1977 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Elections to Craigavon 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 25 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
40.0 | 31.4 | 8,827 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 6 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
24.0 | 23.4 | 6,595 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
16.0 | 17.3 | 4,871 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
12.0 | 11.3 | 3,173 | ![]() | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.0 | 6.8 | 1,907 | New | |
Republican Clubs | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.0 | 5.6 | 1,578 | ![]() | |
Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 4 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.1 | 599 | ![]() | |
Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.5 | 426 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.6 | 167 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | UUUP | RC | Others | |||||||||
Area A | 14.5 | 1 | 45.9 | 3 | 12.8 | 0 | 10.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area B | 38.2 | 3 | 17.3 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 17.9 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 |
Area C | 21.5 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 9.7 | 1 | 10.8 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 6 |
Area D | 46.0 | 4 | 8.9 | 0 | 26.0 | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 31.4 | 10 | 23.4 | 6 | 17.3 | 4 | 11.3 | 3 | 6.8 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 25 |
Districts results
[edit]Area A
[edit]1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and Republican Clubs gain from Alliance and DUP, Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | James McDonald* | 18.68% | 1,013 | ||||||
SDLP | Sean McCavanagh | 16.56% | 898 | 964.4 | |||||
Republican Clubs | Malachy McGurran | 16.00% | 868 | 875.5 | 877.5 | 882.72 | 1,072.72 | ||
SDLP | Patrick Crilly* | 10.71% | 581 | 595.6 | 596.7 | 646.83 | 916.83 | ||
UUP | James Gillespie | 8.19% | 444 | 444.5 | 723.6 | 723.6 | 751.69 | 767.69 | |
DUP | Frederick Baird* | 12.83% | 696 | 696.2 | 737.6 | 737.6 | 740.97 | 742.97 | |
Alliance | Donnell Deeny* | 10.75% | 583 | 591.3 | 601.4 | 605.27 | |||
UUP | Eric McKeown | 6.29% | 341 | 341.8 | |||||
Electorate: 8,541 Valid: 5,424 (63.51%) Spoilt: 321 Quota: 905 Turnout: 5,745 (67.26%) |
Area B
[edit]1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Vanguard (two seats), Independent Unionist joins UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
UUP | Herbert Whitten* | 25.60% | 1,863 | ||||||||||||
UUP | John Wright* | 6.28% | 457 | 919.57 | |||||||||||
UUP | Alan Locke* | 6.32% | 460 | 779.66 | 808.21 | 812.76 | 834.33 | 931.33 | |||||||
DUP | Gladys McCullough | 7.50% | 546 | 562.83 | 565.83 | 593.34 | 682.91 | 712.03 | 910.03 | ||||||
SDLP | Daniel Murphy | 11.05% | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 1,203 | |||||
Alliance | Sean Hagan* | 11.31% | 823 | 827.08 | 834.08 | 835.08 | 841.08 | 850.08 | 854.08 | 900.08 | 1,130.63 | ||||
Alliance | William Ramsay* | 6.64% | 483 | 511.56 | 511.56 | 516.56 | 525.56 | 559.17 | 570.25 | 577.25 | 637.28 | 788.66 | 797.66 | 800.42 | |
DUP | James Forsythe | 6.84% | 498 | 508.71 | 510.22 | 519.73 | 561.81 | 605.95 | 782.21 | 783.21 | 784.08 | 784.08 | 795.96 | 798.19 | |
SDLP | Mary Mackle | 6.28% | 457 | 457 | 457 | 458 | 458 | 458 | 459 | ||||||
DUP | William Stothers | 4.75% | 346 | 364.36 | 364.36 | 376.87 | 400.91 | 424.48 | |||||||
Vanguard | Samuel McCammick* | 2.90% | 211 | 245.68 | 274.7 | 279.21 | 292.74 | ||||||||
UUUP | John Lyttle | 1.98% | 144 | 159.3 | 163.81 | 231.34 | |||||||||
UUUP | James McBratney | 1.80% | 131 | 137.12 | 139.12 | ||||||||||
Vanguard | William Lappin | 0.74% | 54 | 58.59 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 12,358 Valid: 7,277 (58.88%) Spoilt: 390 Quota: 910 Turnout: 7,667 (62.04%) |
Area C
[edit]1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
SDLP | Hugh News* | 15.90% | 1,194 | ||||||||||||
SDLP | Robert McEvoy | 8.99% | 675 | 735.5 | 741.2 | 790 | 790 | 792 | 807.5 | 817.1 | 1,082.9 | ||||
UUP | Frank Dale* | 11.37% | 854 | 854 | 854 | 854 | 870 | 966 | 966 | 974 | 974 | 1,088 | |||
DUP | Ronald Williamson | 9.67% | 726 | 726 | 726 | 726 | 741 | 747 | 747 | 748 | 748 | 798 | 832 | 1,175 | |
UUP | Mary Simpson | 7.07% | 531 | 531 | 538 | 538 | 539.1 | 634.1 | 634.1 | 634.1 | 634.1 | 719.1 | 946.1 | 1,069.1 | |
Alliance | Brian English | 6.01% | 451 | 453.6 | 519.7 | 530.8 | 534.8 | 543.8 | 543.8 | 773.1 | 787.3 | 802.3 | 965.5 | 974.5 | |
Republican Clubs | Patrick O'Malley | 6.02% | 452 | 464.3 | 465.5 | 490.1 | 490.1 | 490.1 | 738 | 746.4 | 796 | 796 | 796 | 798 | |
UUUP | William Cooper | 5.10% | 383 | 383 | 385 | 387 | 512 | 518 | 518 | 521 | 521 | 563 | 592 | ||
Unionist Party NI | Florence Woodman | 5.67% | 426 | 426.3 | 438.3 | 438.3 | 445.3 | 454.3 | 454.3 | 456.4 | 456.4 | 491.4 | |||
Vanguard | Frederick Crowe* | 4.45% | 334 | 334 | 336 | 336 | 355 | 358 | 358 | 360 | 360 | ||||
SDLP | Virginia King | 3.58% | 269 | 300.2 | 301.3 | 336.9 | 336.9 | 336.9 | 341.6 | 357 | |||||
Alliance | William Blanton | 3.26% | 245 | 246.5 | 263.6 | 281.2 | 287.2 | 290.2 | 293.2 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Roger Monteith | 3.44% | 258 | 260.2 | 260.4 | 280.8 | 281.8 | 282.8 | |||||||
UUP | James Glenn | 3.01% | 226 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 235 | ||||||||
UUUP | Robert Anderson | 2.69% | 202 | 202.1 | 203.1 | 203.1 | |||||||||
Independent | Hugh Casey | 2.22% | 167 | 172.2 | 172.3 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Michael Stevenson | 1.56% | 117 | 118.5 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 13,624 Valid: 7,510 (55.12%) Spoilt: 325 Quota: 1,073 Turnout: 7,835 (57.51%) |
Area D
[edit]1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | David Calvert* | 13.63% | 1,081 | |||||||
UUUP | Philip Black* | 10.68% | 847 | 969 | 1,011 | |||||
UUP | James Baird* | 11.54% | 915 | 928 | 933 | 937 | 1,016 | |||
DUP | Thomas Willey* | 8.55% | 678 | 703 | 922 | 989.76 | 994.76 | |||
UUP | Sydney Cairns* | 10.55% | 837 | 849 | 874 | 880.64 | 927.64 | 1,197.64 | ||
UUP | Eric Crozier | 8.94% | 709 | 715 | 720 | 723.12 | 791.28 | 917.6 | 998.94 | |
UUP | Thomas Creith* | 8.62% | 684 | 687 | 689 | 690.76 | 765.76 | 876 | 997.52 | |
SDLP | Brid Rodgers | 8.88% | 704 | 704 | 704 | 704.08 | 802.16 | 808.16 | 810.12 | |
UUP | Thomas Megarrell* | 6.38% | 506 | 511 | 520 | 521.52 | 565.52 | |||
Alliance | Charles Phillips | 5.94% | 471 | 472 | 472 | 472.32 | ||||
DUP | Harold Glass | 3.78% | 300 | 313 | ||||||
UUUP | John Dummigan | 2.52% | 200 | |||||||
Electorate: 13,004 Valid: 7,932 (61.00%) Spoilt: 366 Quota: 992 Turnout: 8,298 (63.81%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.