Ards West (District Electoral Area)
Ards West was one of the four district electoral areas in Ards, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Ards Borough Council, and formed part of Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ards Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballygowan, Comber North, Comber South, Comber West, Killinchy and West Winds. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced by the Comber DEA.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor (Party) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Deborah Girvan (Alliance) |
Philip Smith (UUP) |
James Fletcher (UUP) |
Trevor Cummings (DUP) |
Mervyn Oswald (DUP) |
Robert Gibson (DUP)/ (UUP) | ||||||
| 2005 | Jim McBriar (Alliance) |
Margaret Craig (DUP)/ (UUP) |
William Montgomery (DUP) |
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| 2001 | Philip Smith (UUP) |
David Gilmore (DUP) | ||||||||||
| 1997 | David McNarry (UUP) |
Kathleen Coulter (Alliance) | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Stanley McCoy (UUP) |
Simpson Gibson (DUP) | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Bobby McBride (UUP)/ (DUP) |
Edward Archdale (UUP) |
David McKibbin (DUP) |
John Hamilton (DUP) | ||||||||
| 1985 | Stanley McCoy (UUP) |
Thomas Gourley (DUP) | ||||||||||
2011 Election
[edit]2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Gibson* | 23.10% | 1,519 | ||||||
| DUP | Trevor Cummings | 16.13% | 1,061 | ||||||
| DUP | Mervyn Oswald* | 13.20% | 868 | 1,300.12 | |||||
| UUP | James Fletcher* | 13.40% | 881 | 929.75 | 1,063.31 | ||||
| UUP | Philip Smith | 7.16% | 471 | 497.91 | 615.72 | 663.56 | 767.51 | 935.53 | |
| Alliance | Deborah Girvan | 11.60% | 763 | 775.87 | 804.22 | 832.61 | 833.24 | 872.75 | |
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 8.24% | 542 | 572.03 | 600.38 | 619.77 | 623.55 | 661.78 | |
| TUV | Jack Allister | 5.22% | 343 | 358.21 | 400.42 | 412.81 | 414.07 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Bill McKendry | 1.96% | 129 | 133.68 | 138.72 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,199 Valid: 6,577 (49.83%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 941 Turnout: 6,692 (50.70%) | |||||||||
2005 Election
[edit]2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Margaret Craig* | 17.51% | 1,227 | ||||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 15.27% | 1,070 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson* | 14.04% | 984 | 1,003.26 | |||
| UUP | James Fletcher | 11.36% | 796 | 804.1 | 1,154.1 | ||
| DUP | William Montgomery* | 13.69% | 959 | 994.28 | 1,021.28 | ||
| DUP | Mervyn Oswald | 12.56% | 880 | 893.14 | 915.04 | 981.04 | |
| DUP | David Gilmore* | 9.21% | 645 | 784.14 | 798.04 | 851.04 | |
| UUP | Philip Smith* | 6.37% | 446 | 449.78 | |||
| Electorate: 12,766 Valid: 7,007 (54.89%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 7,147 (55.98%) | |||||||
2001 Election
[edit]1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson* | 30.56% | 2,454 | ||||||
| DUP | Margaret Craig* | 15.32% | 1,230 | ||||||
| UUP | Philip Smith | 7.78% | 625 | 1,516.55 | |||||
| DUP | William Montgomery | 12.94% | 1,039 | 1,098.95 | 1,100.56 | 1,117.89 | 1,124.49 | 1,175.49 | |
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 9.41% | 756 | 835.75 | 840.35 | 866.23 | 867.07 | 1,023.47 | |
| DUP | David Gilmore* | 8.63% | 693 | 789.25 | 794.08 | 810.63 | 873.15 | 1,001.09 | |
| Alliance | Kathleen Coulter* | 9.12% | 732 | 791.4 | 795.08 | 842.96 | 843.92 | 965.11 | |
| UUP | Arthur Spence | 3.87% | 311 | 412.75 | 762.35 | 829.73 | 830.93 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Christopher Connolly | 2.37% | 190 | 205.4 | 207.01 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,602 Valid: 8,030 (59.04%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 8,253 (60.67%) | |||||||||
1997 Election
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson* | 22.59% | 1,103 | ||||||
| UUP | David McNarry | 21.83% | 1,066 | ||||||
| Alliance | Kathleen Coulter* | 15.18% | 741 | ||||||
| UUP | Margaret Craig* | 11.71% | 572 | 871.52 | |||||
| DUP | David Gilmore | 13.00% | 635 | 683.75 | 877.19 | ||||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 9.85% | 481 | 511.03 | 595.27 | 599.43 | 654.81 | 693.81 | |
| DUP | Lorraine Gilmore | 5.84% | 285 | 311.13 | 398.49 | 552.93 | 649.26 | 650.58 | |
| Electorate: 12,917 Valid: 4,883 (37.80%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 698 Turnout: 4,953 (38.34%) | |||||||||
1993 Election
[edit]1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989-1993: Alliance gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson* | 26.41% | 1,318 | ||||
| DUP | Simpson Gibson* | 14.75% | 736 | ||||
| UUP | Margaret Craig | 12.92% | 645 | 906.6 | |||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 12.70% | 634 | 671.44 | 684.15 | 750.15 | |
| Alliance | Kathleen Coulter | 12.34% | 616 | 628.48 | 637.91 | 712.68 | |
| UUP | Stanley McCoy | 5.39% | 269 | 472.52 | 604.13 | 674.94 | |
| DUP | Richard Finlay | 9.64% | 481 | 542.44 | 571.55 | 611.56 | |
| NI Conservatives | Robert Darnley | 5.85% | 292 | 307.84 | 315.22 | ||
| Electorate: 12,414 Valid: 4,991 (40.20%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 714 Turnout: 5,109 (41.16%) | |||||||
1989 Election
[edit]1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson* | 23.16% | 1,375 | ||||||
| UUP | Edward Archdale | 13.73% | 815 | 930.05 | |||||
| UUP | Bobby McBride* | 13.02% | 773 | 856.46 | |||||
| DUP | David McKibbin | 10.43% | 619 | 698.17 | 702.09 | 759.48 | 887.48 | ||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 11.12% | 660 | 692.37 | 696.57 | 700.57 | 706.8 | 1,072.8 | |
| DUP | John Hamilton* | 10.97% | 651 | 684.15 | 689.47 | 727.47 | 817.61 | 822.78 | |
| UUP | William Elliott | 4.60% | 273 | 427.05 | 488.37 | 497.65 | 515 | 530.07 | |
| Alliance | Alan McDowell | 6.52% | 387 | 393.24 | 394.08 | 400.08 | 402.08 | ||
| DUP | Glynn Moore | 3.20% | 190 | 205.21 | 207.45 | 268.12 | |||
| DUP | Andrew Marks | 3.27% | 194 | 195.17 | 196.01 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,303 Valid: 5,937 (44.63%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,073 (45.65%) | |||||||||
1985 Election
[edit]1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Gourley* | 24.29% | 1,493 | ||||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson | 24.13% | 1,483 | ||||||
| DUP | John Hamilton* | 9.58% | 589 | 1,040.82 | |||||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 13.00% | 799 | 816.63 | 851.07 | 854.37 | 1,098.37 | ||
| UUP | Stanley McCoy | 10.27% | 631 | 666.26 | 801.92 | 809.72 | 899.72 | ||
| DUP | Bobby McBride | 9.08% | 558 | 626.88 | 658.38 | 798.93 | 830.63 | 860.63 | |
| UUP | Trevor Hussey | 2.80% | 172 | 187.58 | 529.46 | 534.56 | 625.38 | 716.38 | |
| Alliance | Alan McDowell | 4.03% | 248 | 249.23 | 257.63 | 257.78 | |||
| UUP | Arthur Spence | 2.13% | 131 | 135.92 | 166.58 | 167.93 | |||
| Independent | Johnston Haire | 0.70% | 43 | 53.66 | 70.46 | 71.06 | |||
| Electorate: 12,416 Valid: 6,147 (49.51%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 879 Turnout: 6,290 (50.66%) | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ards West 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.