# 2014 North Down and Ards District Council election

The first election to North Down and Ards District Council (now Ards and North Down Borough Council), part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

## Election results

| 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 |
| | Independent | 2 | 4,505 | 9.83 |
| | TUV | 1 | 2,252 | 4.92 |
| | SDLP | 1 | 1,695 | 3.70 |
| | NI Conservatives | 0 | 1,554 | 3.77 |
| | NI21 | 0 | 1,441 | 3.49 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 1,180 | 2.86 |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | 388 | 0.94 |
| | Community Partnership | 0 | 388 | 0.94 |
| Totals | Totals | 40 | 41,270 | 100.00 |

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down and Ards Borough Council election, 2014 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Green | Green | TUV | TUV | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ards Peninsula | 47.1 | 3 | 16.6 | 1 | 8.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangor Central | 28.0 | 2 | 15.7 | 2 | 12.8 | 1 | 7.6 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 31.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangor East and Donaghadee | 32.4 | 3 | 18.9 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Bangor West | 31.9 | 2 | 16.2 | 1 | 17.3 | 1 | 6.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Comber | 39.2 | 2 | 22.1 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Holywood and Clandeboye | 31.9 | 2 | 17.8 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 14.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Newtownards | 35.7 | 3 | 15.2 | 2 | 12.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 35.4 | 17 | 17.4 | 9 | 13.4 | 7 | 4.4 | 3 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 20.4 | 2 | 40 |

## District results
### Ards Peninsula

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Ards Peninsula - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 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 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Kellie Armstrong* † | 6.06% | 439 | 457.49 | 605.69 | 619.46 | 620.56 | 650.47 | 862 | 1,074 |
| | DUP | Eddie Thompson* | 7.25% | 456 | 535.12 | 539.02 | 604.98 | 697.88 | 712.11 | 788.67 | 800 |
| | DUP | Louise Wallace | 7.72% | 559 | 616.19 | 618.29 | 653.99 | 669.89 | 678.18 | 701.41 | 703.31 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sheila Bailie | 5.36% | 388 | 390.58 | 535.48 | 535.82 | 535.92 | 538.82 | 557.69 | |
| | NI Conservatives | 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 | 131.7 | 132.1 | | | |
| Electorate: 16,656 Valid: 7,243 (43.49%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,035 Turnout: 7,369 (44.24%) ||||||||||||

### Bangor Central

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
Bangor Central - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | DUP | Wesley Irvine* | 9.81% | 643 | 650 | 651 | 746 | 776 | 791 | 837 | 841 | 878 | 956 | | | |
| | Alliance | Stuart Anderson † | 6.76% | 443 | 454 | 478 | 482 | 485 | 509 | 510 | 831 | 875 | 892 | 892 | 990 | |
| | Green (NI) | Noelle Robinson ‡ | 7.57% | 496 | 513 | 556 | 559 | 569 | 594 | 599 | 648 | 694 | 743 | 743.26 | 957.26 | |
| | UUP | Ian Henry* | 8.98% | 589 | 603 | 611 | 619 | 635 | 657 | 741 | 747 | 848 | 932 | 934.08 | 956.08 | |
| | UUP | Carl McClean | 6.74% | 442 | 470 | 477 | 487 | 500 | 517 | 545 | 551 | 607 | 692 | 693.56 | 789.56 | 809.56 |
| | DUP | Alistair Cathcart* | 8.45% | 554 | 556 | 560 | 584 | 589 | 606 | 642 | 643 | 664 | 721 | 725.16 | 754.16 | 757.16 |
| | DUP | Roberta Dunlop* | 6.62% | 434 | 440 | 443 | 477 | 495 | 515 | 543 | 548 | 612 | 656 | 665.36 | 705.36 | 710.36 |
| | Independent | Mary Macartney | 6.79% | 445 | 455 | 465 | 470 | 486 | 512 | 515 | 537 | 619 | 664 | 665.04 | | |
| | UKIP | William Montgomery* | 5.87% | 385 | 400 | 408 | 412 | 434 | 450 | 561 | 565 | 591 | | | | |
| | Independent | David Chambers | 5.90% | 387 | 406 | 411 | 420 | 429 | 501 | 508 | 525 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Nicholas Fell | 6.03% | 395 | 399 | 433 | 435 | 436 | 449 | 451 | | | | | | |
| | TUV | William Cudworth | 4.58% | 300 | 304 | 305 | 308 | 360 | 369 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin Breen | 4.18% | 274 | 281 | 293 | 295 | 301 | | | | | | | | |
| | Community Partnership | Mark Gordon | 3.39% | 222 | 224 | 229 | 230 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Adam Harbinson* | 3.10% | 203 | 209 | 212 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Peter Floyd | 2.65% | 174 | 178 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | David Symington | 2.59% | 170 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,194 Valid: 6,556 (38.13%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 937 Turnout: 6,678 (38.84%) |||||||||||||||||

### Bangor East and Donaghadee

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Bangor East and Donaghadee - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||||||||

### Bangor West

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
Bangor West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 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 | |
| | Green (NI) | Paul Roberts †­†† | 6.42% | 346 | 359 | 426 | 449 | 453 | 456 | 456 | 562 | 664 | 830 |
| | TUV | Robert Gordon | 9.12% | 491 | 520 | 521 | 568 | 573 | 580 | 586 | 634 | 646 | 657 |
| | Alliance | Laurence Thompson* | 5.85% | 315 | 319 | 403 | 422 | 425 | 425 | 425 | 506 | | |
| | NI21 | Steven Denny | 6.37% | 344 | 354 | 382 | 412 | 415 | 419 | 420 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Mark Brotherston | 4.72% | 254 | 272 | 277 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ingrid Logan | 4.91% | 264 | 268 | | | | | | | | |
| | Community Partnership | Alison Blayney | 3.08% | 166 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,479 Valid: 5,386 (39.96%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 898 Turnout: 5,448 (40.42%) ||||||||||||||

### Comber

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV
Comber - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 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 | 880.3 | 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 |
| | TUV | Stephen Cooper | 9.32% | 577 | 585 | 585.78 | 639.87 | 750.08 | 908.23 | 920.23 |
| | DUP | John Oswald* | 10.33% | 640 | 648 | 663.36 | 676.63 | 742.14 | 867.38 | 879.38 |
| | UUP | Philip Smith* | 8.17% | 506 | 526 | 526.42 | 588.48 | 661.6 | | |
| | UKIP | Isabella Hanna | 6.89% | 427 | 439 | 440.65 | 477.71 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | John Andrews | 6.64% | 411 | 425 | 425.93 | | | | |
| | NI21 | Margaret Howson | 2.73% | 169 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,681 Valid: 6,194 (45.27%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,272 (45.84%) |||||||||||

### Holywood and Clandeboye

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Stephen Dunne* | 23.12% | 1,423 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Andrew Muir* | 14.79% | 910 | 922.88 | 983.16 | 1,013.44 | 1,154.44 | | |
| | Green (NI) | John Barry* † | 14.88% | 916 | 933.92 | 988.76 | 1,024.04 | 1,098.04 | | |
| | 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 |
| | Alliance | Kate Nicholl | 7.41% | 456 | 460.48 | 485.04 | 518.32 | 586.16 | 710.16 | 759.4 |
| | UUP | James McKerrow* | 7.72% | 475 | 491.52 | 508.80 | 558.80 | 562.64 | 564.64 | |
| | SDLP | Peter Lismore | 5.00% | 308 | 311.36 | 319.64 | 326.64 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | William O'Callaghan | 4.31% | 265 | 268.08 | 280.08 | | | | |
| | NI21 | Matthew Johnston | 3.38% | 208 | 210.8 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerard Leddy | 0.55% | 34 | 34.28 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,158 Valid: 6,154 (43.47%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 6,229 (44.00%) |||||||||||

### Newtownards

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Newtownards - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Independent | James Menagh* | 18.06% | 1,464 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Naomi Armstrong* | 12.94% | 1,049 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen McIlveen* | 10.23% | 829 | 900.4 | 907.75 | 910.3 | 931.46 | 946.89 | 1,016.34 | | |
| | DUP | Colin Kennedy* | 6.82% | 553 | 585.2 | 591.2 | 593.6 | 607.35 | 618.73 | 665.55 | 1,030.55 | |
| | Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 6.64% | 538 | 554.8 | 567.15 | 567.42 | 578.82 | 631.22 | 653.02 | 659.17 | 1,074.17 |
| | UUP | Richard Smart | 7.88% | 639 | 683.1 | 705.8 | 706.25 | 725.35 | 751.1 | 807.56 | 836.74 | 864.79 |
| | UUP | Katherine Ferguson | 7.34% | 595 | 631.05 | 659.10 | 660.24 | 681.12 | 714.9 | 759.1 | 811.18 | 855.85 |
| | TUV | David McMullen | 6.44% | 522 | 559.8 | 570.5 | 570.95 | 586.4 | 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 | 250.8 | 253.8 | 254.01 | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | William McKendry | 1.46% | 118 | 121.85 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,953 Valid: 8,107 (40.63%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 8,250 (41.35%) |||||||||||||
* Incumbent

## Changes during the term
### † Co-options

| Co-option date | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 19 May 2016 | Bangor East and Donaghadee | UUP | Alan Chambers | David Chambers | A. Chambers was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 1 Jun 2016 | Ards Peninsula | Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | Lorna McAlpine | Armstrong was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 7 Jul 2016 | Bangor Central | Alliance | Stuart Anderson | Karen Douglas | Anderson resigned. |
| 24 Oct 2016 | Bangor West | Green (NI) | Paul Roberts | Rachel Woods | |
| 28 Feb 2018 | Bangor West | DUP | Alan Leslie | Jennifer Gilmour | |
| 15 Mar 2018 | Bangor West | Green (NI) | Rachel Woods | James Hunter | Woods moved to the Holywood and Clandeboye DEA. |
| 15 Mar 2018 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Green (NI) | Prof. John Barry | Rachel Woods | Barry resigned. |
| 27 Mar 2018 | Holywood and Clandeboye | DUP | Jennifer Gilmour | Roberta Dunlop | Gilmour moved to the Bangor West DEA. |
| 20 Dec 2018 | Bangor West | Green (NI) | James Hunter | James Barry McKee | |

### ‡ Changes of affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 6 Feb 2015 | Bangor Central | Noelle Robinson | Green (NI) | Independent | Resigned. |
| 11 Dec 2015 | Bangor East and Donaghadee | Alan Chambers | Independent | UUP | Joined. |
| 11 Apr 2016 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Daniel Allen | UUP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 16 Aug 2016 | Holywood and Clandeboye | Daniel Allen | Independent | DUP | Joined. |
Last update 26 March 2019.
Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council