1977 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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 20 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="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|37.2
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 17.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 10.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.6
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 27.8
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 18.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.6
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|44.0
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 26.8
 * 2
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 8.2
 * 0
 * 8.9
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area D
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|46.0
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 35.0
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.5
 * 7
 * 27.3
 * 7
 * 7.2
 * 2
 * 9.2
 * 1
 * 8.3
 * 1
 * 3.1
 * 1
 * 6.4
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * 6.4
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

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

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

1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and DUP gain from Loyalist (two seats)

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

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

1973-1977 Change: Loyalist joins Vanguard

Area D
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