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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.
| Party | 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 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | DUP | UUP | UPUP | UPNI | Others | ||||||||
| 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 |
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||||||||
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: UPUP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||||||||||
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: UPUP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||||||
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | ||||||||||||
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