| North Down Borough | |
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water |
Ranked 26th 81 km² ? % |
|---|---|
| Admin HQ | Bangor |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NDN |
| ONS code | 95W |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2008) - Density |
Ranked 7th 78,900 968 / km² |
| Community | Protestant: 80.5% Catholic: 12.6% |
| Politics | |
| North Down Borough Council http://www.northdown.gov.uk |
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| MPs | Sylvia Hermon |
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North Down Borough Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland with an overall population of around 80,000. Its main town is Bangor, 20 km east of Belfast with a population of approximately 55,000. The Council is headquartered in Bangor. Its secondary centre is the former Urban District of Holywood, 8 km northeast of Belfast with a population of approximately 10,000. Most of the remainder of a total population is in suburban villages along the southern shore of Belfast Lough. The Borough is heavily suburbanised, railway links with Belfast are good and the area has been the domain of Belfast commuters since the mid-19th century. The Borough is often held to be the wealthiest area in Northern Ireland, although there are pockets of deprivation in a string of overspill public housing estates along the Bangor Ring Road.
The borough consists of 4 electoral areas: Abbey, Ballyholme and Groomsport, Bangor West and Holywood. In the 2005 election 25 members were elected from the following political parties: 8 Democratic Unionist Party, 8 Ulster Unionists, 6 Alliance, 1 Green, and 2 Independents. The current mayor is Alderman Leslie Cree (Ulster Unionist) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Ian Parsley (until September 2009 Alliance).[1]
The Borough of North Down was formed in 1973 in the local government reorganisation from the old Bangor Urban District, Holywood Urban District, North Down Rural District and part of Castlereagh Rural District.
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is part of the slightly larger North Down constituency
- See Also: Districts of Northern Ireland
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2005 Election results
| Party | seats | change +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Democratic Unionist Party | 8 | +3 |
| • | Ulster Unionist Party | 8 | - |
| • | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 6 | +1 |
| • | Green Party in Northern Ireland | 1 | +1 |
| • | Northern Ireland Women's Coalition | 0 | -1 |
| • | United Kingdom Unionist Party | 0 | -2 |
| • | Independent | 2 | -2 |
Mayor
- 1981/2: Mary O'Fee, Ulster Popular Unionist
- 1985/6: Hazel Bradford, Ulster Unionist
- 1990/2: Denny Vitty, Democratic Unionist
- 1992/3: Leslie Cree, Ulster Unionist
- 1993/4: Brian Wilson, Alliance
- 1994/5: Roy Bradford, Ulster Unionist
- 1995/6: Susan O'Brien, Alliance
- 1996/7: Irene Cree, Ulster Unionist
- 1997/8: Ruby Cooling, Democratic Unionist
- 1998/9: Marsden Fitzsimons, Alliance
- 1999/0: Marion Smith, Ulster Unionist
- 2000/1: Alan Chambers, Independent
- 2001/2: Ian Henry, Ulster Unionist
- 2002/3: Alan Graham, Democratic Unionist
- 2003/4: Anne Wilson, Alliance
- 2004/5: Valerie Kinghan, UK Unionist Party
- 2005/6: Roberta Dunlop, Ulster Unionist
- 2006/7: Alan Leslie, Democratic Unionist
- 2007/8: Stephen Farry, Alliance
- 2008/9: Leslie Cree, Ulster Unionist
- 2009/0: Tony Hill, Alliance
Review of Public Administration
Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Ards Borough Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 451 km² and a population of 149,567.[2] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[3]
References
- ^ "mayor & Councillors". North Down Borough Council. http://www.northdown.gov.uk/councillor_area.asp?pid=127&area=5. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform". DoE. http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/local_government/minister_foster_announces_decisions_on_local_government_reform.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
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