Kearney
Kearney is a town or village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Kearney area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
10°CLight rain
- Today: 10° / 9° · 42% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:09Sunset 17:01
9h 52m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
2 food businesses within 2 miles
- 2 rated 4–5 ★ (1 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
2 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Castle Street (5.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party
Strangford
Recent votes:
- AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
No overall control
- DUP 14
- Alli 12
- UUP 8
- SDLP 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
6,005 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£24,420 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.8
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Strangford:
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- East Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 1.9 km
East Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Quintin Castle · 2.2 kmQuintin Castle is a castle situated in County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Portaferry.
- Ballytrustan (civil parish) · 2.5 km
Ballytrustan is a civil parish and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Ards Upper.
- Ardgeehan · 2.9 km
Ardgeehan is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 75.8 acres (0.307 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Ballyphilip and the historic barony of Ards Upper, located 1.5 miles east…
- White House, County Down · 3.2 km
The White House is a ruined 17th century dwelling house at Ballyspurge, near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Ards Peninsula. It is situated about one mile (1.2 km) south-east of Cloghy, overlooking Slane…
Cloghy · 3.2 kmCloghy, also spelt Cloughy or Cloughey, is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula, in the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,360 people in…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)