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1977 Ards Borough Council election

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.

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.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
6	0	5	5	35.3	31.8	5,368	22.7
5	3	0	3	29.4	20.8	3,507	6.0
3	3	0	3	17.6	13.8	2,322	New
1	0	0	0	5.9	8.0	1,349	2.7
1	1	1	0	0.0	6.2	1,042	2.0
1	0	0	0	5.9	5.7	964	0.1
0	0	0	0	0.0	5.8	971	5.8
0	0	0	0	0.0	5.3	886	New
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	277	5.6
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	170	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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)

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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	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

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