51	731.65	743.05	763.13	767.83	804.97	894.63	926.33	1,077.33	1,106.52
	UK Unionist	Henry Gordon	5.55%	571	625.18	637.78	642.34	686.71	902.71	931.35	936.31	989.21	994.21	1,024.45
	UUP	Arthur Gadd	1.96%	202	313.8	481.59	488.07	523.97	541.32	576.75	595.96
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	3.27%	336	373.84	376.99	383.35	397.75	401.6	436.34
	Independent	Ernest Steele	2.12%	218	313.89	318.09	329.67	350.62	359.46
	UK Unionist	Joseph Teggart	2.68%	276	306.53	308.42	310.52	329.39
	NI Unionist	Elizabeth Roche*	1.36%	140	164.94	167.25	170.01
	PUP	Brian Lacey	0.87%	90	101.61	104.34	105.96
Electorate: 17,348   Valid: 10,287 (59.30%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,286   Turnout: 10,481 (60.42%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP

1993-1997 Change: UKUP gain from DUP

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ind. Unionist	Alan Chambers*	21.59%	1,218
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons*	13.65%	770
	UUP	Leslie Cree*	13.38%	755
	Ind. Unionist	Austen Lennon*	13.10%	739
	UK Unionist	Elizabeth Roche	7.80%	440	516.93	517.89	519.39	523.74	534.44	556.02	714.7
	UUP	Ian Henry*	3.16%	178	232.39	234.15	240.69	242.89	338.96	515.62	709.27
	NI Conservatives	Bruce Mulligan*	8.83%	498	568.56	572.96	575.96	580.11	601.74	618.19	652.24
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	7.20%	406	479.99	529.75	530.83	532.13	546.44	557.33	564.49
	DUP	Marie Cree	6.65%	375	464.67	465.23	470.15	472.3	485.14	502.06
	UUP	Ronald Dorrian	1.88%	106	193.71	194.99	218.39	220.89	272.64
	UUP	James Kingan	2.77%	156	209.9	211.02	214.5	217.45
Electorate: 16,947   Valid: 5,641 (33.29%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 706   Turnout: 5,740 (33.87%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative

1989-1993 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and due to the addition of one seat

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ind. Unionist	Alan Chambers	32.04%	1,892
	DUP	Raymond Stewart	14.06%	830
	UUP	Leslie Cree*	11.50%	679	925.37
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons	11.04%	652	838.73
	NI Conservatives	Bruce Mulligan*	5.52%	326	389.19	397.38	403.68	408.62	466.44	614.27	683.9	732.7
	UUP	Ian Henry	3.57%	211	283.42	384.22	389.26	432.29	437.55	452.2	477.96	719.58
	Ind. Unionist	Austen Lennon	4.89%	289	582.94	590.5	600.58	603.7	612.54	617.67	666.14	690.56
	Alliance	Siobhan Laird	6.98%	412	421.23	426.9	487.38	488.81	496.07	501.07	538.24	557.49
	UUP	James Kingan	3.88%	229	332.66	380.54	385.58	409.89	423.67	428.48	457.33
	Independent	Joseph Thompson	2.22%	131	240.34	247.9	253.36	258.56	268.92	282.65
	NI Conservatives	Bill McLean	2.30%	136	162.27	168.57	169.83	172.04	212.89
	NI Conservatives	William Palmer	2.00%	118	154.21	155.47	159.25	165.62
Electorate: 15,787   Valid: 5,905 (37.40%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 739   Turnout: 6,015 (38.10%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Leslie Cree	15.81%	864
	NI Conservatives	Bruce Mulligan*	11.18%	611	612.35	614.35	621.98	623.25	814.25
	Alliance	Jane Copeland*	13.01%	711	712.53	762.53	768.89	771.16	779.25	779.59	1,159.59
	NI Conservatives	Ivan Thompson	10.49%	573	574.53	582.53	586.89	587.16	672.43	703.71	765.07	877.07
	Ind. Unionist	Edmund Mills*	10.58%	578	580.25	584.25	589.88	593.06	602.42	602.76	630.85	684.85	713.85
	DUP	Alan Leslie*	7.85%	429	432.6	434.6	452.31	686.82	693.09	693.26	697.89	703.89	705.89
	UUP	Samuel Mellon	6.52%	356	375.35	378.35	518.2	532.28	547.09	547.09	575.54	608.54	635.54
	Alliance	Donald Hayes*	8.86%	484	485.44	533.44	535.71	535.89	542.89	543.06
	NI Conservatives	William McLean	5.84%	319	320.44	322.53	326.25	329.34
	DUP	Robert Gordon	4.58%	250	255.22	255.31	269.21
	UUP	Ian Henry	3.04%	166	204.79	207.79
	Alliance	William Johnston	2.25%	123	123.18
Electorate: 14,179   Valid: 5,464 (38.54%)   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 781   Turnout: 5,614 (39.59%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Bruce Mulligan*	14.81%	893
	Ind. Unionist	Edmund Mills*	14.44%	871
	DUP	Alan Leslie	13.18%	795	809	1,181
	UUP	Samuel Hamilton	10.11%	610	722	728	870
	Alliance	Jane Copeland	7.71%	465	477	479	484	485.8	486.57	486.66	899.66
	Alliance	Donald Hayes*	12.22%	737	758	759	770	777.52	778.71	778.89	833.89
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan	9.27%	559	583	610	710	725.2	728.98	736.63	744.63
	Alliance	Sylvia Anderson	7.81%	471	480	480	483	484.8	485.22	485.22
	DUP	Elizabeth Loan	6.62%	399	417
	DUP	Enid Stringer	3.53%	213
	PUP	Samuel Meneely	0.30%	18
Electorate: 12,532   Valid: 6,031 (48.12%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 862   Turnout: 6,124 (48.87%)