A proposal to rename Bangor’s Queens Parade 'Queen's Platinum Jubilee Parade' by independent councillors has been rejected by unionist parties in Ards and North Down Council.
At a meeting of Ards and North Down Council’s Environment Committee, a motion proposed and seconded by former DUP Aldermen Wesley Irvine and Bill Keery, was scrapped after an amendment by the DUP received cross party support.
Alderman Irvine resigned from the DUP to become an independent in March this year after the party asked him not to canvas for Independent MLA Alex Easton, who left the party last year. Former Ards and North Down Mayor Bill Keery became an independent after he was suspended from the DUP in April 2021 for a council speech gaffe regarding Prince Philip.
