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1981 North Down Borough Council election
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Northern Ireland local election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 North Down Borough Council election parliamentary no 1977 North Down Borough Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 North Down Borough Council election 1985 All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 4 3 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6 1 Democratic Unionist Party 5 4 Ulster Popular Unionist Party 3 3 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 Independent Unionist 1 0 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 0 2 United Ulster Unionist Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Election results
North Down Borough Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnorthdown.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: North Down www.ark.ac.uk
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
6
0
1
1
30.0
25.2
6,132
13.3
Democratic Unionist Party
5
4
0
4
25.0
23.7
5,766
15.4
Ulster Unionist Party
4
0
3
3
20.0
22.6
5,477
4.7
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
3
3
0
3
15.0
17.6
4,272
New
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
5.0
6.1
1,477
1.7
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
1
0
0
0
5.0
3.8
892
5.4
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
270
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1981by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | UPUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Unionist Party of Northern Ireland" | UPNI
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|26.4
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1
|19.3
|1
|18.7
|1
|7.6
|0
|10.3
|1
|17.7
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|15.0
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|11.3
|0
|29.1
|2
|0.0
|0
|7.9
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.7
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|21.3
|1
|23.8
|1
|23.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|30.1
|2
|15.3
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|9.9
|0
|3.5
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|25.2
|6
|23.7
|5
|22.6
|4
|17.6
|3
|3.8
|1
|7.1
|1
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
North Down Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 8 July 2021
10
Independent Unionist
Edmund Mills*
1,216
17.64%
Democratic Unionist Party
Raymond Trousdale
740
10.74%
742
744.8
752.9
753.9
794.55
1,356.55
Ulster Unionist Party
Bruce Mulligan*
693
10.05%
696
701.1
715.35
720.4
784.45
826.3
900.78
1,391.78
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
William Bailie*
655
9.50%
680
691.2
700.55
707.65
796.95
812.35
860.51
1,036.64
1,218.14
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Donald Hayes
812
11.78%
821
825.95
834.05
984.35
1,023.6
1,024.65
1,034.17
1,053.48
1,092.48
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jane Copeland
710
10.30%
713
716.15
726.2
856.5
880
888.05
893.65
910.32
932.07
Ulster Unionist Party
George Allport
605
8.78%
609
618.25
631.6
632.75
703.75
728.75
798.19
Democratic Unionist Party
Elizabeth Loan
592
8.59%
592
594.6
612.75
612.85
672.45
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Valerie Kinghan
279
4.05%
284
288.3
448.2
450.25
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Julian Hamilton
298
4.32%
300
301.1
302.1
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Margaret McGimpsey
247
3.58%
250
253.4
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Dorothy Smith
56
0.81%
10
12,648
6,893 (54.50%)
176
1,149
7,067 (55.87%)
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: UPUP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Vanguard
North Down Area B - 5 seats
12
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
George Green*
1,200
17.95%
Democratic Unionist Party
Wesley Graham
972
14.54%
975
978.99
986.41
1,005.11
1,026.18
1,029.18
1,052.6
1,082.74
1,406.79
Democratic Unionist Party
John McCormick
821
12.28%
823
828.18
835.39
857.02
893.23
895.37
909.07
927.49
1,273.82
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Magee*
733
10.96%
733
737.76
739.32
761.51
766.51
1,006.58
1,031.91
1,060.17
1,064.31
1,075.31
1,090.78
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Cecil Braniff
306
4.58%
313
324.03
473.79
488.93
561.54
566.68
749.1
782.57
805.92
891.92
980.19
Ulster Unionist Party
Chalmers Quee
386
5.77%
387
393.72
397.42
443.26
455.47
463.89
495.15
771.25
792.67
851.67
906.27
Democratic Unionist Party
George McMurtry
663
9.91%
667
669.8
674.35
693.71
719.78
721.92
734.34
746.69
Ulster Unionist Party
Phyllis Brown
370
5.53%
373
376.92
388.69
417.25
429.39
441.46
454.65
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
William Elliott
234
3.50%
236
251.19
273.93
305.42
319.63
325.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anne Wilson
268
4.01%
268
268.7
269.84
286.26
288.26
Progressive Unionist Party
Thomas O'Brien
270
4.04%
272
273.4
276.54
285.75
Independent Unionist
John Shields*
233
3.48%
235
241.44
246.28
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
James Boyle*
203
3.04%
205
224.39
Independent Unionist
William Johnston
28
0.42%
12
14,099
6,687 (47.43%)
201
1,115
6,888 (48.85%)
Area C
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: UPUP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
North Down Area C - 5 seats
8
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Mary O'Fee*
1,021
18.28%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Morrow*
959
17.17%
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Graham
929
16.24%
932.92
Ulster Unionist Party
Hazel Bradford*
907
16.24%
916.36
976.84
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Brian Wilson
444
7.95%
447.6
454.68
464.68
459.94
460.02
776.08
834.24
Ulster Unionist Party
Terence McKeag
422
7.56%
428.55
471.72
512.72
513.32
514.16
551.04
765.48
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Maisie McMullan*
273
4.89%
324.44
390
392
392.62
393.38
415.78
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Rollins*
367
6.57%
370.84
378.84
378.84
391.18
391.18
Democratic Unionist Party
George McKinnie
263
4.71%
264.75
8
10,215
5,585 (54.67%)
135
931
5,720 (56.00%)
Area D
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUUP
North Down Area D - 5 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Ellie McKay
1,076
21.01%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Auld*
803
15.68%
887.84
Democratic Unionist Party
Gordon Dunne
509
9.94%
524.54
534.96
542.59
804.16
882.16
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Susan O'Brien
727
14.20%
738.97
741.39
751.81
752.23
764.38
767.89
769.13
841.13
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Clarke
423
8.26%
426.15
429.36
439.2
440.2
457.77
470.11
470.11
799.11
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Frederick White*
374
7.30%
389.75
497.43
552.48
566.11
667.53
686.9
710.46
722.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Irene Cave
391
7.64%
396.46
398.46
418.3
419.3
449.29
455.66
458.76
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Bussell*
225
4.39%
288.42
293.68
358.2
369.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Edith Cole
277
5.41%
283.72
287.93
297.35
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Trevor Boyd
181
3.53%
187.51
191.93
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Eric Griffith
135
2.64%
139.83
9
9,205
5,121 (55.63%)
125
854
5,246 (56.99%)
References
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