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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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | 7 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 7,364 |  9.0 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 2 |  2 | 35.0 | 27.3 | 5,220 | 18.7 | |
| Vanguard | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 1,373 | New | |
| Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 9.2 | 1,761 | New | |
| DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 1,625 | New | |
| UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 593 | New | |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1,184 | 4.8 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| 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 |
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Hugh Irvine | 4.84% | 280 | 286.3 | 304.35 | 415.1 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Vanguard | George Green * | 18.00% | 823 | |||||
| Alliance | James Magee* | 17.08% | 781 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Archibald Pollock | 5.55% | 251 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,940 Valid: 4,520 (45.47%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 754 Turnout: 4,597 (46.25%) | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Auld* | 24.57% | 1,042 | ||||||
| Alliance | Keith Jones* | 21.72% | 921 | ||||||
| Alliance | Kenneth Kennedy | 12.24% | 519 | 557.4 | 706.67 | 769.67 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||
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