Comber (District Electoral Area)

Comber is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballygowan, Comber North, Comber South, Comber West and Killinchy.[2] Comber forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Comber
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Rachel Ashe (APNI)
  •   Trevor Cummings (DUP)
  •   Libby Douglas (DUP)
  •   Patricia Morgan (APNI)
  •   Philip Smith (UUP)

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ards West DEA, which had existed since 1985.

Councillors
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
2023 Patricia Morgan
(Alliance)		 Rachel Ashe
(Alliance)		 Philip Smith
(UUP)		 Libby Douglas
(DUP)		 Trevor Cummings
(DUP)
February 2023 Defection Stephen Cooper
(TUV)/
(Independent)		 Robert Gibson
(DUP)
January 2023 Co-Option
2019 Deborah Girvan
(Alliance)
2014 James Fletcher
(UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from TUV

Comber - 5 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
DUP Libby Douglas [4] 20.60% 1,501        
Ulster Unionist Philip Smith* 19.31% 1,407        
DUP Trevor Cummings* 17.88% 1,303        
Alliance Patricia Morgan* 14.84% 1,081 1,087.38 1,127.54 1,204.6 1,219.6
Alliance Rachel Ashe 13.99% 1,019 1,032.64 1,074.72 1,160.8 1,215.2
TUV Sam Patterson 5.61% 409 595.56 651.24 677.36 922.12
Independent Stephen Cooper* 4.42% 322 374.14 399.58 452.36  
Green (NI) Cory Quinn 2.72% 197 207.56 219.56    
Independent John Sloan 0.58% 47 52.5 66.42    
Electorate: 15,112   Valid: 7,286 (48.21%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 7,381 (48.84%)  

    2019 Election

    2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

    2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

    2014-2019 Change: No change

    Comber - 5 seats[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Alliance Deborah Girvan* † 23.23% 1,516          
    Ulster Unionist Philip Smith 16.58% 1,082 1,178.3        
    DUP Trevor Cummings* 12.91% 843 856.8 895.5 901.8 1,298.8  
    DUP Robert Gibson* 15.09% 985 992.5 1,024.5 1,028.7 1,201.7  
    TUV Stephen Cooper* ‡ 10.65% 695 716 819.3 828 887 1,065
    Green (NI) Ricky Bamford 5.70% 372 582.3 737.4 780.6 797.6 816.6
    DUP John Montgomery 9.85% 643 648.7 689.5 693.1    
    Ulster Unionist Michael Palmer 4.87% 318 361.8        
    Independent John Sloan 1.12% 73 100        
    Electorate: 14,244   Valid: 6,527 (45.82%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 6,587 (46.24%)  

      2014 Election

      2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV

      Comber - 5 seats[6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      DUP Robert Gibson* 17.29% 1,071            
      Ulster Unionist James Fletcher* 13.93% 863 878 880.61 974.67 1,037.67    
      Alliance Deborah Girvan* 13.16% 815 880 880.3 980.39 1,016.48 1,121.48  
      DUP Trevor Cummings* 11.54% 715 724 733.39 771.63 838.93 960.93 975.93
      TUV Stephen Cooper 9.32% 577 585 585.78 639.87 750.08 908.23 920.23
      DUP John Oswald* 10.33% 640 648 663.36 676.63 742.14 867.38 879.38
      Ulster Unionist Philip Smith* 8.17% 506 526 526.42 588.48 661.6    
      UKIP Isabella Hanna 6.89% 427 439 440.65 477.71      
      NI Conservatives John Andrews 6.64% 411 425 425.93        
      NI21 Margaret Howson 2.73% 169            
      Electorate: 13,681   Valid: 6,194 (45.27%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,272 (45.84%)  

        References
        1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
        2. , ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
        3. "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
        4. https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/about-the-council/councillors/councillor-libby-douglas
        5. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
        6. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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