1977 Strabane District Council election

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1977 Strabane District Council election

18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP Ulster Unionist Independent Nationalist Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Alliance United Loyalist Coalition Seats won 2 0 0 Seat change 2 2 1

Elections to Strabane District 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.

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	5	1	0	1	33.3	30.5	5,139	4.3
	Ulster Unionist	5	0	1	1	33.3	29.5	4,967	9.4
	Independent Nationalist	3	1	0	1	20.0	14.9	2,505	3.8
	DUP	2	2	0	2	13.3	13.6	2,284	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.1	852	2.6
	Alliance	0	0	2	2	0.0	5.0	510	6.6
	Republican Clubs	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	384	1.6
	Ind. Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	205	1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1977
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Others
Area A	14.3	1	35.9	2	18.2	1	31.6	1	5
Area B	27.4	1	34.8	2	22.0	1	15.8	1	5
Area C	50.9	3	17.2	1	0.0	0	31.9	1	5
Total	30.5	5	29.5	5	13.6	2	26.4	3	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Strabane Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	George McIntyre	18.18%	1,047
	Independent Nationalist	Denis McCrory*	17.53%	1,010
	SDLP	Daniel Gallagher*	8.99%	518	518	542	556	764	1,002
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Turner	13.16%	758	789.04	798.2	864.32	865.32	871.4	875.4
	Ulster Unionist	Ernest Young*	12.40%	714	731.04	750.04	791.28	794.28	795.28	807.28
	Ulster Unionist	Frank Stewart	10.36%	597	611.24	623.32	708.44	710.44	721.52	736.52
	Independent	Brian MacBride	7.99%	460	460.08	493.16	500.24	571.24
	SDLP	Mary McCrea	5.28%	304	304	311	313.08
	Ind. Unionist	James Moore	3.56%	205	219.56	244.56
	Alliance	James Smyth	2.55%	147	147.4
Electorate: 7,693   Valid: 5,760 (74.87%)   Spoilt: 266   Quota: 961   Turnout: 6,026 (78.33%)

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from Alliance, United Loyalist Coalition joins DUP

Strabane Area B - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Samuel Rogers*	21.96%	1,237
	Ulster Unionist	Mary Britton*	19.83%	1,117
	SDLP	John Gallagher	17.84%	1,005
	Ulster Unionist	Henry Henderson*	14.95%	842	1,128
	Independent Nationalist	Francis McConnell	12.52%	705	705.25	749.25	855.25
	SDLP	Aidan McNamee	9.55%	538	538.25	548.25	595.5
	Independent	James McCormick	2.89%	163	163	205
	Independent	James Tinney	0.46%	26	27	30
Electorate: 7,110   Valid: 5,633 (79.23%)   Spoilt: 214   Quota: 939   Turnout: 5,847 (82.24%)

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Strabane Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Ivan Cooper	26.72%	1,457
	SDLP	William Carlin*	14.69%	801	1,077.12
	SDLP	John McKelvey*	9.46%	516	683.31	816.75	822.14	834.72	858.69	918.69
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Fleming	10.67%	582	583.17	583.65	585.04	585.04	586.04	589.04	914.04
	Independent Nationalist	John O'Kane*	10.86%	592	623.2	631.36	635.36	666.48	692.76	768.84	772.84	913.84
	Republican Clubs	Ivan Barr	5.81%	317	332.21	337.01	337.4	393.57	416.74	443.24	444.24	471.26
	Alliance	Douglas Cooper*	5.72%	312	323.7	326.34	362.36	365.92	380.79	392.35	406.35
	Ulster Unionist	Sydney Browne	6.55%	357	357.39	357.39	358.39	358.39	358.39	358.39
	Independent Nationalist	John McCrory	3.63%	198	208.14	214.14	214.14	222.53	241.4
	Independent	Thomas Forbes	2.68%	146	160.04	166.76	168.39	173.56
	Republican Clubs	Gerard McCafferty	1.22%	67	71.68	72.4	74.4
	Independent	James McDaid	1.05%	57	63.63	64.83	64.83
	Alliance	Mamie Quigley	0.94%	51	54.51	55.47
Electorate: 7,754   Valid: 5,453 (70.32%)   Spoilt: 317   Quota: 909   Turnout: 5,770 (74.41%)