1981 Limavady District Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 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 5 2
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Irish Independence
Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 0 0 Steady0 40.0 37.2 4,366 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 5 0 1 Decrease1 33.3 34.2 4,011 Increase1.0
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 16.4 1,919 Increase2.6
  Irish Independence 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 5.5 643 New
 
Independent
 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 4.3 501 Decrease0.5
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.0 223 Decrease6.5
 
Republican Clubs
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 63 Decrease0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP IIP Others
Area A 32.9 2 50.3 3 16.7 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
Area B 33.7 2 24.5 1 8.2 0 17.9 1 15.7 1 5
Area C 44.2 2 27.5 1 23.0 1 0.0 0 5.3 0 4
Total 37.2 6 34.2 5 16.4 2 5.5 1 6.7 1 15

Districts results

Area A

1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change

Limavady Area A - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SDLP Arthur Doherty* 18.60% 727    
SDLP Roy King 17.35% 678    
DUP Ernest Murray* 16.73% 654    
UUP Robert Grant* 14.41% 563    
SDLP Thomas Mullan* 14.38% 562    
UUP Stanley Gault 11.11% 434 453 464
UUP James Gilfillan 7.42% 290 303 317
Electorate: 5,076   Valid: 3,908 (76.99%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 559   Turnout: 3,986 (78.53%)  

Area B

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from SDLP

Limavady Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP David Robinson* 24.56% 883              
SDLP Lawrence Hegarty 15.88% 571 571.32 591.32 592.32 613.32      
UUP Max Gault* 9.15% 329 554.28 554.28 569.28 569.28 569.28 805.28  
Independent
 Denis Farren* 13.94% 501 504.52 510.52 511.52 518.84 535.84 545.88 559.88
Irish Independence Sean McCloskey 8.87% 319 319.96 329.96 329.96 383.96 537.96 537.96 537.96
SDLP James Brolly 8.62% 310 310 319 320.64 325.64 372.64 373.64 375.64
DUP Alex Fulton 6.12% 220 256.8 256.8 324.32 324.32 324.32    
Irish Independence George McCormick 5.48% 197 197 203 203 237      
Irish Independence Andrew Murphy 3.53% 127 127.96 138.96 138.96        
DUP John McKay 2.09% 75 87.48 87.48          
Republican Clubs
 Jerry Mullan 1.75% 63 63.32            
Electorate: 5,007   Valid: 3,595 (71.80%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 600   Turnout: 3,715 (74.20%)  

Area C

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change

Limavady Area C - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP William Norris* 17.26% 729 776 938      
SDLP Barry Doherty* 15.46% 653 654 689 689 1,222  
UUP William Barbour* 14.73% 622 625 679 717.34 721.34 773.34
UUP William Cooke 15.39% 650 655 699 724.56 727.56 753.56
UUP John Dolan 14.09% 595 598 628 655.69 659.4 680.4
SDLP Geraldine Kearney 12.08% 510 510 559 559.71    
Alliance Francis Parkinson 5.28% 223 223        
DUP George Robinson 3.15% 133 182        
DUP Arthur Reid 2.56% 108          
Electorate: 5,426   Valid: 4,223 (77.83%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 845   Turnout: 4,287 (79.01%)  

References

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