1977 Moyle District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977

1977 Moyle District Council election

18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 16 seats to Moyle District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent Social Democratic and Labour Ulster Unionist Seats won 6 3 3 Seat change 1 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Democratic Unionist Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 2 Seat change 2 0

Elections to Moyle 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	6	0	1	1	37.5	37.1	2,215	10.2
	Social Democratic and Labour	3	1	0	1	18.8	22.6	1,350	10.6
	Ulster Unionist	3	0	2	2	18.8	17.6	1,050	4.3
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	0	12.5	10.7	637	3.4
	Democratic Unionist	2	2	0	2	12.5	7.7	461	New
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	173	2.1
	Unionist Party NI	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	80	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1977
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Others
Area A	30.4	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	69.6	3	4
Area B	0.0	0	30.5	2	18.3	2	51.2	4	8
Area C	51.9	2	19.7	1	0.0	0	28.4	1	4
Total	22.6	3	17.6	3	7.7	2	52.1	8	16

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x Independent
1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Moyle Area A - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Fergus Wheeler*	20.03%	406
	Independent	Alistair McSparran*	19.44%	394	559
	Independent	Patrick McCarry*	17.96%	364	379	430
	Social Democratic and Labour	Archie McIntosh	16.08%	326	352	386	397.44
	Social Democratic and Labour	John McKay	14.31%	290	328	373	385.32
	Independent	Arthur McAlister*	12.19%	247
Electorate: 2,716   Valid: 2,027 (74.63%)   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 406   Turnout: 2,083 (76.69%)

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP (two seats)

Moyle Area B - 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	James McShane*	18.70%	472
	Ulster Unionist	Price McConaghy*	16.64%	420
	Ind. Unionist	Matt Colgan	13.19%	333
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McKay*	8.16%	206	210.8	271.66	291.82
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Adams*	6.30%	159	170.4	180.26	182.5	183.5	200.42	303.42
	Independent	Maureen Gaston	4.08%	103	263	262.86	267.02	267.02	280.58	298.58
	Democratic Unionist	Mary Morrison	8.95%	226	226.6	235.44	239.92	247.6	269.82	271.98	272.74	273.24
	Democratic Unionist	George McFadden	6.58%	166	168.4	169.76	171.52	215.52	221.9	228.24	235.84	237.84
	Ind. Unionist	Lee Walker	5.74%	145	145.6	156.48	167.36	180.36	193.2	201.2	215.26	223.26
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Acheson*	5.74%	145	157	160.06	161.18	161.18	166.38
	Unionist Party NI	William McConaghy	3.17%	80	89	119.6	124.24	126.24
	Democratic Unionist	Ronnie McIlvar	2.73%	69	69	70.36	70.68
Electorate: 4,511   Valid: 2,524 (55.95%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 281   Turnout: 2,589 (57.39%)

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: No change

Moyle Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Social Democratic and Labour	John Black*	29.54%	418
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Johnston*	19.72%	279	283.48	287.48
	Independent	Archibald McAuley*	16.18%	229	255.88	266.48	334.48
	Social Democratic and Labour	John McAfee*	14.13%	200	248.64	256.52	281.48
	Social Democratic and Labour	Joseph Donaghy	8.20%	116	159.84	169.12	187.76
	Alliance	John Scott	7.56%	107	108.28	147.92
	Alliance	Maurice McHenry	4.66%	66	73.36
Electorate: 2,304   Valid: 1,415 (61.41%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 284   Turnout: 1,481 (64.28%)