1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|63.3
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 14.9
 * 1
 * 17.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|34.1
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 31.0
 * 2
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area C
 * 26.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|33.5
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 17.2
 * 1
 * 11.5
 * 1
 * 11.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area D
 * 37.2
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|38.9
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 23.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.1
 * 8
 * 28.4
 * 6
 * 19.0
 * 4
 * 3.5
 * 1
 * 11.0
 * 2
 * 21
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 * 1
 * 11.0
 * 2
 * 21
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from United Loyalist, NILP joins Newtownabbey Labour

Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)

Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP