1977 North Down Borough Council election
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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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Alliance | 7 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 35.0 | 38.5 | 7,364 | ![]() | |
UUP | 7 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 35.0 | 27.3 | 5,220 | ![]() | |
Vanguard | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 10.0 | 7.2 | 1,373 | New | |
Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 5.0 | 9.2 | 1,761 | New | |
DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 5.0 | 8.3 | 1,625 | New | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 5.0 | 3.1 | 593 | New | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1,184 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]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
[edit]Area A
[edit]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)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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 | |
UUP | 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 | ||
UUP | Hugh Irvine | 4.84% | 280 | 286.3 | 304.35 | 415.1 | |||
UUP | 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
[edit]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)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Vanguard | George Green* | 18.00% | 823 | |||||
Alliance | James Magee* | 17.08% | 781 | |||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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 | ||||||
UUP | Archibald Pollock | 5.55% | 251 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,940 Valid: 4,520 (45.47%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 754 Turnout: 4,597 (46.25%) |
Area D
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | John Auld* | 24.57% | 1,042 | ||||||
Alliance | Keith Jones* | 21.72% | 921 | ||||||
Alliance | Kenneth Kennedy | 12.24% | 519 | 557.4 | 706.67 | 769.67 | |||
UUP | 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 | ||||
UUP | 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
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: North Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.