1977 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in May 1977.

1977 Northern Ireland local elections

← 1973 18 May 1977 1981 →
All seats to 26 local authorities
First party Second party   SDL Leader Harry West Gerry Fitt Party UUP SDLP Seats won 176 113 Seat change 18 31 Popular vote 166,971 114,775 Percentage 30.0% 20.6% Swing 13.0% 7.2%   Third party Fourth party   APNI Leader Ian Paisley Oliver Napier Party DUP Alliance Seats won 74 70 Seat change 53 7 Popular vote 70,670 80,282 Percentage 12.8% 14.4% Swing 8.7% 0.7%
Council control Party with the most seats Party with the most first preference votes by DEA (darker colour indicates majority of first preference votes)

The elections saw good performances by the four largest parties: the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), while smaller parties failed to make a breakthrough. The DUP took control of their first council, Ballymena, while the UUP retained control of Banbridge. The SDLP lost control of Magherafelt, their only council.^[1]

Results

Overall

Party[2]		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
	UUP	176	-18	30.0	166,971
	SDLP	113	+31	20.6	114,775
	Alliance	70	+7	14.4	80,282
	DUP	74	+53	12.8	70,670
	Independent	42	-10	7.6	42,841
	UUUP	12	N/A	2.8	15,831
	Republican Clubs	6	-2	2.6	14,277
	Unionist Party NI	6	N/A	2.5	13,691
	Ind. Unionist	10	-16	1.7	9,202
	Vanguard	5	-5	1.5	8,135
	Unity	2	-4	1.0	5,528
	NI Labour	1	-3	0.8	4,960
	Nationalist	4	0	0.5	2,836
	Independent Loyalist	2	-14	0.3	2,534
	Independent Community	1	-2	0.3	1,731
	British Ulster Dominion	0	N/A	0.1	644
	United Ratepayer	1	N/A	0.1	635
	Independent Labour	1	+1	0.1	484
	Independent Ratepayer	0	0	0.1	321
	Ind. Nationalist	0	0	0.0	227
	Communist	0	0	0.0	115
	Independent Socialist	0	N/A	0.0	107

By council

Antrim

Antrim A[3][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	James Graham	1,018
	Independent	John Heffron	679
	Independent	Gerard Berry	542
	DUP	Stewart Dunlop	499
	Independent	James Marrion	365
	DUP	James Brown	360
	Independent	John McKeever	290
	Alliance	Patrick Gribben	225
	UUP	Samuel Getty	168
	UUP	Moira Marshall	91
Turnout			4,400
No change

Antrim B[3][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Thomas Wallace	459
	UUP	James Cunningham	446
	Alliance	John McCourt	394
	UUP	George Dundas	306
	UUP	William Jones	270
	DUP	Allister Lucas	266
	UUP	Alexander Wilson	245
	Alliance	George Luke	236
	DUP	John Patterson	217
Turnout			2,966
	DUP gain from UUP

Antrim C[3][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Charles Kinahan	825
	UUP	Jack Allen	801
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop	540
	UUP	Samuel McCombe	416
	UUP	James Craig	323
	Alliance	Florence McLernon	301
	Vanguard	James Clarke	299
	DUP	William McCormick	282
	Independent	Peter Neish	271
	Independent	Eileen Lagan	219
	British Ulster Dominion Party	David Gregg	136
	Independent	Liam McCabe	116
	Independent	Martin Hanna	82
	British Ulster Dominion Party	Samuel Ferson	69
Turnout			4,897
	DUP gain from Vanguard

Ards

Ards A[5][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Charles Dunleath	1,339
	DUP	Joseph Thompson	981
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty	964
	UUP	Oliver Johnston	460
	UUP	William Caughey	451
	UUP	John Scott	446
	Unionist Party NI	Michael Long	371
	Independent	James McMullan	313
	UUP	Henry Cosbey	308
	UUP	Robert Ambrose	287
	Alliance	William Sheldon	190
	UUP	William Keag	158
	Independent	Francis McMaster	128
	Independent Protestant Loyalist	Lindsay Mason	102
	Ind. Unionist	Vera Shaw	68
Turnout			6,793
	Alliance gain (x2) from UUP
	DUP gain from UUP

Ards B[5][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	NI Labour	Robert Gaw	843
	DUP	Hugh Boyd	780
	UUP	John Algie	822
	Alliance	Herbert Gallagher	656
	Alliance	Owen Dorrian	613
	Unionist Party NI	Cecilia Cooke	515
	NI Labour	William Allen	506
	UUP	William Boal	381
	UUP	Hugh Yeaman	314
	UUP	William Spratt	288
	Vanguard	Robert Brown	277
Turnout			6,227
	Alliance gain from Loyalist Coalition
	DUP gain from UUP

Ards C[5][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Hamilton McKeag	823
	DUP	Thomas Gourley	561
	Independent	John Shields	520
	Alliance	Thomas McBriar	448
	Independent	James Middleton	418
	Independent	James Caughey	352
	UUP	Harold Porter	348
	UUP	Adela Hamilton	282
	Alliance	Alice Rudnitzky	261
	UUUP	William Dempster	170
	Independent	Arthur Spence	112
Turnout			4,415
	DUP gain from UUP

Armagh

Armagh A[6][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson	821
	UUP	Mary Huey	688
	UUP	Samuel Foster	640
	SDLP	Francis McIlvanna	632
	SDLP	Francis Kernan	553
	UUUP	Noel Lyttle	236
Turnout			3,792
	SDLP gain from Independent

Armagh B[6][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	William Henning	1,177
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	1,092
	DUP	Thomas Black	1,077
	UUP	William McClelland	961
	UUP	Jim Speers	701
	UUUP	Francis Little	554
	UUP	George Parks	513
	DUP	Mervyn Spratt	397
	Alliance	James McAfee	311
	Alliance	Christina Glendinning	188
	UUUP	David Robb	142
Turnout			7,370
	UUUP gain from UUP

Armagh C[6][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Eleanor Boyd	1,153
	SDLP	Patrick Fegan	956
	SDLP	James McKernan	876
	SDLP	Joseph Fullerton	735
	UUP	Jim Nicholson	680
	Alliance	Eugene Connolly	561
Turnout			5,241
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Armagh D[6][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Frederick Armstrong	1,008
	Independent	Barney McManus	839
	SDLP	Oliver Tobin	686
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan	513
	Republican Clubs	Patrick Houlihan	507
	UUP	Norman Creswell	385
	DUP	Letitia McClenaghan	370
	SDLP	James McAvinchey	298
	Alliance	Norah Dawson	272
	UUP	Robert Mercer	200
	NI Labour	Paddy Grimes	169
Turnout			5,497
	Barney McManus leaves SDLP
	SDLP gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist

Ballymena

Ballymena A[7][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	James Woulahan	784
	DUP	William Turtle	725
	DUP	James Millar	584
	UUP	Thomas Hume	516
	UUP	Thomas McCaughey	496
	DUP	Lyle Cubitt	308
	United Loyalist	William Wilson	162
Turnout			3,654
	DUP gain from UUP

Ballymena B[7][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Gillespie	N/A
	DUP	John Greer	N/A
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	N/A
	Independent	Hugh Simpson	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Smyth	N/A
	DUP	Sandy Spence	N/A
Turnout			N/A
	DUP gain from UUP and Independent

No election was held, as 6 candidates ran for the 6 seats.

Ballymena C[7][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	John McAuley	928
	Ind. Unionist	George Sloane	850
	DUP	Desmond McBurney	762
	United Ratepayers	David Allen	635
	DUP	Albert Young	383
	UUP	William Simpson	323
	UUP	Robert McCosh	224
Turnout			4,288
	David Allen leaves Vanguard
	George Sloane leaves UUP
	DUP gain (x2) from UUP

Ballymena D[7][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Patrick Burke	990
	Independent	Samuel Henry	810
	UUP	William Rainey	674
	Alliance	Muriel Lamont	672
	DUP	Maurice Mills	637
	DUP	James Alexander	607
	DUP	Robert McAuley	549
	UUP	David Thompson	290
Turnout			5,405
	Samuel Henry leaves UUP
	DUP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Ballymoney A[8][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Robert Halliday	430
	UUP	Joseph Bamford	329
	UUP	Adam Taylor	280
	DUP	Ralph Stronge	224
	DUP	David Hanna	214
	Alliance	Hugh McFarland	208
	Independent	Henry McCoy	198
	UUP	James Taylor	160
Turnout			2,118
	Joseph Bamford joins UUP
	DUP gain from Independent

Ballymoney B[8][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Charles Steele	753
	Independent	Hugh Boyle	592
	SDLP	Daniel McAlonan	576
	UUP	William Logan	474
	UUP	Joe Gaston	373
	SDLP	Harry Connolly	367
	SDLP	John Mulholland	331
	UUP	Patricia Ellis	314
	UUP	Robert Chestnutt	235
	UUP	Ronald McDowell	146
Turnout			4,257
	Joe Gaston and William Logan join UUP
	DUP gain from UUP
	SDLP gain from UUP

Ballymoney C[8][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Robert McComb	875
	Alliance	Brendan Smyth	405
	Independent	Mary Holmes	365
	Ind. Unionist	Frederick Holland	270
	UUP	Samuel Montgomery	168
	Alliance	John Greer	85
	Independent	Ernest Lee	57
Turnout			2,298
No change

Banbridge

Banbridge A[9][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	James Walsh	758
	UUP	Wilson Davidson	697
	DUP	James McElroy	633
	Independent	Laurence McCartan	527
	UUP	Samuel Cowan	498
	UUP	Norman Ferguson	497
	DUP	Frederick Baxter	476
	Ind. Unionist	Hugh Anderson	419
	Alliance	John McWhirter	381
	UUP	William McCullagh	350
	DUP	Mildred McDowell	161
	UUUP	John Porter	219
	Independent	Daniel Lennon	215
	UUP	John Anderson	213
	Alliance	Peter Finnegan	174
	Ind. Unionist	James Crozier	165
Turnout			6,484
	Wilson Davidson and Samuel Cowan join UUP
	Hugh Anderson changes designation from Independent
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	SDLP gain from Independent

Banbridge B[9][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Matthew Bailey	805
	UUP	Raymond McCullough	678
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy	678
	DUP	David Herron	628
	UUP	Herbert Heslip	472
	UUP	George Gamble	457
	UUP	Robert Hill	429
	SDLP	Michael O'Hare	428
	DUP	Ernest Biggerstaff	418
	UUP	Eric Williamson	379
	UUP	Robert Barr	375
	UUUP	John McKinstry	246
	Alliance	Edward Gibney	219
Turnout			6,457
	Matthew Bailey, Herbert Heslip, Robert Hill, and Raymond McCullough join UUP
	DUP gain (x2) from Independent Unionist
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Belfast

Belfast A[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Basil Glass	2,580
	UUP	Grace Bannister	2,367
	DUP	Raymond McCrea	1,912
	DUP	Robert J. Newman	1,549
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	1,364
	UUP	Billy Blair	1,026
	Unionist Party NI	T. Jordan	954
	UUUP	Ben Horan	954
	Alliance	Dennis Loretto	667
	NI Labour	B. Garrett	594
	UUP	T. Gildea	483
	UUP	W. Shannon	452
	Ind. Unionist	W. Elliot	379
	UUP	A. Shaw	378
	UUUP	P. Moles	345
	Republican Clubs	T. W. McGrattan	278
	NI Labour	D. Peters	93
Turnout			16,898
	SDLP gain from NILP
	DUP gain from UUP
	DUP gain from Vanguard
	Alliance gain from UUP

Belfast B[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Unionist Party NI	Joshua Cardwell	2,722
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	2,703
	UUP	Tommy Patton	2,209
	Alliance	Michael Brown	2,045
	UUP	John Allen	1,903
	DUP	H. B. Evans	1,058
	UUUP	Reg Empey	981
	DUP	T. McIntyre	920
	Alliance	D. Wonnacott	781
	UUP	William Corry	664
	NI Labour	W. J. Gunning	631
	UUP	Dorothy Dunlop	622
	UUP	J. Hanna	541
	UUUP	S. Morgan	237
Turnout			18,741
	Joshua Cardwell leaves UUP
	DUP gain from United Loyalist
	Alliance gain from UUP

Belfast C[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	David Cook	2,748
	Unionist Party NI	Victor Brennan	1,446
	UUP	Andrew Cairns	1,287
	Alliance	Muriel Pritchard	1,274
	UUP	Margaret Crooks	1,142
	SDLP	M. O. Scott	923
	Alliance	W. H. Jeffrey	892
	DUP	A. McMeekin	872
	Vanguard	R. Jordan	780
	UUP	John William Kennedy	630
	UUP	W. D. Gilmore	619
	DUP	W. Spence	604
	Ind. Unionist	J. Webster	340
	NI Labour	Macartney	330
	Independent	W. Weir	313
	UUUP	R. A. W. Johnston	199
	UUUP	J. Robinson	119
Turnout			15,041
	Alliance gain from UUP
	UPNI gain from UUP

Belfast D[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Paddy Devlin	7,087
	Alliance	Dan McGuinness	1,235
	Republican Clubs	Bernard McDonagh	942
	SDLP	Cormac Boomer	905
	SDLP	Mary Sullivan	760
	Republican Clubs	M. Lynch	723
	Alliance	R. Turkington	575
	Republican Clubs	K. Smyth	527
	SDLP	W. Hunter	477
	Independent Socialist	G. Campbell	107
Turnout			14,932
No change

Belfast E[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Billy Bell	3,297
	Independent	Jimmy Weir	2,184
	DUP	Fred Proctor	1,755
	Alliance	Alfred Egerton	1,223
	Ind. Unionist	Hugh Smyth	1,140
	NI Labour	G. Chambers	809
	Independent	H. Stackman	718
	DUP	W. Lavery	715
	UUP	D. Smylie	667
	UUP	J. Sands	412
	UUP	Alfie Ferguson	366
	Independent	Peter Emerson	236
Turnout			14,228
	Independent gain from United Loyalist
	UUP gain from NILP

Belfast F[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Owen Allen	1,886
	UUP	James Stewart	1,681
	Republican Clubs	Jim Sullivan	1,099
	UUP	Harry Fletcher	1,081
	Alliance	Will Glendinning	1,077
	DUP	Billy Dickson	949
	SDLP	T. Lappin	899
	DUP	J. H. Parkes	525
	UUP	T. G. Murphy	369
	Republican Clubs	S. O'Hare	306
	Communist	James Stewart	115
Turnout			11,040
	Alliance gain from UUP

Belfast G[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Gerry Fitt	3,006
	DUP	Frederick Ashby	1,377
	Republican Clubs	Seamus Lynch	1,323
	UUP	Herbert Ditty	1,043
	UUP	Cecil Walker	779
	DUP	G. A. Haffey	742
	UUP	M. Laird	592
	UUP	Sammy Millar	515
	Ind. Unionist	H. H. Kidd	387
	Alliance	McKeown	320
Turnout			10,970
	DUP gain from UUP
	Republican Clubs gain from Independent Unionist

Belfast H[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Paschal O'Hare	2,414
	Ind. Unionist	Frank Millar	2,321
	UUP	John Carson	2,250
	UUP	Myles Humphreys	1,942
	Alliance	John Cushnahan	1,865
	DUP	William Annon	1,507
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	1,099
	Alliance	R. O. Jamison	944
	NI Labour	Alan Carr	502
	Unionist Party NI	J. E. Gibson	462
	DUP	Cynthia McDowell	441
	UUP	J. S. Kennet	439
	UUP	Mary Creighton	331
	Dominion Party	A. Beattie	114
Turnout			17,316
	Frank Millar leaves UUP
	Alliance gain from UUP
	DUP gain from UUP

Carrickfergus

Carrick A[11][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Joan Tomlin	709
	United Loyalist	Charles Johnston	575
	UUP	Mary Ardill	383
	DUP	Joseph Seaton	378
	Unionist Party NI	William Johnstone	325
	UUP	Robert Hunter	233
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	227
	UUP	Robert McAllister	166
	UUP	Edward Simms	131
Turnout			3,267
	Alliance gain from United Loyalist

Carrick B[11][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Charles Hilditch	745
	UUP	George Armstrong	683
	DUP	Desmond Scott	425
	UUP	Hugh McLean	415
	Alliance	Patrick Conway	271
	Alliance	Alice Bateman	256
	United Loyalist	Charles Brown	253
	UUP	David McCune	244
	Independent	Elizabeth McMaster	183
Turnout			3,566
	Alliance gain from Independent
	DUP gain from United Loyalist

Carrick C[11][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ken McFaul	788
	Unionist Party NI	Samuel Murphy	667
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	395
	Alliance	Allison Lowry	354
	UUP	Samuel Simms	238
	UUUP	Gladys Ritchie	237
	UUP	James Penny	205
	United Loyalist	Ernest Burton	193
	DUP	John Moore	144
Turnout			3,376
	Ken McFaul joins DUP
	DUP gain from United Loyalist
	UPNI gain from United Loyalist

Castlereagh

Castlereagh A[12][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Bertie Barker	955
	Alliance	Philip Grosse	881
	Alliance	Thomas Hawthorne	863
	Independent Community	Ernest Harper	838
	DUP	James Lowe	782
	DUP	William Stevenson	682
	Alliance	Margaret Hull	668
	UUP	Frederick Kane	646
	UUP	William Stewart	523
	Vanguard	John Moore	318
Turnout			7,382
	Bertie Barker and Frederick Kane join UUP
	DUP gain from United Loyalist
	Independent Community gain from UUP

Castlereagh B[12][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Adam Morrow	884
	Alliance	Felicity Boyd	843
	UUP	Matthew Anderson	699
	Ind. Unionist	Walter McFarland	562
	DUP	John Gilpin	521
	Alliance	Thomas McQueen	512
	UUP	Leslie Farrington	501
	Vanguard	Thomas Lyons	443
	DUP	John Lamont	421
	UUUP	James Scott	408
	DUP	John Hill	332
	Unionist Party NI	Brent Hughes	261
	UUP	Joseph O'Hara	226
	Loyalist Christian Unionist	Michael Brooks	171
	NI Labour	John Barkley	169
	Independent	Ronald McLean	136
	Unionist Party NI	Pauline Mateer	119
	Independent Community	Robert Allen	53
	Independent	William Copley	26
Turnout			8,099
	Alliance gain from UUP
	DUP gain from UUP and United Loyalist
	Independent Unionist gain from United Loyalist

Castlereagh C[12][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Herbert Johnstone	1,200
	DUP	Peter Robinson	1,171
	Alliance	Patricia Archer	887
	Alliance	Samuel Finlay	557
	Alliance	Bryan Davidson	530
	Vanguard	Norman Kyle	382
	UUP	Elizabeth Rea	304
	Independent Community	John Snodden	299
	UUUP	Valerie Walsh	114
Turnout			5,619
	Alliance gain from Independent
	DUP gain from UUP

Coleraine

Coleraine A[13][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	James Anderson	761
	UUP	William King	674
	SDLP	John Dallat	623
	Ind. Unionist	William Watt	623
	DUP	Robert Catherwood	605
	SDLP	Patrick Cassidy	552
	UUP	George McIlrath	543
	DUP	Robert Campbell	508
	UUP	Robert McMaster	504
	Alliance	Martha McGrath	281
	Republican Clubs	Jerry Mullan	207
	SDLP	Robert Tosh	143
Turnout			6,284
	James Anderson joins UUP
	DUP gain from UUP

Coleraine B[13][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	William Glenn	725
	UUP	Albert Clarke	668
	Independent	Alexander Sharpe	619
	UUP	Robert Stafford	564
	UUP	John Earl	455
	Alliance	Thomas Wilson	439
	Vanguard	Antony Alcock	426
	UUP	Robert Mitchell	375
	SDLP	Sean Farren	359
	Alliance	Donald Batts	283
	SDLP	Hugh McIlvenna	237
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan	173
Turnout			5,552
	Alexander Sharpe leaves UUP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Coleraine C[13][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James McClure	2,111
	Independent	Patrick McFeely	911
	UUP	Robert White	773
	Independent	Randall Crawford	621
	Alliance	William Mathews	546
	UUP	Matthew Adams	523
	Alliance	Francis Trainor	224
	Independent	William McNabb	206
	Ind. Unionist	James Edwards	203
	UUP	Victor Hanson	189
	UUP	John Millar	155
	Independent Ratepayers' Association	Henry McCormick	120
	Vanguard	Adrian Eakin	91
	Independent Ratepayers' Association	Samuel Walker	85
	UUP	Charles Graham	70
	Independent Ratepayers' Association	Frederick Millar	48
	Independent Ratepayers' Association	Samuel Oliver	38
	Independent Ratepayers' Association	Howard Platt	30
Turnout			7,197
	DUP gain from UUP

Cookstown

Cookstown A[14][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Richard Reid	846
	Independent	Laurence Loughran	840
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow	716
	SDLP	Peter Kelly	616
	UUUP	Samuel Parke	525
	Republican Clubs	Desmond Gourley	464
	UUP	Stanley Glasgow	375
	SDLP	Charles O'Neill	298
	Alliance	J. R. W. O'Connor	108
Turnout			4,971
	Samuel Parke joins UUUP
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	SDLP gain from Republican Clubs

Cookstown B[14][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy	973
	UUP	James Howard	931
	Independent	Michael McIvor	924
	UUUP	Victor McGahie	921
	UUUP	William McIntyre	685
	SDLP	Joseph Davidson	589
	SDLP	James Malone	436
	Alliance	Austin Hutchinson	195
Turnout			5,881
	Victor McGahie and William McIntyre join UUUP

Cookstown C[14][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Espie Donaldson	1,018
	SDLP	Brigid Neeson	801
	UUP	John Warwick	709
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty	624
	Alliance	Basil McNamee	443
	UUP	Alex McConnell	332
Turnout			4,048
	SDLP gain from UUP

Craigavon

Craigavon A[15][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	James McDonald	1,013
	SDLP	Sean McKavanagh	898
	Republican Clubs	Malachy McGurran	868
	DUP	Frederick Baird	696
	Alliance	Donnell Deeny	583
	SDLP	Patrick Crilly	581
	UUP	James Gillespie	444
	UUP	Eric McKeown	341
Turnout			5,745
	James McDonald joins SDLP
	Republican Clubs gain from Alliance
	SDLP joins DUP

Craigavon B[15][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Herbert Whitten	1,863
	Alliance	John Hagan	823
	SDLP	Daniel Murphy	804
	DUP	Gladys McCullough	546
	DUP	James Forsythe	498
	Alliance	William Ramsay	483
	UUP	George Locke	460
	UUP	John Wright	457
	SDLP	Mary Mackle	457
	DUP	William Stothers	346
	Vanguard	Samuel McCammick	211
	UUUP	John Lyttle	144
	UUUP	James McBratney	131
	Vanguard	William Lappin	54
Turnout			7,667
	John Wright joins UUP
	DUP gain from Vanguard
	SDLP gain from Vanguard

Craigavon C[15][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Hugh News	1,194
	UUP	Frank Dale	854
	DUP	William Williamson	726
	SDLP	Robert McEvoy	675
	UUP	Mary Simpson	531
	Republican Clubs	Patrick O'Malley	452
	Alliance	Brian English	451
	Unionist Party NI	Florence Woodman	426
	UUUP	William Cooper	383
	Vanguard	Frederick Crowe	334
	SDLP	Virginia King	269
	Republican Clubs	Roger Monteith	258
	Alliance	William Blanton	245
	UUP	James Glenn	226
	UUUP	Robert Anderson	202
	Independent	Hugh Casey	167
	Alliance	Michael Stevenson	117
Turnout			7,835
	DUP gain from Vanguard
	SDLP gain from UUP

Craigavon D[15][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	David Calvert	1,081
	UUP	James Baird	915
	UUUP	Philip Black	847
	UUP	Sydney Cairns	837
	UUP	Eric Crozier	709
	SDLP	Brid Rodgers	704
	UUP	Thomas Creith	684
	DUP	Thomas Willey	678
	UUP	Thomas Megarrell	506
	Alliance	Charles Phillips	471
	DUP	Harold Glass	300
	UUUP	John Dummigan	200
Turnout			8,298
	James Baird, Sydney Cairns, and Thomas Creith join UUP
	Philip Black joins UUUP

Down

Down A[16][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick Smyth	837
	UUP	Edward McVeigh	733
	UUP	Samuel Osborne	631
	UUP	William Finlay	604
	UUP	William Brown	597
	UUUP	Andrew Gaskin	569
	Alliance	Denis Rowan-Hamilton	528
	UUP	James Cochrane	468
	Alliance	John Rodgers	362
	UUP	Hugh Martin	279
	Independent	George Kerr	268
	SDLP	Francis Laverty	257
	SDLP	Allen Gilgunn	220
	Unionist Party NI	William Hutton	162
	Unionist Party NI	John McKee	100
Turnout			6,836
	William Finlay, Edward McVeigh, and Samuel Osborne join UUP
	SDLP gain from Vanguard
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Down B[16][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Edward McGrady	1,524
	SDLP	Dermot Curran	994
	UUP	Cecil Maxwell	848
	SDLP	John Ritchie	595
	SDLP	Sean Quinn	548
	Republican Clubs	Raymond Blaney	536
	SDLP	Theresa McEvoy	467
	UUP	Robert Nicholson	442
	Alliance	George Flinn	365
	Independent	John Bryce	289
	Alliance	William McNamara	229
	Independent	James McDowell	179
Turnout			7,278
	Cecil Maxwell joins UUP
	SDLP gain from Independent

Down C[16][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	1,335
	UUP	Ethel Smyth	787
	SDLP	James Magee	687
	UUP	Norman Bicker	663
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	651
	SDLP	Jarlath Carey	643
	SDLP	James McClean	493
	UUP	William Keown	468
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	422
	Alliance	Joseph Keenan	364
	Unionist Party NI	John Beck	332
	Alliance	Patrick Doherty	176
	Unionist Party NI	Henry Cromie	106
Turnout			7,525
	Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
	UUP gain (x2) from Independent Unionist

Dungannon

Dungannon A[17][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Joseph Higgins	921
	UUP	John Hamilton-Stubber	706
	Independent	Brian McKenna	692
	SDLP	Edward Donnelly	661
	UUP	Mervyn Patterson	558
	UUP	Winston Mulligan	537
	DUP	William McIlwrath	511
	UUUP	Ian McCormick	401
	Independent	Jack Johnston	245
Turnout			5,469
	John Hamilton-Stubber and Mervyn Patterson join UUP
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	SDLP gain from Unity

Dungannon B[17][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Jim Canning	1,494
	UUP	Thomas Kempton	1,314
	SDLP	Owen Nugent	817
	Independent	John Corr	550
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey	536
	Independent	Arthur Donaghy	422
	Republican Clubs	Eugene Lyttle	394
	SDLP	Brian McLernon	238
	Alliance	Francis Falls	116
	Republican Clubs	James McQuaid	115
Turnout			6,229
	Thomas Kempton joins UUP
	Eugene Lyttle changes designation from Republican
	Independent gain from Official Republican

Dungannon C[17][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Wilfred Dilworth	1,182
	UUP	Derek Irwin	1,140
	SDLP	Patsy Daly	980
	UUP	David Brady	795
	UUP	William Buchanan	690
	SDLP	Mary McKinney	295
	Independent	Anthony Byrne	271
Turnout			5,630
	David Brady, William Buchanan, Wilfred Dilworth, and Derek Irwin join UUP

Dungannon D[17][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Jack Hassard	1,246
	UUP	William Brown	915
	SDLP	Michael McLoughlin	838
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	832
	UUP	Adam Wilson	600
	Independent	John Donaghy	468
	Alliance	Peter Acheson	177
	Independent	Malacy Hughes	160
	SDLP	Sean Kerr	136
	Republican Clubs	Patrick McGurk	108
	Alliance	Hugh Cullen	80
Turnout			5,729
	William Brown joins UUP
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	Independent gain from Independent Unionist and Unity

Fermanagh

Fermanagh A[18][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jack Leahy	1,327
	Independent	James McBarron	1,205
	SDLP	Thomas Murray	1,008
	Unity	John Joe McCusker	959
	Unity	John McMahon	807
	UUP	Thomas Johnston	618
	SDLP	Ann McQuillan	489
Turnout			6,602
	Jack Leahy joins UUP
	Thomas Murray joins SDLP
	Independent gain from Unity

Fermanagh B[18][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Cecil Noble	1,202
	UUUP	Hugh Buchanan	1,081
	SDLP	Damien Campbell	772
	UUP	Norman Brown	634
	UUP	Cyril Crozier	553
	Unity	Patrick Martin	361
	Unity	Vera Cleary	276
	Unity	Patrick McKenna	253
	SDLP	Margaret Traynor	191
	Alliance	James Henderson	119
Turnout			5,621
	Norman Brown joins UUP
	SDLP gain from Unity
	UUUP gain from UUP

Fermanagh C[18][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Unity	Patrick McCaffrey	1,054
	UUUP	Cyril Brownlee	1,081
	UUP	Wilson Elliott	763
	Independent	Patrick Flanagan	750
	SDLP	Gerard Gallagher	713
	UUP	Richard Thornton	560
	Independent	James Mellor	400
	Unity	Cornelius Leonard	361
	Unity	Patrick Keown	298
	SDLP	Patrick McGovern	234
Turnout			6,162
	William Elliott joins UUP
	SDLP gain from UUP

Fermanagh D[18][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUUP	Bert Johnston	1,358
	SDLP	John O'Kane	1,026
	SDLP	John Maguire	957
	UUP	Hugh Keys	716
	UUP	Caldwell McClaughrey	653
	UUP	Robert McFarland	420
	SDLP	James Montague	313
	Unity	James Gallagher	298
	Unionist Party NI	Francis Gage	197
	Alliance	Patrick Reihill	136
Turnout			6,204
	UUUP gain from Independent Unionist

Fermanagh E[18][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUUP	Thomas Scott	915
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson	774
	SDLP	Jim Lunny	707
	Unity	James Cox	658
	UUP	Robert Donaldson	584
	SDLP	Jim Donnelly	558
	SDLP	Mathew Kelly	424
	Unionist Party NI	George Cathcart	330
	Alliance	Marjorie Moore	292
	Independent	Thaddeus McKeown	214
Turnout			5,627
	Thomas Scott joins UUUP
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Larne

Larne A[19][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Samuel Martin	N/A
	UUP	Thomas Robinson	N/A
	SDLP	John Turnley	N/A
	Alliance	Hugh Wilson	N/A
Turnout			N/A
	DUP gain from United Loyalist
	SDLP gain from Independent

As 4 candidates ran for the 4 seats, no election was held and all candidates were declared elected.

Larne B[19][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Beggs	675
	Alliance	William Calwell	498
	UUP	Alexander Hunter	423
	Vanguard	Laurence Niblock	301
	Vanguard	Robert Semple	238
	DUP	Horace Stronge	177
Turnout			2,415
	Roy Beggs joins DUP
	Alliance gain from Independent
	UUP gain from Loyalist
	Vanguard gain from Loyalist

Larne C[19][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Vanguard	Thomas Seymour	1,273
	Alliance	William Kelly	919
	DUP	Jack McKee	633
	Independent	Kathleen O'Brien	494
	DUP	Winston Fulton	413
	Alliance	Thomas Benson	362
	Independent	Agnew Hamilton	350
	Alliance	John Snoddy	186
	British Ulster Dominion Party	James Wisely	178
	Vanguard	Rosalie Armstrong	172
	UUUP	Thomas McKeever	146
	UUP	Alexander Marrs	92
	Vanguard	Frederick Dodds	61
Turnout			5,446
	Jack McKee joins DUP
	Rosalie Armstrong and Thomas Seymour join Vanguard
	Independent gain from Loyalist

Limavady

Limavady A[20][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Michael Nicholas	724
	UUP	Robert Grant	552
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan	505
	DUP	Ernest Murray	486
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	378
	UUP	Florence Sloan	359
	Alliance	James Boylan	340
	UUP	Hugh Guthrie	320
	Alliance	Stanley Stewart	63
Turnout			3,840
	Robert Grant and Florence Sloan join UUP
	DUP gain from United Unionist
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Limavady B[20][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	David Robinson	627
	SDLP	Raymond Brady	545
	Independent	Denis Farren	492
	DUP	John McKay	378
	UUP	Max Gault	360
	SDLP	Joseph McLaughlin	286
	SDLP	James Brolly	173
	Republican Clubs	James McLaughlin	121
	UUP	William Scott	59
Turnout			3,175
	Ulster Unionist gain (x2) from United Unionist

Limavady C[20][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Barry Doherty	817
	UUP	William Barbour	684
	DUP	William Norris	559
	UUP	Ronald Nicholl	515
	UUP	Stanley Gault	511
	Alliance	Willie Archibald	330
	Alliance	Brian Brown	141
Turnout			3,689
	William Barbour and Ronald Nicholl join UUP
	DUP gain from United Unionist
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Lisburn

Lisburn A[21][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Robert Campbell	889
	DUP	Charles Woodburne	695
	SDLP	John Clenaghan	687
	UUP	James Dillon	493
	UUP	Henry Stewart	342
	Alliance	Patrick Dorrian	242
	UUUP	Henry Sloan	108
Turnout			3,630
	DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn B[21][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Charles Poots	1,174
	Alliance	Moore Sinnerton	656
	UUUP	William Bleakes	606
	UUP	Elsie Kelsey	548
	UUP	Thomas Lilburn	523
	UUP	James Lilley	334
	DUP	Samuel Dorman	318
	UUUP	John Curry	181
Turnout			4,448
	DUP gain from UUP
	UUUP gain from UUP

Lisburn C[21][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Belshaw	1,388
	Alliance	Seamus Close	987
	UUP	William Watson	894
	UUUP	George Morrison	704
	Vanguard	Ronnie Crawford	441
	UUP	Wilfred McClung	397
	DUP	Denis McCarroll	233
	Alliance	Thomas Hughes	188
Turnout			5,456
	George Morrison joins UUUP

Lisburn D[21][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ivan Davis	1,758
	Unionist Party NI	Robert Kirkwood	1,485
	Alliance	George Boyd	1,218
	UUP	Samuel Semple	950
	UUP	Maureen McKinney	476
	Alliance	Hazel Devine	381
	UUUP	James Davis	282
	Independent	Gerald King	207
	Vanguard	Andrew Oliver	66
Turnout			7,022
	Robert Kirkwood leaves UUP

Lisburn E[21][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	John Cousins	1,047
	UUP	William McAllister	1,007
	SDLP	William McDonnell	876
	DUP	William Beattie	630
	DUP	Robert McNeice	528
	Alliance	Brion Fitzsimons	445
	UUP	David Saulters	418
	Republican Clubs	Gerard Dunlop	305
	UUUP	Jean Bell	189
Turnout			5,710
	SDLP gain from UUP

Londonderry

Londonderry A[22][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Thomas Craig	945
	SDLP	John McNickle	882
	SDLP	George Peoples	765
	SDLP	Thomas Doherty	762
	UUP	Robert Bond	724
	DUP	John Henry	694
	UUP	Alan Lindsay	630
	Alliance	Arthur Barr	526
	SDLP	Patrick Boyle	464
	UUP	Vincent Lindsay	332
	DUP	Joseph Mooney	216
	Alliance	James Patterson	170
	NI Labour	Delap Stevenson	44
Turnout			7,422
	Thomas Craig and Robert Bond join UUP
	DUP gain from United Loyalist
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Londonderry B[22][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Herbert Faulkner	1,156
	SDLP	Michael Fegan	1,020
	UUP	James Guy	832
	UUP	Kathleen Milligan	776
	SDLP	William Doherty	694
	DUP	Anna Hay	688
	Vanguard	Samuel Barr	408
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	388
	UUP	Thomas Robinson	351
	United Ulster Unionist Council	Thomas Heatley	189
	Alliance	Florence Lewers	131
	United Ulster Unionist Council	William Gurney	84
	NI Labour	David Buchanan	42
Turnout			6,990
	Anna Hay joins DUP
	UUP gain (x2) from United Loyalist

Londonderry C[22][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick Devine	1,004
	SDLP	Hugh Doherty	782
	Nationalist	Gerard Barr	478
	Nationalist	John McChrystal	466
	SDLP	Leonard Green	432
	Republican Clubs	Michael Montgomery	418
	SDLP	Joseph Moran	312
	Alliance	Gerard O'Grady	298
	Republican Clubs	Liam Gallagher	133
	Nationalist	George O'Connor	84
	People's Candidate	Patrick Quinn	61
Turnout			4,780
	Nationalist gain from Republican Clubs

Londonderry D[22][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Raymond McClean	927
	UUP	Marlene Jefferson	631
	SDLP	William Keys	598
	Nationalist	James Bradley	374
	Alliance	Joe Crosgrove	265
	SDLP	William McCartney	253
	Ind. Nationalist	James Hegarty	185
	Nationalist	John McQuaide	159
	Nationalist	Charles McDaid	153
Turnout			3,719
	Marlene Jefferson joins UUP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Londonderry E[22][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jack Allen	1,337
	SDLP	Frank Donnelly	1,329
	SDLP	William O'Connell	875
	Alliance	Ivor Canavan	825
	Nationalist	Fergus McAteer	753
	SDLP	Noel McKenna	728
	SDLP	William McCorriston	635
	Community Candidate	Michael Durey	479
	UUP	Albert McCartney	411
	Alliance	Edith Roulston	148
	Nationalist	Hugh Bell	112
	Nationalist	Kathleen Heraghty	59
Turnout			8,003
	John Allen joins UUP
	SDLP gain from United Loyalist

Magherafelt

Magherafelt A[23][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Philip Bradley	1,243
	SDLP	Patrick Sweeney	690
	UUP	John Kenning	656
	UUP	Francis Thompson	653
	Republican Clubs	Francis Donnelly	560
	SDLP	Frank McKendry	455
	DUP	Phyllis Charlton	449
	Republican Clubs	Kevin Murphy	193
	Republican Clubs	Peter Merron	99
Turnout			5,283
	UUP gain from SDLP

Magherafelt B[23][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Matthew Hyndman	768
	Independent	Vincent O'Neill	685
	UUP	Thomas Kelso	584
	UUUP	Robert Overend	525
	SDLP	Patrick Scullion	509
	UUP	Robert Shiels	381
	SDLP	John Madden	378
	UUP	David Porte	306
	Republican Clubs	Murty Dorrity	281
	SDLP	Frank McWilliams	227
	Republican Clubs	Michael Scullion	190
	Alliance	Thomas Smyth	185
	Vanguard	Ian Davidson	165
Turnout			5,376
	DUP gain from Vanguard
	UUUP gain from UUP

Magherafelt C[23][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McCrea	1,322
	SDLP	William Conaghan	814
	SDLP	Michael O'Neill	783
	UUP	Thomas Bradley	547
	Alliance	Wilfred Brennen	468
	DUP	George Miller	358
	SDLP	Joseph Walls	352
	UUUP	Bobby Ditty	260
	UUUP	Ruby Speer	187
	Unionist Party NI	William Galway	181
	Alliance	George Logue	74
Turnout			5,618
	William McCrea joins DUP
	DUP gain from UUP

Moyle

Moyle A[24][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Fergus Wheeler	406
	Independent	Alistair McSparran	394
	Independent	Patrick McCarry	364
	SDLP	Archie McIntosh	326
	SDLP	John McKay	290
	Independent	Arthur McAlister	247
Turnout			2,083
	SDLP gain from Independent

Moyle B[24][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	James McShane	472
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy	420
	Ind. Unionist	Matt Colgan	333
	DUP	Mary Morrison	226
	Ind. Unionist	Robert McKay	206
	DUP	George McFadden	166
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Adams	159
	UUP	Hugh Acheson	145
	Ind. Unionist	Lee Walker	145
	Independent	Maureen Gaston	103
	Ind. Unionist	William McConaghy	80
	DUP	Ronnie McIlvar	69
Turnout			2,589
	Robert McKay leaves UUP
	Samuel Adams changes designation from Independent
	Independent Unionist gain from UUP
	DUP gain from Independent and UUP

Moyle C[24][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Black	418
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnstone	279
	Independent	Archie McAuley	229
	SDLP	John McAfee	200
	SDLP	Joseph Donaghy	116
	Alliance	John Scott	107
	Alliance	Maurice McHenry	66
Turnout			1,481
No change

Newry and Mourne

Newry and Mourne A[25][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	William Russell	1,238
	DUP	George Graham	884
	SDLP	Anne Marie Cunningham	873
	UUP	William Coulter	573
	SDLP	Frank MacCann	569
	Independent	Arthur Dornan	507
	SDLP	Hugh Cunningham	418
	Independent	John Henning	400
	Alliance	Doreen Leitch	127
Turnout			5,881
	William Coulter and William Russell join UUP
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	SDLP gain from Independent

Newry and Mourne B[25][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Jim McCart	1,377
	Alliance	Anthony Williamson	692
	Independent	John McAteer	687
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan	436
	SDLP	Liam Trainor	358
	UUP	William Gordon	340
	Republican Clubs	Thomas Moore	205
	UUP	James Thompson	164
	Alliance	James McGowan	84
Turnout			4,619
No change

Newry and Mourne C[25][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Violet Cromie	1,075
	SDLP	Nan Sands	922
	SDLP	Patrick McAlinden	730
	UUP	Edward Walsh	537
	Republican Clubs	Daniel Mussen	164
Turnout			3,673
	Violet Cromie joins UUP
	UUP gain from Independent

Newry and Mourne D[25][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Clarence Morrow	845
	SDLP	John Bell	816
	UUP	Andrew Moffett	774
	SDLP	Thomas McGrath	756
	SDLP	John McEvoy	705
	Independent	John Markey	559
	Alliance	Victor Frizell	498
	SDLP	John Grant	388
	Republican Clubs	Noel Collins	332
	Independent	Fabian Boyle	276
	Republican Clubs	Edward McKeown	150
	SDLP	Patrick Sloan	142
	Alliance	Monica Sweeney	105
Turnout			6,689
	Clarence Morrow joins UUP
	UUP gain from Republican Clubs

Newry and Mourne E[25][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Pat Toner	948
	SDLP	Peter McMahon	807
	SDLP	James Savage	785
	Independent	Sean McCreesh	632
	UUP	Caroline Donaldson	574
	SDLP	Owen Kelly	571
	Independent	Jim Murphy	441
	Republican Clubs	Seamus Murphy	269
	Alliance	John Magowan	67
Turnout			5,378
	SDLP gain from Republican Clubs

Newry and Mourne F[25][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	William McCaigue	958
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy	777
	SDLP	Daniel Hughes	594
	SDLP	William Feely	566
	Alliance	Michael McVerry	405
	Alliance	John McClelland	404
	Republican Clubs	Alan Wadforth	105
Turnout			4,295
	UUP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey A[26][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Sidney Cameron	1,053
	DUP	Mary Harkness	646
	UUP	James Wilson	572
	Alliance	Patrick McCudden	544
	UUP	Arthur Templeton	482
	UUP	Samuel Todd	199
	British Ulster Dominion Party	Kennedy Lindsay	147
Turnout			3,752
	Arthur Templeton joins UUP
	Alliance gain from UUP

Newtownabbey B[26][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Ivan Hunter	737
	DUP	George Herron	693
	UUP	Doris Robb	529
	Alliance	John Elliott	516
	Loyalist	Cecil Stringer	457
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Bob Kidd	367
	Alliance	John Mellor	304
	Independent	Thomas Gourley	231
	UUP	James McWatters	210
	Republican Clubs	James Magee	168
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Brian Caul	117
Turnout			4,537
	Bob Kidd leaves NILP
	DUP gain from United Loyalist

Newtownabbey C[26][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Claire Martin	1,128
	UUP	Robert Caul	1,033
	DUP	Samuel Neill	1,030
	Alliance	George Jones	880
	Unionist Party NI	Bertram Bickerstaff	689
	Independent Community Party	Desmond Dowds	594
	UUP	Letitia McCartney	552
	Independent	Olive Shannon	90
Turnout			6,153
	Bertram Bickerstaff leaves UUP
	Alliance gain from Independent Unionist

Newtownabbey D[26][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	John Drysdale	1,553
	DUP	James Smith	1,343
	UUP	Joseph Kell	952
	Alliance	James Rooney	631
	UUP	William McKee	625
	UUP	James Michael	508
Turnout			5,780
	William McKee joins UUP
	Alliance gain from UUP

North Down

North Down A[27][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Bertie McConnell	1,372
	Unionist Party NI	William Bailie	1,179
	Ind. Unionist	Edmund Mills	836
	DUP	Samuel Wilson	626
	UUP	Thomas Barkley	471
	Alliance	James Hamilton	415
	Alliance	Clifford Creighton	366
	UUP	Hugh Irvine	280
	UUP	Lillie Navan	241
Turnout			5,907
	Edmund Mills leaves UUP
	UPNI gain from UUP

North Down B[27][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Vanguard	George Green	823
	Alliance	James Magee	781
	DUP	James Boyle	598
	UUP	John Shields	551
	UUP	Bruce Mulligan	498
	Alliance	John Hoy	489
	UUP	Amy Corry	485
	Progressive Unionist	William Ash	184
	Progressive Unionist	William Alexander	184
Turnout			4,745
	George Green joins Vanguard
	DUP gain from Loyalist

North Down C[27][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	William Morrow	721
	Alliance	Thomas Rollins	637
	UUP	Hazel Bradford	635
	Alliance	Jane Copeland	631
	Vanguard	Mary O'Fee	550
	DUP	Robert Graham	401
	Unionist Party NI	Frank Gill	369
	UUP	Maisie McMullan	325
	UUP	Archibald Pollock	251
Turnout			4,597
	Mary O'Fee joins Vanguard

North Down D[27][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	John Auld	1,042
	Alliance	Keith Jones	921
	UUUP	Frederick White	593
	Alliance	Kenneth Kennedy	519
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien	512
	UUP	Thomas Bussell	254
	Unionist Party NI	Robert Todd	213
	UUP	Henry Clouston	187
Turnout			4,398
	John Auld joins UUP
	UUUP gain from Loyalist
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Omagh

Omagh A[28][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Liam McQuaid	1,218
	Independent	Michael O'Hagan	917
	UUP	Arthur McFarland	907
	UUP	Cecil Anderson	740
	SDLP	John Skelton	513
	UUP	William Brunt	436
	Alliance	Seamus McGale	394
	Alliance	Anthony Pollock	104
Turnout			5,418
	Cecil Anderson and Arthur McFarland join UUP

Omagh B[28][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Edgar McDowell	971
	Community	Patrick Donnelly	737
	UUP	Joseph Anderson	722
	SDLP	Kevin McNaboe	676
	Alliance	Patrick Bogan	629
	Alliance	Patrick Donnelly	223
Turnout			4,182
	Joseph Anderson and Edgar McDowell join UUP

Omagh C[28][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Aidan Lagan	1,012
	SDLP	Gerald McEnhill	930
	UUP	Cecil Walker	881
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna	702
	UUP	Alfred Barnett	539
	SDLP	Bernadette Grant	535
	UUP	Harold McCauley	452
	SDLP	Daniel Campbell	394
	UUP	Archibald Burton	393
	Alliance	Ethne McClelland	292
Turnout			6,407
	Harold McCauley and Cecil Walker join UUP
	SDLP gain from Nationalist
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Omagh D[28][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	John Johnston	857
	Republican Clubs	Francis McElroy	801
	SDLP	Brendan Martin	473
	Alliance	John Hadden	417
	Community	Michael McNulty	415
	Independent	Bernard McGrath	380
	Community	Patrick McCrory	258
	SDLP	John McSherry	230
Turnout			3,982
	John Johnson joins UUP
	Frank McElroy joins Republican Clubs
	SDLP gain from Community

Strabane

Strabane A[29][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	George McIntyre	1,047
	Independent	Denis McCrory	1,010
	UUP	Edward Turner	758
	UUP	Ernest Young	714
	UUP	Frank Stewart	597
	SDLP	Daniel Gallagher	518
	Community Candidate	Brian MacBride	460
	SDLP	Mary McCrea	304
	Ind. Unionist	James Moore	205
	Alliance	James Smyth	147
Turnout			6,026
	Ernest Young joins UUP
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Strabane B[29][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Samuel Rogers	1,237
	UUP	Mary Britton	1,117
	SDLP	John Gallagher	1,005
	UUP	Henry Henderson	842
	Independent	Francis McConnell	705
	SDLP	Aidan McNamee	538
	Independent	James McCormick	163
	Independent	James Tinney	26
Turnout			5,847
	Samuel Rogers joins DUP
	Mary Britton and Henry Henderson join UUP
	Independent gain from Alliance

Strabane C[29][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Averill Cooper	1,457
	SDLP	William Carlin	801
	Independent	John O'Kane	592
	UUP	Robert Fleming	582
	SDLP	John McKelvey	516
	UUP	Sydney Browne	357
	Republican Clubs	Ivan Barr	317
	Alliance	Herbert Cooper	312
	Nationalist	John McCrory	198
	Community Candidate	Thomas Forbes	146
	Republican Clubs	Gerard McCafferty	67
	Independent	James McDaid	57
	Alliance	Mamie Quigley	51
Turnout			5,770
	SDLP gain from Alliance
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist