Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)

Ards Peninsula
Ards Peninsula
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (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

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. 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

Election						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		Daniel McCarthy (SDLP)	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)		John Shields (UUP)		Gladys McIntyre (UPUP)

2023 Election

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Adair*	21.33%	1,959
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Lorna McAlpine*	13.78%	1,266	1,273.92	1,383.92
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Boyle*	13.93%	1,279	1,288.24	1,308.57	1,314.57
	Democratic Unionist Party	Nigel Edmund*	6.89%	633	996.99	1,003.32	1,174.22	1,675.22
	Democratic Unionist Party	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
	Democratic Unionist Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Adair*	27.93%	2,189
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Boyle*	20.68%	1,621
	Democratic Unionist Party	Nigel Edmund*	9.38%	735	1,511.5
	Democratic Unionist Party	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 Party of Northern Ireland	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
	UK Independence Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Adair*	24.48%	1,773
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Boyle*	19.15%	1,387
	UUP	Angus Carson*	16.55%	1,199
	Democratic Unionist Party	Nigel Edmund	8.57%	621	1,159.79
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kellie Armstrong* †	6.06%	439	457.49	605.69	619.46	620.56	650.47	862	1,074
	Democratic Unionist Party	Eddie Thompson*	7.25%	456	535.12	539.02	604.98	697.88	712.11	788.67	800
	Democratic Unionist Party	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 Party of Northern Ireland	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Boyle*	24.24%	1,473
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Adair	17.56%	1,067
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kieran McCarthy*	15.50%	942	1,271.3
	Democratic Unionist Party	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 Party of Northern Ireland	Kellie Armstrong	4.74%	288	366.44	568.04	587.31	628.05	646.74
	Democratic Unionist Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Shannon*	31.44%	1,944
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kieran McCarthy*	16.01%	990	1,074.13
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Boyle	14.77%	913	918.17	1,303.17
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Drysdale*	10.72%	663	1,024.43	1,034.43
	UUP	Angus Carson*	11.37%	703	801.7	854.93	937.93
	Democratic Unionist Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Shannon*	26.53%	1,824
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kieran McCarthy*	18.71%	1,286
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Drysdale*	10.25%	705	1,222.92
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	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 Party of Northern Ireland	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Paul Carson	22.57%	1,114
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kieran McCarthy*	21.21%	1,047
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Shannon*	20.12%	993
	Democratic Unionist Party	Robert Drysdale	10.25%	473	687.21	696.01	849.01
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Daniel McCarthy	15.60%	770	777.44	808.9	810.52	930.52
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	William Sheldon*	3.12%	154	202.98	315.62	325.16	346.72
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	John Smyth	4.48%	221	227.82	279.3	281.82	296.02
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kieran McCarthy*	32.39%	1,546
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Shannon*	18.77%	896
	Independent	James McMullan	13.74%	656	818.76
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	14.94%	713	758.24	943.24
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	William Sheldon	4.53%	216	723	743.28	770.28
	Democratic Unionist Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kieran McCarthy*	16.19%	1,119
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Shannon*	14.90%	1,030
	UUP	John Shields*	14.73%	1,018
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	14.59%	1,008
	Democratic Unionist Party	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 Party of Northern Ireland	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
	Democratic Unionist Party	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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 Party of Northern Ireland	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
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Shannon	11.46%	837	844.36	858.32	863.64	863.64	863.64	899
	Democratic Unionist Party	Oliver Johnston*	11.11%	811	819.8	822.2	823.36	827.36	828.36	867.12
	Democratic Unionist Party	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
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Patrick Doherty*	4.92%	359	359.24	415.24	419.32
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	James Muirhead	3.93%	287	292.04	298.44
	UUP	Samuel McKeown	2.16%	158	165.12
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	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

↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
↑ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
↑ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
↑ "Peninsula Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[6] "Peninsula Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[11] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[12] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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