Bangor East and Donaghadee (District Electoral Area)

Bangor East and Donaghadee 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 Ballycrochan, Ballymagee, Donaghadee, Groomsport, Silverbirch and Warren.^[2] Bangor East and Donaghadee forms part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Bangor East and Donaghadee
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	6 (2014–)
Councillors	Mark Brooks (UUP)   David Chambers (UUP)   James Cochrane (DUP)   John Hennessy (APNI)   Hannah Irwin (APNI)   Eddie Thompson (DUP)

Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA within Ards and North Down

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ballyholme and Groomsport DEA, and parts of the Ards East DEA, which had existed since 1985 and 1993 respectively.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
October 2024 Co-Option		Hannah Irwin (Alliance)		John Hennessy (Alliance)		James Cochrane (DUP)		Eddie Thompson (DUP)		Mark Brooks (UUP)		David Chambers (UUP)
April 2024 Co-Option				Gillian McCollum (Alliance)
2023								Janice MacArthur (DUP)
April 2021 Defection		Gavin Walker (Alliance)		Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent)		Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent)
May 2020 Co-Option
2019								Peter Martin (DUP)
May 2016 Co-Option
December 2015 Defection												Alan Chambers (UUP)/ (Independent)
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from Independent

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Mark Brooks*	23.21%	1,972
	Alliance	Hannah Irwin*	17.01%	1,445
	DUP	James Cochrane	15.01%	1,275
	UUP	David Chambers*	10.97%	932	1,323.95
	Alliance	Gillian McCollum †	6.89%	585	630.63	839.59	864.14	1,110.04	1,128.24	1,208.73	1,208.85
	DUP	Janice MacArthur* †	8.38%	712	816.52	817.64	837.20	853.25	901.13	1,062.63	1,110.67
	Independent	Bill Keery*	7.54%	641	668.30	671.66	697.22	731.42	751.58	1,019.71	1,021.15
	Independent	Tom Smith*	5.41%	460	590.26	592.34	612.46	646.29	669.67
	Green (NI)	Ciara Henry	4.18%	355	394.30	408.25
	NI Conservatives	Paul Leeman	1.40%	119	132.65	133.13
Electorate: 18,066   Valid: 8,496 (47.03%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,214   Turnout: 8,590 (47.55%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from Independent, Independent leaves DUP

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Mark Brooks*	17.47%	1,327
	Alliance	Gavin Walker*	17.15%	1,303
	UUP	David Chambers*	12.67%	963	1,006	1,144.78
	DUP	Peter Martin* †	11.87%	902	905	908.24	913.28	916.97	1,413.97
	DUP	Bill Keery* ‡	10.06%	764	775	784	787.6	799.12	965.2	1,280.72
	Independent	Tom Smith*	10.06%	765	805	844.06	904.9	922.27	966.31	973.79	1,056.75
	Green (NI)	Hannah McNamara	9.67%	735	752	772.88	915.62	929.3	947.44	950.16	986.2
	DUP	Janice MacArthur	9.24%	702	711	733.14	737.28	746.82
	NI Conservatives	Paul Leeman	1.80%	137
Electorate: 17,416   Valid: 7,598 (43.63%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,086   Turnout: 7,696 (44.19%)

2014 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	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	662.8	664.6	671.44	685.58	691.51	691.51	726.28	782.4	1,083.4
	DUP	Bill 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	Tom Smith*	7.90%	541	556.96	572.17	575.73	590.41	597.51	597.51	640.36	680.13	737.56	801.78
	UKIP	Patrick Toms	5.38%	368	383.4	385.65	394.02	411.31	426.29	427.29	566.11	636.84	658.93	660.07
	DUP	Terence Malcolm*	7.19%	492	516.08	517.61	522.89	531.26	539	539	563.37	614
	UUP	Christopher Eisenstadt	3.27%	224	285.6	333.3	349.51	390.3	424.77	425.77	507.38
	TUV	Joseph Strutt	5.29%	362	379.92	382.98	387.54	404.54	411.4	411.4
	Green (NI)	Trana Gray	3.87%	265	288.52	291.4	330.08	347.59
	NI Conservatives	Brian McBride	2.56%	175	204.96	208.83	218.39
	NI21	William McKee	2.64%	181	192.48	192.93
Electorate: 16,956   Valid: 6,845 (40.37%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 978   Turnout: 6,915 (40.78%)