Abbey_(District_Electoral_Area)

Abbey (District Electoral Area)

District electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland

Abbey was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to North Down Borough Council and formed 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, and contained the wards of Bangor Castle, Bloomfield, Conlig, Harbour, Rathgael and Whitehill. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mainly replaced by the Bangor Central DEA.

Councillors

More information Election, Councillor (Party) ...

Election
2011	Michael Bower (Alliance)	Steven Agnew (Green Party)	Harry Dunlop (DUP)/ (UUP)	Ivy Cooling (DUP)	William Montgomery (DUP)	Wesley Irvine (DUP)
2005	Stephen Farry (Alliance)	Roberta Dunlop (UUP)	Harry Dunlop (DUP)/ (UUP)			Wesley Irvine (DUP)
2001			Irene Cree (UUP)			Valerie Kinghan (UKUP)/ (UPUP)
1997			Ann Thompson (Conservative)		Stewart Currie (PUP)
1993		Irene Cree (UUP)	Ann Thompson (Conservative)		Cecil Braniff (UPUP)
1989	James Magee (Alliance)	Irene Cree (UUP)	George Green (Conservative)/ (UUP)	Denny Vitty (DUP)
1985	James Magee (Alliance)	John Preston (UUP)	George Green (Conservative)/ (UUP)	Ivy Cooling (DUP)		Brian Meharg (UPUP)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green

2005-2011 Change: DUP and Green gain from UUP (two seats)

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Abbey - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	DUP	Ivy Cooling*	16.01%	859
	Alliance	Michael Bower	14.74%	791
	DUP	Wesley Irvine*	12.99%	697	702.3	703.14	703.2	706.23	709.23	712.23	717.23	732.29	742.45	759.68	828.68
	Green (NI)	Steven Agnew	11.51%	618	619	629.56	633.62	641.68	651.95	656.95	663.17	682.38	698.57	711.88	776.88
	DUP	Harry Dunlop*	9.99%	536	606.3	607.92	607.92	609.92	614.01	618.01	620.11	630.24	647.3	662.53	731.75	753.75
	DUP	William Montgomery*	9.04%	485	489.2	489.92	492.92	492.92	497.95	503.95	508.95	521.95	534.01	546.11	592.43	610.43
	UUP	Heather Bingham-Steele	5.65%	303	303.9	305.07	305.1	307.2	312.23	313.23	318.26	332.44	348.6	518.53	549.89	554.89
	Community Partnership	Mark Gordon	6.80%	365	365.8	366.7	368.7	372.73	376.76	379.76	423.03	432.12	444.21	455.33
	UUP	Aaron Jamison	4.06%	218	219.1	220.09	220.09	223.09	225.12	228.12	230.15	255.24	275.3
	UKIP	William Ferguson	1.90%	102	102.2	102.83	102.83	104.89	107.92	148.95	150.05	164.11
	NI Conservatives	Dean Russell	2.35%	126	126.1	126.97	127	127.1	129.16	133.16	136.16
	Community Partnership	Karen Worrall	1.42%	76	76.3	76.78	77.78	78.78	84.78	86.81
	UKIP	Stuart Tanner	1.36%	73	73	73.06	73.06	74.06	77.09
	Independent	Ed Simpson	1.36%	44	44	44.72	61.05	70.11
	Independent	Christopher Carter	0.73%	39	39.3	39.72	42.72
	Independent	Robert Mooney	0.65%	35	35	35.57
Electorate: 13,358 Valid: 5,367 (40.18%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 767 Turnout: 5,495 (41.14%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP

More information Party, Candidate ...

Abbey - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Ivy Cooling*	16.96%	1,044
	DUP	Wesley Irvine	13.68%	842	964.94
	UUP	Harry Dunlop	12.28%	756	766.08	768.48	791.48	818.48	871.48
	DUP	William Montgomery*	10.11%	622	653.14	750.42	766.6	804.96	859.96
	Alliance	Stephen Farry*	11.59%	713	713.9	714.38	724.38	751.38	781.56	782.88	783.44	822.8	863.8
	UUP	Roberta Dunlop*	5.64%	347	352.58	353.38	358.38	375.38	458.74	475.02	479.78	593.26	773.28
	Green (NI)	Kelly Andrews	6.14%	378	378.72	378.88	402.96	425.96	437.14	437.58	438.42	469.42	520.24
	Independent	Irene Cree*	5.00%	308	312.14	312.94	341.28	353.28	385.68	387.88	389	446.06
	PUP	Mark Gordon	5.43%	334	338.86	341.1	347.1	349.28	380.62	380.62	382.3
	UK Unionist	Valerie Kinghan*	4.74%	292	294.88	297.6	306.78	328.78
	NI Conservatives	Dean Russell	2.83%	174	174.54	175.18	183.18
	Independent	Christopher Carter	2.29%	141	142.8	142.96
Electorate: 12,675 Valid: 6,154 (48.55%) Spoilt: 203 Quota: 851 Turnout: 5,951 (46.95%)

2001 Election

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP

1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP

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Abbey - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Ivy Cooling*	18.11%	1,263
	UUP	Irene Cree	17.86%	1,246
	Alliance	Stephen Farry*	17.13%	1,195
	UUP	Roberta Dunlop*	12.09%	843	874.24	1,073.32
	UK Unionist	Valerie Kinghan*	13.08%	912	936.64	950.92	984.2	1,014.56
	DUP	William Montgomery	4.29%	299	462.24	464.76	468.92	477.28	491.83	498.36	527.31	572.13	705.53
	PUP	Stewart Currie*	5.98%	417	431.3	441.17	470.29	476.89	482.37	489.68	515.63	551.49	648.45
	Independent	Karl McLean	4.26%	297	330.3	304.29	320.93	325.33	334.81	366.95	430.23	498.27
	NI Conservatives	Lisa Fleming	2.74%	191	194.96	198.74	247.1	261.62	275.93	292.49	324.03
	Independent	Christopher Carter	2.51%	175	180.06	182.16	211.28	213.92	217.13	234.72
	Independent	William Gordon	1.28%	89	91.64	94.16	119.38	122.79	129.61
	NI Unionist	Colin Dean	1.28%	48	54.6	63	70.8	75.86
Electorate: 13,445 Valid: 6,975 (51.88%) Spoilt: 250 Quota: 997 Turnout: 7,225 (53.74%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)

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Abbey - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Stephen Farry*	16.53%	650
	UK Unionist	Valerie Kinghan*	16.53%	650
	NI Conservatives	Ann Thompson*	15.18%	597
	DUP	Ivy Cooling*	11.98%	471	474.06	498.42	503.7	528.44	610.44
	UUP	Roberta Dunlop	12.26%	482	495.86	516.58	525.1	532.24	587.24
	PUP	Stewart Currie	8.75%	344	352.46	357.92	359.9	417.26	483.96	505.96
	UUP	Karl McLean	8.34%	328	339.34	354.74	363.44	386.52	446.3	465.3
	Ind. Unionist	Cecil Braniff*	4.20%	165	176.7	186.78	190.08	198.42
	Independent	William Gordon	2.92%	115	147.58	151.36	152.8	155.66
	Ulster Democratic	Richard McCullough	3.33%	131	134.06	137.84	138.92
Electorate: 13,415 Valid: 3,933 (29.32%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 562 Turnout: 4,026 (30.01%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1989-1993 Change: No change

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Abbey - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan*	18.26%	719
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	15.52%	611
	UUP	Irene Cree*	14.45%	408	539	569.13
	UPUP	Cecil Braniff*	11.53%	454	468	537.92	546.83	635.83
	NI Conservatives	Ann Thompson	9.34%	368	386	408.08	419.06	508.58	530.58
	DUP	Ivy Cooling	10.41%	410	423	437.26	438.16	471.8	479.8
	DUP	Geoffrey Bairsto	10.41%	403	412	420.28	421.9	442.94	460.94
	Independent	William Gordon	9.29%	366	372	381.89	403.85
	UUP	Karl McLean	5.05%	199
Electorate: 12,961 Valid: 3,938 (30.38%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 563 Turnout: 4,071 (31.41%)

1989 Election

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

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Conservative gain from DUP and UUP

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Abbey - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan	18.19%	745
	NI Conservatives	George Green*	13.09%	536	546.12	551.66	558.66	752.66
	UPUP	Cecil Braniff*	11.67%	478	560.50	580.36	584.80	587.46
	Alliance	James Magee*	7.30%	299	305.82	308.92	513.80	541.46	605.46
	DUP	Denny Vitty	10.47%	429	438.68	445.34	445.56	448.78	454.78	609.78
	UUP	Irene Cree	8.52%	349	364.40	483.26	483.26	498.92	546.92	571.9
	DUP	Ivy Cooling*	7.89%	323	332.24	337.12	337.12	338.34	349.34	462.10
	NI Conservatives	Shirley McCann	6.10%	250	252.86	254.30	262.30
	Alliance	Mariam Judge	5.57%	228	229.76	229.98
	UUP	Edward Johnston	2.91%	119	128.02
	UUP	Robert Todd	1.03%	42	45.30
Electorate: 11,789 Valid: 4,096 (34.74%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 586 Turnout: 4,284 (36.34%)

1985 Election

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

More information Party, Candidate ...

Abbey - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	John McCormick*	23.64%	1,104
	UUP	George Green*	20.24%	945
	UPUP	Brian Meharg	16.40%	766
	Alliance	James Magee*	13.58%	634	653.27	670.09
	UUP	John Preston	6.34%	296	337.82	428.3	458.45	479.82	527.66	719.42
	DUP	Ivy Cooling	9.79%	457	591.48	609.46	625.51	645.35	645.95	675.2
	DUP	Raymond Trousdale*	2.89%	135	338.36	345.32	358.22	374.71	381.28	391.36
	UUP	Ernest Jackson	1.58%	74	88.76	216.65	234.8	257.49	288.87
	Alliance	James Pettis	3.58%	167	169.87	173.06	185.21	192.1
	PUP	Kenneth McMullan	3.58%	92	106.76	111.69	118.29
Electorate: 11,424 Valid: 4,670 (40.88%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 668 Turnout: 4,824 (42.23%)

References

[1]
"Abbey Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
[2]
"Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
[3]
"Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
[4]
"Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
[5]
"Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
[6]
"Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
[7]
"Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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