1977 Magherafelt District Council election

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1977 Magherafelt District Council election
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All 15 seats to Magherafelt District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party
Republican Clubs
 UUUP Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady0 Increase 1 Steady0
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Vanguard United Loyalist
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 1 Decrease1 33.3 35.1 5,451 Increase2.9
  Ulster Unionist 4 1 2 Decrease1 26.7 20.1 3,127 Decrease9.0
  DUP 3 3 0 Increase3 20.0 18.7 2,897 New
 
Republican Clubs
 1 0 0 Steady0 0.0 8.5 1,323 Decrease0.6
  UUUP 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 6.3 972 New
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 4.4 685 Decrease0.8
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 4.7 727 Increase0.1
  Unionist Party NI 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 181 New
  Vanguard 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 165 Decrease5.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP
RC
 UUUP Others
Area A 47.8 2 26.2 2 10.0 0 17.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Area B 21.5 1 24.5 2 14.8 1 9.1 0 10.1 1 20.0 1 5
Area C 36.5 2 10.2 1 31.4 2 0.0 0 8.4 0 13.5 0 5
Total 35.1 5 20.1 4 18.7 3 8.5 1 6.3 1 11.3 1 15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from SDLP

Magherafelt Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Philip Bradley* 24.87% 1,243          
Republican Clubs
 Francis Donnelly* 11.20% 560 619.4 682.76 844.92    
Ulster Unionist Francis Thompson 13.07% 653 653 654 654 654 927
SDLP Patrick Sweeney* 13.81% 690 789 806.08 830.32 832.48 832.48
Ulster Unionist John Henning 13.13% 656 656.72 656.72 656.72 657.08 827.24
SDLP Francis McKendry 9.10% 455 674.24 676.24 689.92 692.44 693.52
DUP Phyllis Charlton 8.98% 449 455.12 455.12 455.12 455.12  
Republican Clubs
 Kevin Murphy 3.86% 193 213.52 225.88      
Republican Clubs
 Peter Merron 1.98% 99 100.8        
Electorate: 6,853   Valid: 4,998 (72.93%)   Spoilt: 285   Quota: 834   Turnout: 5,283 (77.09%)  

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gain from UUP and Vanguard

Magherafelt Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP Matthew Hyndman 14.81% 768 809 812 812 812 960            
Independent Nationalist Vincent O'Neill* 13.21% 685 685 698 712 753 753 753 912        
Ulster Unionist Thomas Kelso* 11.27% 584 647 667 667 667 713 726 727 986      
UUUP Robert Overend 10.13% 525 545 597 597 597 686 760.75 761.75 914.75      
SDLP Patrick Scullion* 9.82% 509 509 530 568 602 602 602 651 654 658 661 685.96
SDLP John Madden 7.29% 378 379 388 405 566 566 566 626 630 637 639 660.32
Ulster Unionist Robert Shiels 7.35% 381 393 414 414 414 451 456.85 461.85        
Republican Clubs
 Murty Dorrity 5.42% 281 283 289 397 402 402 402          
Ulster Unionist David Porte 5.90% 306 321 326 328 328              
SDLP Frank McWilliams 4.38% 227 227 234 243                
Republican Clubs
 Michael Scullion 3.67% 190 190 198                  
Alliance Thomas Smyth 3.57% 185 190                    
Vanguard Ian Davidson* 3.18% 165                      
Electorate: 6,757   Valid: 5,184 (76.72%)   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 865   Turnout: 5,376 (79.56%)  

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, United Loyalist joins DUP

Magherafelt Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP William McCrea* 24.73% 1,322              
SDLP Michael O'Neill* 14.65% 783 783 791 791 793 1,012    
SDLP William Conaghan 15.23% 814 814.32 819.32 820.32 820.32 920.32    
DUP George Miller 6.70% 358 665.2 665.54 682.84 772.04 772.04 772.04 980.04
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bradley* 10.23% 547 575.8 578.8 657.12 686.88 686.88 689.88 839.36
Alliance Wilfred Brennan 8.75% 468 474.08 519.4 551.4 555.04 570.04 670.04 697.88
UUUP Robert Ditty 4.86% 260 294.88 294.88 333.84 434.92 435.92 435.92  
SDLP Joseph Walls 6.58% 352 352 358 358 362      
UUUP Ruby Speer 3.50% 187 227.96 227.96 234.28        
Unionist Party NI William Galway* 3.39% 181 182.92 182.92          
Alliance George Logue 1.38% 74 74.64            
Electorate: 7,307   Valid: 5,346 (73.16%)   Spoilt: 272   Quota: 892   Turnout: 5,618 (76.89%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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