1977 Limavady District Council election
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Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 6 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
40.0 | 38.6 | 3,987 | New | |
SDLP | 6 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
40.0 | 33.2 | 3,428 | ![]() | |
DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
13.3 | 13.8 | 1,423 | New | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 4.8 | 492 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
0.0 | 8.5 | 874 | ![]() | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.2 | 121 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | SDLP | DUP | Others | ||||||
Area A | 33.0 | 2 | 43.1 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 10.9 | 0 | 6 |
Area B | 34.4 | 2 | 33.0 | 2 | 12.4 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 5 |
Area C | 48.1 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 15.7 | 1 | 13.2 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 38.6 | 6 | 33.2 | 6 | 13.8 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 15 |
Districts results
[edit]Area A
[edit]1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Michael Nicholas* | 19.43% | 724 | |||||
UUP | Robert Grant* | 14.81% | 552 | |||||
SDLP | Thomas Mullan | 13.55% | 505 | 510 | 630.58 | |||
SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 10.14% | 378 | 378 | 439.36 | 533.86 | ||
UUP | Florence Sloan* | 9.63% | 359 | 368 | 368 | 368.21 | 629.21 | |
DUP | Ernest Murray | 13.04% | 486 | 488 | 488.52 | 488.73 | 542.73 | |
Alliance | James Boylan* | 9.12% | 340 | 383 | 385.6 | 386.65 | 387.65 | |
UUP | Hugh Guthrie | 8.59% | 320 | 323 | 323.26 | 323.26 | ||
Alliance | Stanley Stewart | 1.69% | 63 | |||||
Electorate: 5,044 Valid: 3,727 (73.89%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,840 (76.13%) |
Area B
[edit]1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | David Robinson | 20.62% | 627 | ||||||
SDLP | Raymond Brady* | 17.92% | 545 | ||||||
Independent | Denis Farren* | 16.18% | 492 | 494.47 | 494.85 | 535.85 | |||
UUP | Max Gault* | 11.84% | 360 | 447.02 | 504.09 | 504.09 | 504.09 | 504.69 | |
SDLP | Joseph McLaughlin | 9.40% | 286 | 286.19 | 288.38 | 304.38 | 444.57 | 481.77 | |
DUP | John McKay | 12.43% | 378 | 392.44 | 400.53 | 401.72 | 401.72 | 401.82 | |
SDLP | James Brolly | 5.69% | 173 | 173.19 | 173.38 | 211.38 | |||
Republican Clubs | James McLaughlin | 3.98% | 121 | 121 | 122.19 | ||||
UUP | William Scott | 1.94% | 59 | 72.49 | |||||
Electorate: 5,110 Valid: 3,041 (59.51%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 507 Turnout: 3,175 (62.13%) |
Area C
[edit]1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Barry Doherty | 22.97% | 817 | ||||||
UUP | William Barbour* | 19.23% | 684 | 688 | 690.21 | 1,025.21 | |||
UUP | Ronald Nicholl* | 14.48% | 515 | 521 | 521.68 | 656.85 | 918.17 | ||
DUP | William Norris | 15.72% | 559 | 559 | 559.34 | 588.51 | 618.59 | 747.59 | |
Alliance | William Archibald* | 9.28% | 330 | 449 | 545.22 | 561.22 | 580.02 | 655.02 | |
UUP | Stanley Gault* | 14.37% | 511 | 519 | 519.51 | ||||
Alliance | Brian Brown | 3.96% | 141 | ||||||
Electorate: 5,152 Valid: 3,557 (69.04%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 712 Turnout: 3,689 (71.60%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Limavady". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.