1977 Dungannon District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Dungannon District Council election
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All 20 seats to Dungannon District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 8 6 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 1 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind. Nationalist Independent Ind. Republican
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Unity
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 2

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

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 8 0 3 Decrease3 40.0 38.1 8,437 Decrease12.1
  SDLP 6 1 0 Increase1 30.0 24.5 5,422 Increase2.9
  DUP 2 2 0 Increase2 10.0 6.1 1,343 New
  Ind. Nationalist 2 2 0 Increase2 10.0 9.6 2,122 Increase7.8
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 13.0 2,876 Increase10.2
  Ind. Republican 1 1 2 Decrease1 5.0 2.5 550 Decrease1.6
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.9 644 Decrease3.0
  Republican Clubs 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.8 617 Increase2.0
  UUUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.8 401 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1977
by district[1]
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

Area A

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

Dungannon Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Joseph Higgins* 17.60% 921              
UUP Winston Mulligan 10.26% 537 579 665 1,151        
UUP John Hamilton-Stubber* 13.49% 706 804 836 900        
DUP William McIlwrath 9.77% 511 528 778 809 1,009      
SDLP 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
UUP 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

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

Dungannon Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ind. Nationalist Jim Canning* 24.92% 1,494            
UUP Thomas Kempton* 21.91% 1,314            
SDLP 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
SDLP 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    
SDLP 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

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: No change

Dungannon Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP Wilfred Dilworth* 22.08% 1,182    
UUP Derek Irwin* 21.30% 1,140    
SDLP Patrick Daly* 18.31% 980    
UUP William Buchanan* 12.89% 690 894.12  
UUP Jim Brady* 14.85% 795 876.27 1,117.17
SDLP 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

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

Dungannon Area D - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Jack Hassard 22.41% 1,246              
UUP William Brown* 16.46% 915 950.62            
SDLP Michael McLoughlin* 15.07% 838 916.26 926.6 955.6        
Ind. Nationalist John Donaghy 8.42% 468 540.8 548.1 571.52 646.2 659.2 709.14 927.26
DUP Maurice Morrow 14.96% 832 850.98 850.98 850.98 850.98 850.98 865.84 872.4
UUP Adam Wilson* 10.79% 600 614.3 618.08 618.08 618.08 618.08 727.02 731.58
Ind. 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    
SDLP 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

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Dungannon". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.