1981_Ards_Borough_Council_election

1981 Ards Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 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.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	7	4	0	4	41.2	37.1	8,120	23.3
Ulster Unionist	3	0	3	3	17.6	21.7	4,759	10.1
Alliance	3	0	2	2	17.6	12.3	2,692	8.5
UPUP	2	2	0	0	11.8	12.9	2,816	New
NI Labour	1	0	0	0	5.9	6.5	1,424	1.5
SDLP	1	0	0	0	5.9	4.3	942	1.4
Ind. Unionist	0	0	1	1	0.0	4.8	311	1.7
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.3	738	5.3
Unionist Party NI	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	112	4.8

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		UPUP		NILP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	32.0	2	24.7	2	9.6	1	14.3	1	0.0	0	11.9	1	7.5	0	7
Area B	40.2	3	14.1	0	12.6	1	16.0	1	17.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	6
Area C	39.5	2	28.8	1	15.5	1	6.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	10.1	0	4
Total	37.1	7	21.7	3	12.3	3	12.9	2	6.5	1	4.3	1	5.2	0	17

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UPUP	Gladys McIntyre	13.04%	1,034
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Ambrose*	7.68%	609	610	627.04	653.64	692.04	747.52	758.64	1,021.64
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty*	11.88%	942	942.04	942.04	943.12	943.12	943.12	961.16	965.2	1,347.2
	DUP	Joseph Thompson*	11.57%	917	918.32	923.44	950.76	954.8	960.92	960.92	974.16	976.24	981.24
	Alliance	William Sheldon*	5.39%	427	427.44	436.44	439.64	448.68	453.8	730.44	764.76	820.84	974.84
	DUP	Oliver Johnston	11.04%	875	876.68	882.84	890.68	901.92	920.16	923.2	952.72	954.72	958.72
	Ulster Unionist	John Scott*	6.88%	545	548.48	576.72	592.08	633.6	758.12	790.32	878.6	882.84	886.84
	DUP	Jim Shannon	9.35%	741	743.04	744.08	754.52	760.56	763.68	768.72	796.92	798.08	807.08
	Independent	James McMullan	6.07%	481	481.64	484.64	486.68	486.68	488.68	492.68	495.72
	Ulster Unionist	William Caughey*	4.28%	339	339.72	346.84	358.12	420.56	483.28	491.4
	Alliance	Alan Burnside	4.25%	337	337.36	341.36	346.16	348.2	367.36
	Ulster Unionist	James Kennett	3.27%	259	260	271.08	278.6	307.92
	Ulster Unionist	David Hamilton	2.64%	209	209.8	210.96	215.36
	UPUP	Frances Millar	1.26%	100	125.48	140.96
	Unionist Party NI	Michael Long	1.41%	112	113.52
Electorate: 14,228 Valid: 7,927 (55.71%) Spoilt: 235 Quota: 991 Turnout: 8,162 (57.37%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Hugh Boyd*	20.16%	1,681
	NI Labour	Robert Gaw*	15.71%	1,310
	DUP	John Elliott	8.03%	670	1,036.27	1,044.46	1,066.06	1,070.82	1,084.82	1,093.18	1,113.92	1,141.51	1,182.71
	DUP	Simpson Gibson	12.05%	1,005	1,067.06	1,071.02	1,083.75	1,086.93	1,100.93	1,105.93	1,125.96	1,138.81	1,167.29
	Alliance	Owen Dorrian*	9.41%	784	786.61	803.89	835.65	838.65	841.19	1,059.78	1,086.68	1,108.78	1,154.96
	UPUP	Robert Brown	6.09%	508	538.16	545.72	552.61	559.17	566.46	575.73	686.73	724.76	1,136.69
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Patton	4.59%	383	387.35	392.57	396.65	485.84	558.85	570.57	599.14	1,004.54	1,078.36
	UPUP	James Murray	5.61%	468	471.77	478.61	486.76	493.85	499.12	505.84	660.55	686.21
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Hamilton	5.49%	458	465.54	469.68	475.02	502.29	558.03	569.21	593.6
	UPUP	Hugh Yeaman	4.32%	360	362.9	368.03	374.92	379.3	388.93	397.58
	Alliance	James Murphy	3.24%	270	270.29	273.53	286.5	289.59	294.86
	Ulster Unionist	Edward McLoughlin	1.99%	166	166.87	169.03	174.66	192.2
	Ulster Unionist	William Speers	1.94%	162	163.45	165.7	168.51
	NI Labour	John Gray	1.37%	114	115.16	164.12
Electorate: 16,070 Valid: 8,339 (51.89%) Spoilt: 310 Quota: 1,192 Turnout: 8,649 (53.82%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Thomas Gourley*	26.19%	1,479
	Ulster Unionist	Hamilton McKeag*	19.16%	1,082	1,099.02	1,111.71	1,201.71
	DUP	John Hamilton	13.31%	752	1,041.8	1,057.72	1,082.41	1,087.33	1,112.61	1,187.61
	Alliance	Jim McBriar*	9.31%	526	528.76	535.22	541.22	547.78	559.01	598.88	902.72	908.72	1,113.72
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Brown	5.91%	334	339.52	356.75	416.05	466.89	481.12	551.78	571.78	595.78	753.78
	Ind. Unionist	John Shields*	5.51%	311	314.68	317.68	325.14	327.6	499.62	540.9	570.59	584.59
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter	6.16%	348	350.53	353.53	362.53	362.53	377.53	388.99
	UPUP	Robert McKee	3.93%	222	226.14	294.6	303.52	307.62	317.62
	Independent	James Middleton	4.20%	237	240.22	247.22	255.45	257.91
	Ulster Unionist	James Caughey	3.77%	213	217.83	224.83
	UPUP	Shirley McWhinney	2.20%	124	126.07
	Independent	Thomas Adair	0.35%	20	20.69
Electorate: 9,936 Valid: 5,648 (56.84%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,130 Turnout: 5,816 (58.53%)