# Bangor Central (District Electoral Area)

Bangor Central 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 Ballygrainey, Ballyholme, Bloomfield, Broadway, Castle and Harbour. Bangor Central forms greater of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Abbey DEA, which had existed since 1985.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| September 2023 Co-Option | Alex Harbinson (Alliance) | Chris McCracken (Alliance) | Ray McKimm (Independent) | Craig Blaney (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| 2023 | Karen Douglas (Alliance) | Chris McCracken (Alliance) | Ray McKimm (Independent) | Craig Blaney (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| March 2022 Defection | Karen Douglas (Alliance) | Stephen Dunlop (Green Party) | Ray McKimm (Independent) | Craig Blaney (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| 2019 | Karen Douglas (Alliance) | Stephen Dunlop (Green Party) | Ray McKimm (Independent) | Craig Blaney (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| July 2016 Co-Option | Karen Douglas (Alliance) | Noelle Robinson (Green Party)/ (Independent) | Ian Henry (UUP) | Carl McClean (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| February 2015 Defection | Stuart Anderson (Alliance) | Noelle Robinson (Green Party)/ (Independent) | Ian Henry (UUP) | Carl McClean (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| 2014 | Stuart Anderson (Alliance) | Noelle Robinson (Green Party)/ (Independent) | Ian Henry (UUP) | Carl McClean (UUP) | Alistair Cathcart (DUP) | Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and Green
Bangor Central - 6 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 |
| | Alliance | Karen Douglas* † | 16.31% | 1,378 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Wesley Irvine* | 16.20% | 1,369 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alistair Cathcart* | 12.46% | 1,053 | 1,053.84 | 1,061.84 | 1,091.36 | 1,107.68 | 1,397.68 | | | |
| | UUP | Craig Blaney* | 10.85% | 917 | 920.48 | 935.48 | 965.96 | 1,205.28 | 1,225.28 | | | |
| | Alliance | Chris McCracken | 7.88% | 666 | 699.24 | 705.36 | 707.16 | 718.76 | 719.88 | 722.76 | 1,154.88 | 1,436.88 |
| | Independent | Ray McKimm* | 10.47% | 885 | 891.48 | 906.48 | 933.84 | 958.52 | 962.36 | 975.8 | 1,003.44 | 1,218.44 |
| | TUV | Peter Wilson | 5.37% | 454 | 454.36 | 463.48 | 492.88 | 505.36 | 552.2 | 712.52 | 713.52 | 729.52 |
| | Green (NI) | Stephen Dunlop* | 6.90% | 583 | 598.84 | 600.84 | 605.4 | 615.88 | 622.48 | 631.12 | 666 | |
| | Alliance | Alex Harbinson | 4.56% | 385 | 485.92 | 492.04 | 494.44 | 503.92 | 504.16 | 507.04 | | |
| | DUP | Dean McSorley | 4.27% | 361 | 361.12 | 366.12 | 381.84 | 388.16 | | | | |
| | UUP | Rachel McCord | 3.70% | 313 | 315.76 | 328.76 | 341.12 | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Tim Mullen | 1.02% | 86 | 86.36 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,376 Valid: 8,450 (43.61%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 8,555 (44.15%) |||||||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Bangor Central - 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 |
| | Alliance | Karen Douglas* | 18.29% | 1,346 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Stephen Dunlop | 14.22% | 1,046 | 1,220.9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alistair Cathcart* | 10.70% | 787 | 789.86 | 789.86 | 789.86 | 816.86 | 832.86 | 1,052.08 | | | | |
| | UUP | Craig Blaney | 10.29% | 757 | 774.38 | 777.38 | 788.16 | 818.04 | 862.24 | 871.46 | 903.76 | 1,324.76 | | |
| | DUP | Wesley Irvine* ‡ | 11.93% | 878 | 879.1 | 879.1 | 880.42 | 915.42 | 926.42 | 956.64 | 966.08 | 1,047.84 | 1,191.84 | |
| | Independent | Ray McKimm | 6.84% | 503 | 517.08 | 526.74 | 553.36 | 572.36 | 603.46 | 608.46 | 783.76 | 827.98 | 903.98 | 933.98 |
| | Independent | Noelle Robinson* | 5.75% | 423 | 446.76 | 461.3 | 491.88 | 513.1 | 543.2 | 544.2 | 681.46 | 723.62 | 769.62 | 788.62 |
| | UUP | Ian Henry | 7.37% | 542 | 555.86 | 556.86 | 568.74 | 588.96 | 635.6 | 641.6 | 664.8 | | | |
| | Independent | Maria Lourenço | 4.92% | 362 | 389.6 | 392.5 | 441.78 | 454.32 | 472.2 | 473.42 | | | | |
| | DUP | James Cochrane | 3.47% | 255 | 255.66 | 256.66 | 256.88 | 273.88 | 277.88 | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Frank Shivers | 2.85% | 210 | 215.06 | 215.06 | 221.66 | 238.1 | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | John Montgomery | 2.92% | 215 | 217.42 | 217.42 | 220.06 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gavan Reynolds | 0.45% | 33 | 35.86 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,166 Valid: 7,357 (40.50%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,052 Turnout: 7,450 (41.01%) |||||||||||||||

## 2014 Election

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