Holywood and Clandeboye (District Electoral Area)

Holywood and Clandeboye
Holywood and Clandeboye
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014–)
Councillors	Alan Graham (DUP); Lauren Kendall (GPNI); Gillian McCollum (APNI); Linzi McLaren (UUP); Martin McRandal (APNI);

Holywood and Clandeboye 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 Clandeboye, Cultra, Helen's Bay, Holywood and Loughview.^[2] Holywood and Clandeboye 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 Holywood DEA, which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election
October 2024 Co-Option	Martin McRandal (Alliance)	Gillian McCollum (Alliance)	Lauren Kendall (Green Party)	Alan Graham (DUP)	Linzi McLaren (UUP)
October 2023 Co-Option		David Rossiter (Alliance)	Lauren Kendall (Green Party)
2023		David Rossiter (Alliance)	Rachel Woods (Green Party)
January 2023 Defection		Gillian Greer (Alliance)		Peter Johnson (DUP)	Carl McClean (DUP)/ UUP)
September 2022 Co-Option
October 2021 Co-Option			Lauren Kendall (Green Party)
July 2021 Co-Option			Lauren Kendall (Green Party)	Stephen Dunne (DUP)
January 2020 Co-Option			Kathryn McNickle (Green Party)
September 2019 Co-Option	Andrew Muir (Alliance)		Kathryn McNickle (Green Party)
2019			Rachel Woods (Green Party)
March 2018 Co-Option		Roberta Dunlop (DUP)	Rachel Woods (Green Party)		Daniel Allen (DUP)/ UUP)
2016 Defection		Jennifer Gilmour (DUP)	John Barry (Green Party)
2014		Jennifer Gilmour (DUP)	John Barry (Green Party)

2023 Election

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

Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Alan Graham	14.39%	1,112	1,300
	UUP	Linzi McLaren	12.80%	989	1,056	1,344
	Alliance	Martin McRandal*	15.81%	1,222	1,226	1,237	1,385
	Green (NI)	Rachel Woods* †	14.67%	1,134	1,144	1,186	1,361
	Alliance	David Rossiter †	13.90%	1,074	1,076	1,083	1,179	1,256.39
	Alliance	Helen Corbett	11.32%	875	891	900	1,004	1,021.75
	SDLP	Déirdre Vaughan	6.97%	539	541	549
	DUP	Carl McClean*	5.42%	419	483
	TUV	Diane Adams	4.71%	364
Electorate: 15,973 Valid: 7,728 (48.38%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 7,815 (48.93%)

2019 Election

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

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

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Andrew Muir* †	20.43%	1,397
	Green (NI)	Rachel Woods †††	19.18%	1,311
	Alliance	Gillian Greer	18.27%	1,249
	DUP	Stephen Dunne* †	16.66%	1,139	1,171.4
	UUP	Carl McClean ‡	7.42%	507	557.04	599.82	683.19	725.94	729.9	1,143.9
	DUP	Roberta Dunlop	9.90%	677	681.32	697.13	712.49	721.23	730.23	742.23
	UUP	Tim Lemon	6.08%	416	505.64	563.92	645.74	701.6	705.92
	NI Conservatives	Andrew Turner	2.06%	141	218.4	269.55
Electorate: 15,052 Valid: 6,837 (45.42%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 6,904 (45.87%)

2014 Election

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

Holywood and Clandeboye - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Stephen Dunne*	23.12%	1,423
	Alliance	Andrew Muir*	14.79%	910	922.88	983.16	1,013.44	1,154.44
	Green (NI)	John Barry* †	14.88%	916	933.92	988.76	1,024.04	1,098.04
	UUP	Daniel Allen ‡‡	10.06%	619	647.28	672.56	728.12	735.12	735.12	1,098.12
	DUP	Jennifer Gilmour* †	8.77%	540	837.64	855.92	882.60	886.16	886.16	954.96
	Alliance	Kate Nicholl	7.41%	456	460.48	485.04	518.32	586.16	710.16	759.4
	UUP	James McKerrow*	7.72%	475	491.52	508.80	558.80	562.64	564.64
	SDLP	Peter Lismore	5.00%	308	311.36	319.64	326.64
	NI Conservatives	William O'Callaghan	4.31%	265	268.08	280.08
	NI21	Matthew Johnston	3.38%	208	210.8
	Independent	Gerard Leddy	0.55%	34	34.28
Electorate: 14,158 Valid: 6,154 (43.47%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 6,229 (44.00%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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