Bangor West (District Electoral Area)

Bangor West 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 Bryansburn, Kilcooley, Rathgael, Rathmore and Silverstream. Bangor West forms part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing North Down Area B and North Down Area C which had existed since 1973, where it contained originally seven wards (Bryansburn, Clandeboye, Crawfordsburn, Dufferin, Princestown, Silverstream and Spring Hill). For the 2014 local elections, it was reduced to five wards losing areas to the new Holywood and Clandeboye DEA.

Councillors

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green<br />

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green<br />

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

2014 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green<br />

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent<br />

2005-2011 Change: Green becomes Independent

2005 Election

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br />

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green<br />

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent<br />

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br />

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from PUP

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist<br />

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent<br />

1993-1997 Change: UKUP, PUP and Independent gain from DUP, Conservative and Independent Unionist

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br />

1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist<br />

1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and Independent

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP<br />

1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br />

1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) and Independent gain from Alliance, DUP and UPUP

1985 Election

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

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