Comber 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 Ballygowan, Comber North, Comber South, Comber West and Killinchy., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Comber forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ards West DEA, which had existed since 1985.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)2023 Patricia Morgan (Alliance) Rachel Ashe (Alliance) Philip Smith (UUP) Libby Douglas (DUP) Trevor Cummings (DUP) February 2023 Defection Stephen Cooper (TUV)/ (Independent) Robert Gibson (DUP) January 2023 Co-Option 2019 Deborah Girvan (Alliance) 2014 James Fletcher (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from TUV
2019 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2014-2019 Change: No change
2014 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV
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