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)
Ards Area A - 7 seats[ 2]
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
UUP
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
UUP
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
UUP
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
UUP
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
UUP
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
UUP
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
Ards Area B - 6 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
NI Labour
Robert Gaw *
14.06%
843
874
DUP
Hugh Boyd
13.01%
780
868
UUP
John Algie *
13.71%
822
861
UUP
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
UUP
Hugh Yeaman
5.24%
314
323
325.1
457.8
UUP
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
Ards Area C - 4 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP
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
UUP
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
UUP
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%)