1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP
Independent
Seats won 5 3 3
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Alliance Ind. Unionist
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 3
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent Nationalist
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 5 1 0 Increase1 31.3 29.4 2,479 Decrease3.9
  DUP 3 2 0 Increase2 18.8 19.2 1,621 Increase11.4
 
Independent
 3 1 1 Steady0 18.8 24.8 2,087 Increase3.5
  SDLP 3 1 0 Increase1 18.8 15.1 1,274 Increase5.8
  Alliance 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 8.3 698 Decrease0.6
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 3.2 270 Decrease18.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Others
Area A 37.6 2 42.5 2 0.0 0 10.2 0 9.7 0 4
Area B 37.1 3 18.1 1 30.6 3 0.0 0 14.2 1 8
Area C 7.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 22.0 0 70.4 3 4
Total 29.4 5 19.2 3 15.1 3 8.3 1 28.0 4 16

Districts results

Area A

1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist joins UUP

Ballymoney Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Robert Halliday 21.05% 430        
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Bamford* 16.10% 329 372 372.36 395.36 411.36
DUP Ralph Stronge 10.96% 224 240 250.68 250.68 443.68
Ulster Unionist Adam Taylor 13.71% 280 372 372.44 372.44 378.24
Alliance Hugh McFarland 10.18% 208 212 212.04 369.04 370.04
DUP David Hanna* 10.47% 214 216 221.6 223.6  
Independent
 Henry McCloy 9.69% 198 198 198    
Ulster Unionist James Taylor 7.83% 160        
Electorate: 4,037   Valid: 2,043 (50.61%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 409   Turnout: 2,118 (52.46%)  

Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: DUP, SDLP and Independent gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP

Ballymoney Area B - 8 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Charles Steele 18.10% 753        
Independent
 Hugh Boyle 14.23% 592        
SDLP Daniel McAlonan 13.84% 576        
Ulster Unionist William Logan* 11.39% 474        
Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston* 8.96% 373 464.68      
SDLP Harry Connolly* 8.82% 367 367 421.6 473.8  
SDLP John Mulholland* 7.95% 331 331.96 384.74 444.34 445.26
Ulster Unionist Patricia Ellis* 7.55% 314 350 355.72 355.72 491.18
Ulster Unionist Robert Chestnutt* 5.65% 235 318.04 326.62 326.62 391.2
Ulster Unionist Ronald McDowell 3.51% 146 224.24 227.1 227.9  
Electorate: 6,951   Valid: 4,161 (59.86%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 463   Turnout: 4,257 (61.24%)  

Area C

1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: No change

Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent
 Robert McComb* 39.33% 875      
Independent
 Mary Holmes* 16.40% 365 526    
Alliance Brendan Smyth* 18.20% 405 440.36 448.72  
Ind. Unionist Frederick Holland* 12.13% 270 326.16 377.08 450.06
Ulster Unionist Samuel Montgomery 7.55% 168 240.8 294.76 343.44
Independent
 Ernest Lee 2.56% 57 93.4 115.44  
Alliance John Greer 3.82% 85 92.28 96.84  
Electorate: 4,382   Valid: 2,225 (50.78%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 446   Turnout: 2,298 (52.44%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymoney". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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