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

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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)

1981 Election

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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

North Down Area D - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP Ellie McKay 21.01% 1,076                
UUP 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  
UUP 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

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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

North Down Area D - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP John Auld* 24.57% 1,042          
Alliance Keith Jones* 21.72% 921          
Alliance Kenneth Kennedy 12.24% 519 557.4 706.67 769.67    
UUP 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      
UUP 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

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1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist

North Down Area D - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
UUP 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        
UUP 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
UUP 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          
UUP Maurice Davison 4.27% 272 272 275 294            
UUP 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

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.