Ards and North Down Borough Council: all 40 councillors

Ards and North Down Borough Council has 40 councillors on the latest independent list. The largest group is Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P., with 14 of the 40 seats. The council's own list can't be read automatically yet, so these names, wards and parties come from Open Council Data UK: councillors, 2026 (Ards and North Down), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below come from the council's feed and are not kept in the copy). Check the council's own councillor page, linked from each name, before relying on them.

See Ards and North Down: local statistics and who has power over Ards and North Down, from the council up to the G20.

Seats by party

Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.: 14 councillors
Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: 12 councillors
Ulster Unionist Party: 8 councillors
Independent / Other: 3 councillors
Green Party (NI): 2 councillors
SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party): 1 councillor

Every councillor, by ward

Ward	Name	Party
Ards Peninsula	David Kerr	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Ards Peninsula	Joe Boyle	SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)
Ards Peninsula	Lorna McAlpine	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Ards Peninsula	Nigel Edmund	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Ards Peninsula	Pete Wray	Ulster Unionist Party
Ards Peninsula	Robert Adair	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Bangor Central	Alex Harbinson	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bangor Central	Alistair Cathcart	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Bangor Central	Chris McCracken	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bangor Central	Craig Blaney	Ulster Unionist Party
Bangor Central	Ray McKimm	Independent / Other
Bangor Central	Wesley Irvine	Independent / Other
Bangor East and Donaghadee	David Chambers	Ulster Unionist Party
Bangor East and Donaghadee	Eddie Thompson	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Bangor East and Donaghadee	Hannah Irwin	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bangor East and Donaghadee	James Cochrane	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Bangor East and Donaghadee	John Hennessy	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bangor East and Donaghadee	Mark Brooks	Ulster Unionist Party
Bangor West	Barry McKee	Green Party (NI)
Bangor West	Carl McClean	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Bangor West	Jennifer Gilmour	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Bangor West	Katherine Newman	Ulster Unionist Party
Bangor West	Naomi McBurney	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Comber	Libby Douglas	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Comber	Patricia Morgan	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Comber	Philip Smith	Ulster Unionist Party
Comber	Rachel Ashe	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Comber	Trevor Cummings	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Holywood and Clandeboye	Alan Graham	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Holywood and Clandeboye	Gillian McCollum	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Holywood and Clandeboye	Lauren Kendall	Green Party (NI)
Holywood and Clandeboye	Martin McRandal	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Holywood and Clandeboye	Stephen Hollywood	Ulster Unionist Party
Newtownards	Alan McDowell	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Newtownards	Colin Kennedy	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Newtownards	Naomi Armstrong-Cotter	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Newtownards	Richard Smart	Ulster Unionist Party
Newtownards	Stephen McIlveen	Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Newtownards	Steven Irvine	Independent / Other
Newtownards	Victoria Moore	Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Source

Open Council Data UK: councillors, 2026 (Ards and North Down), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy of the list; the contact details shown below come from the council's feed and are not kept in the copy). Each name links to the council's own councillor page. Published by Open Council Data UK (independent; used until the council's own list can be read). Use the official profile to contact a councillor. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.