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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 35.1 | 5,451 | 2.9 | |
Ulster Unionist | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26.7 | 20.1 | 3,127 | 9.0 | |
Democratic Unionist | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 2,897 | New | |
Republican Clubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 1,323 | 0.6 | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 972 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 685 | 0.8 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 727 | 0.1 | |
Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 181 | New | |
Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 165 | 5.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
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Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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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[edit]
Area A[edit]
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 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Philip Bradley* | 24.87% | 1,243 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Francis Donnelly* | 11.20% | 560 | 619.4 | 682.76 | 844.92 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Francis Thompson | 13.07% | 653 | 653 | 654 | 654 | 654 | 927 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Sweeney* | 13.81% | 690 | 789 | 806.08 | 830.32 | 832.48 | 832.48 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Henning | 13.13% | 656 | 656.72 | 656.72 | 656.72 | 657.08 | 827.24 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis McKendry | 9.10% | 455 | 674.24 | 676.24 | 689.92 | 692.44 | 693.52 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Matthew Hyndman | 14.81% | 768 | 809 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 960 | |||||||
Independent Nationalist | Vincent O'Neill* | 13.21% | 685 | 685 | 698 | 712 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 912 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Scullion* | 9.82% | 509 | 509 | 530 | 568 | 602 | 602 | 602 | 651 | 654 | 658 | 661 | 685.96 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | John Madden | 7.29% | 378 | 379 | 388 | 405 | 566 | 566 | 566 | 626 | 630 | 637 | 639 | 660.32 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | David Porte | 5.90% | 306 | 321 | 326 | 328 | 328 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William McCrea* | 24.73% | 1,322 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Michael O'Neill* | 14.65% | 783 | 783 | 791 | 791 | 793 | 1,012 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | William Conaghan | 15.23% | 814 | 814.32 | 819.32 | 820.32 | 820.32 | 920.32 | |||
Democratic Unionist | George Miller | 6.70% | 358 | 665.2 | 665.54 | 682.84 | 772.04 | 772.04 | 772.04 | 980.04 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.