1977 Ards Borough Council election

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1977 Ards Borough Council election
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All 17 seats to Ards Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Alliance DUP
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 3 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party NI Labour SDLP Ind. Unionist
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Seventh party
 
Party Loyalist Coalition
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

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.

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 0 5 Decrease5 35.3 31.8 5,368 Decrease22.7
  Alliance 5 3 0 Increase3 29.4 20.8 3,507 Increase6.0
  DUP 3 3 0 Increase3 17.6 13.8 2,322 New
  NI Labour 1 0 0 Steady0 5.9 8.0 1,349 Increase2.7
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 1 Steady0 0.0 6.2 1,042 Increase2.0
  SDLP 1 0 0 Steady0 5.9 5.7 964 Increase0.1
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 5.8 971 Increase5.8
  Unionist Party NI 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 5.3 886 New
  Vanguard 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.6 277 Decrease5.6
  UUUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.0 170 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Districts results

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