1977 Armagh District Council election
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Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 9 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
45.0 | 38.8 | 8,116 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 7 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
35.0 | 30.3 | 6,341 | ![]() | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
10.0 | 12.8 | 2,665 | ![]() | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.0 | 4.5 | 932 | New | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.0 | 4.0 | 839 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6.4 | 1,332 | ![]() | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.4 | 507 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.8 | 169 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | UUUP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 37.2 | 2 | 33.2 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 47.1 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 6 |
Area C | 36.9 | 2 | 51.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 30.5 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 38.8 | 9 | 30.3 | 7 | 12.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 13.6 | 1 | 20 |
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Douglas Hutchinson* | 23.00% | 821 | ||||
UUP | Mary Huey* | 19.27% | 688 | 785 | |||
UUP | Samuel Foster* | 17.93% | 640 | 738 | |||
SDLP | Francis McIlvanna | 17.70% | 632 | 633 | 650 | 651 | |
SDLP | Francis Kernan | 15.49% | 553 | 561 | 598 | 605 | |
UUUP | Noel Lyttle | 6.61% | 236 | ||||
Electorate: 5,767 Valid: 3,570 (61.90%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 715 Turnout: 3,792 (65.75%) |
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | William Henning* | 16.55% | 1,177 | ||||||||
SDLP | Seamus Mallon* | 15.35% | 1,092 | ||||||||
DUP | Thomas Black* | 15.14% | 1,077 | ||||||||
UUP | William McClelland | 13.51% | 961 | 1,044.85 | |||||||
UUUP | Francis Little | 7.79% | 554 | 561.93 | 562.23 | 572.43 | 659.79 | 662.24 | 977.33 | 988.36 | |
UUP | Jim Speers | 9.86% | 701 | 727.39 | 727.49 | 729.49 | 745.3 | 754.15 | 807.96 | 895.12 | |
UUP | George Parks | 7.21% | 513 | 539.65 | 539.85 | 544.5 | 555.78 | 572.53 | 622.83 | 794.32 | |
Alliance | James McAfee | 4.37% | 311 | 311.91 | 360.31 | 360.51 | 361.51 | 530.1 | 530.1 | ||
DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.58% | 397 | 398.69 | 398.69 | 430.34 | 454.26 | 455.46 | |||
Alliance | Christina Glendinning | 2.64% | 188 | 190.6 | 210.7 | 211.5 | 214.65 | ||||
UUUP | David Robb | 2.00% | 142 | 143.43 | 143.43 | 147.03 | |||||
Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 7,113 (67.24%) Spoilt: 257 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,370 (69.67%) |
Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | Eleanor Boyd | 23.24% | 1,153 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 19.27% | 956 | ||||
SDLP | James McKernan | 17.66% | 876 | ||||
UUP | Jim Nicholson | 13.71% | 680 | 985.08 | |||
SDLP | Joseph Fullerton | 14.82% | 735 | 737.61 | 741.09 | 851.13 | |
Alliance | Eugene Connolly* | 11.31% | 561 | 575.21 | 691.5 | 708.3 | |
Electorate: 7,216 Valid: 4,961 (68.75%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 827 Turnout: 5,241 (72.63%) |
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Frederick Armstrong* | 19.17% | 1,008 | |||||||||
Ind. Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 15.96% | 839 | 839.78 | 866.91 | 866.91 | 896.91 | |||||
SDLP | Oliver Tobin* | 13.05% | 686 | 686 | 711 | 712.13 | 784.52 | 981.52 | ||||
UUP | Norman Creswell* | 7.51% | 395 | 481.84 | 485.84 | 697.65 | 807.47 | 808.47 | 1,124.47 | |||
SDLP | Pat Brannigan | 9.76% | 513 | 513.78 | 528.78 | 531.78 | 555.91 | 658.04 | 660.3 | 673.3 | 765.7 | |
Republican Clubs | Patrick Houlahan | 9.64% | 507 | 507 | 546 | 547 | 553 | 582 | 583.39 | 590.39 | 602.39 | |
DUP | Letitia McClenaghan | 7.04% | 370 | 374.42 | 374.55 | 385.72 | 394.24 | 394.24 | ||||
SDLP | James McAvinchey | 5.67% | 298 | 298.26 | 317.26 | 318.26 | 339.39 | |||||
Alliance | Norah Dawson | 5.17% | 272 | 274.73 | 302.99 | 309.03 | ||||||
UUP | Robert Mercer* | 3.80% | 200 | 233.41 | 237.54 | |||||||
Independent Labour | Paddy Grimes | 3.21% | 169 | 169.65 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,619 Valid: 5,257 (60.99%) Spoilt: 240 Quota: 877 Turnout: 5,497 (63.78%) |
References
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.