1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

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1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Alliance Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 5 5 3
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Unionist Party NI United Loyalist
Loyalist
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party
Independent
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Alliance 5 2 0 Increase2 33.3 30.1 2,957 Increase7.8
  Ulster Unionist 5 0 0 Steady0 33.3 27.5 2,698 Decrease0.8
  DUP 3 3 0 Increase3 20.0 17.6 1,735 New
  United Loyalist 1 0 4 Decrease4 6.7 10.4 1,021 Decrease21.2
  Unionist Party NI 1 1 0 Increase1 0.0 10.1 992 New
  UUUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.4 237 New
 
Independent
 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.9 183 Decrease7.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Alliance UUP DUP UPNI Others
Area A 29.9 2 29.2 2 12.1 0 10.4 0 18.4 1 5
Area B 36.6 2 38.6 2 12.2 1 0.0 0 12.6 0 5
Area C 23.3 1 13.8 1 28.9 2 20.7 1 13.3 0 5
Total 30.1 5 27.5 5 17.6 3 10.1 1 14.7 1 15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from United Loyalist

Carrickfergus Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alliance Joan Tomlin* 22.67% 709              
United Loyalist Charles Johnston* 18.39% 575              
Ulster Unionist Mary Ardill 12.25% 383 387.16 389.77 414.39 476.19 562.19    
Alliance Stewart Dickson 7.26% 227 383 384.89 394.67 399.63 519.97    
Ulster Unionist Robert Hunter 7.45% 233 235.08 236.61 275.96 371.1 458.42 486.15 494.41
DUP Joseph Seaton 12.09% 378 382.42 419.59 423.12 447.11 477.88 479.06 479.06
Unionist Party NI William Johnstone 10.39% 325 335.4 337.83 343.27 363.36      
Ulster Unionist Robert McAllister* 5.31% 166 167.3 169.28 217.16        
Ulster Unionist Edward Simms* 4.19% 131 133.6 135.4          
Electorate: 5,868   Valid: 3,127 (53.29%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 522   Turnout: 3,267 (55.67%)  

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from United Loyalist and Independent

Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alliance Charles Hilditch 21.44% 745            
Ulster Unionist George Armstrong 19.65% 683            
DUP Desmond Scott 12.23% 425 425.22 427.92 453.37 617.37    
Alliance Patrick Conway 7.80% 271 349.1 350.15 367.38 369.75 370.57 617.57
Ulster Unionist Hugh McLean* 11.94% 415 425.56 455.41 493.75 514.72 527.43 557.53
Ulster Unionist David McCune* 7.02% 244 255.44 308.84 332.18 390.68 411.18 447.27
Alliance Alice Bateman 7.37% 256 306.38 309.83 341.35 348.09 351.37  
United Loyalist James Brown 7.28% 253 254.1 260.55 278.77      
Independent
 Elizabeth McMaster 5.27% 183 192.02 195.77        
Electorate: 6,389   Valid: 3,475 (54.39%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 580   Turnout: 3,566 (55.81%)  

Area C

1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPNI gain from United Loyalist (two seats) and Loyalist

Carrickfergus Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Ken McFaul* 24.46% 788            
Unionist Party NI Samuel Murphy 20.71% 667            
DUP John Moore 4.47% 144 313.57 320.17 421.38 430.11 608.11  
Ulster Unionist Samuel Simms* 7.39% 238 242.96 282.16 294.29 493.93 557.93  
Alliance
Sean Neeson
 		12.26% 395 396.55 412.55 414.95 423.06 435.78 444.78
Alliance Alison Lowry 10.99% 354 355.86 374.06 378.46 388.88 398.8 417.8
UUUP Gladys Ritchie* 7.36% 237 270.48 278.68 351.59 369.03    
Ulster Unionist James Penny 6.36% 205 209.34 244.14 253.27      
United Loyalist Ernest Burton* 5.99% 193 220.9 224.9        
Electorate: 6,524   Valid: 3,221 (49.37%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 537   Turnout: 3,376 (51.75%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Carrickfergus". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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