1981 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.

1981 Northern Ireland local elections

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All council seats
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 151 142 104 Seat change 25 68 9 Popular vote 175,965 176,816 116,487 Percentage 26.4% 26.6% 17.5% Swing 3.6% 13.8% 3.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Oliver Napier N/A Pat Fahy Party Alliance Independent Irish Independence Seats won 38 37 21 Seat change 32 5 21 Popular vote 59,397 44,427 25,859 Percentage 8.9% 6.7% 3.9% Swing 5.5% 0.9% New party
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats
Colours denote the party with the most first preference votes in each District Electoral Area (darker colours indicate a majority of first preference votes).

Results

Overall

Party[1]		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
	DUP	142	+68	26.6	176,816
	UUP	151	-25	26.4	175,965
	SDLP	104	-9	17.5	116,487
	Alliance	38	-32	8.9	59,397
	Independent	37	-5	6.7	44,427
	Irish Independence	21	N/A	3.9	25,859
	The Workers' Party Republican Clubs	3	-3	1.8	12,059
	Ind. Unionist	6	-4	1.2	8,219
	UPUP	5	N/A	1.2	7,817
	UUUP	5	-7	0.7	4,962
	People's Democracy	2	N/A	0.7	4,734
	Unionist Party NI	2	-4	0.7	4,478
	Irish Republican Socialist	2	N/A	0.5	3,654
	NI Labour	1	0	0.5	3,563
	PUP	1	N/A	0.5	3,057
	New Ulster Political Research	1	N/A	0.4	2,989
	Independent Loyalist	2	+1	0.3	1,935
	Independent Socialist	1	+1	0.3	1,884
	Newtownabbey Labour	1	N/A	0.2	1,113
	Labour League	0	N/A	0.1	924
	Social Alliance	0	N/A	0.1	898
	Independent Labour	1	0	0.1	832
	United Democratic	0	N/A	0.1	692
	Trade Union Campaign	0	N/A	0.1	439
	Independent Alliance	0	N/A	0.1	323
	Ind. Nationalist	0	0	0.0	247
	Communist	0	0	0.0	201
	Unionist Unity	0	0	0.0	196
	National Front	0	0	0.0	194
	Ecology	0	0	0.0	142
	Independent SDLP	0	0	0.0	85
	Social Reform Party	0	0	0.0	34
	United British Ulster Peoples Party	0	0	0.0	28

By council

Antrim

Antrim A[2][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	James Graham	1,293
	SDLP	Robert Loughran	603
	Irish Independence	John Heffron	537
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	533
	SDLP	Gerard Carolan	429
	DUP	Frew Rainey	381
	Irish Independence	Desmond McAteer	339
	UUP	Jack Blakely	207
	Irish Independence	James Totten	164
	Alliance	James McConnell	113
	Ind. Unionist	Stewart Dunlop	91
	UUP	Mary Marshall	76
Turnout			4,901
	John Heffron joins IIP
	SDLP gain from Independent

Antrim B[2][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Thomas Wallace	688
	UUP	James Cunningham	684
	SDLP	Robert Burns	638
	DUP	Roy Thompson	587
	DUP	Allister Lucas	554
	UUP	Thomas Grant	398
	UUP	Alexander Wilson	252
	Alliance	John McCourt	195
	Alliance	George Luke	134
Turnout			4,251
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Antrim C[2][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop	1,719
	UUP	Paddy Marks	1,182
	UUP	Jack Allen	961
	DUP	Charles Quinn	615
	Antrim Labour League	John Gibbons	562
	Alliance	Michael Donoghue	531
	Alliance	Charles Kinahan	465
	Alliance	Mary Wallace	266
	Antrim Tenants' Association	Philip Henry	243
	UUP	Hugh Johnston	204
Turnout			6,984
	DUP gain from UUP

Ards

Ards A[4][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UPUP	Gladys McIntyre	1,034
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty	942
	DUP	Joseph Thompson	917
	DUP	Oliver Johnston	875
	UUP	Jim Shannon	741
	UUP	Robert Ambrose	609
	UUP	John Scott	545
	Independent	James McMullan	808
	Alliance	William Sheldon	427
	UUP	William Caughey	609
	Alliance	Alan Burnside	337
	UUP	James Kennett	259
	UUP	David Hamilton	209
	Unionist Party NI	Michael Long	112
	UPUP	Frances Millar	100
Turnout			8,162
	DUP gain from UUP
	UPUP gain from Alliance

Ards B[4][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Hugh Boyd	1,681
	NI Labour	Robert Gaw	1,310
	DUP	Hugh Gibson	1,005
	Alliance	Owen Dorrian	784
	DUP	John Elliott	670
	UPUP	Robert Brown	508
	UPUP	James Murray	468
	UUP	Robert Hamilton	458
	UUP	Hugh Patton	383
	UPUP	Hugh Yeaman	360
	Alliance	James Murphy	270
	UUP	Edward McLoughlin	166
	UUP	William Speers	162
	NI Labour	John Gray	114
Turnout			8,649
	DUP gain from UUP
	UPUP gain from Alliance

Ards C[4][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Thomas Gourley	1,479
	UUP	Hamilton McKeag	1,082
	DUP	John Hamilton	752
	Alliance	Thomas McBriar	526
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter	348
	UUP	Gordon Brown	334
	Independent	John Shields	311
	Independent	James Middleton	237
	UPUP	Robert McKee	222
	UUP	James Caughey	213
	UPUP	Shirley McWhinney	124
	Independent	Thomas Adair	20
Turnout			5,816
	DUP gain from Independent

Armagh

Armagh A[5][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Ronald Allen	938
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson	878
	SDLP	Francis McIlvanna	781
	UUP	Samuel Foster	610
	SDLP	Francis Kernan	593
	DUP	Norman Kerr	244
	UUUP	Robert Cummings	74
Turnout			4,296
No change

Armagh B[5][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jim Speers	1,931
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	1,394
	UUP	William McClelland	1,092
	DUP	Thomas Black	917
	UUP	Robert Turner	742
	UUP	Thomas Johnston	733
	UUUP	Francis Little	732
	DUP	John Alexander	561
	DUP	Mervyn Spratt	459
	UUUP	Frederick Hamilton	59
Turnout			8,780
No change

Armagh C[5][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick Fegan	980
	UUP	Jim Nicholson	962
	SDLP	James McKernan	933
	DUP	Joseph McBride	705
	SDLP	Joseph Dunleavy	690
	Irish Independence	Patrick Agnew	493
	UUP	Eleanor Boyd	450
	Independent	Peter McSorley	370
Turnout			5,790
	DUP gain from UUP

Armagh D[5][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Frederick Armstrong	1,173
	Independent	Barney McManus	1,011
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan	807
	DUP	Letitia McClenaghan	653
	SDLP	Anthony Agnew	617
	SDLP	Gerald Grimley	568
	UUP	George MacCartney	393
	UUP	Norman Creswell	243
	Armagh Labour Party	Carson Greer	134
Turnout			5,827
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena A[6][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Desmond Armstrong	964
	Independent	James Woulahan	824
	DUP	John Armstrong	823
	UUP	James McKay	640
	DUP	Samuel Hanna	583
	DUP	James Millar	410
Turnout			4,365
No change

Ballymena B[6][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Gillespie	1,254
	DUP	Sandy Spence	981
	DUP	John Greer	853
	DUP	Thomas Nicholl	740
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	740
	UUP	Hugh Simpson	537
	UUP	William Wright	464
	UUP	Robert Nelson	413
	UUP	Thomas Smyth	402
	UUP	John Sutter	271
Turnout			6,771
	Hugh Simpson joins UUP
	UUP gain from Independent

Ballymena C[6][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy West	1,082
	DUP	Martin Clarke	978
	DUP	Charles Maternaghan	825
	DUP	John McAuley	825
	UUP	William Brownlees	815
	UUP	William Simpson	694
	UUP	William McConnell	243
	UUUP	Ernest Johnston	108
Turnout			5,713
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	UUP gain from United Ratepayers

Ballymena D[6][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Patrick Burke	1,331
	DUP	Maurice Mills	1,113
	DUP	James Alexander	898
	Independent	Samuel Henry	790
	DUP	Robert Maternaghan	758
	UUP	Gordon Wilson	547
	UUP	Kenneth Hood	501
	UUP	James Rainey	395
	Independent	Samuel Barr	241
Turnout			6,604
	DUP gain from Alliance

Ballymoney

Ballymoney A[7][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Robert Halliday	575
	Alliance	Hugh McFarland	516
	DUP	James Patterson	484
	UUP	Kenneth Bamford	404
	DUP	Robert Wilson	403
	UUP	Adam Taylor	188
	UUP	Olive Craig	146
Turnout			2,757
	Alliance gain from UUP

Ballymoney B[7][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Charles Steele	791
	Independent	Hugh Boyle	615
	DUP	William Gracey	474
	DUP	Bertie McIlhatton	298
	UUP	Joe Gaston	596
	UUP	William Logan	362
	SDLP	Edward McClements	351
	SDLP	Harry Connolly	335
	UUP	Mary Ellis	278
	SDLP	John Mulholland	271
	UUP	Samuel Bartlett	261
	Independent	Margaret Donnelly	212
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	97
Turnout			5,063
	DUP gain from UUP and SDLP

Ballymoney C[7][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	747
	DUP	Ralph Strong	538
	Independent	Mary Holmes	567
	Independent	Robert McComb	353
	Alliance	Brendan Smyth	352
	UUP	James Simpson	328
	Independent	Thomas McKenna	152
Turnout			3,102
	DUP gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Banbridge

Banbridge A[8][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	James Walsh	1,092
	UUP	Wilson Davidson	939
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden	907
	Independent	Laurence McCartan	865
	UUP	Norman Ferguson	684
	UUP	Samuel Cowan	682
	Alliance	Kenneth McElroy	573
	Ind. Unionist	Hugh Anderson	538
	DUP	Gareth Bennett	499
	DUP	Irene Todd	422
	UUP	Raymond Armstrong	278
	DUP	Mildred McDowell	161
	UUP	Herbert Plunkett	151
	Independent SDLP	Margaret McStraw	318
Turnout			8,135
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Banbridge B[8][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy	1,125
	DUP	Brian Biggerstaff	750
	UUP	Raymond McCullough	709
	UUP	Matthew Bailey	589
	UUP	George Gamble	525
	UUP	Herbert Heslip	493
	DUP	David Herron	472
	UUP	Robert Hill	445
	DUP	Robert McIlroy	445
	UUP	Eric Williamson	380
	UUP	Robert Barr	366
	Dromore Action Committee	Thompson Howe	280
	DUP	Robert McGregor	273
	Alliance	Ebenezer Mulligan	104
Turnout			7,128
No change

Belfast

Belfast A[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	John Foster	3,333
	UUP	Jeremy Burchill	2,589
	DUP	Raymond McCrea	2,345
	UUP	Grace Bannister	2,055
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	1,479
	Alliance	Donnell Deeny	1,439
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	1,262
	UUP	Billy Blair	900
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	766
	UUP	T. Wilkins	544
	Workers' Party	Frank Cullen	418
	SDLP	P. T. McGrourty	410
	NI Labour	D. Peters	276
	UPUP	Ben Horan	187
	Independent	John McKeague	99
	Communist	James Stewart	97
Turnout			19,133
	DUP gain from Alliance
	UUP gain from SDLP

Belfast B[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	2,631
	DUP	Henry Evans	2,513
	Unionist Party NI	Joshua Cardwell	2,327
	DUP	Bill Morrison	2,152
	UUP	Tommy Patton	2,083
	UUP	William Corry	1,733
	Alliance	Michael Brown	1,602
	DUP	S. Foster	1,464
	UUP	Dorothy Dunlop	1,248
	DUP	A. Greer	979
	Alliance	S. G. Coulson	647
	NI Labour	D. McKee	548
	New Ulster Political Research	D. P. Scott	434
	SDLP	Peter Prendiville	236
Turnout			21,838
	DUP gain from UUP

Belfast C[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	David Cook	2,493
	UUP	Mary Crooks	2,099
	UUP	Andrew Cairns	1,933
	DUP	Brian Gibson	1,503
	SDLP	Ben Caraher	1,501
	UUP	J. J. Dixon Gilmore	1,326
	DUP	William Stevenson	1,214
	Alliance	Muriel Pritchard	1,158
	Alliance	B. Jeffrey	913
	DUP	T. McIntyre	729
	Unionist Party NI	Victor Brennan	532
	Workers' Party	G. Carr	530
Turnout			16,460
	DUP gain from Alliance and UPNI

Belfast D[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Joe Hendron	4,291
	People's Democracy	John McNulty	2,781
	SDLP	Cormac Boomer	2,070
	Independent Socialist	Paddy Devlin	1,343
	Workers' Party	Mary McMahon	1,125
	Irish Republican Socialist	Gerry Kelly	957
	Irish Republican Socialist	W. J. Browning	822
	Alliance	Dan McGuinness	725
	SDLP	Mary Muldoon	636
	UUP	J. Hand	538
	Workers' Party	K. Smyth	438
	SDLP	Anne McElroy	346
	Independent	L. Hunter	167
	Alliance	R. Turkington	137
Turnout			17,436
	Paddy Devlin leaves SDLP
	People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
	IRSP gain from Alliance

Belfast E[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	George Haffrey	4,142
	UUP	Billy Bell	3,105
	DUP	George Seawright	1,989
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	1,931
	New Ulster Political Research	Sammy Doyle	1,135
	Independent	Laurence Kennedy	1,070
	Alliance	A. H. Egerton	1,011
	Unionist Democracy	Fred Proctor	692
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	618
	UUP	J. Sands	386
	UUP	Alfie Ferguson	367
	Independent	P. Hunter	321
	Independent	J. Weir	311
	Independent	Peter Emerson	202
	Workers' Party	Margaret McNulty	177
Turnout			18,081
	Hugh Smyth joins PUP
	DUP gain from Alliance

Belfast F[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Billy Dickson	1,913
	Irish Republican Socialist	Sean Flynn	1,639
	Workers' Party	J. Sullivan	1,002
	DUP	Eric Smyth	952
	SDLP	Owen Allen	898
	Alliance	Will Glendinning	844
	UUP	James Stewart	719
	SDLP	H. G. Fitzmaurice	719
	UUP	L. Cust	638
	UUP	H. Fletcher	621
	SDLP	Mary Smyth	389
	SDLP	T. Lappin	227
	Alliance	Paul Maguire	215
Turnout			11,428
	DUP gain from UUP
	IRSP gain from Republican Clubs

Belfast G[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Frederick Ashby	1,913
	People's Democracy	Fergus O'Hare	1,953
	New Ulster Political Research	Sammy Millar	1,420
	UUP	Cecil Walker	1,173
	Workers' Party	Seamus Lynch	750
	SDLP	Brian Feeney	749
	UUP	Herbert Ditty	595
	Independent Socialist	Gerry Fitt	541
	DUP	Joseph Coggle	392
	Alliance	P. J. McGarry	313
Turnout			10,336
	DUP gain from Alliance
	People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
	NUPRG gain from UUP

Belfast H[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	John Carson	5,014
	SDLP	Paschal O'Hare	3,057
	DUP	William Annon	3,010
	Ind. Unionist	Frank Millar	1,848
	Alliance	John Cushnahan	1,739
	NI Labour	Alan Carr	1,000
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	818
	DUP	William Gault	813
	Workers' Party	L. McK. Clarke	553
	Alliance	R. O. Jamison	531
	PUP	David Overend	503
	DUP	Pauline Strong	466
	UUP	Raymond Trimble	408
Turnout			20,480
	DUP gain from Alliance

Carrickfergus

Carrick A[10][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	United Loyalist	Charles Johnston	819
	DUP	William Haggan	559
	Alliance	Joan Tomlin	512
	DUP	Samuel Irvine	504
	UUP	Mary Ardill	458
	Unionist Party NI	Anne Dickson	353
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	208
	UUP	Ernest Burton	188
	Alliance	Robert Gordon	145
	UUP	Mary Anderson	133
Turnout			3,977
	Charles Johnston leaves UUUC
	DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Carrick B[10][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Cross	748
	UUP	Hugh McLean	701
	UUP	James Brown	588
	Alliance	Patrick Conway	446
	DUP	William Knox	359
	Alliance	Charles Hilditch	307
	DUP	Steven Watters	249
	Alliance	Alice Bateman	231
	UPUP	Robert Wilson	122
	UUP	Henry Cardwell	105
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Richard Hopkins	85
Turnout			4,074
	DUP gain from Alliance

Carrick C[10][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ken McFaul	1,572
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	663
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Murphy	526
	PUP	Samuel Stewart	353
	DUP	William McKeown	241
	UUP	Elizabeth Carson	230
	DUP	Jim Strange	167
	UUP	Robert Hunter	159
	UUP	John Haslett	155
	Alliance	Arthur McQuitty	106
	Unionist Party NI	Edwin Cummings	30
Turnout			4,367
	Samuel Murphy leaves UPNI
	DUP gain from UUP

Castlereagh

Castlereagh A[11][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ernest Harper	1,555
	UUP	John Glass	1,104
	Independent	William Clulow	1,056
	UUP	Frederick Kane	865
	Alliance	Philip Grosse	749
	Alliance	Samuel Finlay	573
	UUP	Bryan Milford	548
	DUP	John Hillis	543
	Alliance	Ann Smith	502
	DUP	James Lowe	438
	UPUP	John Moore	420
	DUP	Robin Newton	379
Turnout			8,980
	Ernest Harper joins DUP
	Independent gain from Alliance

Castlereagh B[11][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Allen	3,098
	DUP	Alan Carson	987
	UUP	William Ward	912
	UUP	Matthew Anderson	784
	Alliance	Felicity Boyd	742
	UUP	Leslie Farrington	741
	Alliance	Adam Morrow	725
	DUP	John Gilpin	444
	Alliance	Amy McKeown	383
	DUP	Wesley Boyle	347
	DUP	John Lamont	277
	National Front	Michael Brooks	194
	Alliance	Samuel Pyper	124
	NI Labour	James Bate	76
	NI Labour	William Gunning	65
	NI Labour	William Copley	28
	Loyalist	Annetta Hynes	11
Turnout			10,334
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance

Castlereagh C[11][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Peter Robinson	3,562
	Alliance	Patricia Archer	1,048
	UUP	Herbert Johnstone	990
	Alliance	Bryan Davidson	493
	UUP	Walter McFarland	411
	DUP	Cedric Wilson	38
	DUP	Denny Vitty	35
Turnout			6,836
	DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Coleraine

Coleraine A[12][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Dallat	1,061
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane	901
	UUP	William King	864
	DUP	Thomas Malone Jr.	783
	Ind. Unionist	William Watt	705
	UUP	George McIlrath	690
	DUP	Robert Catherwood	680
	UUP	James Anderson	446
	UUP	Mayne Long	395
	DUP	Irwin Holmes	366
	Alliance	Anne Lambert	117
Turnout			7,187
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist
	SDLP gain from UUP

Coleraine B[12][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Creelman	1,119
	UUP	William Glenn	674
	SDLP	Sean Farren	658
	UUP	Albert Clarke	630
	DUP	Matthew Kane	540
	UUP	Robert Mitchell	493
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan	453
	UUP	Elizabeth Connolly	423
	UUP	John Earl	333
	DUP	William Sweeney	309
	Alliance	Peter Scott	293
	UUP	Thomas Henry	291
	DUP	Roy Hilldrup	272
	Ecology	Malcolm Samuel	61
Turnout			6,715
	DUP gain from Independent and SDLP

Coleraine C[12][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James McClure	3,203
	UUP	Robert White	1,374
	Independent	Patrick McFeely	1,174
	Independent	William McNabb	746
	UUP	Paul Baxter	615
	Alliance	William Mathews	500
	Independent	Randall Crawford	468
	UUP	Matthew Adams	355
	Ecology	Avril McCandless	81
	DUP	Robert Bolton	69
	DUP	William McElfatrick	60
	Alliance	Margaret Smith	54
	UUP	Antony Alcock	48
	DUP	Elizabeth Gaston	39
	UUP	Robert Hunter	39
	Independent	James Leonard	33
Turnout			9,073
	DUP gain from UUP
	Independent gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Cookstown A[13][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Kenneth Loughrin	1,087
	Independent	Laurence Loughran	1,073
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow	1,070
	SDLP	Patrick Bradley	722
	SDLP	Peter Kelly	563
	UUUP	Samuel Parke	470
Turnout			5,149
No change

Cookstown B[13][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McIntyre	1,502
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy	1,197
	Independent	Michael McIvor	964
	UUP	Victor McGahie	721
	UUP	James Howard	720
	Independent	Edward Hagan	679
	SDLP	Joseph Davidson	605
Turnout			6,535
	William McIntyre leaves UUUP
	Victor McGahie leaves UUUP

Cookstown C[13][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Alan Kane	1,120
	SDLP	Brigid Neeson	1,079
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty	932
	UUP	Espie Donaldson	930
	UUP	John Warwick	328
	UUP	Alex McConnell	233
Turnout			4,946
	DUP gain from UUP

Craigavon

Craigavon A[14][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Workers' Party	Paddy Breen	1,220
	SDLP	James McDonald	999
	SDLP	Sean McKavanagh	867
	DUP	Victor Pickering	766
	UUP	James Gillespie	732
	SDLP	Patrick Crilly	652
	SDLP	Thomas Fox	563
	Social Alliance	Joseph Cunningham	192
	UUP	William Lyness	183
Turnout			6,419
No change

Craigavon B[14][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Herbert Whitten	1,785
	SDLP	Daniel Murphy	1,343
	DUP	Gladys McCullough	1,127
	DUP	James Forsythe	802
	UUP	Alan Locke	664
	Workers' Party	Dermot Hamill	541
	UUP	George Hatch	518
	Alliance	William Ramsay	415
	Alliance	John Hagan	360
	DUP	Frederick Richardson	336
	DUP	John Oliver	227
Turnout			8,444
	DUP gain from Alliance

Craigavon C[14][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Workers' Party	Tom French	1,298
	SDLP	Hugh News	1,077
	UUP	Mary Simpson	987
	UUP	Cyril McLoughlin	775
	DUP	Robert Dodds	750
	UUP	Jack Mathers	659
	DUP	William Smith	650
	DUP	Ronald Williamson	617
	Alliance	Brian Gee	579
	Social Alliance	Alan Evans	398
	SDLP	Catherine McCann	391
	Social Alliance	George Forker	308
	SDLP	Terence McGinnity	270
	Independent	Robert McEvoy	250
	Ind. Unionist	Frederick Crowe	141
Turnout			9,468
	DUP gain from Alliance
	WPRC gain from SDLP

Craigavon D[14][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Frederick Baird	1,570
	UUP	Sydney Cairns	1,151
	UUP	Sam Gardiner	1,131
	DUP	David Calvert	1,119
	UUP	George Savage	1,028
	DUP	Ian Williams	872
	UUUP	Philip Black	790
	SDLP	Gary Kennedy	639
	UUUP	Thomas Megarrell	486
	UUP	Samuel Lutton	432
Turnout			9,455
	DUP gain from UUP

Down

Down A[15][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Cecil Harvey	1,387
	UUP	Samuel Osborne	954
	SDLP	Francis Laverty	809
	SDLP	Monica Smyth	751
	UUP	Dermot Nesbitt	732
	UUP	William Finlay	655
	UUP	William Brown	641
	SDLP	Thomas Murray	489
	DUP	Thomas Poole	477
	UUP	James Glover	355
	Alliance	John Rodgers	326
	Alliance	Wanda Rowan-Hamilton	286
	UUP	James Cochrane	275
	DUP	Thomas McKee	187
	Interdependence	Francis Rice	50
	Interdependence	Eileen Rice	24
Turnout			8,614
	DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Down B[15][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Edward McGrady	1,711
	Workers' Party	Raymond Blaney	1,121
	SDLP	Dermot Curran	893
	UUP	Cecil Maxwell	875
	Labour Party NI	Malachi Curran	665
	SDLP	John Ritchie	647
	UUP	Elizabeth Kennedy	513
	Alliance	George Flinn	451
	SDLP	John Bryce	382
	SDLP	Sean Quinn	373
	Alliance	Michael Healy	305
Turnout			8,188
	WPRC gain from SDLP
	Labour gain from Alliance

Down C[15][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Paddy O'Donoghue	1,328
	DUP	Ethel Smyth	1,137
	UUP	Gerald Douglas	939
	SDLP	James Magee	826
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	822
	SDLP	James Curry	762
	UUP	Norman Bicker	573
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	487
	SDLP	Stephen McClean	440
	Workers' Party	Edward O'Hagan	349
	Alliance	Anthony Dickinson	200
	UUP	William Keown	182
	Workers' Party	David Allister	117
Turnout			8,413
	Ethel Smyth leaves UUP

Dungannon

Dungannon A[16][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Seamus Cassidy	1,057
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell	889
	SDLP	John Monaghan	856
	UUP	Noel Mulligan	797
	UUP	Samuel Brush	633
	DUP	William McIlwrath	583
	DUP	Frederick Burrows	570
	UUP	Winston Mulligan	549
Turnout			6,026
	Independent gain from SDLP

Dungannon B[16][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Jim Canning	1,744
	Independent	Owen Nugent	1,140
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey	1,138
	UUP	Thomas Kempton	918
	Independent	John Corr	539
	DUP	Abraham White	497
Turnout			6,186
	Owen Nugent leaves SDLP

Dungannon C[16][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patsy Daly	1,324
	UUP	Derek Irwin	981
	DUP	James Ewing	778
	UUP	John Taggart	647
	DUP	Norman Lockhart	583
	UUP	Jim Brady	571
	Independent	Wilfred Dilworth	558
	UUUP	James McNeill	205
	Independent	William Lucas	104
Turnout			5,876
	DUP gain from UUP

Dungannon D[16][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	1,124
	UUP	Ken Maginnis	1,085
	Irish Independence	Plunkett O'Donnell	1,062
	UUP	William Brown	1,046
	Independent	Michael McLoughlin	751
	SDLP	Peggie Devlin	579
Turnout			5,762
	Michael McLoughlin leaves SDLP
	UUP gain from Independent
	IIP gain from Independent

Fermanagh

Fermanagh A[17][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	John McMahon	1,292
	UUP	Jack Leahy	1,075
	Independent	John Joe McCusker	1,069
	Independent	Thomas Murray	849
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	628
	DUP	Caroline Madill	548
	Independent	Michael McBarron	528
	UUP	Thomas Johnston	329
	SDLP	John Reihill	280
Turnout			6,734
	John Joe McCusker leaves Unity
	IIP gain from Independent

Fermanagh B[17][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Cecil Noble	1,660
	Irish Independence	Patrick Cox	1,216
	UUP	Norman Brown	892
	DUP	Roy Coalter	535
	UUP	Cyril Crozier	396
	SDLP	Thomas Doherty	395
	SDLP	Seamus Carson	310
	DUP	Margaret Veitch	261
Turnout			5,774
	DUP gain from UUUP
	IIP gain from SDLP

Fermanagh C[17][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	Patrick McCaffrey	1,178
	UUP	Wilson Elliott	941
	Independent	Patrick Flanagan	848
	Irish Independence	Annie Cavanagh	816
	SDLP	Gerard Gallagher	776
	UUP	Herbert Corrigan	693
	DUP	George Gott	468
	SDLP	Patrick McGovern	200
Turnout			6,094
	Patrick McCaffrey leaves Unity

Fermanagh D[17][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Herbert Kerr	1,241
	UUP	Caldwell McClaughrey	1,074
	DUP	Bert Johnston	905
	SDLP	John O'Kane	843
	Irish Independence	Gerry O'Donnell	544
	Irish Independence	Patrick Keown	448
	SDLP	John Cunningham	396
	SDLP	Patrick McGrath	391
	DUP	Miriam Cuthbertson	266
	Alliance	John Haslett	179
Turnout			6,371
	Bert Johnston leaves UUUP
	UUP gain from SDLP

Fermanagh E[17][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson	1,116
	Irish Independence	Patrick O'Reilly	825
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	767
	UUP	Samuel Foster	563
	Irish Independence	Edward Bermingham	548
	SDLP	Jim Lunny	519
	SDLP	Jim Donnelly	456
	UUP	Alwin Loane	415
	Fermanagh Labour League	Thomas Campbell	362
	Alliance	Marjorie Moore	298
	SDLP	Roy Tarbotton	242
Turnout			6,253
	IIP gain from SDLP
	UUP gain from UUUP

Larne

Larne A[18][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Thomas Robinson	897
	Independent	William Cunning	875
	DUP	Rachel Rea	582
	Alliance	Hugh Wilson	469
	DUP	Robert Campbell	414
Turnout			3,311
	Independent gain from SDLP

Larne B[18][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	John Alexander	647
	DUP	Samuel McAllister	600
	UUP	Laurence Niblock	547
	United Loyalist	Roy Beggs	466
	UUP	Alexander Hunter	296
	Alliance	William Calwell	241
Turnout			2,865
	Laurence Niblock leaves Vanguard
	Roy Beggs leaves DUP
	DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Larne C[18][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Jack McKee	1,436
	UUP	Robert Robinson	770
	DUP	Winston Fulton	509
	Alliance	William Kelly	508
	Alliance	Thomas Benson	428
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly	396
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong	387
	UUP	Joseph Wallace	325
	United Loyalist	Samuel Martin	262
	Community Candidate	James Clements	218
	DUP	Leonard Sluman	178
	Independent	Agnew Hamilton	156
	Community Candidate	Patrick Todd	69
	Independent	William Fleck	61
Turnout			5,894
	Rosalie Armstrong leaves Vanguard
	DUP gain from Vanguard and Independent
	UUP gain from Independent

Limavady

Limavady A[19][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	727
	SDLP	Roy King	678
	DUP	Ernest Murray	654
	UUP	Robert Grant	563
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan	562
	UUP	Stanley Gault	434
	UUP	James Gilfillan	290
Turnout			3,986
No change

Limavady B[19][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	David Robinson	883
	SDLP	Lawrence Hegarty	571
	Independent	Denis Farren	501
	UUP	Max Gault	329
	Irish Independence	Sean McCloskey	319
	SDLP	James Brolly	310
	DUP	Alex Fulton	220
	Irish Independence	George McCormick	197
	Irish Independence	Andrew Murphy	127
	DUP	John McKay	75
	The Workers' Party Republican Clubs	Jerry Mullan	63
Turnout			3,715
	IIP gain from SDLP

Limavady C[19][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Norris	729
	SDLP	Barry Doherty	653
	UUP	William Cooke	650
	UUP	William Barbour	622
	UUP	Jackie Dolan	595
	SDLP	Geraldine Kearny	510
	Alliance	Francis Parkinson	223
	DUP	George Robinson	133
	DUP	Arthur Reid	108
Turnout			4,287
No change

Lisburn

Lisburn A[20][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Robert Campbell	1,299
	DUP	James Wells	1,004
	UUP	William Dillon	916
	SDLP	John Clenaghan	905
	DUP	Charles Woodburne	515
	UUP	Henry Stewart	394
Turnout			5,142
No change

Lisburn B[20][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Charles Poots	1,469
	UUP	William Bleakes	1,222
	UUP	Thomas Lilburn	655
	Alliance	John Alderdice	623
	DUP	Samuel Dorman	620
	DUP	James McCann	469
	UUP	Joseph McClullough	447
	Independent	William Johnston	351
Turnout			5,977
	William Bleakes leaves UUUP
	DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn C[20][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Belshaw	2,412
	DUP	Denis McCarroll	856
	UUP	William Watson	812
	Alliance	Seamus Close	811
	UUP	Wilfred McClung	585
	DUP	Robert Dunsmore	423
	UUUP	George Morrison	401
	Independent	William Whitley	389
	NI Labour	Robert Clarke	107
Turnout			6,992
	DUP gain from UUP and UUUP

Lisburn D[20][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ivan Davis	3,720
	Alliance	George Boyd	1,086
	UUP	Samuel Semple	1,069
	UUP	Maureen McKinney	788
	Alliance	James Mulholland	479
	DUP	Robert McNeice	470
	UUP	David Trimble	454
	Unionist Party NI	David Gordon	232
	UUUP	John Curry	153
Turnout			8,639
	DUP gain from UPNI

Lisburn E[20][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Beattie	1,909
	UUP	William McAllister	1,830
	SDLP	William McDonnell	1,013
	Alliance	John Cousins	542
	Workers' Party	Gerard Dunlop	462
	Alliance	Brion Fitzsimons	435
	UUUP	James Davis	105
	Communist	Terry Bruton	72
Turnout			6,831
	UUUP gain from Alliance

Londonderry

Londonderry A[21][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	John Henry	1,412
	SDLP	John McNickle	1,018
	SDLP	George Peoples	942
	UUP	Robert Bond	937
	DUP	William Hay	906
	SDLP	Thomas Doherty	837
	SDLP	Danny Ferguson	808
	UUP	Ernest Hamilton	592
	UUP	Alan Lindsay	526
	Alliance	John Allen	318
	Alliance	James Patterson	173
	NI Labour	Delap Stevenson	173
Turnout			8,786
	DUP gain from UUP

Londonderry B[21][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Anna Hay	1,586
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	1,206
	SDLP	Michael Fegan	1,119
	UUP	James Guy	1,078
	Alliance	Robert McCullough	707
	UUP	Robert Ferris	583
	UUP	George McNally	496
	SDLP	Colm Elliott	462
	Irish Independence	Thomas McGlinchley	410
	Derry Trades Union Council	Bernard McAnaney	39
Turnout			7,855
	DUP gain from Alliance

Londonderry C[21][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick Devine	1,566
	Irish Independence	John McChrystal	599
	SDLP	Anna Gallagher	353
	SDLP	Raymond Rogan	312
	Irish Independence	Kevin Barr	299
	Independent	Samuel Brown	274
	SDLP	Joseph Moran	229
	Irish Independence	Eileen Doherty	221
	Alliance	Gerard O'Grady	213
	Ind. Republican	Vincent Coyle	174
	Workers' Party	Eamon Melaugh	143
	Irish Independence	Patrick Harkin	125
	Derry Trades Union Council	Ann Donnelly	75
	Ind. Republican	John Carr	61
Turnout			4,891
	John McChrystal and Kevin Barr join IIP

Londonderry D[21][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	William Keys	788
	Irish Independence	James Bradley	591
	DUP	Margaret Buchanan	507
	SDLP	John Tierney	438
	SDLP	William McCartney	353
	Irish Independence	Roger O'Doherty	182
	Alliance	Noel Sinclair	141
	Irish Independence	Liam Wray	93
	Irish Republican Socialist	Thomas McCourt	92
	Derry Trades Union Council	Colm Fox	88
Turnout			3,426
	James Bradley joins IIP
	DUP gain from UUP

Londonderry E[21][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Frank Donnelly	1,344
	Irish Independence	Fergus McAteer	1,203
	SDLP	William O'Connell	1,176
	SDLP	Leonard Green	984
	SDLP	William McCorriston	976
	UUP	David Davis	956
	Alliance	Ita Breen	563
	DUP	Annette Hetherington	560
	Irish Independence	James Crossan	349
	Irish Independence	Edward Bradley	301
	Irish Independence	Denis McIntyre	180
	Derry Trades Union Council	John Duffy	164
	Irish Republican Socialist	Paul Whoriskey	144
	Community Candidate	Michael Shiels	122
	Derry Trades Union Council	Bill Webster	73
Turnout			9,377
	Fergus McAteer joins IIP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Magherafelt

Magherafelt A[22][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Noel McCusker	1,597
	SDLP	Mary McSorley	920
	DUP	John Linton	823
	SDLP	Patrick Sweeney	705
	UUP	John Kenning	569
	SDLP	Frank McKendry	459
	SDLP	Patrick McBride	403
	Ind. Unionist	Francis Thompson	359
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	329
	Workers' Party	Geraldine Crilly	137
	Independent	Peter Merron	53
Turnout			6,483
	DUP gain from UUP
	SDLP gain from UUP
	Independent gain from WPRC

Magherafelt B[22][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	John Davey	1,961
	UUUP	Robert Overend	1,070
	UUP	John Junkin	690
	DUP	Thomas Milligan	668
	DUP	Alexander Montgomery	512
	SDLP	Francis Madden	322
	Independent	Vincent O'Neill	300
	SDLP	Henry McErlean	284
Turnout			5,985
	IIP gain from Independent

Magherafelt C[22][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McCrea	2,248
	Independent	Bernard Murphy	1,208
	SDLP	William Conaghan	696
	SDLP	Roddy Gribben	638
	SDLP	Michael O'Neill	398
	UUP	William Lees	346
	UUUP	Ernest Caldwell	309
	Alliance	Wilfred Brennen	288
	DUP	George Miller	283
	UUP	James Artt	256
	Independent	John Gregg	38
Turnout			6,855
	Independent gain from SDLP

Moyle

Moyle A[23][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran	477
	Independent	Fergus Wheeler	461
	SDLP	Gerard Gillan	262
	SDLP	Archie McIntosh	248
	Irish Independence	John McKay	241
	SDLP	Charles Hamill	220
	Independent	Thomas O'Neill	96
	Independent	Gerard McCarry	83
	Irish Independence	Anna Edwards	68
Turnout			2,202
	SDLP gain from Independent (x2)

Moyle B[23][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Rodgers	445
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy	381
	Independent	James McShane	345
	Independent	Mary Morrison	300
	UUP	Robert Getty	299
	UUP	Hugh Acheson	253
	DUP	Ronnie McIlvar	243
	UUP	James McAuley	193
	Alliance	Maurice McHenry	142
	DUP	Andrew Dobbin	133
	Alliance	John Shanks	92
	DUP	Samuel Simpson	56
Turnout			2,955
	Price McConaghy leaves UUP
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist (x2)

Moyle C[23][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Richard Kerr	296
	Independent	Archie McAuley	237
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary	222
	Irish Independence	Eamonn Scally	178
	SDLP	Joseph Donaghy	157
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnstone	150
	Alliance	Hugh Sayers	139
	DUP	Norman Campbell	128
	Alliance	Thomas Cecil	92
Turnout			1,647
No change

Newry and Mourne

Newry and Mourne A[24][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Colum Murnion	1,346
	DUP	George Graham	1,264
	UUP	William Russell	1,155
	UUP	William Coulter	1,052
	SDLP	Anne Marie Cunningham	639
	Independent	Arthur Dornan	600
	DUP	Robert McConnell	175
Turnout			6,443
No change

Newry and Mourne B[24][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	1,048
	SDLP	Jim McCart	847
	SDLP	Liam Trainor	595
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan	589
	Independent	Anthony Williamson	459
	UUP	William McCoy	433
	Irish Independence	Joe Kearney	412
	Alliance	Eithne Doran	174
	DUP	Raymond Hanna	135
	Independent	Peter Maloy	106
	Independent Labour	Johnny Ward	33
Turnout			5,049
	SDLP gain from Independent and Alliance

Newry and Mourne C[24][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Nan Sands	1,014
	DUP	William Sterritt	901
	UUP	Violet Cromie	612
	SDLP	Patrick Harper	611
	UUP	Annie Copeland	466
	Independent	James Fagan	395
	Alliance	Violet Watts	87
Turnout			4,198
	DUP gain from UUP

Newry and Mourne D[24][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	Eugene Markey	1,831
	SDLP	John McEvoy	988
	UUP	Andrew Moffett	805
	UUP	Clarence Morrow	675
	SDLP	John Bell	664
	SDLP	Thomas McGrath	627
	SDLP	Michael McNulty	592
	Alliance	Victor Frizell	588
	DUP	George McConnell	303
	Workers' Party	Brian Mulligan	287
	Workers' Party	Matthew Cunningham	203
	Irish Independence	Francis McCamley	167
Turnout			8,010
	Eugene Markey joins IIP
	IIP gain from Alliance

Newry and Mourne E[24][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Anti H-Block	James Lynch	1,244
	SDLP	Pat Toner	925
	Independent	Anthony Watters	852
	SDLP	James Savage	758
	SDLP	Owen Kelly	570
	SDLP	Jack McMahon	533
	Independent	Sean McCreesh	531
	UUP	Elizabeth McConnell	530
	Irish Independence	Jim Murphy	447
	DUP	Alex Chambers	255
	Ind. Republican	Brian Woods	242
	Irish Independence	Sean Reavy	83
Turnout			7,212
	Jim Murphy joins IIP
	Anti H-Block gain from SDLP

Newry and Mourne F[24][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy	874
	UUP	William McCaigue	752
	SDLP	Patrick McElroy	666
	Irish Independence	Freddie Kearns	479
	SDLP	Louis McGuigan	475
	Alliance	Michael McVerry	306
	Irish Independence	Kevin McAleenan	277
	DUP	Gordon Heslip	258
	Irish Independence	P. J. McCann	248
	Workers' Party	Edward McKeown	105
	Workers' Party	Michael McLoughlin	87
	Alliance	Edward Turley	85
	Social Reform Party	James Malone	34
Turnout			4,833
	IIP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey A[25][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	James Wilson	850
	DUP	Trevor Kirkland	830
	DUP	Mary Harkness	818
	UUP	Arthur Templeton	758
	UUP	John Anderson	710
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron	598
	Alliance	Patrick McCudden	550
Turnout			5,243
	Sidney Cameron leaves UUP
	DUP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey B[25][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	David Hanna	1,964
	UUP	Fraser Agnew	1,090
	UUP	Letitia McCartney	547
	UUP	Cecil Stringer	450
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Bob Kidd	433
	Workers' Party	Austin Kelly	375
	Alliance	John Elliott	363
	Alliance	Hugh Montgomery	291
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Alistair Keery	102
	Communist	William Stewart	32
Turnout			5,920
	Cecil Stringer joins UUP

Newtownabbey C[25][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Samuel Neill	2,737
	UUP	Clifford Forsythe	1,499
	UUP	Robert Caul	1,277
	Independent	Desmond Dowds	807
	Alliance	Claire Martin	560
	Alliance	George Jones	534
	Alliance	Gordon Mawhinney	460
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Brian Caul	252
Turnout			8,332
	Independent gain from Alliance
	UUP gain from UPNI

Newtownabbey D[25][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Smith	2,926
	Alliance	James Rooney	1,068
	Ind. Unionist	George Herron	951
	UUP	Ivan Hunter	949
	UUP	Arthur Kell	560
	UUP	William McKee	520
	Independent Alliance	John Drysdale	323
	Alliance	John Smith	308
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Thomas Davidson	147
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Lindsay Prior	94
Turnout			8,109
	Independent Unionist gain from Alliance

North Down

North Down A[26][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	Edmund Mills	1,216
	Alliance	Donald Hayes	812
	DUP	Raymond Trousdale	740
	Alliance	Jane Copeland	710
	UUP	Bruce Mulligan	683
	Unionist Party NI	William Bailie	655
	UUP	George Allport	605
	DUP	Elizabeth Loan	592
	Alliance	Julian Hamilton	298
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan	279
	UPUP	Margaret McGimpsey	247
	Unionist Party NI	Dorothy Smith	56
Turnout			5,610
	DUP gain from Alliance

North Down B[26][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UPUP	George Green	1,200
	DUP	Wesley Graham	972
	DUP	Camphell McCormick	821
	Alliance	James Magee	733
	DUP	George McMurtry	663
	UUP	Chalmers Quee	386
	UUP	Phyllis Brown	370
	UPUP	Cecil Baniff	306
	PUP	Thomas O'Brien	270
	Alliance	Anne Wilson	268
	UPUP	William Elliott	234
	Ind. Unionist	John Shields	233
	UPUP	James Boyle	203
	United British Ulster Peoples Party	William Johnston	28
Turnout			6,888
	George Green leaves Vanguard
	DUP gain from UUP
	UPUP gain from UUP

North Down C[26][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UPUP	Mary O'Fee	1,021
	Alliance	William Morrow	959
	DUP	Robert Graham	929
	UUP	Hazel Bradford	907
	Alliance	Brian Wilson	444
	UUP	Terence McKeag	422
	Alliance	Thomas Rollins	367
	UPUP	Maisie McMullan	273
	DUP	George McKinnie	263
Turnout			5,720
	Mary O'Fee leaves Vanguard
	DUP gain from UUP

North Down D[26][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Ellie McKay	1,076
	UUP	John Auld	803
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien	727
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	509
	Alliance	Michael Clarke	423
	Alliance	Irene Cave	391
	UPUP	Frederick White	374
	DUP	Edith Cole	277
	UUP	Thomas Bussell	225
	Unionist Party NI	Trevor Boyd	181
	UPUP	Eric Griffith	135
Turnout			5,246
	DUP gain from UUUP

Omagh

Omagh A[27][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Arthur McFarland	846
	SDLP	Liam McQuaid	840
	Irish Independence	Charles McElholm	771
	SDLP	John Skelton	538
	Irish Independence	John Fahy	496
	UUP	William Montgomery	490
	DUP	Ivan Foster	474
	SDLP	Vincent O'Brien	376
	DUP	George Thompson	330
	Unity Unionist	Cecil Anderson	196
	Alliance	Dermot McCormack	87
Turnout			5,610
	DUP gain from UUP
	IIP gain from Independent

Omagh B[27][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	Patrick Donnelly	623
	Independent	John Mullin	604
	UUP	Bertie Moses	597
	Alliance	Patrick Bogan	570
	UUP	John Hutchinson	551
	DUP	James McConnell	512
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	407
	SDLP	Eugene Donnelly	393
	DUP	William McFarland	254
Turnout			4,631
	Patrick Donnelly joins IIP
	DUP gain from UUP

Omagh C[27][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	Patrick Fahy	1,185
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	1,026
	SDLP	Bernadette Grant	818
	Alliance	Aidan Lagan	723
	UUP	John Ashenhurst	654
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna	513
	SDLP	Paddy McGowan	496
	UUP	William Thompson	457
	SDLP	Arthur Breen	453
	Alliance	Richard Hinds	336
	DUP	William Caldwell	251
	UUP	Alfred Barnett	194
	DUP	James Mitchell	173
	Irish Independence	Francis Loughran	83
	Irish Independence	Michael Kelly	79
	Ind. Unionist	Edward Sayers	74
Turnout			7,681
	DUP gain from UUP
	IIP gain from SDLP

Omagh D[27][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	Francis Conway	984
	SDLP	Brendan Martin	643
	DUP	Willis Cooke	576
	UUP	John Johnston	427
	Ind. Republican	Francis McElroy	375
	Irish Independence	Brian McGrath	303
	Irish Independence	Patrick Walsh	285
	Alliance	John Hadden	235
	SDLP	Patrick McCrory	225
	SDLP	John McSherry	118
Turnout			4,331
	IIP gain from Alliance
	IIP gain from WPRC
	DUP gain from UUP

Strabane

Strabane A[28][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Denis McCrory	1,320
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan	1,221
	SDLP	Mary McCrea	1,029
	UUP	Edward Turner	832
	UUP	Ernest Young	672
	DUP	Robert Anderson	580
	DUP	David Baird	315
Turnout			6,162
	DUP gain from UUP

Strabane B[28][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Gallagher	1,101
	Independent	Francis McConnell	1,015
	UUP	Mary Britton	984
	DUP	Samuel Rogers	973
	DUP	George McIntyre	827
	UUP	Henry Henderson	607
	SDLP	Mary McAleer	313
Turnout			5,997
	DUP gain from UUP

Strabane C[28][3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	James O'Kane	1,250
	SDLP	Paul O'Hare	600
	SDLP	William Flanagan	578
	UUP	Robert Fleming	450
	Independent	John O'Kane	418
	DUP	Desmond Monteith	371
	Anti H-Block	William Gallagher	296
	Alliance	Patrick Wallace	288
	SDLP	Jane O'Donnell	268
	Ind. Nationalist	John McCrory	247
	Independent	Michael Dunne	115
	Independent	David Fleming	96
	Independent	William Crichton	72
	Independent	John Tracey	43
Turnout			5,447
	Independent gain from SDLP