Abbey (District Electoral Area)

Abbey was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to North Down Borough Council and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing North Down Area B and North Down Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bangor Castle, Bloomfield, Conlig, Harbour, Rathgael and Whitehill. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mainly replaced by the Bangor Central DEA.

2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green

2005-2011 Change: DUP and Green gain from UUP (two seats)

2005 Election
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP

2001 Election
1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP

1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP

1997 Election
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)

1993 Election
1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1989-1993 Change: No change

1989 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Conservative gain from DUP and UUP

1985 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP