1981 North Down Borough Council election

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1981 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 DUP Ulster Unionist
Seats won 6 5 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 4 Decrease 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UPUP Unionist Party NI Ind. Unionist
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase 3 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Vanguard UUUP
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Alliance 6 0 1 Decrease1 30.0 25.2 6,132 Decrease13.3
  DUP 5 4 0 Increase4 25.0 23.7 5,766 Increase15.4
  Ulster Unionist 4 0 3 Decrease3 20.0 22.6 5,477 Decrease4.7
  UPUP 3 3 0 Increase3 15.0 17.6 4,272 New
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 5.0 6.1 1,477 Increase1.7
  Unionist Party NI 1 0 0 Steady0 5.0 3.8 892 Decrease5.4
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 270 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Alliance DUP UUP UPUP UPNI Others
Area A 26.4 1 19.3 1 18.7 1 7.6 0 10.3 1 17.7 1 5
Area B 15.0 1 36.7 2 11.3 0 29.1 2 0.0 0 7.9 0 5
Area C 31.7 2 21.3 1 23.8 1 23.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Area D 30.1 2 15.3 1 41.1 2 9.9 0 3.5 0 0.0 0 5
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 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills* 17.64% 1,216                  
DUP Raymond Trousdale 10.74% 740 742 744.8 752.9 753.9 794.55 1,356.55      
Ulster Unionist Bruce Mulligan* 10.05% 693 696 701.1 715.35 720.4 784.45 826.3 900.78 1,391.78  
Unionist Party NI William Bailie* 9.50% 655 680 691.2 700.55 707.65 796.95 812.35 860.51 1,036.64 1,218.14
Alliance Donald Hayes 11.78% 812 821 825.95 834.05 984.35 1,023.6 1,024.65 1,034.17 1,053.48 1,092.48
Alliance Jane Copeland 10.30% 710 713 716.15 726.2 856.5 880 888.05 893.65 910.32 932.07
Ulster Unionist George Allport 8.78% 605 609 618.25 631.6 632.75 703.75 728.75 798.19    
DUP Elizabeth Loan 8.59% 592 592 594.6 612.75 612.85 672.45        
UPUP Valerie Kinghan 4.05% 279 284 288.3 448.2 450.25          
Alliance Julian Hamilton 4.32% 298 300 301.1 302.1            
UPUP Margaret McGimpsey 3.58% 247 250 253.4              
Unionist Party NI Dorothy Smith 0.81% 56                  
Electorate: 12,648   Valid: 6,893 (54.50%)   Spoilt: 176   Quota: 1,149   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
UPUP George Green* 17.95% 1,200                      
DUP Wesley Graham 14.54% 972 975 978.99 986.41 1,005.11 1,026.18 1,029.18 1,052.6 1,082.74 1,406.79    
DUP John McCormick 12.28% 821 823 828.18 835.39 857.02 893.23 895.37 909.07 927.49 1,273.82    
Alliance James Magee* 10.96% 733 733 737.76 739.32 761.51 766.51 1,006.58 1,031.91 1,060.17 1,064.31 1,075.31 1,090.78
UPUP Cecil Braniff 4.58% 306 313 324.03 473.79 488.93 561.54 566.68 749.1 782.57 805.92 891.92 980.19
Ulster Unionist Chalmers Quee 5.77% 386 387 393.72 397.42 443.26 455.47 463.89 495.15 771.25 792.67 851.67 906.27
DUP George McMurtry 9.91% 663 667 669.8 674.35 693.71 719.78 721.92 734.34 746.69      
Ulster Unionist Phyllis Brown 5.53% 370 373 376.92 388.69 417.25 429.39 441.46 454.65        
UPUP William Elliott 3.50% 234 236 251.19 273.93 305.42 319.63 325.63          
Alliance Anne Wilson 4.01% 268 268 268.7 269.84 286.26 288.26            
PUP Thomas O'Brien 4.04% 270 272 273.4 276.54 285.75              
Ind. Unionist John Shields* 3.48% 233 235 241.44 246.28                
UPUP James Boyle* 3.04% 203 205 224.39                  
Ind. Unionist William Johnston 0.42% 28                      
Electorate: 14,099   Valid: 6,687 (47.43%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,115   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UPUP Mary O'Fee* 18.28% 1,021              
Alliance William Morrow* 17.17% 959              
DUP Alan Graham 16.24% 929 932.92            
Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford* 16.24% 907 916.36 976.84          
Alliance Brian Wilson 7.95% 444 447.6 454.68 464.68 459.94 460.02 776.08 834.24
Ulster Unionist Terence McKeag 7.56% 422 428.55 471.72 512.72 513.32 514.16 551.04 765.48
UPUP Maisie McMullan* 4.89% 273 324.44 390 392 392.62 393.38 415.78  
Alliance Thomas Rollins* 6.57% 367 370.84 378.84 378.84 391.18 391.18    
DUP George McKinnie 4.71% 263 264.75            
Electorate: 10,215   Valid: 5,585 (54.67%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 931   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay 21.01% 1,076                
Ulster Unionist John Auld* 15.68% 803 887.84              
DUP Gordon Dunne 9.94% 509 524.54 534.96 542.59 804.16 882.16      
Alliance Susan O'Brien 14.20% 727 738.97 741.39 751.81 752.23 764.38 767.89 769.13 841.13
Alliance Michael Clarke 8.26% 423 426.15 429.36 439.2 440.2 457.77 470.11 470.11 799.11
UPUP Frederick White* 7.30% 374 389.75 497.43 552.48 566.11 667.53 686.9 710.46 722.46
Alliance Irene Cave 7.64% 391 396.46 398.46 418.3 419.3 449.29 455.66 458.76  
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bussell* 4.39% 225 288.42 293.68 358.2 369.3        
DUP Edith Cole 5.41% 277 283.72 287.93 297.35          
Unionist Party NI Trevor Boyd 3.53% 181 187.51 191.93            
UPUP Eric Griffith 2.64% 135 139.83              
Electorate: 9,205   Valid: 5,121 (55.63%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 854   Turnout: 5,246 (56.99%)  

References

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