1981_North_Down_Borough_Council_election

1981 North Down Borough Council election

Northern Ireland local election

Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 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	6	0	1	1	30.0	25.2	6,132	13.3
DUP	5	4	0	4	25.0	23.7	5,766	15.4
Ulster Unionist	4	0	3	3	20.0	22.6	5,477	4.7
UPUP	3	3	0	3	15.0	17.6	4,272	New
Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	5.0	6.1	1,477	1.7
Unionist Party NI	1	0	0	0	5.0	3.8	892	5.4
PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	270	New

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Alliance		DUP		UUP		UPUP		UPNI		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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