2023 Ards and North Down Borough Council election

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Ards and North Down Borough Council election
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All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Naomi Long Doug Beattie
Party DUP Alliance UUP
Seats before 14 10 8
Seats won 14 12 8
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 16,522 15,137 9,393
Percentage 29.0% 26.6% 16.5%
Swing Decrease 4.4% Increase 4.4% Decrease 1.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
GPNI
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Leader Mal O'Hara Colum Eastwood
Party Independent Green (NI) SDLP
Seats before 3 3 1
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 6,351 3,381 2,115
Percentage 11.2% 5.9% 3.7%
Swing Increase 2.6% Decrease 4.3% Increase 0.5%
Ards and North Down 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

The 2023 election to Ards and North Down Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

  1. ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.