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1977 North Down Borough Council election
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Northern Ireland local election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 North Down Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 North Down Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 North Down Borough Council election 1981 All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council 11 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7 0 Ulster Unionist Party 7 2 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 2 2 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Democratic Unionist Party 1 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 1 Independent Unionist 1 1 Loyalist 0 4 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 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 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnorthdown.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: North Down www.ark.ac.uk
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
7
0
0
0
35.0
38.5
7,364
9.0
Ulster Unionist Party
7
0
2
2
35.0
27.3
5,220
18.7
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
2
2
0
2
10.0
7.2
1,373
New
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
5.0
9.2
1,761
New
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1
0
1
5.0
8.3
1,625
New
United Ulster Unionist Party
1
1
0
1
5.0
3.1
593
New
Independent Unionist
1
1
0
0
5.0
6.0
1,184
4.8
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1977by 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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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party" | Vanguard
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Unionist Party of Northern Ireland" | UPNI
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|37.2
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|17.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|20.3
|1
|10.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|14.6
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|27.8
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|18.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|13.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|7.6
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|44.0
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|26.8
|2
|12.2
|1
|8.2
|0
|8.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|46.0
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|35.0
|2
|0.0
|0
|5.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|14.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.5
|7
|27.3
|7
|7.2
|2
|9.2
|1
|8.3
|1
|3.1
|1
|6.4
|1
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: UPNI and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)
North Down Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 8 July 2021
6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bertie McConnell*
1,372
23.71%
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
William Bailie
1,179
20.38%
Independent Unionist
Edmund Mills*
836
14.45%
863
943.37
980.37
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Hamilton*
415
7.17%
667.9
703.81
711.78
729.06
1,074.06
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Barkley
471
8.14%
478.8
516.23
595.41
933.1
941.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Sammy Wilson
626
10.82%
628.7
636.11
645.11
663.53
666.53
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Clifford Creighton
366
6.33%
472.2
492.53
494.21
502.35
Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Irvine
280
4.84%
286.3
304.35
415.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Lillie Navan
241
4.17%
244.9
257.44
6
11,231
5,786 (51.52%)
121
965
5,907 (52.60%)
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and DUP gain from Loyalist (two seats)
North Down Area B - 5 seats
5
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
George Green*
823
18.00%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Magee*
781
17.08%
Ulster Unionist Party
Bruce Mulligan
498
10.89%
539
554.92
555.6
864.6
Democratic Unionist Party
James Boyle
598
4.58%
713
721.96
722.28
748.76
Ulster Unionist Party
John Shields
551
12.05%
594
610.16
610.78
742.68
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Hoy
489
10.69%
522
526.88
539.56
570.22
Ulster Unionist Party
Amy Corry*
485
10.61%
514
526.72
527.32
Independent Unionist
William Ash
184
4.02%
Independent Unionist
William Alexander
164
3.59%
5
12,454
4,573 (36.73%)
172
763
4,745 (38.10%)
Area C
1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Vanguard
1973-1977 Change: Loyalist joins Vanguard
North Down Area C - 5 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Hazel Bradford
635
14.05%
717
793
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Morrow
721
15.95%
725
791
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Mary O'Fee*
550
12.17%
565
624
630.6
797.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Rollins
637
14.09%
643
701
707.6
710.6
711.04
732.16
Ulster Unionist Party
Maisie McMullan
325
7.19%
439
496
519.1
662.1
703.9
709.02
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jane Copeland
631
13.96%
635
674
676.2
680.2
681.52
691.76
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Graham
401
8.87%
413
423
423
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Frank Gill
369
8.16%
376
Ulster Unionist Party
Archibald Pollock
251
5.55%
7
9,940
4,520 (45.47%)
77
754
4,597 (46.25%)
Area D
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from Loyalist
North Down Area D - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
John Auld*
1,042
24.57%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Keith Jones*
921
21.72%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kenneth Kennedy
519
12.24%
557.4
706.67
769.67
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Bussell
254
5.99%
456.24
458.08
724.08
United Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick White
593
13.98%
615.08
615.54
662.25
669.25
678.71
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Susan O'Brien
512
12.07%
524.16
577.06
613.34
654.34
661.82
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Robert Todd
213
5.02%
227.4
230.16
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Clouston
187
4.41%
226.04
227.65
6
9,242
4,241 (45.89%)
157
707
4,398 (47.59%)
References
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