1977 Armagh District Council election
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Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45.0 | 38.8 | 8,116 | 6.6 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 30.3 | 6,341 | 7.6 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 2,665 | 1.5 | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 932 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 839 | 4.0 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1,332 | 1.4 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 507 | 2.3 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 169 | 4.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | UUUP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 37.2 | 2 | 33.2 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 47.1 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 6 |
Area C | 36.9 | 2 | 51.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 30.5 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 38.8 | 9 | 30.3 | 7 | 12.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 13.6 | 1 | 20 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Douglas Hutchinson* | 23.00% | 821 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Huey* | 19.27% | 688 | 785 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 17.93% | 640 | 738 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis McIlvanna | 17.70% | 632 | 633 | 650 | 651 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis Kernan | 15.49% | 553 | 561 | 598 | 605 | |
UUUP | Noel Lyttle | 6.61% | 236 | ||||
Electorate: 5,767 Valid: 3,570 (61.90%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 715 Turnout: 3,792 (65.75%) |
Area B[edit]
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Henning* | 16.55% | 1,177 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Seamus Mallon* | 15.35% | 1,092 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Black* | 15.14% | 1,077 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William McClelland | 13.51% | 961 | 1,044.85 | |||||||
UUUP | Francis Little | 7.79% | 554 | 561.93 | 562.23 | 572.43 | 659.79 | 662.24 | 977.33 | 988.36 | |
Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers | 9.86% | 701 | 727.39 | 727.49 | 729.49 | 745.3 | 754.15 | 807.96 | 895.12 | |
Ulster Unionist | George Parks | 7.21% | 513 | 539.65 | 539.85 | 544.5 | 555.78 | 572.53 | 622.83 | 794.32 | |
Alliance | James McAfee | 4.37% | 311 | 311.91 | 360.31 | 360.51 | 361.51 | 530.1 | 530.1 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Mervyn Spratt | 5.58% | 397 | 398.69 | 398.69 | 430.34 | 454.26 | 455.46 | |||
Alliance | Christina Glendinning | 2.64% | 188 | 190.6 | 210.7 | 211.5 | 214.65 | ||||
UUUP | David Robb | 2.00% | 142 | 143.43 | 143.43 | 147.03 | |||||
Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 7,113 (67.24%) Spoilt: 257 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,370 (69.67%) |
Area C[edit]
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Eleanor Boyd | 23.24% | 1,153 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Fegan* | 19.27% | 956 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | James McKernan | 17.66% | 876 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 13.71% | 680 | 985.08 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Joseph Fullerton | 14.82% | 735 | 737.61 | 741.09 | 851.13 | |
Alliance | Eugene Connolly* | 11.31% | 561 | 575.21 | 691.5 | 708.3 | |
Electorate: 7,216 Valid: 4,961 (68.75%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 827 Turnout: 5,241 (72.63%) |
Area D[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Armstrong* | 19.17% | 1,008 | |||||||||
Independent Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 15.96% | 839 | 839.78 | 866.91 | 866.91 | 896.91 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Oliver Tobin* | 13.05% | 686 | 686 | 711 | 712.13 | 784.52 | 981.52 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Norman Creswell* | 7.51% | 395 | 481.84 | 485.84 | 697.65 | 807.47 | 808.47 | 1,124.47 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Brannigan | 9.76% | 513 | 513.78 | 528.78 | 531.78 | 555.91 | 658.04 | 660.3 | 673.3 | 765.7 | |
Republican Clubs | Patrick Houlahan | 9.64% | 507 | 507 | 546 | 547 | 553 | 582 | 583.39 | 590.39 | 602.39 | |
Democratic Unionist | Letitia McClenaghan | 7.04% | 370 | 374.42 | 374.55 | 385.72 | 394.24 | 394.24 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | James McAvinchey | 5.67% | 298 | 298.26 | 317.26 | 318.26 | 339.39 | |||||
Alliance | Norah Dawson | 5.17% | 272 | 274.73 | 302.99 | 309.03 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Mercer* | 3.80% | 200 | 233.41 | 237.54 | |||||||
Independent Labour | Paddy Grimes | 3.21% | 169 | 169.65 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,619 Valid: 5,257 (60.99%) Spoilt: 240 Quota: 877 Turnout: 5,497 (63.78%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.