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1981 Armagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Armagh District Council election parliamentary no 1977 Armagh District Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Armagh District Council election 1985 All 20 seats to Armagh District Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 8 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 0 Independent Nationalist 1 0 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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
Armagh District Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgarmagh.htm Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
1
1
40.0
38.7
9,267
0.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
0
0
0
35.0
30.8
7,363
0.5
Democratic Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
15.0
18.5
4,417
5.7
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
0
5.0
4.2
1,011
0.2
United Ulster Unionist Party
1
0
0
0
5.0
3.6
865
0.9
Irish Independence Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.1
493
New
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.5
370
0.7
Independent Labour
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
134
0.6
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1981by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|33.3
|1
|27.2
|1
|1.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|16.2
|1
|22.5
|1
|9.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|25.3
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.6
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|12.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|15.5
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|32.3
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.6
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|11.7
|0
|0.0
|0
|20.4
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.7
|8
|30.8
|7
|18.5
|3
|3.6
|1
|8.4
|1
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Armagh Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 25 July 2021
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Allen
938
22.78%
Democratic Unionist Party
Douglas Hutchinson*
878
21.32%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Foster*
610
14.81%
844
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis McIlvanna*
781
18.97%
784
804
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis Kernan
593
14.40%
599
676
Democratic Unionist Party
Norman Kerr
244
5.93%
United Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Cummings
74
1.80%
3
5,833
4,118 (70.60%)
178
824
4,296 (73.65%)
Area B
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Armagh Area B - 6 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Speers*
1,931
22.40%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Mallon*
1,394
16.17%
Ulster Unionist Party
William McClelland*
1,092
12.67%
1,264.8
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Black*
917
10.64%
955.16
959.88
963.38
1,170.16
1,843.16
United Ulster Unionist Party
Francis Little*
732
8.49%
768.72
808.08
819.98
867.52
895.84
1,189.84
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Turner
742
8.61%
967
968.72
1,033.12
1,054.48
1,087.38
1,178.38
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Johnston
733
8.50%
891.4
902.2
970.8
994.04
1,026.44
1,143.44
Democratic Unionist Party
John Alexander
561
6.51%
573.96
576.4
582
787.96
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Spratt
459
5.32%
498.96
503.96
511.66
United Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Hamilton
59
0.68%
65.48
7
10,993
8,620 (78.41%)
160
1,232
8,780 (79.87%)
Area C
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Armagh Area C - 5 seats
4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Fegan*
980
17.55%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Nicholson*
962
17.23%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McKernan*
933
16.71%
Democratic Unionist Party
Joseph McBride
705
12.63%
705.35
709.4
1,041.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph Dunleavy
690
12.36%
729.35
853.9
867.9
Irish Independence Party
Patrick Agnew
493
8.83%
495.6
629.9
633.95
Ulster Unionist Party
Eleanor Boyd*
450
8.06%
450.35
462.35
Independent (politician)
Peter McSorley
370
6.63%
373.9
4
7,281
5,583 (76.68%)
207
931
5,790 (79.52%)
Area D
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: No change
Armagh Area D - 6 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Armstrong*
1,173
20.95%
Independent Nationalist
Bernard McManus*
1,011
18.06%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Brannigan*
807
14.41%
808.4
832.8
854.22
857.22
1,224.22
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Agnew
617
11.02%
617.4
646.6
672.59
675.59
887.39
1,174.49
Ulster Unionist Party
George Macartney
393
7.02%
457.8
469
469.18
820.58
822.87
823.74
855.93
Democratic Unionist Party
Letitia McClenaghan
653
11.66%
667.6
671.6
671.78
713.78
716.07
716.07
719.55
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerald Grimley
568
10.14%
568.2
593.4
619.41
620.61
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Creswell*
243
4.34%
394.4
405.4
405.58
Independent Labour
Carson Greer
134
2.39%
134.8
8
8,699
5,599 (64.36%)
228
934
5,827 (66.98%)
References
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