# 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) |
| 1981 | Gordon Dunne (DUP) | John Auld (UUP) | Ellie McKay (UUP) | Susan O'Brien (Alliance) | Michael Clarke (Alliance) |
| 1977 | Frederick White (UUUP) | John Auld (UUP) | Thomas Bussell (UUP) | Keith Jones (Alliance) | Kenneth Kennedy (Alliance) |
| 1973 | Ian Kerr (Loyalist) | John Auld (UUP) | Kathleen McClure (UUP) | Keith Jones (Alliance) | 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
North Down Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
North Down Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||||||