1977 Dungannon District Council election
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Elections to Dungannon 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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 38.1 | 8,437 | 12.1 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 24.5 | 5,422 | 2.9 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 1,343 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 2,122 | 7.8 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 2,876 | 10.2 | |
Ind. Republican | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 550 | 1.6 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 644 | 3.0 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 617 | 2.0 | |
UUUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 401 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | SDLP | DUP | Others | ||||||
Area A | 34.4 | 2 | 30.2 | 2 | 9.8 | 1 | 25.6 | 0 | 5 |
Area B | 21.9 | 1 | 26.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 51.6 | 2 | 5 |
Area C | 71.1 | 4 | 23.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 27.2 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 40.3 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 38.1 | 8 | 24.5 | 6 | 6.1 | 2 | 31.3 | 4 | 20 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Unity
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Joseph Higgins* | 17.60% | 921 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Winston Mulligan | 10.26% | 537 | 579 | 665 | 1,151 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | John Hamilton-Stubber* | 13.49% | 706 | 804 | 836 | 900 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | William McIlwrath | 9.77% | 511 | 528 | 778 | 809 | 1,009 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Edward Donnelly | 12.63% | 661 | 695 | 695 | 695 | 698 | 700 | 734.85 | 735.85 | |
Independent | Brian McKenna | 13.23% | 692 | 710 | 714 | 715 | 717 | 722 | 729.4 | 733.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | Mervyn Patterson* | 10.67% | 558 | 566 | 592 | ||||||
UUUP | Ian McCormick | 7.66% | 401 | 414 | |||||||
Independent | Jack Johnston | 4.68% | 245 | ||||||||
Electorate: 6,660 Valid: 5,232 (78.56%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,469 (82.12%) |
Area B[edit]
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 24.92% | 1,494 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Kempton* | 21.91% | 1,314 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Owen Nugent* | 13.63% | 817 | 825.16 | 844.6 | 866.94 | 896.47 | 939.53 | 1,099.53 | |
Ind. Republican | John Corr | 9.17% | 550 | 746.52 | 757.05 | 759.39 | 818.15 | 841.23 | 1,033.23 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick McGlinchey | 8.94% | 536 | 647.18 | 660.95 | 660.95 | 794.75 | 845.39 | 860.26 | |
Republican Clubs | Eugene Lyttle* | 6.57% | 394 | 523.54 | 530.02 | 595.7 | 609.06 | 625.62 | 659.36 | |
Independent | Arthur Donaghy | 7.04% | 422 | 435.26 | 448.22 | 469.56 | 471.9 | 488.87 | ||
Alliance | Francis Falls | 1.93% | 116 | 125.52 | 370.95 | 370.95 | 378.29 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Brian McLernon | 3.97% | 238 | 254.66 | 256.28 | 256.62 | ||||
Republican Clubs | James McQuaid* | 1.92% | 115 | 117.04 | 118.66 | |||||
Electorate: 7,638 Valid: 5,996 (78.50%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,229 (81.55%) |
Area C[edit]
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Wilfred Dilworth* | 22.08% | 1,182 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Derek Irwin* | 21.30% | 1,140 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Daly* | 18.31% | 980 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William Buchanan* | 12.89% | 690 | 894.12 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Brady* | 14.85% | 795 | 876.27 | 1,117.17 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary McKinney | 5.51% | 295 | 296.08 | 297.18 | |
Independent | Anthony Byrne | 5.06% | 271 | 272.89 | 275.97 | |
Electorate: 7,175 Valid: 5,353 (74.61%) Spoilt: 277 Quota: 893 Turnout: 5,630 (78.47%) |
Area D[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Independent (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Unity
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent | Jack Hassard | 22.41% | 1,246 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Brown* | 16.46% | 915 | 950.62 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Michael McLoughlin* | 15.07% | 838 | 916.26 | 926.6 | 955.6 | |||||
Independent Nationalist | John Donaghy | 8.42% | 468 | 540.8 | 548.1 | 571.52 | 646.2 | 659.2 | 709.14 | 927.26 | |
Democratic Unionist | Maurice Morrow | 14.96% | 832 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 865.84 | 872.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | Adam Wilson* | 10.79% | 600 | 614.3 | 618.08 | 618.08 | 618.08 | 618.08 | 727.02 | 731.58 | |
Independent Nationalist | Malachy Hughes | 2.88% | 160 | 205.24 | 207.28 | 252.62 | 297.48 | 309.48 | 330.12 | ||
Alliance | Peter Acheson | 3.18% | 177 | 194.16 | 255.84 | 257.1 | 266.14 | 267.14 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Sean Kerr | 2.45% | 136 | 145.36 | 148.14 | 158.44 | |||||
Republican Clubs | Patrick McGurk | 1.94% | 108 | 118.14 | 119.14 | ||||||
Alliance | Hugh Cullen | 1.44% | 80 | 91.44 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,532 Valid: 5,560 (73.82%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 927 Turnout: 5,729 (76.06%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Dungannon". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.