Alan McDowell: councillor for Newtownards, Ards and North Down Borough Council

Alan McDowell is a Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland councillor for the Newtownards ward on Ards and North Down Borough Council, according to the council's own published list.

Council: Ards and North Down Borough Council
Ward: Newtownards
Party: Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Official profile: ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
Source: Ards and North Down Borough Council: councillor pages on the council's website, read 3 November 2026, read 3 November 2026 (saved copy)

How to contact Alan McDowell

These are the details Ards and North Down Borough Council publishes for Alan McDowell, exactly as published on 3 November 2026:

Phone: 028 9181 4895
Official profile: ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk

Who else represents Newtownards

Colin Kennedy Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Naomi Armstrong-Cotter Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Richard Smart Ulster Unionist Party
Stephen McIlveen Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.
Steven Irvine Independent / Other
Victoria Moore Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland on Ards and North Down Borough Council

Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland holds 10 of the 39 seats on Ards and North Down Borough Council. The largest group is Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P., with 14. Seats by party: Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 14, Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 10, Ulster Unionist Party 7, No party given 3, Green Party (NI) 2, Independent / Other 2 and others.

All 39 councillors of Ards and North Down Borough Council, by ward and party.

Who has power over Newtownards

Alan McDowell sits on Ards and North Down Borough Council, at level 3 of the ten levels of power. These are the bodies above Ards and North Down, each with its own page:

North Down: Alex Easton (Independent) MP
Strangford: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) MP
Northern Ireland Assembly devolved law-making for Northern Ireland
UK government and all 650 MPs
United Nations, IMF, G7 and G20

The full ladder of power over Ards and North Down, from residents' groups to the G20.

Where this comes from

Ards and North Down Borough Council: councillor pages on the council's website, read 3 November 2026, read 3 November 2026 (saved copy). Published by Ards and North Down Borough Council. The page is rebuilt from the official list each time it is read again, so anything the council changes or removes changes here too. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.