Bangor East and Donaghadee (District Electoral Area)

Bangor East and Donaghadee is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland.

[1] The district elects six members to Ards and North Down Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballycrochan, Ballymagee, Donaghadee, Groomsport, Silverbirch and Warren.

[2] Bangor East and Donaghadee forms part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ballyholme and Groomsport DEA, and parts of the Ards East DEA, which had existed since 1985 and 1993 respectively.

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 2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from Independent, Independent leaves DUP 2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent