Bangor West is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Bryansburn, Kilcooley, Rathgael, Rathmore and Silverstream., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 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 Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)December 2025 Co-Option Naomi McBurney (Alliance) Barry McKee (Green Party) Carl McClean (DUP) Jennifer Gilmour (DUP) Katherine Newman (UUP) 5 seats2014–present 5 seats2014–presentOctober 2024 Co-Option Stephen Hollywood (UUP)July 2024 Co-Option Christine Creighton (Alliance)2023 Peter Martin (DUP) May 2022 Co-Option Scott Wilson (Alliance) Hannah Irwin (Alliance) Marion Smith (UUP) 2019 Connie Egan (Alliance) December 2018 Co-Option Alan Graham (DUP) March 2018 Co-Option James Hunter (Green Party) February 2018 Co-Option Alan Leslie (DUP) October 2016 Co-Option Rachel Woods (Green Party) 2014 Paul Roberts (Green Party) 2011 Anne Wilson (Alliance) Tony Hill (Alliance) James McKerrow (UUP) Brian Wilson (Alliance)/ (Green Party)/ (Independent) 2005 2001 William Keery (UKUP) Royston Davies (UUP) 1997 Eileen Bell (Alliance) Ernest Steele (PUP) Roy Bradford (UUP) 1993 George Green (Conservative) William Baxter (DUP) Ian Sinclair (Independent Unionist) Hazel Bradford (UUP) 1989 Thomas Miskelly (Conservative) James O'Fee (Conservative) Ann-Marie Hillen (Independent) 1985 William Bailie (Alliance) Alan Graham (DUP) George McMurtry (DUP) Ian Sinclair (UPUP) Cecil Braniff (UUP)
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
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
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
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Green becomes Independent
2005 Election
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
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
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
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
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
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
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
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
1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
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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