1977 Magherafelt District Council election
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Elections to Magherafelt 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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 5 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
33.3 | 35.1 | 5,451 | ![]() | |
UUP | 4 | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
26.7 | 20.1 | 3,127 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
20.0 | 18.7 | 2,897 | New | |
Republican Clubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 8.5 | 1,323 | ![]() | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 6.3 | 972 | New | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 4.4 | 685 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 4.7 | 727 | ![]() | |
Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 181 | New | |
Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.1 | 165 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | RC | UUUP | Others | ||||||||
Area A | 47.8 | 2 | 26.2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area B | 21.5 | 1 | 24.5 | 2 | 14.8 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 5 |
Area C | 36.5 | 2 | 10.2 | 1 | 31.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 35.1 | 5 | 20.1 | 4 | 18.7 | 3 | 8.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 15 |
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Philip Bradley* | 24.87% | 1,243 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Francis Donnelly* | 11.20% | 560 | 619.4 | 682.76 | 844.92 | |||
UUP | Francis Thompson | 13.07% | 653 | 653 | 654 | 654 | 654 | 927 | |
SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 13.81% | 690 | 789 | 806.08 | 830.32 | 832.48 | 832.48 | |
UUP | John Henning | 13.13% | 656 | 656.72 | 656.72 | 656.72 | 657.08 | 827.24 | |
SDLP | Francis McKendry | 9.10% | 455 | 674.24 | 676.24 | 689.92 | 692.44 | 693.52 | |
DUP | Phyllis Charlton | 8.98% | 449 | 455.12 | 455.12 | 455.12 | 455.12 | ||
Republican Clubs | Kevin Murphy | 3.86% | 193 | 213.52 | 225.88 | ||||
Republican Clubs | Peter Merron | 1.98% | 99 | 100.8 | |||||
Electorate: 6,853 Valid: 4,998 (72.93%) Spoilt: 285 Quota: 834 Turnout: 5,283 (77.09%) |
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
DUP | Matthew Hyndman | 14.81% | 768 | 809 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 960 | |||||||
Ind. Nationalist | Vincent O'Neill* | 13.21% | 685 | 685 | 698 | 712 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 912 | |||||
UUP | Thomas Kelso* | 11.27% | 584 | 647 | 667 | 667 | 667 | 713 | 726 | 727 | 986 | ||||
UUUP | Robert Overend | 10.13% | 525 | 545 | 597 | 597 | 597 | 686 | 760.75 | 761.75 | 914.75 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Scullion* | 9.82% | 509 | 509 | 530 | 568 | 602 | 602 | 602 | 651 | 654 | 658 | 661 | 685.96 | |
SDLP | John Madden | 7.29% | 378 | 379 | 388 | 405 | 566 | 566 | 566 | 626 | 630 | 637 | 639 | 660.32 | |
UUP | Robert Shiels | 7.35% | 381 | 393 | 414 | 414 | 414 | 451 | 456.85 | 461.85 | |||||
Republican Clubs | Murty Dorrity | 5.42% | 281 | 283 | 289 | 397 | 402 | 402 | 402 | ||||||
UUP | David Porte | 5.90% | 306 | 321 | 326 | 328 | 328 | ||||||||
SDLP | Frank McWilliams | 4.38% | 227 | 227 | 234 | 243 | |||||||||
Republican Clubs | Michael Scullion | 3.67% | 190 | 190 | 198 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Thomas Smyth | 3.57% | 185 | 190 | |||||||||||
Vanguard | Ian Davidson* | 3.18% | 165 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 6,757 Valid: 5,184 (76.72%) Spoilt: 192 Quota: 865 Turnout: 5,376 (79.56%) |
Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, United Loyalist joins DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 24.73% | 1,322 | ||||||||
SDLP | Michael O'Neill* | 14.65% | 783 | 783 | 791 | 791 | 793 | 1,012 | |||
SDLP | William Conaghan | 15.23% | 814 | 814.32 | 819.32 | 820.32 | 820.32 | 920.32 | |||
DUP | George Miller | 6.70% | 358 | 665.2 | 665.54 | 682.84 | 772.04 | 772.04 | 772.04 | 980.04 | |
UUP | Thomas Bradley* | 10.23% | 547 | 575.8 | 578.8 | 657.12 | 686.88 | 686.88 | 689.88 | 839.36 | |
Alliance | Wilfred Brennan | 8.75% | 468 | 474.08 | 519.4 | 551.4 | 555.04 | 570.04 | 670.04 | 697.88 | |
UUUP | Robert Ditty | 4.86% | 260 | 294.88 | 294.88 | 333.84 | 434.92 | 435.92 | 435.92 | ||
SDLP | Joseph Walls | 6.58% | 352 | 352 | 358 | 358 | 362 | ||||
UUUP | Ruby Speer | 3.50% | 187 | 227.96 | 227.96 | 234.28 | |||||
Unionist Party NI | William Galway* | 3.39% | 181 | 182.92 | 182.92 | ||||||
Alliance | George Logue | 1.38% | 74 | 74.64 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,307 Valid: 5,346 (73.16%) Spoilt: 272 Quota: 892 Turnout: 5,618 (76.89%) |
References
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.