Bangor Central 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 six members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballygrainey, Ballyholme, Bloomfield, Broadway, Castle and Harbour., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Bangor Central forms greater of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Abbey DEA, which had existed since 1985.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)June 2025 Co-Option Alex Harbinson (Alliance) Chris McCracken (Alliance) Tom Brady (Independent) Craig Blaney (UUP) Alistair Cathcart (DUP) Wesley Irvine (DUP)/ (Independent)September 2023 Co-Option Ray McKimm (Independent)2023 Karen Douglas (Alliance) March 2022 Defection Stephen Dunlop (Green Party) 2019 July 2016 Co-Option Noelle Robinson (Green Party)/ (Independent) Ian Henry (UUP) Carl McClean (UUP) February 2015 Defection Stuart Anderson (Alliance) 2014
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and Green
2019 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP
2014 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
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