North Down Area D was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to North Down Borough Council, and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Craigavad, Cultra, Holywood Demesne, Holywood Priory and Loughview. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Holywood DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Gordon Dunne (DUP) | John Auld (UUP) | Ellie McKay (UUP) | Susan O'Brien (Alliance) | Michael Clarke (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | Frederick White (UUUP) | Thomas Bussell (UUP) | Keith Jones (Alliance) | Kenneth Kennedy (Alliance) | ||||||
| 1973 | Ian Kerr (Loyalist) | Kathleen McClure (UUP) | James Shannon (Alliance) | |||||||
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%) | ||||||||||||
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%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Auld | 14.89% | 948 | 959 | 967 | 1,022 | 1,152 | ||||||
| Alliance | Keith Jones | 16.09% | 1,024 | 1,030 | 1,031 | 1,033 | 1,046 | 1,261 | |||||
| Alliance | James Shannon | 14.49% | 922 | 937 | 940 | 953 | 972 | 1,122 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Kathleen McClure | 12.24% | 779 | 785 | 792 | 866 | 942 | 951 | 995 | 1,049.76 | 1,066.76 | ||
| Loyalist | Ian Kerr | 7.24% | 461 | 467 | 652 | 659 | 671 | 677 | 683 | 690.4 | 692.9 | 894.54 | |
| Independent | Henry McCourt | 8.48% | 540 | 573 | 575 | 576 | 578 | 599 | 695 | 696.48 | 729.48 | 881.18 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David McCormick | 7.53% | 479 | 482 | 491 | 549 | 586 | 599 | 627 | 653.64 | 661.14 | ||
| Alliance | John Marks | 6.32% | 402 | 405 | 406 | 411 | 416 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Maurice Davison | 4.27% | 272 | 272 | 275 | 294 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Richard Thompson | 3.66% | 233 | 233 | 235 | ||||||||
| Loyalist | Arthur Millar | 3.33% | 212 | 222 | |||||||||
| Independent | Francis McKeag | 1.46% | 93 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 9,077 Valid: 6,365 (70.12%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 6,478 (71.37%) | |||||||||||||
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