1977 North Down Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 North Down Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 North Down Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 North Down Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent Unionist
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	1
Party8:	Loyalist
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|37.2|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|17.1|1|0.0|0|20.3|1|10.8|0|0.0|0|14.6|1|5|-|align="left"|Area B|27.8|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|18.0|1|0.0|0|13.1|1|0.0|0|7.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|44.0|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|26.8|2|12.2|1|8.2|0|8.9|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|46.0|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|35.0|2|0.0|0|5.0|0|0.0|0|14.0|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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)

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)

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

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