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1981 Strabane District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Strabane District Council election parliamentary no 1977 Strabane District Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Strabane District Council election 1985 All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 1 Democratic Unionist Party 4 2 Independent Nationalist 4 1 Ulster Unionist Party 3 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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
Strabane District Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgstrabane.htm Local Government Election 1973-1981: Strabane www.ark.ac.uk
Independent Nationalist
4
1
0
1
26.7
26.1
4,459
11.2
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2
0
2
26.7
25.1
4,287
11.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
0
1
1
26.7
22.8
3,889
7.7
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
2
1
20.0
20.7
3,545
8.8
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.9
326
3.0
Anti H-Block
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.7
296
New
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.7
288
1.3
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1981by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|17.2
|1
|25.2
|1
|22.2
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.9
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|24.3
|1
|27.3
|1
|17.5
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|7.0
|0
|27.3
|2
|8.5
|1
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|57.2
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|25.1
|4
|22.8
|4
|20.7
|3
|31.4
|4
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Strabane Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 13 August 2021
4
Independent Nationalist
Denis McCrory*
1,320
22.11%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Kerrigan
1,221
20.46%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McCrea
1,029
17.24%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Anderson
580
9.72%
581
602.6
1,070.22
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Turner*
832
13.94%
882
892.26
908.42
Ulster Unionist Party
Ernest Young*
672
11.26%
738
747.36
754.62
Democratic Unionist Party
David Baird
315
5.28%
321
497.22
4
7,833
5,969 (76.20%)
193
995
6,162 (78.67%)
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Strabane Area B - 5 seats
2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Gallagher*
1,101
18.92%
Independent Nationalist
Francis McConnell*
1,015
17.44%
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Britton*
984
16.91%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Rogers*
973
16.72%
Democratic Unionist Party
George McIntyre*
827
14.21%
832
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Henderson*
607
10.43%
624
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McAleer
313
5.38%
2
7,050
5,820 (82.55%)
177
971
5,997 (85.06%)
Area C
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Strabane Area C - 5 seats
11
Independent Nationalist
James O'Kane
1,459
27.52%
Independent Nationalist
John O'Kane*
418
7.89%
818.98
826.8
836.62
857.54
890.18
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paul O'Hare
600
11.32%
659.45
666.27
670.27
682.91
688.32
836.83
902.83
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William Flanagan
578
10.90%
599.73
601.14
605.14
610.55
619.78
727.29
790.16
807.96
886.96
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Fleming*
450
8.49%
450.82
451.82
467.23
472.23
473.23
473.23
475.64
475.94
555.35
562.35
Democratic Unionist Party
Desmond Monteith
371
7.00%
371.41
371.41
377.41
385.41
394.41
394.41
394.41
394.41
397.41
399.41
Anti H-Block
William Gallagher
296
5.58%
305.84
313.84
313.84
315.84
331.25
333.25
382.89
385.49
385.49
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Wallace
288
5.43%
304.4
308.81
319.22
339.86
343.86
349.09
370.14
374.04
Independent Nationalist
John McCrory
247
4.66%
264.63
272.04
276.04
289.09
303.91
312.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jane O'Donnell
268
5.06%
280.3
280.71
281.71
288.94
294.94
Independent (politician)
Michael Dunne
115
2.17%
119.92
123.92
131.92
131.92
Independent (politician)
David Fleming
96
1.81%
108.71
109.71
110.71
Independent (politician)
William Crichton
72
1.36%
73.64
73.64
Independent (politician)
John Tracey
43
0.81%
46.28
11
7,630
5,301 (69.48%)
146
884
5,447 (71.39%)
References
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