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1977 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Ards Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Ards Borough Council election 1981 All 17 seats to Ards Borough Council 9 Ulster Unionist Party 6 5 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5 3 Democratic Unionist Party 3 3 Northern Ireland Labour Party 1 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 0 Independent Unionist 1 0 Loyalist Coalition 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.
Election results
Ards Borough Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgards.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ards www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
5
5
35.3
31.8
5,368
22.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
5
3
0
3
29.4
20.8
3,507
6.0
Democratic Unionist Party
3
3
0
3
17.6
13.8
2,322
New
Northern Ireland Labour Party
1
0
0
0
5.9
8.0
1,349
2.7
Independent Unionist
1
1
1
0
0.0
6.2
1,042
2.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
0
5.9
5.7
964
0.1
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
5.8
971
5.8
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
5.3
886
New
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.6
277
5.6
United Ulster Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
170
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards 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
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Northern Ireland Labour Party" | NILP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|23.3
|2
|12.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|14.7
|1
|17.4
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|21.2
|2
|13.0
|1
|22.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|13.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
|16.5
|1
|13.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|36.6
|1
|4
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|31.8
|6
|20.8
|5
|13.8
|3
|8.0
|1
|5.7
|1
|19.9
|1
|17
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 6 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (three seats)
Ards Area A - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 8 July 2021
12
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Charles Dunleath
1,339
20.39%
Democratic Unionist Party
Joseph Thompson*
981
14.94%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Doherty*
964
14.68%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Sheldon
190
2.89%
568.8
571.86
600.93
601.93
607.61
612.61
629.49
636.46
796.17
896.17
Ulster Unionist Party
John Scott*
446
6.79%
453.6
467.71
468.22
471.41
480.36
491.1
500.27
672.78
674.29
823.29
Ulster Unionist Party
William Caughey
451
6.87%
471.8
487.61
487.95
489.66
507.16
561.82
567.52
630.82
632.62
692.58
706.58
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Ambrose
287
4.37%
294.6
320.1
320.61
335.46
373.95
437.32
535.52
565.02
575.44
626.94
647.94
Ulster Unionist Party
Oliver Johnston*
460
7.01%
466.4
475.41
475.92
477.09
480.28
493.12
497.8
529.42
531.42
566.01
578.01
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Long
371
5.65%
401.4
406.67
407.69
408.09
411.77
421.11
451.85
477.96
499.54
Independent (politician)
James McMullan
313
4.77%
343.8
343.97
446.14
446.14
447.71
449.91
453.1
454.27
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Cosbey*
308
4.69%
316
325.69
326.03
327.2
333.61
343.69
346.77
Independent (politician)
Francis McMaster
128
1.95%
133.2
142.72
144.76
175.45
207.96
218.98
Ulster Unionist Party
William Keag
158
2.41%
166
172.97
173.99
179.84
193.41
Independent Unionist
Robert Mason
102
1.55%
108.4
150.56
150.73
169.78
Independent Unionist
Vera Shaw
68
1.04%
71.2
83.1
83.1
12
13,817
6,566 (47.52%)
227
821
6,793 (49.16%)
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Loyalist
Ards Area B - 6 seats
6
Northern Ireland Labour Party
Robert Gaw*
843
14.06%
874
Democratic Unionist Party
Hugh Boyd
780
13.01%
868
Ulster Unionist Party
John Algie*
822
13.71%
861
Ulster Unionist Party
William Boal
381
6.36%
415
418.5
512.5
774.5
852.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Herbert Gallagher
656
10.94%
667
669.8
685.8
720.8
813.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Owen Dorrian*
613
10.23%
621
621
626
638.7
802.4
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Cecilia Cooke*
515
8.59%
536
537.4
562.4
649.1
733.5
Northern Ireland Labour Party
William Allen
506
8.44%
515
520.6
541.3
567.3
Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Yeaman
314
5.24%
323
325.1
457.8
Ulster Unionist Party
William Spratt
288
4.80%
302
303.4
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Robert Brown*
277
4.62%
6
15,342
5,995 (39.08%)
232
857
6,227 (40.59%)
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ards Area C - 4 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Hamilton McKeag*
823
19.16%
842
869
Independent Unionist
John Shields
520
12.11%
542
552
558
585
639
1,049
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
448
10.43%
451
452
687
706
779
824
917.84
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Gourley
561
13.06%
578
701
701
716
747
768
796.56
804.96
Ulster Unionist Party
Harold Porter
348
8.10%
350
352
356
540
611
681
744.92
793.92
Independent (politician)
James Middleton
418
9.73%
434
442
452
482
584
Independent Unionist
James Caughey*
352
8.20%
359
363
365
379
Ulster Unionist Party
Adela Hamilton
282
6.57%
284
291
292
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alice Rudnitzky
261
6.08%
264
265
United Ulster Unionist Party
William Dempster
170
3.77%
187
Independent (politician)
Arthur Spence
112
2.61%
9
9,514
4,295 (45.14%)
120
860
4,415 (46.41%)
References
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