Ards and North Down Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015.

[2] Councillors on the transitional shadow authority (prior to the council's official creation) voted on 15 December 2014 to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to change the name to East Coast Borough Council with effect from 1 April 2015.

[2] Negative public reaction to the proposed name prompted a rethink.

[1] For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[5] For further details see 2023 Ards and North Down Borough Council election.

The area covered by the new borough has 163,659 residents according to the 2021 Northern Ireland census.