1977 North Down Borough Council election

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1977 North Down Borough Council election
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All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Alliance Ulster Unionist Vanguard
Seats won 7 7 2
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 2 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Unionist Party NI DUP UUUP
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist
Loyalist
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Alliance 7 0 0 Steady0 35.0 38.5 7,364 Increase9.0
  Ulster Unionist 7 0 2 Decrease2 35.0 27.3 5,220 Decrease18.7
  Vanguard 2 2 0 Increase2 10.0 7.2 1,373 New
  Unionist Party NI 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 9.2 1,761 New
  DUP 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 8.3 1,625 New
  UUUP 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 3.1 593 New
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 0 Steady0 5.0 6.0 1,184 Increase4.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Alliance UUP Vanguard UPNI DUP UUUP Others
Area A 37.2 2 17.1 1 0.0 0 20.3 1 10.8 0 0.0 0 14.6 1 5
Area B 27.8 1 33.5 2 18.0 1 0.0 0 13.1 1 0.0 0 7.6 0 5
Area C 44.0 2 26.8 2 12.2 1 8.2 0 8.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Area D 46.0 2 35.0 2 0.0 0 5.0 0 0.0 0 14.0 1 0.0 0 5
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 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Alliance Bertie McConnell* 23.71% 1,372          
Unionist Party NI William Bailie 20.38% 1,179          
Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills* 14.45% 836 863 943.37 980.37    
Alliance James Hamilton* 7.17% 415 667.9 703.81 711.78 729.06 1,074.06
Ulster Unionist Thomas Barkley 8.14% 471 478.8 516.23 595.41 933.1 941.1
DUP Sammy Wilson 10.82% 626 628.7 636.11 645.11 663.53 666.53
Alliance Clifford Creighton 6.33% 366 472.2 492.53 494.21 502.35  
Ulster Unionist Hugh Irvine 4.84% 280 286.3 304.35 415.1    
Ulster Unionist Lillie Navan 4.17% 241 244.9 257.44      
Electorate: 11,231   Valid: 5,786 (51.52%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 965   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Vanguard George Green* 18.00% 823        
Alliance James Magee* 17.08% 781        
Ulster Unionist Bruce Mulligan 10.89% 498 539 554.92 555.6 864.6
DUP James Boyle 4.58% 598 713 721.96 722.28 748.76
Ulster Unionist John Shields 12.05% 551 594 610.16 610.78 742.68
Alliance John Hoy 10.69% 489 522 526.88 539.56 570.22
Ulster Unionist Amy Corry* 10.61% 485 514 526.72 527.32  
Ind. Unionist William Ash 4.02% 184        
Ind. Unionist William Alexander 3.59% 164        
Electorate: 12,454   Valid: 4,573 (36.73%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 763   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford 14.05% 635 717 793        
Alliance William Morrow 15.95% 721 725 791        
Vanguard Mary O'Fee* 12.17% 550 565 624 630.6 797.6    
Alliance Thomas Rollins 14.09% 637 643 701 707.6 710.6 711.04 732.16
Ulster Unionist Maisie McMullan 7.19% 325 439 496 519.1 662.1 703.9 709.02
Alliance Jane Copeland 13.96% 631 635 674 676.2 680.2 681.52 691.76
DUP Alan Graham 8.87% 401 413 423 423      
Unionist Party NI Frank Gill 8.16% 369 376          
Ulster Unionist Archibald Pollock 5.55% 251            
Electorate: 9,940   Valid: 4,520 (45.47%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 754   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist John Auld* 24.57% 1,042          
Alliance Keith Jones* 21.72% 921          
Alliance Kenneth Kennedy 12.24% 519 557.4 706.67 769.67    
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bussell 5.99% 254 456.24 458.08 724.08    
UUUP Frederick White 13.98% 593 615.08 615.54 662.25 669.25 678.71
Alliance Susan O'Brien 12.07% 512 524.16 577.06 613.34 654.34 661.82
Unionist Party NI Robert Todd 5.02% 213 227.4 230.16      
Ulster Unionist Henry Clouston 4.41% 187 226.04 227.65      
Electorate: 9,242   Valid: 4,241 (45.89%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 707   Turnout: 4,398 (47.59%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: North Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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