Holywood_(District_Electoral_Area)
Holywood (District Electoral Area)
District electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland
Holywood was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five 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 D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Craigavad, Cultra, Holywood Demesne, Holywood Priory and Loughview. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced by the Holywood and Clandeboye DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Andrew Muir (Alliance) |
Laurence Thompson (Alliance) |
Ellie McKay (UUP) |
Jennifer Gilmour (DUP) |
Gordon Dunne (DUP) | |||||
| 2005 | David Alderdice (Alliance) |
Ian Parsley (Alliance) |
Diana Peacocke (UUP) | |||||||
| 2001 | Susan O'Brien (Alliance) |
Dennis Ogborn (Independent) | ||||||||
| 1997 | Richard Good (Alliance) | |||||||||
| 1993 | Laurence Kennedy (Conservative) |
James White (Independent) | ||||||||
| 1989 | Gordon Dunne (DUP) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Michael Clarke (Alliance) |
John Auld (UUP) | ||||||||
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2011: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 24.79% | 1,081 | ||||||
| Alliance | Andrew Muir | 22.73% | 991 | ||||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 15.48% | 675 | 739.94 | |||||
| Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 9.20% | 401 | 414.26 | 645.65 | 810.65 | |||
| DUP | Jennifer Gilmour | 5.78% | 252 | 449.52 | 503.03 | 627.22 | 658.54 | 668.66 | |
| Green (NI) | John Barry | 12.04% | 525 | 533.5 | 550.78 | 611.2 | 663.4 | 665.6 | |
| UUP | Gillian McGimpsey | 5.73% | 250 | 262.92 | 268.05 | ||||
| NI Conservatives | David O'Callaghan | 4.24% | 185 | 189.76 | 192.73 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,433 Valid: 4,360 (46.22%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 727 Turnout: 4,436 (47.03%) | |||||||||
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 25.42% | 1,282 | |||||
| Alliance | David Alderdice | 24.58% | 1,240 | |||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 19.81% | 999 | |||||
| UUP | Diana Peacocke* | 11.95% | 603 | 954 | ||||
| Alliance | Ian Parsley | 6.80% | 343 | 379.45 | 714.01 | 830.65 | 903.55 | |
| Green (NI) | John Barry | 11.44% | 577 | 629.65 | 691.19 | 731.75 | 771.35 | |
| Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 5,044 (55.39%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 841 Turnout: 5,127 (56.30%) | ||||||||
1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 21.98% | 1,346 | ||||||
| Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 17.47% | 1,070 | ||||||
| DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 14.96% | 916 | 954.25 | 998.5 | 1,021.5 | |||
| Independent | Dennis Ogborn* | 13.31% | 815 | 863.75 | 868.5 | 905.75 | 977.5 | 1,110.5 | |
| UUP | Diana Peacocke | 8.02% | 491 | 673.25 | 696.25 | 764.25 | 806.75 | 904.5 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Norma Heaton | 8.31% | 509 | 521.75 | 525.75 | 539.5 | 575 | 751.25 | |
| Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 7.12% | 436 | 448.5 | 453.25 | 472.5 | 513.5 | ||
| Independent | Robert Irvine | 3.79% | 232 | 241 | 259.25 | 270.5 | |||
| NI Conservatives | Lindsay Cumming | 3.07% | 188 | 196.5 | 202.75 | ||||
| PUP | David Rose | 1.99% | 122 | 126 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,063 Valid: 6,125 (60.87%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 6,249 (62.10%) | |||||||||
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from Conservative and Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 22.31% | 863 | ||||||
| Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 19.82% | 767 | ||||||
| Independent | Dennis Ogborn* | 14.09% | 545 | 594.66 | 608.26 | 630.3 | 677.5 | ||
| DUP | Gordon Dunne | 10.78% | 417 | 474.72 | 477.12 | 570.44 | 644.08 | 694.08 | |
| Alliance | Richard Good | 11.22% | 434 | 449.08 | 544.92 | 560.42 | 607.8 | 643.48 | |
| Independent | James White* | 7.21% | 279 | 297.2 | 300.4 | 309.18 | 317.72 | 442.62 | |
| Independent | Bobby Irvine | 6.20% | 240 | 248.58 | 251.3 | 259.3 | 274.38 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Jennifer Cumming | 4.26% | 165 | 199.58 | 201.5 | 233.88 | |||
| UK Unionist | Jeffrey Dudgeon | 4.11% | 159 | 187.6 | 188.24 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,434 Valid: 3,869 (37.08%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 645 Turnout: 3,921 (37.58%) | |||||||||
1989: 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Dennis Ogborn* | 19.70% | 871 | ||||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 18.89% | 835 | ||||||
| Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 15.27% | 675 | 721.24 | 723.73 | 738 | |||
| Independent | James White | 7.69% | 340 | 353.76 | 358.92 | 366.84 | 623.76 | 737.76 | |
| NI Conservatives | Laurence Kennedy* | 9.36% | 414 | 442.48 | 524.56 | 551.92 | 565.56 | 680.68 | |
| DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 11.83% | 523 | 537.4 | 548.88 | 582 | 600.96 | 615.76 | |
| Alliance | John Coates | 7.67% | 339 | 354.68 | 364.84 | 369.88 | 382.44 | ||
| Independent | Robert Irvine | 7.01% | 310 | 318.16 | 322.16 | 327.8 | |||
| NI Conservatives | Lindsay Cumming | 2.58% | 114 | 117.68 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,411 Valid: 4,421 (42.46%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 737 Turnout: 4,510 (43.32%) | |||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989: 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Conservative and Independent gain from UUP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| NI Conservatives | Laurence Kennedy | 16.14% | 775 | 852 | |||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 12.27% | 589 | 641 | 694 | 704.12 | 1,035.12 | ||
| Independent | Dennis Ogborn | 14.47% | 695 | 712 | 755 | 764.2 | 804.2 | ||
| DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 11.68% | 561 | 564 | 576 | 578.76 | 659.28 | 805.28 | |
| Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 13.74% | 660 | 670 | 696 | 701.52 | 732.96 | 754.96 | |
| Alliance | Paul De Haan | 11.50% | 552 | 559 | 585 | 592.36 | 626.12 | 659.12 | |
| UUP | John Auld* | 9.85% | 473 | 498 | 549 | 564.64 | |||
| NI Conservatives | Alice Kennedy | 5.60% | 269 | 299 | |||||
| NI Conservatives | Michael Weir | 2.81% | 135 | ||||||
| UUP | Ian Sinclair* | 1.94% | 93 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,290 Valid: 4,802 (46.67%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 801 Turnout: 4,918 (47.79%) | |||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | Ellie McKay* | 16.36% | 786 | 944 | |||
| UUP | John Auld* | 16.32% | 784 | 882 | |||
| DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 13.62% | 654 | 813 | |||
| Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 15.93% | 765 | 793 | 819 | ||
| Alliance | Michael Clarke* | 14.62% | 702 | 720 | 738 | 758 | |
| Independent | Dennis Ogborn | 12.18% | 585 | 629 | 675 | 694 | |
| UPUP | James White | 6.45% | 310 | ||||
| UUP | Roger Lomas | 2.39% | 115 | ||||
| DUP | Elizabeth Graham | 2.12% | 102 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,824 Valid: 4,803 (48.89%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 801 Turnout: 4,896 (49.84%) | |||||||
- "Holywood 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.