# Holywood and Clandeboye (District Electoral Area)

Holywood and Clandeboye is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Clandeboye, Cultra, Helen's Bay, Holywood and Loughview. Holywood and Clandeboye 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 Holywood DEA, which had existed since 1985.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| October 2024 Co-Option | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | Gillian McCollum (Alliance) | Lauren Kendall (Green Party) | Alan Graham (DUP) | Linzi McLaren (UUP) |
| October 2023 Co-Option | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | David Rossiter (Alliance) | Lauren Kendall (Green Party) | Alan Graham (DUP) | Linzi McLaren (UUP) |
| 2023 | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | David Rossiter (Alliance) | Rachel Woods (Green Party) | Alan Graham (DUP) | Linzi McLaren (UUP) |
| January 2023 Defection | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Rachel Woods (Green Party) | Peter Johnson (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| September 2022 Co-Option | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Rachel Woods (Green Party) | Peter Johnson (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| October 2021 Co-Option | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Lauren Kendall (Green Party) | Peter Johnson (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| July 2021 Co-Option | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Lauren Kendall (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| January 2020 Co-Option | Martin McRandal (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Kathryn McNickle (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| September 2019 Co-Option | Andrew Muir (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Kathryn McNickle (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| 2019 | Andrew Muir (Alliance) | Gillian Greer (Alliance) | Rachel Woods (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP) |
| March 2018 Co-Option | Andrew Muir (Alliance) | Roberta Dunlop (DUP) | Rachel Woods (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Daniel Allen (DUP)/ UUP) |
| 2016 Defection | Andrew Muir (Alliance) | Jennifer Gilmour (DUP) | John Barry (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Daniel Allen (DUP)/ UUP) |
| 2014 | Andrew Muir (Alliance) | Jennifer Gilmour (DUP) | John Barry (Green Party) | Stephen Dunne (DUP) | Daniel Allen (DUP)/ UUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Alan Graham | 14.39% | 1,112 | 1,300 | | | |
| | UUP | Linzi McLaren | 12.80% | 989 | 1,056 | 1,344 | | |
| | Alliance | Martin McRandal* | 15.81% | 1,222 | 1,226 | 1,237 | 1,385 | |
| | Green (NI) | Rachel Woods* † | 14.67% | 1,134 | 1,144 | 1,186 | 1,361 | |
| | Alliance | David Rossiter † | 13.90% | 1,074 | 1,076 | 1,083 | 1,179 | 1,256.39 |
| | Alliance | Helen Corbett | 11.32% | 875 | 891 | 900 | 1,004 | 1,021.75 |
| | SDLP | Déirdre Vaughan | 6.97% | 539 | 541 | 549 | | |
| | DUP | Carl McClean* | 5.42% | 419 | 483 | | | |
| | TUV | Diane Adams | 4.71% | 364 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,973 Valid: 7,728 (48.38%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 7,815 (48.93%) |||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
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 |
| | Alliance | Andrew Muir* † | 20.43% | 1,397 | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Rachel Woods ††† | 19.18% | 1,311 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Gillian Greer | 18.27% | 1,249 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen Dunne* † | 16.66% | 1,139 | 1,171.4 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Carl McClean ‡ | 7.42% | 507 | 557.04 | 599.82 | 683.19 | 725.94 | 729.9 | 1,143.9 |
| | DUP | Roberta Dunlop | 9.90% | 677 | 681.32 | 697.13 | 712.49 | 721.23 | 730.23 | 742.23 |
| | UUP | Tim Lemon | 6.08% | 416 | 505.64 | 563.92 | 645.74 | 701.6 | 705.92 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Andrew Turner | 2.06% | 141 | 218.4 | 269.55 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,052 Valid: 6,837 (45.42%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 6,904 (45.87%) |||||||||||

## 2014 Election

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%) |||||||||||