# 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. The district elects six members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballycrochan, Ballymagee, Donaghadee, Groomsport, Silverbirch and Warren. Bangor East and Donaghadee forms part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
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 | Hannah Irwin (Alliance) | Gillian McCollum (Alliance) | James Cochrane (DUP) | Eddie Thompson (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | David Chambers (UUP) |
| 2023 | Hannah Irwin (Alliance) | Gillian McCollum (Alliance) | James Cochrane (DUP) | Janice MacArthur (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | David Chambers (UUP) |
| April 2021 Defection | Gavin Walker (Alliance) | Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) | Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | Janice MacArthur (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | David Chambers (UUP) |
| May 2020 Co-Option | Gavin Walker (Alliance) | Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) | Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | Janice MacArthur (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | David Chambers (UUP) |
| 2019 | Gavin Walker (Alliance) | Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) | Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | Peter Martin (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | David Chambers (UUP) |
| May 2016 Co-Option | Gavin Walker (Alliance) | Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) | Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | Peter Martin (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | David Chambers (UUP) |
| December 2015 Defection | Gavin Walker (Alliance) | Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) | Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | Peter Martin (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | Alan Chambers (UUP)/ (Independent) |
| 2014 | Gavin Walker (Alliance) | Tom Smith (DUP)/ (Independent) | Bill Keery (DUP)/ (Independent) | Peter Martin (DUP) | Mark Brooks (UUP) | Alan Chambers (UUP)/ (Independent) |

## 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| 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%) |||||||||||||||