Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)

Ards Peninsula is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballywalter, Carrowdore, Kircubbin, Loughries, Portaferry and Portavogie.[2] Ards Peninsula forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Ards Peninsula
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats7 (1985-1993)
5 (1993–2014)
6 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Robert Adair (DUP)
  •   Joe Boyle (SDLP)
  •   Nigel Edmund (DUP)
  •   Davy Kerr (DUP)
  •   Lorna McAlpine (APNI)
  •   Pete Wray (UUP)
Ards Peninsula DEA within Ards and North Down
Ards Peninsula DEA (1993-2014) within Ards

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ards Area A which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Ballywalter, Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South, Kircubbin, Millisle, Portaferry and Portavogie). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to five wards, gaining Carrowdore but losing Donaghadee North, Donaghadee South and Millisle to the new Ards East DEA. For the 2014 local elections, it was increased to six wards, regaining Millisle while Donaghadee moved to the new Bangor East and Donaghadee DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
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(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023 Lorna McAlpine
(Alliance)
Joe Boyle
(SDLP)
Pete Wray
(UUP)
Robert Adair
(DUP)
Nigel Edmund
(DUP)
Davy Kerr
(DUP)
6 seats
2014–present
2019 Angus Carson
(UUP)
Eddie Thompson
(DUP)
June 2016 Co-Option
2014 Kellie Armstrong
(Alliance)
2011 Kieran McCarthy
(Alliance)
Colin Kennedy
(DUP)
5 seats
1993-2014
2005 Jim Shannon
(DUP)
Robert Drysdale
(DUP)
2001 Daniel McCarthy
(SDLP)
1997 Paul Carson
(UUP)
1993 William Sheldon
(Alliance)
Robert Ambrose
(UUP)
James McMullan
(Independent)
1989 Clifford Auld
(Alliance)
Mervyn Rea
(DUP)
John Shields
(UUP)
Ronald Ferguson
(UUP)
1985 Thomas Byers
(Independent)
Oliver Johnston
(DUP)
Gladys McIntyre
(UPUP)

2023 Election

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2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Robert Adair* 21.33% 1,959        
Alliance Lorna McAlpine* 13.78% 1,266 1,273.92 1,383.92    
SDLP Joe Boyle* 13.93% 1,279 1,288.24 1,308.57 1,314.57  
DUP Nigel Edmund* 6.89% 633 996.99 1,003.32 1,174.22 1,675.22
DUP Davy Kerr 9.00% 827 990.68 1,014.99 1,165.61 1,314.61
UUP Pete Wray 8.05% 739 773.98 810.31 949.27 1,069.06
Sinn Féin Noel Sands 10.29% 945 946.65 963.65 964.65 965.65
DUP Eddie Thompson* 7.48% 687 720.00 725.33 852.62  
TUV Tom Thompson 6.45% 592 616.09 628.09    
Green (NI) Gilian McNaull 1.62% 149 149.99      
Independent Boyd Ireland 1.18% 108 111.63      
Electorate: 19,000   Valid: 9,184 (48.34%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 9,925 (52.24%)  

2019 Election

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

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Robert Adair* 27.93% 2,189            
SDLP Joe Boyle* 20.68% 1,621            
DUP Nigel Edmund* 9.38% 735 1,511.5          
DUP Eddie Thompson* 10.48% 821 931 934.15 1,273.15      
UUP Angus Carson* 10.62% 832 943.5 968.7 995.45 1,020.2 1,132  
Alliance Lorna McAlpine* 10.62% 832 849 1,079.65 1,083.9 1,085.75 1,088.95 1,124.95
Green (NI) Michele Strong 4.07% 319 333 372.9 375.9 383.25 388.25 434.25
Sinn Féin Murdoch McKibbin 2.50% 196 197.5 380.9 381.4 382.4 382.6 384.6
UKIP Matt Davey 2.98% 234 267.5 274.15 279.15 291.15 322.55  
NI Conservatives Tim Mullen 0.74% 58 61 62.05 63.05      
Electorate: 17,582   Valid: 7,837 (44.57%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,120   Turnout: 7,956 (45.25%)  

2014 Election

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2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

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

2011-2014 Change: DUP gain due to the addition of one seat

Ards Peninsula - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%)  

2011 Election

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2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Joe Boyle* 24.24% 1,473          
DUP Robert Adair 17.56% 1,067          
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 15.50% 942 1,271.3        
DUP Colin Kennedy 11.95% 726 728.59 732.37 770.53 823.53 1,140.53
UUP Angus Carson* 11.83% 719 731.21 746.33 803.28 879.02 954.44
Alliance Kellie Armstrong 4.74% 288 366.44 568.04 587.31 628.05 646.74
DUP John Prentice 6.91% 420 423.33 429.21 442.58 507.79  
Independent Joe Hagan 4.30% 261 269.14 280.48 314.22    
Independent Robert Drysdale* 2.96% 180 197.76 215.4      
Electorate: 12,879   Valid: 6,076 (47.18%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%)  

2005 Election

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2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Jim Shannon* 31.44% 1,944      
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 16.01% 990 1,074.13    
SDLP Joe Boyle 14.77% 913 918.17 1,303.17  
DUP Robert Drysdale* 10.72% 663 1,024.43 1,034.43  
UUP Angus Carson* 11.37% 703 801.7 854.93 937.93
DUP Colin Kennedy 6.60% 408 745.93 761.69 774.69
Sinn Féin Anthony Lacken 4.72% 292 293.88    
Independent Daniel McCarthy* 4.37% 270 281.28    
Electorate: 11,725   Valid: 6,183 (52.73%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,031   Turnout: 6,313 (53.84%)  

2001 Election

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1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: No change

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Jim Shannon* 26.53% 1,824              
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 18.71% 1,286              
DUP Robert Drysdale* 10.25% 705 1,222.92            
SDLP Daniel McCarthy* 12.51% 860 865.85 899.51 918.84 1,025.08 1,025.88 1,430.88  
UUP Angus Carson 10.33% 710 748.22 755.81 766.28 864.5 894.8 944.8 1,008.8
UUP Paul Carson* 7.56% 520 583.96 593.97 603.82 671.15 710.75 731.42 765.42
Independent Joe Boyle 7.65% 526 528.73 543.58 553.75 646.87 648.67    
Independent Robert Ambrose 3.71% 255 289.32 298.01 307.13        
Independent James McMullan 2.23% 153 155.73 162.99 166.58        
Alliance Stephen McSherry 0.51% 35 38.12 85.2          
Electorate: 11,849   Valid: 6,874 (58.01%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 1,146   Turnout: 7,085 (59.79%)  

1997 Election

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1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Paul Carson 22.57% 1,114        
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 21.21% 1,047        
DUP Jim Shannon* 20.12% 993        
DUP Robert Drysdale 10.25% 473 687.21 696.01 849.01  
SDLP Daniel McCarthy 15.60% 770 777.44 808.9 810.52 930.52
Alliance William Sheldon* 3.12% 154 202.98 315.62 325.16 346.72
Alliance John Smyth 4.48% 221 227.82 279.3 281.82 296.02
SDLP Iain Bell 2.65% 131 131 141.12 141.48  
Green (NI) Owen Crawford 0.67% 33 40.75 44.49 45.75  
Electorate: 11,165   Valid: 4,936 (44.21%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 824   Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%)  

1993 Election

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1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1989-1993 Change: UUP (two seats) and DUP loss to Independent and due to the reduction of two seats

Ards Peninsula - 5 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 32.39% 1,546      
DUP Jim Shannon* 18.77% 896      
Independent James McMullan 13.74% 656 818.76    
UUP Robert Ambrose* 14.94% 713 758.24 943.24  
Alliance William Sheldon 4.53% 216 723 743.28 770.28
DUP Thomas Cully 10.16% 485 498 539.08 599.08
UUP Samuel Brown 5.47% 261 275.56    
Electorate: 10,416   Valid: 4,773 (45.82%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 796   Turnout: 4,931 (47.34%)  

1989 Election

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1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 16.19% 1,119              
DUP Jim Shannon* 14.90% 1,030              
UUP John Shields* 14.73% 1,018              
UUP Robert Ambrose* 14.59% 1,008              
DUP Mervyn Rea 8.45% 584 588.56 682.4 705.49 738.45 748.8 1,139.8  
UUP Ronald Ferguson 6.64% 459 464.52 474.21 586.38 688.3 786.85 845.31 983.31
Alliance Clifford Auld 7.41% 512 698 705.48 717.3 726.1 742 753.72 765.72
Independent James McMullan 8.16% 564 616.32 616.83 616.83 617.95 619 624.15 632.15
DUP Oliver Johnston* 6.54% 452 453.44 502.4 511.57 519.09 531.84    
UUP Trevor Hussey 2.39% 165 167.4 172.5          
Electorate: 16,006   Valid: 6,911 (43.18%)   Spoilt: 229   Quota: 864   Turnout: 7,140 (44.61%)  

1985 Election

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1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UPUP Gladys McIntyre* 13.68% 999            
UUP Robert Ambrose* 11.46% 837 849.4 928.4        
Independent Thomas Byers 11.07% 808 808.4 826.48 830.56 1,058.56    
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 6.22% 454 455.76 466 667.92 816.92 944.92  
UUP John Shields 8.34% 609 625.16 641.28 668.24 669.32 669.32 1,036.32
DUP Jim Shannon 11.46% 837 844.36 858.32 863.64 863.64 863.64 899
DUP Oliver Johnston* 11.11% 811 819.8 822.2 823.36 827.36 828.36 867.12
DUP Joseph Thompson* 8.72% 637 642.68 649.68 651.76 651.84 651.84 672.24
UUP John Scott* 5.70% 416 428.88 468.8 505.16 505.16 505.16  
SDLP Patrick Doherty* 4.92% 359 359.24 415.24 419.32      
Alliance James Muirhead 3.93% 287 292.04 298.44        
UUP Samuel McKeown 2.16% 158 165.12          
SDLP Seamus O'Neill 1.22% 89 89.16          
Electorate: 14,998   Valid: 7,301 (48.68%)   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 913   Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%)  

References

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