Loading AI tools
Local government election in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 38.6 | 3,987 | New | |
SDLP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 33.2 | 3,428 | 3.2 | |
DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 1,423 | New | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 492 | 2.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 874 | 2.7 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 121 | 2.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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
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%) |
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
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%) |
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
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%) |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.