1977 Fermanagh District Council election
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Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five 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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SDLP | 7 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
35.0 | 25.1 | 7,392 | ![]() | |
UUP | 6 | 1 | 3 | ![]() |
30.0 | 30.0 | 8,804 | ![]() | |
UUUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
15.0 | 14.4 | 4,229 | New | |
Unity | 2 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
10.0 | 18.1 | 5,325 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.0 | 6.2 | 1,819 | ![]() | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
5.0 | 2.6 | 750 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.9 | 547 | ![]() | |
Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.8 | 527 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
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SDLP | UUP | UUUP | Unity | Others | |||||||
Area A | 23.3 | 1 | 30.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 27.5 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 4 |
Area B | 17.7 | 1 | 43.9 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 16.4 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 4 |
Area C | 15.8 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 14.6 | 0 | 28.5 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 4 |
Area D | 37.8 | 2 | 29.5 | 1 | 22.4 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 4 |
Area E | 31.0 | 2 | 24.9 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 12.1 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 25.1 | 7 | 30.0 | 6 | 14.4 | 3 | 18.1 | 2 | 12.4 | 2 | 20 |
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x Unity, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Unity, Independent Unionist joins UUP and Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Jack Leahy* | 20.69% | 1,327 | |||
SDLP | Thomas Murray* | 15.72% | 1,008 | 1,361 | ||
Independent | James McBarron | 18.79% | 1,205 | 1,212 | 1,257 | |
Unity | John McCusker* | 14.95% | 959 | 1,044 | 1,054 | |
Unity | John McMahon* | 12.58% | 807 | 843 | 847 | |
UUP | Thomas Johnston | 9.64% | 618 | 620 | ||
SDLP | Ann McQuillan | 7.63% | 489 | |||
Electorate: 7,708 Valid: 6,413 (83.20%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,283 Turnout: 6,602 (85.65%) |
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Unity
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Cecil Noble* | 22.09% | 1,202 | |||||||
UUUP | Hugh Buchanan | 19.86% | 1,081 | 1,100.35 | ||||||
UUP | Norman Brown* | 11.65% | 634 | 678.01 | 735.73 | 737.73 | 737.82 | 737.82 | 1,270.82 | |
SDLP | Damien Campbell | 14.19% | 772 | 772.27 | 790.36 | 933.36 | 985.36 | 1,034.36 | 1,036.99 | |
Unity | Patrick Martin | 6.63% | 361 | 361 | 362 | 393 | 467 | 804 | 808 | |
UUP | Cyril Crozier | 10.16% | 553 | 594.58 | 618.76 | 619.76 | 621.85 | 622.94 | ||
Unity | Vera Cleary | 5.07% | 276 | 276.09 | 277.18 | 280.18 | 407.18 | |||
Unity | Patrick McKenna | 4.65% | 253 | 253.18 | 255.18 | 263.18 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Traynor | 3.51% | 191 | 191 | 196 | |||||
Alliance | James Henderson | 2.19% | 119 | 120.35 | ||||||
Electorate: 6,755 Valid: 5,442 (80.56%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 5,621 (83.21%) |
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 12.70% | 763 | 763 | 763 | 764 | 1,203 | |||
Unity | Patrick McCaffrey | 17.54% | 1,054 | 1,071 | 1,089 | 1,131 | 1,132 | 1,625 | ||
SDLP | Gerry Gallagher | 11.87% | 713 | 837 | 912 | 991 | 994 | 1,076 | 1,202 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Patrick Flanagan* | 12.48% | 750 | 818 | 852 | 953 | 968 | 1,027 | 1,142 | |
UUUP | Cyril Brownlee | 14.56% | 875 | 875 | 876 | 877 | 953 | 955 | 957 | |
Unity | Cornelius Leonard | 6.01% | 361 | 368 | 530 | 691 | 693 | |||
UUP | Richard Thornton* | 9.32% | 560 | 561 | 561 | 572 | ||||
Independent | James Mellor | 6.66% | 400 | 410 | 415 | |||||
Unity | Patrick Keown | 4.96% | 298 | 300 | ||||||
SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 3.89% | 234 | |||||||
Electorate: 6,756 Valid: 6,008 (88.93%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 6,162 (91.21%) |
Area D
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 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 | ||||
UUUP | Bert Johnston | 22.36% | 1,358 | |||||||
SDLP | Thomas Daly* | 16.89% | 1,026 | 1,026.2 | 1,042.2 | 1,057.3 | 1,117.3 | 1,395.3 | ||
SDLP | John Maguire* | 15.76% | 957 | 957.2 | 990.2 | 999.2 | 1,119.2 | 1,216.2 | ||
UUP | Hugh Keys | 11.79% | 716 | 768 | 777.3 | 887.9 | 893.1 | 894.1 | 1,172.4 | |
UUP | Caldwell McClaughry | 10.75% | 653 | 683.5 | 687.7 | 725.2 | 727.2 | 728.3 | 945.7 | |
UUP | Robert McFarland | 6.91% | 420 | 462.6 | 467.9 | 518.7 | 518.7 | 518.7 | ||
SDLP | James Montague | 5.15% | 313 | 313.1 | 329.1 | 333.2 | 382.2 | |||
Unity | James Gallagher | 4.91% | 298 | 298.4 | 304.4 | 305.4 | ||||
Unionist Party NI | Francis Gage* | 3.24% | 197 | 201 | 240.2 | |||||
Alliance | Patrick Reihill | 2.24% | 136 | 137 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,292 Valid: 6,074 (83.30%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 6,204 (85.08%) |
Area E
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | James Lunny* | 12.96% | 707 | 768 | 825 | 866 | 1,128 | |||||
UUP | Raymond Ferguson | 14.19% | 774 | 774 | 810 | 993 | 1,001 | 1,001.48 | 1,614.48 | |||
UUUP | Thomas Scott* | 16.77% | 915 | 917 | 922 | 945 | 947 | 947.16 | 1,020.16 | 1,485.16 | ||
SDLP | James Donnelly | 10.23% | 558 | 581 | 601 | 611 | 789 | 819.56 | 825.56 | 833.56 | 859.56 | |
Unity | James Cox | 12.06% | 658 | 698 | 703 | 717 | 760 | 763.52 | 770.68 | 778.68 | 788.68 | |
UUP | Robert Donaldson | 10.70% | 584 | 594 | 604 | 727 | 730 | 730.48 | ||||
SDLP | Matthew Kelly | 7.77% | 424 | 480 | 511 | 520 | ||||||
Unionist Party NI | George Cathcart* | 6.05% | 330 | 332 | 447 | |||||||
Alliance | Marjorie Moore | 5.35% | 292 | 302 | ||||||||
Independent | Thaddeus McKeown | 3.92% | 214 | |||||||||
Electorate: 7,530 Valid: 5,456 (72.46%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,092 Turnout: 5,627 (74.73%) |
References
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Fermanagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.