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Local government election in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 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.
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All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 37.2 | 4,366 | 1.4 | |
SDLP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 4,011 | 1.0 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 1,919 | 2.6 | |
Irish Independence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 643 | New | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 501 | 0.5 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 223 | 6.5 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 63 | 0.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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%) |
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