1977 North Down Borough Council election
18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
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 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 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

[1]

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1977
by district
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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      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]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        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. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: North Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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