1977 Strabane District Council election
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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[edit]
Area A[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | George McIntyre | 18.18% | 1,047 | |||||||
Independent Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 17.53% | 1,010 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Samuel Rogers* | 21.96% | 1,237 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Britton* | 19.83% | 1,117 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Ivan Cooper | 26.72% | 1,457 | |||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | William Carlin* | 14.69% | 801 | 1,077.12 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1973-1981: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 13 August 2021.