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Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 5 |  5 | 35.3 | 31.8 | 5,368 | 22.7 | |
| Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 |  3 | 29.4 | 20.8 | 3,507 | 6.0 | |
| DUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 2,322 | New | |
| NI Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 1,349 | 2.7 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 1,042 | 2.0 | |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 964 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 971 | 5.8 | |
| Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 886 | New | |
| Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 277 | 5.6 | |
| UUUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 170 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Alliance | DUP | NILP | SDLP | Others | ||||||||
| Area A | 32.1 | 3 | 23.3 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.7 | 1 | 17.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Area B | 30.1 | 2 | 21.2 | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Area C | 33.8 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 36.6 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 31.8 | 6 | 20.8 | 5 | 13.8 | 3 | 8.0 | 1 | 5.7 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 17 |
1973: 6 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (three seats)
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Alliance | Charles Dunleath | 20.39% | 1,339 | ||||||||||||
| DUP | Joseph Thompson* | 14.94% | 981 | ||||||||||||
| SDLP | Patrick Doherty* | 14.68% | 964 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | William Sheldon | 2.89% | 190 | 568.8 | 571.86 | 600.93 | 601.93 | 607.61 | 612.61 | 629.49 | 636.46 | 796.17 | 896.17 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Scott* | 6.79% | 446 | 453.6 | 467.71 | 468.22 | 471.41 | 480.36 | 491.1 | 500.27 | 672.78 | 674.29 | 823.29 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | William Caughey | 6.87% | 451 | 471.8 | 487.61 | 487.95 | 489.66 | 507.16 | 561.82 | 567.52 | 630.82 | 632.62 | 692.58 | 706.58 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Ambrose | 4.37% | 287 | 294.6 | 320.1 | 320.61 | 335.46 | 373.95 | 437.32 | 535.52 | 565.02 | 575.44 | 626.94 | 647.94 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Oliver Johnston* | 7.01% | 460 | 466.4 | 475.41 | 475.92 | 477.09 | 480.28 | 493.12 | 497.8 | 529.42 | 531.42 | 566.01 | 578.01 | |
| Unionist Party NI | Michael Long | 5.65% | 371 | 401.4 | 406.67 | 407.69 | 408.09 | 411.77 | 421.11 | 451.85 | 477.96 | 499.54 | |||
| Independent | James McMullan | 4.77% | 313 | 343.8 | 343.97 | 446.14 | 446.14 | 447.71 | 449.91 | 453.1 | 454.27 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Henry Cosbey* | 4.69% | 308 | 316 | 325.69 | 326.03 | 327.2 | 333.61 | 343.69 | 346.77 | |||||
| Independent | Francis McMaster | 1.95% | 128 | 133.2 | 142.72 | 144.76 | 175.45 | 207.96 | 218.98 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Keag | 2.41% | 158 | 166 | 172.97 | 173.99 | 179.84 | 193.41 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Robert Mason | 1.55% | 102 | 108.4 | 150.56 | 150.73 | 169.78 | ||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Vera Shaw | 1.04% | 68 | 71.2 | 83.1 | 83.1 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 13,817 Valid: 6,566 (47.52%) Spoilt: 227 Quota: 821 Turnout: 6,793 (49.16%) | |||||||||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| NI Labour | Robert Gaw* | 14.06% | 843 | 874 | |||||
| DUP | Hugh Boyd | 13.01% | 780 | 868 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Algie* | 13.71% | 822 | 861 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Boal | 6.36% | 381 | 415 | 418.5 | 512.5 | 774.5 | 852.2 | |
| Alliance | Herbert Gallagher | 10.94% | 656 | 667 | 669.8 | 685.8 | 720.8 | 813.5 | |
| Alliance | Owen Dorrian* | 10.23% | 613 | 621 | 621 | 626 | 638.7 | 802.4 | |
| Unionist Party NI | Cecilia Cooke* | 8.59% | 515 | 536 | 537.4 | 562.4 | 649.1 | 733.5 | |
| NI Labour | William Allen | 8.44% | 506 | 515 | 520.6 | 541.3 | 567.3 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Hugh Yeaman | 5.24% | 314 | 323 | 325.1 | 457.8 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Spratt | 4.80% | 288 | 302 | 303.4 | ||||
| Vanguard | Robert Brown* | 4.62% | 277 | ||||||
| Electorate: 15,342 Valid: 5,995 (39.08%) Spoilt: 232 Quota: 857 Turnout: 6,227 (40.59%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Hamilton McKeag* | 19.16% | 823 | 842 | 869 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | John Shields | 12.11% | 520 | 542 | 552 | 558 | 585 | 639 | 1,049 | |||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 10.43% | 448 | 451 | 452 | 687 | 706 | 779 | 824 | 917.84 | ||
| DUP | Thomas Gourley | 13.06% | 561 | 578 | 701 | 701 | 716 | 747 | 768 | 796.56 | 804.96 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Harold Porter | 8.10% | 348 | 350 | 352 | 356 | 540 | 611 | 681 | 744.92 | 793.92 | |
| Independent | James Middleton | 9.73% | 418 | 434 | 442 | 452 | 482 | 584 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | James Caughey* | 8.20% | 352 | 359 | 363 | 365 | 379 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Adela Hamilton | 6.57% | 282 | 284 | 291 | 292 | ||||||
| Alliance | Alice Rudnitzky | 6.08% | 261 | 264 | 265 | |||||||
| UUUP | William Dempster | 3.77% | 170 | 187 | ||||||||
| Independent | Arthur Spence | 2.61% | 112 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 9,514 Valid: 4,295 (45.14%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 860 Turnout: 4,415 (46.41%) | ||||||||||||
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