1977 Cookstown District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Cookstown District Council election
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All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP UUUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Nationalist Ind. Republican
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Republican Clubs Loyalist Coalition
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to Cookstown 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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 33.3 30.2 4,337 Increase12.0
  UUP 4 0 4 Decrease4 26.7 28.4 4,081 Decrease11.7
  UUUP 3 3 0 Increase3 20.0 14.8 2,131 New
  Ind. Republican 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 6.4 924 Increase6.4
  DUP 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 5.9 846 New
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 1 Decrease1 6.7 5.8 840 Decrease2.9
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.2 746 Decrease1.1
  Republican Clubs 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 3.2 464 Decrease8.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP UUUP DUP Others
Area A 19.1 1 22.8 1 11.0 1 17.7 1 29.4 1 5
Area B 35.3 2 16.5 1 28.4 2 0.0 0 19.8 1 6
Area C 36.3 2 52.4 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 11.3 0 4
Total 30.2 5 28.4 4 14.8 3 5.9 1 20.7 2 15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP

Cookstown Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Richard Reid 17.67% 846          
Ind. Nationalist Laurence Loughran* 17.54% 840          
SDLP Peter Kelly 12.87% 616 630 890      
UUP Samuel Glasgow* 14.95% 716 745 746 747.5 1,085.5  
UUUP Samuel Parke* 10.96% 525 529 529 531.25 581.25 848.25
Republican Clubs Desmond Gourley 9.69% 464 471 490 573.25 573.25 574.25
UUP Stanley Glasgow 7.83% 375 401 403 406    
SDLP Charles O'Neill 6.22% 298 308        
Alliance J. R. W. O'Connor 2.26% 108          
Electorate: 5,982   Valid: 4,788 (80.04%)   Spoilt: 183   Quota: 799   Turnout: 4,971 (83.10%)  

Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist

Cookstown Area B - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Paddy Duffy* 17.21% 973        
UUP James Howard* 16.47% 931        
Ind. Republican Michael McIvor 16.34% 924        
UUUP Victor McGahie* 16.29% 921        
UUUP William McIntyre* 12.12% 685 685.85 778.54 856.54  
SDLP Joseph Davidson* 10.42% 589 705.62 706.14 728.68 772.68
SDLP James Malone 7.71% 436 473.74 474.65 500.27 569.67
Alliance Austin Hutchinson 3.45% 195 197.38 219.61    
Electorate: 7,343   Valid: 5,654 (77.00%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 808   Turnout: 5,881 (80.09%)  

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Cookstown Area C - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Espie Donaldson* 25.92% 1,018        
SDLP Brigid Neeson* 20.40% 801        
UUP John Warwick* 18.05% 709 804.68      
SDLP Margaret Laverty 15.89% 624 624.69 624.69 728.73 736.49
UUP Alexander McConnell* 8.45% 332 458.73 474.41 730.44 730.5
Alliance Basil McNamee 11.28% 443 450.82 451.46    
Electorate: 5,206   Valid: 3,927 (75.43%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 786   Turnout: 4,048 (77.76%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.