1977 Limavady District Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Limavady Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 6 6 2
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 2 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party
Independent
 United Unionist Alliance
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 8 Decrease 2

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 6 0 Increase6 40.0 38.6 3,987 New
  SDLP 6 2 0 Increase2 40.0 33.2 3,428 Increase3.2
  DUP 2 2 0 Increase2 13.3 13.8 1,423 New
 
Independent
 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 4.8 492 Decrease2.2
  Alliance 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 8.5 874 Decrease2.7
 
Republican Clubs
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.2 121 Decrease2.9

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1977
by district[1]
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

Area A

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

Limavady Area A - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

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

Limavady Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

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

Limavady Area C - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Limavady". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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