See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1981.
Election Name: | 1981 North Down Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1977 North Down Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1977 |
Next Election: | 1985 North Down Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1985 |
Seats For Election: | All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Party3: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats3: | 4 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Party1: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Seats1: | 6 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Party2: | Democratic Unionist Party |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Party4: | Ulster Popular Unionist Party |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Party5: | Unionist Party of Northern Ireland |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 0 |
Party6: | Independent Unionist |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | 0 |
Party7: | Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party |
Seats7: | 0 |
Seat Change7: | 2 |
Party8: | United Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats8: | 0 |
Seat Change8: | 1 |
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 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.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPNI, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: UPUP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Vanguard
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: UPUP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
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