1981 Northern Ireland local elections

1981 Northern Ireland local elections
← 1977 20 May 1981 1985 →
All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 151 142 104
Seat change Decrease 25 Increase 68 Decrease 9
Popular vote 175,965 176,816 116,487
Percentage 26.4% 26.6% 17.5%
Swing Decrease3.6% Increase13.8% Decrease3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Oliver Napier N/A Pat Fahy
Party Alliance Independent Irish Independence
Seats won 38 37 21
Seat change Decrease 32 Decrease 5 Increase 21
Popular vote 59,397 44,427 25,859
Percentage 8.9% 6.7% 3.9%
Swing Decrease5.5% Decrease0.9% New party
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats
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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.

Results

Overall

Party[1] Councillors Votes
Total +/- % share Total
DUP 142 +68 26.6 176,816
UUP 151 -25 26.4 175,965
SDLP 104 -9 17.5 116,487
Alliance 38 -32 8.9 59,397
Independent 37 -5 6.7 44,427
Irish Independence 21 N/A 3.9 25,859
The Workers' Party Republican Clubs 3 -3 1.8 12,059
Ind. Unionist 6 -4 1.2 8,219
UPUP 5 N/A 1.2 7,817
UUUP 5 -7 0.7 4,962
People's Democracy 2 N/A 0.7 4,734
Unionist Party NI 2 -4 0.7 4,478
Irish Republican Socialist 2 N/A 0.5 3,654
NI Labour 1 0 0.5 3,563
PUP 1 N/A 0.5 3,057
New Ulster Political Research 1 N/A 0.4 2,989
Independent Loyalist 2 +1 0.3 1,935
Independent Socialist 1 +1 0.3 1,884
Newtownabbey Labour 1 N/A 0.2 1,113
Labour League 0 N/A 0.1 924
Social Alliance 0 N/A 0.1 898
Independent Labour 1 0 0.1 832
United Democratic 0 N/A 0.1 692
Trade Union Campaign 0 N/A 0.1 439
Independent Alliance 0 N/A 0.1 323
Ind. Nationalist 0 0 0.0 247
Communist 0 0 0.0 201
Unionist Unity 0 0 0.0 196
National Front 0 0 0.0 194
Ecology 0 0 0.0 142
Independent SDLP 0 0 0.0 85
Social Reform Party 0 0 0.0 34
United British Ulster Peoples Party 0 0 0.0 28

By council

Antrim

Antrim A[2][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP James Graham 1,293
SDLP Robert Loughran 603
Irish Independence John Heffron 537
DUP Wilson Clyde 533
SDLP Gerard Carolan 429
DUP Frew Rainey 381
Irish Independence Desmond McAteer 339
UUP Jack Blakely 207
Irish Independence James Totten 164
Alliance James McConnell 113
Ind. Unionist Stewart Dunlop 91
UUP Mary Marshall 76
Turnout 4,901
John Heffron joins IIP
SDLP gain from Independent
Antrim B[2][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Thomas Wallace 688
UUP James Cunningham 684
SDLP Robert Burns 638
DUP Roy Thompson 587
DUP Allister Lucas 554
UUP Thomas Grant 398
UUP Alexander Wilson 252
Alliance John McCourt 195
Alliance George Luke 134
Turnout 4,251
SDLP gain from Alliance
Antrim C[2][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Samuel Dunlop 1,719
UUP Paddy Marks 1,182
UUP Jack Allen 961
DUP Charles Quinn 615
Antrim Labour League John Gibbons 562
Alliance Michael Donoghue 531
Alliance Charles Kinahan 465
Alliance Mary Wallace 266
Antrim Tenants' Association Philip Henry 243
UUP Hugh Johnston 204
Turnout 6,984
DUP gain from UUP

Ards

Ards A[4][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UPUP Gladys McIntyre 1,034
SDLP Patrick Doherty 942
DUP Joseph Thompson 917
DUP Oliver Johnston 875
UUP Jim Shannon 741
UUP Robert Ambrose 609
UUP John Scott 545
Independent James McMullan 808
Alliance William Sheldon 427
UUP William Caughey 609
Alliance Alan Burnside 337
UUP James Kennett 259
UUP David Hamilton 209
Unionist Party NI Michael Long 112
UPUP Frances Millar 100
Turnout 8,162
DUP gain from UUP
UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards B[4][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Hugh Boyd 1,681
NI Labour Robert Gaw 1,310
DUP Hugh Gibson 1,005
Alliance Owen Dorrian 784
DUP John Elliott 670
UPUP Robert Brown 508
UPUP James Murray 468
UUP Robert Hamilton 458
UUP Hugh Patton 383
UPUP Hugh Yeaman 360
Alliance James Murphy 270
UUP Edward McLoughlin 166
UUP William Speers 162
NI Labour John Gray 114
Turnout 8,649
DUP gain from UUP
UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards C[4][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Thomas Gourley 1,479
UUP Hamilton McKeag 1,082
DUP John Hamilton 752
Alliance Thomas McBriar 526
Alliance Kathleen Coulter 348
UUP Gordon Brown 334
Independent John Shields 311
Independent James Middleton 237
UPUP Robert McKee 222
UUP James Caughey 213
UPUP Shirley McWhinney 124
Independent Thomas Adair 20
Turnout 5,816
DUP gain from Independent

Armagh

Armagh A[5][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Ronald Allen 938
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 878
SDLP Francis McIlvanna 781
UUP Samuel Foster 610
SDLP Francis Kernan 593
DUP Norman Kerr 244
UUUP Robert Cummings 74
Turnout 4,296
No change
Armagh B[5][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Jim Speers 1,931
SDLP Seamus Mallon 1,394
UUP William McClelland 1,092
DUP Thomas Black 917
UUP Robert Turner 742
UUP Thomas Johnston 733
UUUP Francis Little 732
DUP John Alexander 561
DUP Mervyn Spratt 459
UUUP Frederick Hamilton 59
Turnout 8,780
No change
Armagh C[5][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Fegan 980
UUP Jim Nicholson 962
SDLP James McKernan 933
DUP Joseph McBride 705
SDLP Joseph Dunleavy 690
Irish Independence Patrick Agnew 493
UUP Eleanor Boyd 450
Independent Peter McSorley 370
Turnout 5,790
DUP gain from UUP
Armagh D[5][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Frederick Armstrong 1,173
Independent Barney McManus 1,011
SDLP Pat Brannigan 807
DUP Letitia McClenaghan 653
SDLP Anthony Agnew 617
SDLP Gerald Grimley 568
UUP George MacCartney 393
UUP Norman Creswell 243
Armagh Labour Party Carson Greer 134
Turnout 5,827
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena A[6][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Desmond Armstrong 964
Independent James Woulahan 824
DUP John Armstrong 823
UUP James McKay 640
DUP Samuel Hanna 583
DUP James Millar 410
Turnout 4,365
No change
Ballymena B[6][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Roy Gillespie 1,254
DUP Sandy Spence 981
DUP John Greer 853
DUP Thomas Nicholl 740
DUP Hubert Nicholl 740
UUP Hugh Simpson 537
UUP William Wright 464
UUP Robert Nelson 413
UUP Thomas Smyth 402
UUP John Sutter 271
Turnout 6,771
Hugh Simpson joins UUP
UUP gain from Independent
Ballymena C[6][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Roy West 1,082
DUP Martin Clarke 978
DUP Charles Maternaghan 825
DUP John McAuley 825
UUP William Brownlees 815
UUP William Simpson 694
UUP William McConnell 243
UUUP Ernest Johnston 108
Turnout 5,713
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
UUP gain from United Ratepayers
Ballymena D[6][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Patrick Burke 1,331
DUP Maurice Mills 1,113
DUP James Alexander 898
Independent Samuel Henry 790
DUP Robert Maternaghan 758
UUP Gordon Wilson 547
UUP Kenneth Hood 501
UUP James Rainey 395
Independent Samuel Barr 241
Turnout 6,604
DUP gain from Alliance

Ballymoney

Ballymoney A[7][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Robert Halliday 575
Alliance Hugh McFarland 516
DUP James Patterson 484
UUP Kenneth Bamford 404
DUP Robert Wilson 403
UUP Adam Taylor 188
UUP Olive Craig 146
Turnout 2,757
Alliance gain from UUP
Ballymoney B[7][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Charles Steele 791
Independent Hugh Boyle 615
DUP William Gracey 474
DUP Bertie McIlhatton 298
UUP Joe Gaston 596
UUP William Logan 362
SDLP Edward McClements 351
SDLP Harry Connolly 335
UUP Mary Ellis 278
SDLP John Mulholland 271
UUP Samuel Bartlett 261
Independent Margaret Donnelly 212
SDLP Malachy McCamphill 97
Turnout 5,063
DUP gain from UUP and SDLP
Ballymoney C[7][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Cecil Cousley 747
DUP Ralph Strong 538
Independent Mary Holmes 567
Independent Robert McComb 353
Alliance Brendan Smyth 352
UUP James Simpson 328
Independent Thomas McKenna 152
Turnout 3,102
DUP gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Banbridge

Banbridge A[8][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP James Walsh 1,092
UUP Wilson Davidson 939
DUP Wilfred McFadden 907
Independent Laurence McCartan 865
UUP Norman Ferguson 684
UUP Samuel Cowan 682
Alliance Kenneth McElroy 573
Ind. Unionist Hugh Anderson 538
DUP Gareth Bennett 499
DUP Irene Todd 422
UUP Raymond Armstrong 278
DUP Mildred McDowell 161
UUP Herbert Plunkett 151
Independent SDLP Margaret McStraw 318
Turnout 8,135
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Banbridge B[8][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patrick McAvoy 1,125
DUP Brian Biggerstaff 750
UUP Raymond McCullough 709
UUP Matthew Bailey 589
UUP George Gamble 525
UUP Herbert Heslip 493
DUP David Herron 472
UUP Robert Hill 445
DUP Robert McIlroy 445
UUP Eric Williamson 380
UUP Robert Barr 366
Dromore Action Committee Thompson Howe 280
DUP Robert McGregor 273
Alliance Ebenezer Mulligan 104
Turnout 7,128
No change

Belfast

Belfast A[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP John Foster 3,333
UUP Jeremy Burchill 2,589
DUP Raymond McCrea 2,345
UUP Grace Bannister 2,055
DUP Sammy Wilson 1,479
Alliance Donnell Deeny 1,439
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,262
UUP Billy Blair 900
Alliance Mervyn Jones 766
UUP T. Wilkins 544
Workers' Party Frank Cullen 418
SDLP P. T. McGrourty 410
NI Labour D. Peters 276
UPUP Ben Horan 187
Independent John McKeague 99
Communist James Stewart 97
Turnout 19,133
DUP gain from Alliance
UUP gain from SDLP
Belfast B[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Oliver Napier 2,631
DUP Henry Evans 2,513
Unionist Party NI Joshua Cardwell 2,327
DUP Bill Morrison 2,152
UUP Tommy Patton 2,083
UUP William Corry 1,733
Alliance Michael Brown 1,602
DUP S. Foster 1,464
UUP Dorothy Dunlop 1,248
DUP A. Greer 979
Alliance S. G. Coulson 647
NI Labour D. McKee 548
New Ulster Political Research D. P. Scott 434
SDLP Peter Prendiville 236
Turnout 21,838
DUP gain from UUP
Belfast C[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance David Cook 2,493
UUP Mary Crooks 2,099
UUP Andrew Cairns 1,933
DUP Brian Gibson 1,503
SDLP Ben Caraher 1,501
UUP J. J. Dixon Gilmore 1,326
DUP William Stevenson 1,214
Alliance Muriel Pritchard 1,158
Alliance B. Jeffrey 913
DUP T. McIntyre 729
Unionist Party NI Victor Brennan 532
Workers' Party G. Carr 530
Turnout 16,460
DUP gain from Alliance and UPNI
Belfast D[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Joe Hendron 4,291
People's Democracy John McNulty 2,781
SDLP Cormac Boomer 2,070
Independent Socialist Paddy Devlin 1,343
Workers' Party Mary McMahon 1,125
Irish Republican Socialist Gerry Kelly 957
Irish Republican Socialist W. J. Browning 822
Alliance Dan McGuinness 725
SDLP Mary Muldoon 636
UUP J. Hand 538
Workers' Party K. Smyth 438
SDLP Anne McElroy 346
Independent L. Hunter 167
Alliance R. Turkington 137
Turnout 17,436
Paddy Devlin leaves SDLP
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
IRSP gain from Alliance
Belfast E[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP George Haffrey 4,142
UUP Billy Bell 3,105
DUP George Seawright 1,989
PUP Hugh Smyth 1,931
New Ulster Political Research Sammy Doyle 1,135
Independent Laurence Kennedy 1,070
Alliance A. H. Egerton 1,011
Unionist Democracy Fred Proctor 692
SDLP Alban Maginness 618
UUP J. Sands 386
UUP Alfie Ferguson 367
Independent P. Hunter 321
Independent J. Weir 311
Independent Peter Emerson 202
Workers' Party Margaret McNulty 177
Turnout 18,081
Hugh Smyth joins PUP
DUP gain from Alliance
Belfast F[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Billy Dickson 1,913
Irish Republican Socialist Sean Flynn 1,639
Workers' Party J. Sullivan 1,002
DUP Eric Smyth 952
SDLP Owen Allen 898
Alliance Will Glendinning 844
UUP James Stewart 719
SDLP H. G. Fitzmaurice 719
UUP L. Cust 638
UUP H. Fletcher 621
SDLP Mary Smyth 389
SDLP T. Lappin 227
Alliance Paul Maguire 215
Turnout 11,428
DUP gain from UUP
IRSP gain from Republican Clubs
Belfast G[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Frederick Ashby 1,913
People's Democracy Fergus O'Hare 1,953
New Ulster Political Research Sammy Millar 1,420
UUP Cecil Walker 1,173
Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 750
SDLP Brian Feeney 749
UUP Herbert Ditty 595
Independent Socialist Gerry Fitt 541
DUP Joseph Coggle 392
Alliance P. J. McGarry 313
Turnout 10,336
DUP gain from Alliance
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
NUPRG gain from UUP
Belfast H[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP John Carson 5,014
SDLP Paschal O'Hare 3,057
DUP William Annon 3,010
Ind. Unionist Frank Millar 1,848
Alliance John Cushnahan 1,739
NI Labour Alan Carr 1,000
SDLP Alban Maginness 818
DUP William Gault 813
Workers' Party L. McK. Clarke 553
Alliance R. O. Jamison 531
PUP David Overend 503
DUP Pauline Strong 466
UUP Raymond Trimble 408
Turnout 20,480
DUP gain from Alliance

Carrickfergus

Carrick A[10][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
United Loyalist Charles Johnston 819
DUP William Haggan 559
Alliance Joan Tomlin 512
DUP Samuel Irvine 504
UUP Mary Ardill 458
Unionist Party NI Anne Dickson 353
Alliance Stewart Dickson 208
UUP Ernest Burton 188
Alliance Robert Gordon 145
UUP Mary Anderson 133
Turnout 3,977
Charles Johnston leaves UUUC
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Carrick B[10][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William Cross 748
UUP Hugh McLean 701
UUP James Brown 588
Alliance Patrick Conway 446
DUP William Knox 359
Alliance Charles Hilditch 307
DUP Steven Watters 249
Alliance Alice Bateman 231
UPUP Robert Wilson 122
UUP Henry Cardwell 105
Newtownabbey Labour Party Richard Hopkins 85
Turnout 4,074
DUP gain from Alliance
Carrick C[10][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Ken McFaul 1,572
Alliance Sean Neeson 663
Ind. Unionist Samuel Murphy 526
PUP Samuel Stewart 353
DUP William McKeown 241
UUP Elizabeth Carson 230
DUP Jim Strange 167
UUP Robert Hunter 159
UUP John Haslett 155
Alliance Arthur McQuitty 106
Unionist Party NI Edwin Cummings 30
Turnout 4,367
Samuel Murphy leaves UPNI
DUP gain from UUP

Castlereagh

Castlereagh A[11][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Ernest Harper 1,555
UUP John Glass 1,104
Independent William Clulow 1,056
UUP Frederick Kane 865
Alliance Philip Grosse 749
Alliance Samuel Finlay 573
UUP Bryan Milford 548
DUP John Hillis 543
Alliance Ann Smith 502
DUP James Lowe 438
UPUP John Moore 420
DUP Robin Newton 379
Turnout 8,980
Ernest Harper joins DUP
Independent gain from Alliance
Castlereagh B[11][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Roy Allen 3,098
DUP Alan Carson 987
UUP William Ward 912
UUP Matthew Anderson 784
Alliance Felicity Boyd 742
UUP Leslie Farrington 741
Alliance Adam Morrow 725
DUP John Gilpin 444
Alliance Amy McKeown 383
DUP Wesley Boyle 347
DUP John Lamont 277
National Front Michael Brooks 194
Alliance Samuel Pyper 124
NI Labour James Bate 76
NI Labour William Gunning 65
NI Labour William Copley 28
Loyalist Annetta Hynes 11
Turnout 10,334
DUP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance
Castlereagh C[11][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 3,562
Alliance Patricia Archer 1,048
UUP Herbert Johnstone 990
Alliance Bryan Davidson 493
UUP Walter McFarland 411
DUP Cedric Wilson 38
DUP Denny Vitty 35
Turnout 6,836
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Coleraine

Coleraine A[12][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP John Dallat 1,061
SDLP Gerard O'Kane 901
UUP William King 864
DUP Thomas Malone Jr. 783
Ind. Unionist William Watt 705
UUP George McIlrath 690
DUP Robert Catherwood 680
UUP James Anderson 446
UUP Mayne Long 395
DUP Irwin Holmes 366
Alliance Anne Lambert 117
Turnout 7,187
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
SDLP gain from UUP
Coleraine B[12][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William Creelman 1,119
UUP William Glenn 674
SDLP Sean Farren 658
UUP Albert Clarke 630
DUP Matthew Kane 540
UUP Robert Mitchell 493
Alliance Patrick McGowan 453
UUP Elizabeth Connolly 423
UUP John Earl 333
DUP William Sweeney 309
Alliance Peter Scott 293
UUP Thomas Henry 291
DUP Roy Hilldrup 272
Ecology Malcolm Samuel 61
Turnout 6,715
DUP gain from Independent and SDLP
Coleraine C[12][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP James McClure 3,203
UUP Robert White 1,374
Independent Patrick McFeely 1,174
Independent William McNabb 746
UUP Paul Baxter 615
Alliance William Mathews 500
Independent Randall Crawford 468
UUP Matthew Adams 355
Ecology Avril McCandless 81
DUP Robert Bolton 69
DUP William McElfatrick 60
Alliance Margaret Smith 54
UUP Antony Alcock 48
DUP Elizabeth Gaston 39
UUP Robert Hunter 39
Independent James Leonard 33
Turnout 9,073
DUP gain from UUP
Independent gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Cookstown A[13][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Kenneth Loughrin 1,087
Independent Laurence Loughran 1,073
UUP Samuel Glasgow 1,070
SDLP Patrick Bradley 722
SDLP Peter Kelly 563
UUUP Samuel Parke 470
Turnout 5,149
No change
Cookstown B[13][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William McIntyre 1,502
SDLP Paddy Duffy 1,197
Independent Michael McIvor 964
UUP Victor McGahie 721
UUP James Howard 720
Independent Edward Hagan 679
SDLP Joseph Davidson 605
Turnout 6,535
William McIntyre leaves UUUP
Victor McGahie leaves UUUP
Cookstown C[13][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Alan Kane 1,120
SDLP Brigid Neeson 1,079
SDLP Margaret Laverty 932
UUP Espie Donaldson 930
UUP John Warwick 328
UUP Alex McConnell 233
Turnout 4,946
DUP gain from UUP

Craigavon

Craigavon A[14][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Workers' Party Paddy Breen 1,220
SDLP James McDonald 999
SDLP Sean McKavanagh 867
DUP Victor Pickering 766
UUP James Gillespie 732
SDLP Patrick Crilly 652
SDLP Thomas Fox 563
Social Alliance Joseph Cunningham 192
UUP William Lyness 183
Turnout 6,419
No change
Craigavon B[14][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Herbert Whitten 1,785
SDLP Daniel Murphy 1,343
DUP Gladys McCullough 1,127
DUP James Forsythe 802
UUP Alan Locke 664
Workers' Party Dermot Hamill 541
UUP George Hatch 518
Alliance William Ramsay 415
Alliance John Hagan 360
DUP Frederick Richardson 336
DUP John Oliver 227
Turnout 8,444
DUP gain from Alliance
Craigavon C[14][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Workers' Party Tom French 1,298
SDLP Hugh News 1,077
UUP Mary Simpson 987
UUP Cyril McLoughlin 775
DUP Robert Dodds 750
UUP Jack Mathers 659
DUP William Smith 650
DUP Ronald Williamson 617
Alliance Brian Gee 579
Social Alliance Alan Evans 398
SDLP Catherine McCann 391
Social Alliance George Forker 308
SDLP Terence McGinnity 270
Independent Robert McEvoy 250
Ind. Unionist Frederick Crowe 141
Turnout 9,468
DUP gain from Alliance
WPRC gain from SDLP
Craigavon D[14][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Frederick Baird 1,570
UUP Sydney Cairns 1,151
UUP Sam Gardiner 1,131
DUP David Calvert 1,119
UUP George Savage 1,028
DUP Ian Williams 872
UUUP Philip Black 790
SDLP Gary Kennedy 639
UUUP Thomas Megarrell 486
UUP Samuel Lutton 432
Turnout 9,455
DUP gain from UUP

Down

Down A[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Cecil Harvey 1,387
UUP Samuel Osborne 954
SDLP Francis Laverty 809
SDLP Monica Smyth 751
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 732
UUP William Finlay 655
UUP William Brown 641
SDLP Thomas Murray 489
DUP Thomas Poole 477
UUP James Glover 355
Alliance John Rodgers 326
Alliance Wanda Rowan-Hamilton 286
UUP James Cochrane 275
DUP Thomas McKee 187
Interdependence Francis Rice 50
Interdependence Eileen Rice 24
Turnout 8,614
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Down B[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Edward McGrady 1,711
Workers' Party Raymond Blaney 1,121
SDLP Dermot Curran 893
UUP Cecil Maxwell 875
Labour Party NI Malachi Curran 665
SDLP John Ritchie 647
UUP Elizabeth Kennedy 513
Alliance George Flinn 451
SDLP John Bryce 382
SDLP Sean Quinn 373
Alliance Michael Healy 305
Turnout 8,188
WPRC gain from SDLP
Labour gain from Alliance
Down C[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Paddy O'Donoghue 1,328
DUP Ethel Smyth 1,137
UUP Gerald Douglas 939
SDLP James Magee 826
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 822
SDLP James Curry 762
UUP Norman Bicker 573
Alliance Patrick Forde 487
SDLP Stephen McClean 440
Workers' Party Edward O'Hagan 349
Alliance Anthony Dickinson 200
UUP William Keown 182
Workers' Party David Allister 117
Turnout 8,413
Ethel Smyth leaves UUP

Dungannon

Dungannon A[16][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Seamus Cassidy 1,057
SDLP Anthony McGonnell 889
SDLP John Monaghan 856
UUP Noel Mulligan 797
UUP Samuel Brush 633
DUP William McIlwrath 583
DUP Frederick Burrows 570
UUP Winston Mulligan 549
Turnout 6,026
Independent gain from SDLP
Dungannon B[16][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Jim Canning 1,744
Independent Owen Nugent 1,140
SDLP Patrick McGlinchey 1,138
UUP Thomas Kempton 918
Independent John Corr 539
DUP Abraham White 497
Turnout 6,186
Owen Nugent leaves SDLP
Dungannon C[16][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patsy Daly 1,324
UUP Derek Irwin 981
DUP James Ewing 778
UUP John Taggart 647
DUP Norman Lockhart 583
UUP Jim Brady 571
Independent Wilfred Dilworth 558
UUUP James McNeill 205
Independent William Lucas 104
Turnout 5,876
DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon D[16][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Maurice Morrow 1,124
UUP Ken Maginnis 1,085
Irish Independence Plunkett O'Donnell 1,062
UUP William Brown 1,046
Independent Michael McLoughlin 751
SDLP Peggie Devlin 579
Turnout 5,762
Michael McLoughlin leaves SDLP
UUP gain from Independent
IIP gain from Independent

Fermanagh

Fermanagh A[17][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence John McMahon 1,292
UUP Jack Leahy 1,075
Independent John Joe McCusker 1,069
Independent Thomas Murray 849
SDLP Fergus McQuillan 628
DUP Caroline Madill 548
Independent Michael McBarron 528
UUP Thomas Johnston 329
SDLP John Reihill 280
Turnout 6,734
John Joe McCusker leaves Unity
IIP gain from Independent
Fermanagh B[17][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Cecil Noble 1,660
Irish Independence Patrick Cox 1,216
UUP Norman Brown 892
DUP Roy Coalter 535
UUP Cyril Crozier 396
SDLP Thomas Doherty 395
SDLP Seamus Carson 310
DUP Margaret Veitch 261
Turnout 5,774
DUP gain from UUUP
IIP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh C[17][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence Patrick McCaffrey 1,178
UUP Wilson Elliott 941
Independent Patrick Flanagan 848
Irish Independence Annie Cavanagh 816
SDLP Gerard Gallagher 776
UUP Herbert Corrigan 693
DUP George Gott 468
SDLP Patrick McGovern 200
Turnout 6,094
Patrick McCaffrey leaves Unity
Fermanagh D[17][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Herbert Kerr 1,241
UUP Caldwell McClaughrey 1,074
DUP Bert Johnston 905
SDLP John O'Kane 843
Irish Independence Gerry O'Donnell 544
Irish Independence Patrick Keown 448
SDLP John Cunningham 396
SDLP Patrick McGrath 391
DUP Miriam Cuthbertson 266
Alliance John Haslett 179
Turnout 6,371
Bert Johnston leaves UUUP
UUP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh E[17][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Raymond Ferguson 1,116
Irish Independence Patrick O'Reilly 825
DUP Nigel Dodds 767
UUP Samuel Foster 563
Irish Independence Edward Bermingham 548
SDLP Jim Lunny 519
SDLP Jim Donnelly 456
UUP Alwin Loane 415
Fermanagh Labour League Thomas Campbell 362
Alliance Marjorie Moore 298
SDLP Roy Tarbotton 242
Turnout 6,253
IIP gain from SDLP
UUP gain from UUUP

Larne

Larne A[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Thomas Robinson 897
Independent William Cunning 875
DUP Rachel Rea 582
Alliance Hugh Wilson 469
DUP Robert Campbell 414
Turnout 3,311
Independent gain from SDLP
Larne B[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP John Alexander 647
DUP Samuel McAllister 600
UUP Laurence Niblock 547
United Loyalist Roy Beggs 466
UUP Alexander Hunter 296
Alliance William Calwell 241
Turnout 2,865
Laurence Niblock leaves Vanguard
Roy Beggs leaves DUP
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Larne C[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Jack McKee 1,436
UUP Robert Robinson 770
DUP Winston Fulton 509
Alliance William Kelly 508
Alliance Thomas Benson 428
Alliance Amelia Kelly 396
UUP Rosalie Armstrong 387
UUP Joseph Wallace 325
United Loyalist Samuel Martin 262
Community Candidate James Clements 218
DUP Leonard Sluman 178
Independent Agnew Hamilton 156
Community Candidate Patrick Todd 69
Independent William Fleck 61
Turnout 5,894
Rosalie Armstrong leaves Vanguard
DUP gain from Vanguard and Independent
UUP gain from Independent

Limavady

Limavady A[19][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Arthur Doherty 727
SDLP Roy King 678
DUP Ernest Murray 654
UUP Robert Grant 563
SDLP Thomas Mullan 562
UUP Stanley Gault 434
UUP James Gilfillan 290
Turnout 3,986
No change
Limavady B[19][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP David Robinson 883
SDLP Lawrence Hegarty 571
Independent Denis Farren 501
UUP Max Gault 329
Irish Independence Sean McCloskey 319
SDLP James Brolly 310
DUP Alex Fulton 220
Irish Independence George McCormick 197
Irish Independence Andrew Murphy 127
DUP John McKay 75
The Workers' Party Republican Clubs Jerry Mullan 63
Turnout 3,715
IIP gain from SDLP
Limavady C[19][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William Norris 729
SDLP Barry Doherty 653
UUP William Cooke 650
UUP William Barbour 622
UUP Jackie Dolan 595
SDLP Geraldine Kearny 510
Alliance Francis Parkinson 223
DUP George Robinson 133
DUP Arthur Reid 108
Turnout 4,287
No change

Lisburn

Lisburn A[20][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Robert Campbell 1,299
DUP James Wells 1,004
UUP William Dillon 916
SDLP John Clenaghan 905
DUP Charles Woodburne 515
UUP Henry Stewart 394
Turnout 5,142
No change
Lisburn B[20][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Charles Poots 1,469
UUP William Bleakes 1,222
UUP Thomas Lilburn 655
Alliance John Alderdice 623
DUP Samuel Dorman 620
DUP James McCann 469
UUP Joseph McClullough 447
Independent William Johnston 351
Turnout 5,977
William Bleakes leaves UUUP
DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn C[20][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William Belshaw 2,412
DUP Denis McCarroll 856
UUP William Watson 812
Alliance Seamus Close 811
UUP Wilfred McClung 585
DUP Robert Dunsmore 423
UUUP George Morrison 401
Independent William Whitley 389
NI Labour Robert Clarke 107
Turnout 6,992
DUP gain from UUP and UUUP
Lisburn D[20][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Ivan Davis 3,720
Alliance George Boyd 1,086
UUP Samuel Semple 1,069
UUP Maureen McKinney 788
Alliance James Mulholland 479
DUP Robert McNeice 470
UUP David Trimble 454
Unionist Party NI David Gordon 232
UUUP John Curry 153
Turnout 8,639
DUP gain from UPNI
Lisburn E[20][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William Beattie 1,909
UUP William McAllister 1,830
SDLP William McDonnell 1,013
Alliance John Cousins 542
Workers' Party Gerard Dunlop 462
Alliance Brion Fitzsimons 435
UUUP James Davis 105
Communist Terry Bruton 72
Turnout 6,831
UUUP gain from Alliance

Londonderry

Londonderry A[21][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP John Henry 1,412
SDLP John McNickle 1,018
SDLP George Peoples 942
UUP Robert Bond 937
DUP William Hay 906
SDLP Thomas Doherty 837
SDLP Danny Ferguson 808
UUP Ernest Hamilton 592
UUP Alan Lindsay 526
Alliance John Allen 318
Alliance James Patterson 173
NI Labour Delap Stevenson 173
Turnout 8,786
DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry B[21][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Anna Hay 1,586
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,206
SDLP Michael Fegan 1,119
UUP James Guy 1,078
Alliance Robert McCullough 707
UUP Robert Ferris 583
UUP George McNally 496
SDLP Colm Elliott 462
Irish Independence Thomas McGlinchley 410
Derry Trades Union Council Bernard McAnaney 39
Turnout 7,855
DUP gain from Alliance
Londonderry C[21][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Devine 1,566
Irish Independence John McChrystal 599
SDLP Anna Gallagher 353
SDLP Raymond Rogan 312
Irish Independence Kevin Barr 299
Independent Samuel Brown 274
SDLP Joseph Moran 229
Irish Independence Eileen Doherty 221
Alliance Gerard O'Grady 213
Ind. Republican Vincent Coyle 174
Workers' Party Eamon Melaugh 143
Irish Independence Patrick Harkin 125
Derry Trades Union Council Ann Donnelly 75
Ind. Republican John Carr 61
Turnout 4,891
John McChrystal and Kevin Barr join IIP
Londonderry D[21][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP William Keys 788
Irish Independence James Bradley 591
DUP Margaret Buchanan 507
SDLP John Tierney 438
SDLP William McCartney 353
Irish Independence Roger O'Doherty 182
Alliance Noel Sinclair 141
Irish Independence Liam Wray 93
Irish Republican Socialist Thomas McCourt 92
Derry Trades Union Council Colm Fox 88
Turnout 3,426
James Bradley joins IIP
DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry E[21][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Frank Donnelly 1,344
Irish Independence Fergus McAteer 1,203
SDLP William O'Connell 1,176
SDLP Leonard Green 984
SDLP William McCorriston 976
UUP David Davis 956
Alliance Ita Breen 563
DUP Annette Hetherington 560
Irish Independence James Crossan 349
Irish Independence Edward Bradley 301
Irish Independence Denis McIntyre 180
Derry Trades Union Council John Duffy 164
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Whoriskey 144
Community Candidate Michael Shiels 122
Derry Trades Union Council Bill Webster 73
Turnout 9,377
Fergus McAteer joins IIP
SDLP gain from Alliance

Magherafelt

Magherafelt A[22][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Noel McCusker 1,597
SDLP Mary McSorley 920
DUP John Linton 823
SDLP Patrick Sweeney 705
UUP John Kenning 569
SDLP Frank McKendry 459
SDLP Patrick McBride 403
Ind. Unionist Francis Thompson 359
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 329
Workers' Party Geraldine Crilly 137
Independent Peter Merron 53
Turnout 6,483
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from UUP
Independent gain from WPRC
Magherafelt B[22][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence John Davey 1,961
UUUP Robert Overend 1,070
UUP John Junkin 690
DUP Thomas Milligan 668
DUP Alexander Montgomery 512
SDLP Francis Madden 322
Independent Vincent O'Neill 300
SDLP Henry McErlean 284
Turnout 5,985
IIP gain from Independent
Magherafelt C[22][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,248
Independent Bernard Murphy 1,208
SDLP William Conaghan 696
SDLP Roddy Gribben 638
SDLP Michael O'Neill 398
UUP William Lees 346
UUUP Ernest Caldwell 309
Alliance Wilfred Brennen 288
DUP George Miller 283
UUP James Artt 256
Independent John Gregg 38
Turnout 6,855
Independent gain from SDLP

Moyle

Moyle A[23][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Malachy McSparran 477
Independent Fergus Wheeler 461
SDLP Gerard Gillan 262
SDLP Archie McIntosh 248
Irish Independence John McKay 241
SDLP Charles Hamill 220
Independent Thomas O'Neill 96
Independent Gerard McCarry 83
Irish Independence Anna Edwards 68
Turnout 2,202
SDLP gain from Independent (x2)
Moyle B[23][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP James Rodgers 445
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy 381
Independent James McShane 345
Independent Mary Morrison 300
UUP Robert Getty 299
UUP Hugh Acheson 253
DUP Ronnie McIlvar 243
UUP James McAuley 193
Alliance Maurice McHenry 142
DUP Andrew Dobbin 133
Alliance John Shanks 92
DUP Samuel Simpson 56
Turnout 2,955
Price McConaghy leaves UUP
UUP gain from Independent Unionist (x2)
Moyle C[23][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Richard Kerr 296
Independent Archie McAuley 237
SDLP Michael O'Cleary 222
Irish Independence Eamonn Scally 178
SDLP Joseph Donaghy 157
UUP Elizabeth Johnstone 150
Alliance Hugh Sayers 139
DUP Norman Campbell 128
Alliance Thomas Cecil 92
Turnout 1,647
No change

Newry and Mourne

Newry and Mourne A[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Colum Murnion 1,346
DUP George Graham 1,264
UUP William Russell 1,155
UUP William Coulter 1,052
SDLP Anne Marie Cunningham 639
Independent Arthur Dornan 600
DUP Robert McConnell 175
Turnout 6,443
No change
Newry and Mourne B[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP P. J. Bradley 1,048
SDLP Jim McCart 847
SDLP Liam Trainor 595
SDLP Brian Mulligan 589
Independent Anthony Williamson 459
UUP William McCoy 433
Irish Independence Joe Kearney 412
Alliance Eithne Doran 174
DUP Raymond Hanna 135
Independent Peter Maloy 106
Independent Labour Johnny Ward 33
Turnout 5,049
SDLP gain from Independent and Alliance
Newry and Mourne C[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Nan Sands 1,014
DUP William Sterritt 901
UUP Violet Cromie 612
SDLP Patrick Harper 611
UUP Annie Copeland 466
Independent James Fagan 395
Alliance Violet Watts 87
Turnout 4,198
DUP gain from UUP
Newry and Mourne D[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence Eugene Markey 1,831
SDLP John McEvoy 988
UUP Andrew Moffett 805
UUP Clarence Morrow 675
SDLP John Bell 664
SDLP Thomas McGrath 627
SDLP Michael McNulty 592
Alliance Victor Frizell 588
DUP George McConnell 303
Workers' Party Brian Mulligan 287
Workers' Party Matthew Cunningham 203
Irish Independence Francis McCamley 167
Turnout 8,010
Eugene Markey joins IIP
IIP gain from Alliance
Newry and Mourne E[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Anti H-Block James Lynch 1,244
SDLP Pat Toner 925
Independent Anthony Watters 852
SDLP James Savage 758
SDLP Owen Kelly 570
SDLP Jack McMahon 533
Independent Sean McCreesh 531
UUP Elizabeth McConnell 530
Irish Independence Jim Murphy 447
DUP Alex Chambers 255
Ind. Republican Brian Woods 242
Irish Independence Sean Reavy 83
Turnout 7,212
Jim Murphy joins IIP
Anti H-Block gain from SDLP
Newry and Mourne F[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Arthur Ruddy 874
UUP William McCaigue 752
SDLP Patrick McElroy 666
Irish Independence Freddie Kearns 479
SDLP Louis McGuigan 475
Alliance Michael McVerry 306
Irish Independence Kevin McAleenan 277
DUP Gordon Heslip 258
Irish Independence P. J. McCann 248
Workers' Party Edward McKeown 105
Workers' Party Michael McLoughlin 87
Alliance Edward Turley 85
Social Reform Party James Malone 34
Turnout 4,833
IIP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey A[25][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP James Wilson 850
DUP Trevor Kirkland 830
DUP Mary Harkness 818
UUP Arthur Templeton 758
UUP John Anderson 710
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron 598
Alliance Patrick McCudden 550
Turnout 5,243
Sidney Cameron leaves UUP
DUP gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey B[25][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP David Hanna 1,964
UUP Fraser Agnew 1,090
UUP Letitia McCartney 547
UUP Cecil Stringer 450
Newtownabbey Labour Party Bob Kidd 433
Workers' Party Austin Kelly 375
Alliance John Elliott 363
Alliance Hugh Montgomery 291
Newtownabbey Labour Party Alistair Keery 102
Communist William Stewart 32
Turnout 5,920
Cecil Stringer joins UUP
Newtownabbey C[25][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Samuel Neill 2,737
UUP Clifford Forsythe 1,499
UUP Robert Caul 1,277
Independent Desmond Dowds 807
Alliance Claire Martin 560
Alliance George Jones 534
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 460
Newtownabbey Labour Party Brian Caul 252
Turnout 8,332
Independent gain from Alliance
UUP gain from UPNI
Newtownabbey D[25][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP James Smith 2,926
Alliance James Rooney 1,068
Ind. Unionist George Herron 951
UUP Ivan Hunter 949
UUP Arthur Kell 560
UUP William McKee 520
Independent Alliance John Drysdale 323
Alliance John Smith 308
Newtownabbey Labour Party Thomas Davidson 147
Newtownabbey Labour Party Lindsay Prior 94
Turnout 8,109
Independent Unionist gain from Alliance

North Down

North Down A[26][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills 1,216
Alliance Donald Hayes 812
DUP Raymond Trousdale 740
Alliance Jane Copeland 710
UUP Bruce Mulligan 683
Unionist Party NI William Bailie 655
UUP George Allport 605
DUP Elizabeth Loan 592
Alliance Julian Hamilton 298
UPUP Valerie Kinghan 279
UPUP Margaret McGimpsey 247
Unionist Party NI Dorothy Smith 56
Turnout 5,610
DUP gain from Alliance
North Down B[26][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UPUP George Green 1,200
DUP Wesley Graham 972
DUP Camphell McCormick 821
Alliance James Magee 733
DUP George McMurtry 663
UUP Chalmers Quee 386
UUP Phyllis Brown 370
UPUP Cecil Baniff 306
PUP Thomas O'Brien 270
Alliance Anne Wilson 268
UPUP William Elliott 234
Ind. Unionist John Shields 233
UPUP James Boyle 203
United British Ulster Peoples Party William Johnston 28
Turnout 6,888
George Green leaves Vanguard
DUP gain from UUP
UPUP gain from UUP
North Down C[26][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UPUP Mary O'Fee 1,021
Alliance William Morrow 959
DUP Robert Graham 929
UUP Hazel Bradford 907
Alliance Brian Wilson 444
UUP Terence McKeag 422
Alliance Thomas Rollins 367
UPUP Maisie McMullan 273
DUP George McKinnie 263
Turnout 5,720
Mary O'Fee leaves Vanguard
DUP gain from UUP
North Down D[26][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Ellie McKay 1,076
UUP John Auld 803
Alliance Susan O'Brien 727
DUP Gordon Dunne 509
Alliance Michael Clarke 423
Alliance Irene Cave 391
UPUP Frederick White 374
DUP Edith Cole 277
UUP Thomas Bussell 225
Unionist Party NI Trevor Boyd 181
UPUP Eric Griffith 135
Turnout 5,246
DUP gain from UUUP

Omagh

Omagh A[27][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Arthur McFarland 846
SDLP Liam McQuaid 840
Irish Independence Charles McElholm 771
SDLP John Skelton 538
Irish Independence John Fahy 496
UUP William Montgomery 490
DUP Ivan Foster 474
SDLP Vincent O'Brien 376
DUP George Thompson 330
Unity Unionist Cecil Anderson 196
Alliance Dermot McCormack 87
Turnout 5,610
DUP gain from UUP
IIP gain from Independent
Omagh B[27][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence Patrick Donnelly 623
Independent John Mullin 604
UUP Bertie Moses 597
Alliance Patrick Bogan 570
UUP John Hutchinson 551
DUP James McConnell 512
Workers' Party Tommy Owens 407
SDLP Eugene Donnelly 393
DUP William McFarland 254
Turnout 4,631
Patrick Donnelly joins IIP
DUP gain from UUP
Omagh C[27][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence Patrick Fahy 1,185
DUP Oliver Gibson 1,026
SDLP Bernadette Grant 818
Alliance Aidan Lagan 723
UUP John Ashenhurst 654
SDLP Stephen McKenna 513
SDLP Paddy McGowan 496
UUP William Thompson 457
SDLP Arthur Breen 453
Alliance Richard Hinds 336
DUP William Caldwell 251
UUP Alfred Barnett 194
DUP James Mitchell 173
Irish Independence Francis Loughran 83
Irish Independence Michael Kelly 79
Ind. Unionist Edward Sayers 74
Turnout 7,681
DUP gain from UUP
IIP gain from SDLP
Omagh D[27][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Irish Independence Francis Conway 984
SDLP Brendan Martin 643
DUP Willis Cooke 576
UUP John Johnston 427
Ind. Republican Francis McElroy 375
Irish Independence Brian McGrath 303
Irish Independence Patrick Walsh 285
Alliance John Hadden 235
SDLP Patrick McCrory 225
SDLP John McSherry 118
Turnout 4,331
IIP gain from Alliance
IIP gain from WPRC
DUP gain from UUP

Strabane

Strabane A[28][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Denis McCrory 1,320
DUP Thomas Kerrigan 1,221
SDLP Mary McCrea 1,029
UUP Edward Turner 832
UUP Ernest Young 672
DUP Robert Anderson 580
DUP David Baird 315
Turnout 6,162
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane B[28][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP John Gallagher 1,101
Independent Francis McConnell 1,015
UUP Mary Britton 984
DUP Samuel Rogers 973
DUP George McIntyre 827
UUP Henry Henderson 607
SDLP Mary McAleer 313
Turnout 5,997
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane C[28][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent James O'Kane 1,250
SDLP Paul O'Hare 600
SDLP William Flanagan 578
UUP Robert Fleming 450
Independent John O'Kane 418
DUP Desmond Monteith 371
Anti H-Block William Gallagher 296
Alliance Patrick Wallace 288
SDLP Jane O'Donnell 268
Ind. Nationalist John McCrory 247
Independent Michael Dunne 115
Independent David Fleming 96
Independent William Crichton 72
Independent John Tracey 43
Turnout 5,447
Independent gain from SDLP

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  15. ^ a b c Down District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
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  19. ^ a b c Limavady District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  20. ^ a b c d e Lisburn District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
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  23. ^ a b c Moyle Council Elections 1973–1981, Northern Ireland Elections
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