1977_North_Down_Borough_Council_election

1977 North Down Borough Council election

Northern Ireland local election

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.

Quick Facts All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Alliance	7	0	0	0	35.0	38.5	7,364	9.0
Ulster Unionist	7	0	2	2	35.0	27.3	5,220	18.7
Vanguard	2	2	0	2	10.0	7.2	1,373	New
Unionist Party NI	1	1	0	1	5.0	9.2	1,761	New
DUP	1	1	0	1	5.0	8.3	1,625	New
UUUP	1	1	0	1	5.0	3.1	593	New
Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	0	5.0	6.0	1,184	4.8

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Alliance		UUP		Vanguard		UPNI		DUP		UUUP		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

North Down Area D - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)