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.

Ards and North Down is the only council in Northern Ireland on which Sinn Féin have never won a seat.

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2023: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2019–2023 Change: No change 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent 2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and Green 2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance 2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from Independent 2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green 2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green 2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from Alliance 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 2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP 2023: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP 2019–2023 Change: No change 2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2019–2023 Change: No change