Comber (District Electoral Area)

Comber 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 Ballygowan, Comber North, Comber South, Comber West and Killinchy.^[2] Comber forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Comber
Ards and North Down Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014–)
Councillors	Rachel Ashe (APNI)   Trevor Cummings (DUP)   Libby Douglas (DUP)   Patricia Morgan (APNI)   Philip Smith (UUP)

Comber DEA within Ards and North Down

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Ards West DEA, which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Patricia Morgan (Alliance)		Rachel Ashe (Alliance)		Philip Smith (UUP)		Libby Douglas (DUP)		Trevor Cummings (DUP)
February 2023 Defection				Stephen Cooper (TUV)/ (Independent)				Robert Gibson (DUP)
January 2023 Co-Option
2019		Deborah Girvan (Alliance)
2014						James Fletcher (UUP)

2023 Election

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

Comber - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Libby Douglas [4]	20.60%	1,501
	UUP	Philip Smith*	19.31%	1,407
	DUP	Trevor Cummings*	17.88%	1,303
	Alliance	Patricia Morgan*	14.84%	1,081	1,087.38	1,127.54	1,204.6	1,219.6
	Alliance	Rachel Ashe	13.99%	1,019	1,032.64	1,074.72	1,160.8	1,215.2
	TUV	Sam Patterson	5.61%	409	595.56	651.24	677.36	922.12
	Independent	Stephen Cooper*	4.42%	322	374.14	399.58	452.36
	Green (NI)	Cory Quinn	2.72%	197	207.56	219.56
	Independent	John Sloan	0.58%	47	52.5	66.42
Electorate: 15,112   Valid: 7,286 (48.21%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 7,381 (48.84%)

2019 Election

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

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

2014-2019 Change: No change

Comber - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Deborah Girvan* †	23.23%	1,516
	UUP	Philip Smith	16.58%	1,082	1,178.3
	DUP	Trevor Cummings*	12.91%	843	856.8	895.5	901.8	1,298.8
	DUP	Robert Gibson*	15.09%	985	992.5	1,024.5	1,028.7	1,201.7
	TUV	Stephen Cooper* ‡	10.65%	695	716	819.3	828	887	1,065
	Green (NI)	Ricky Bamford	5.70%	372	582.3	737.4	780.6	797.6	816.6
	DUP	John Montgomery	9.85%	643	648.7	689.5	693.1
	UUP	Michael Palmer	4.87%	318	361.8
	Independent	John Sloan	1.12%	73	100
Electorate: 14,244   Valid: 6,527 (45.82%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 6,587 (46.24%)

2014 Election

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

Comber - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Robert Gibson*	17.29%	1,071
	UUP	James Fletcher*	13.93%	863	878	880.61	974.67	1,037.67
	Alliance	Deborah Girvan*	13.16%	815	880	880.3	980.39	1,016.48	1,121.48
	DUP	Trevor Cummings*	11.54%	715	724	733.39	771.63	838.93	960.93	975.93
	TUV	Stephen Cooper	9.32%	577	585	585.78	639.87	750.08	908.23	920.23
	DUP	John Oswald*	10.33%	640	648	663.36	676.63	742.14	867.38	879.38
	UUP	Philip Smith*	8.17%	506	526	526.42	588.48	661.6
	UKIP	Isabella Hanna	6.89%	427	439	440.65	477.71
	NI Conservatives	John Andrews	6.64%	411	425	425.93
	NI21	Margaret Howson	2.73%	169
Electorate: 13,681   Valid: 6,194 (45.27%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,272 (45.84%)

References

1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
2. , ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
3. "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
4. https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/about-the-council/councillors/councillor-libby-douglas
5. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
6. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.