North Down Area D
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.
Councillors
Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
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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) |
1981 Election
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 | |||||||||
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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%) |
1977 Election
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 | ||||||
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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 Election
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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%) |
References
- "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.