1977 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Elections to Lisburn Borough 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 23 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 0 | 4 | ![]() |
43.4 | 30.0 | 7,877 | ![]() | |
DUP | 6 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
26.1 | 26.6 | 6,724 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
13.0 | 20.4 | 5,164 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
8.7 | 6.2 | 1,563 | ![]() | |
Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 5.9 | 1,485 | New | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 5.6 | 1,464 | New | |
Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.0 | 507 | ![]() | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.2 | 305 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.8 | 207 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | UPNI | UUUP | Others | |||||||||
Area A | 50.4 | 2 | 20.1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 46.3 | 3 | 34.4 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area C | 24.7 | 2 | 31.0 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 20.9 | 2 | 25.8 | 1 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area E | 26.2 | 1 | 21.3 | 1 | 27.4 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 30.0 | 10 | 26.6 | 6 | 20.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 |
Districts results
[edit]Area A
[edit]1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Ronald Campbell | 25.72% | 889 | |||
DUP | Charles Woodburne | 20.11% | 695 | |||
SDLP | John Clenaghan | 19.88% | 687 | 691.62 | 828.62 | |
UUP | Jim Dillon | 14.27% | 493 | 634.46 | 733.46 | |
UUP | Henry Stewart | 9.90% | 342 | 371.92 | 447.72 | |
Alliance | Patrick Dorrian | 7.00% | 242 | 245.52 | ||
UUUP | Henry Sloan | 3.13% | 108 | 118.56 | ||
Electorate: 7,040 Valid: 3,456 (49.09%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 692 Turnout: 3,630 (51.56%) |
Area B
[edit]1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Charles Poots* | 27.05% | 1,174 | |||||
DUP | Samuel Dorman | 7.33% | 318 | 677.19 | 778.19 | |||
UUP | Thomas Lilburn | 12.05% | 523 | 537.82 | 558.94 | 733.54 | ||
UUP | Elsie Kelsey* | 12.63% | 548 | 558.53 | 586.55 | 710.25 | 729.25 | |
UUP | William Bleakes | 13.96% | 606 | 618.09 | 638.99 | 681.67 | 707.67 | |
Alliance | Moore Sinnerton | 15.12% | 656 | 657.95 | 660.73 | 673.51 | 675.51 | |
UUP | James Lilley* | 7.70% | 334 | 352.72 | 372.4 | |||
UUUP | John Curry | 4.17% | 181 | 211.42 | ||||
Electorate: 8,866 Valid: 4,340 (48.95%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 724 Turnout: 4,448 (50.17%) |
Area C
[edit]1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | William Belshaw* | 26.53% | 1,388 | |||||
Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.68% | 987 | |||||
UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 17.09% | 894 | |||||
UUUP | George Morrison* | 13.46% | 704 | 783.92 | 796.4 | 804.91 | 934.91 | |
UUP | Wilfred McClung | 8.61% | 397 | 416.98 | 499.35 | 575.02 | 787.35 | |
DUP | Denis McCarroll | 4.45% | 233 | 573.77 | 577.14 | 580.13 | 689.82 | |
Vanguard | Ronnie Crawford | 8.43% | 441 | 499.83 | 524.2 | 550.65 | ||
Alliance | Thomas Hughes | 3.59% | 188 | 190.59 | ||||
Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%) |
Area D
[edit]1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Ivan Davis* | 25.77% | 1,758 | ||||||
Unionist Party NI | Robert Kirkwood* | 21.76% | 1,485 | ||||||
Alliance | George Boyd | 17.85% | 1,218 | ||||||
UUP | Samuel Semple* | 13.92% | 950 | 1,055.08 | 1,184.2 | ||||
UUP | Maureen McKinney | 9.32% | 476 | 540.01 | 613.45 | 708.46 | 710.08 | 1,074.54 | |
UUUP | James Davis | 4.13% | 282 | 688.26 | 704.34 | 780.9 | 781.86 | 807.53 | |
Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 5.58% | 381 | 390.62 | 474.14 | 584.19 | 652.89 | ||
Independent | Gerald King | 3.03% | 207 | 218.84 | 240.68 | ||||
UUP | Andrew Oliver | 0.97% | 66 | 85.61 | 100.49 | ||||
Electorate: 13,881 Valid: 6,823 (49.15%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 7,022 (50.59%) |
Area E
[edit]1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Alliance | John Cousins* | 19.23% | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,113 | ||||||
UUP | William McAllister | 18.49% | 1,007 | 1,061 | 1,064 | 1,402 | |||||
SDLP | William McDonnell | 16.09% | 876 | 876 | 989 | 990 | 990 | 1,145 | |||
DUP | William Beattie | 11.57% | 630 | 683 | 683 | 705 | 776 | 822 | 833.16 | 835.16 | |
DUP | Robert McNeice* | 9.70% | 528 | 558 | 558 | 604 | 699 | 777 | 820.71 | 828.71 | |
Alliance | Brian Fitzsimons | 8.17% | 445 | 451 | 473 | 494 | 584 | ||||
UUP | David Saulters | 7.68% | 418 | 444 | 444 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Gerard Dunlop | 5.60% | 305 | 305 | |||||||
UUUP | Jean Bell | 3.47% | 189 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,522 Valid: 5,445 (47.26%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 5,710 (49.56%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Lisburn". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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