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1977 Fermanagh District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Fermanagh District Council election parliamentary no 1973 Fermanagh District Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Fermanagh District Council election 1981 All 20 seats to Fermanagh District Council 11 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 3 Ulster Unionist Party 6 2 United Ulster Unionist Party 3 3 Unity (Northern Ireland) 2 2 Independent (politician) 1 1 Independent Nationalist 1 1 Independent Unionist 0 2
Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Election results
Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgfermanagh.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Fermanagh www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
3
0
3
35.0
25.1
7,392
13.2
Ulster Unionist Party
6
1
3
2
30.0
30.0
8,804
1.8
United Ulster Unionist Party
3
3
0
3
15.0
14.4
4,229
New
Unity (Northern Ireland)
2
0
2
2
10.0
18.1
5,325
6.2
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
5.0
6.2
1,819
1.2
Independent Nationalist
1
0
1
1
5.0
2.6
750
3.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.9
547
5.8
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.8
527
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1977by 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Unity (Northern Ireland)" | Unity
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|23.3
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
|0.0
|0
|27.5
|1
|18.9
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|17.7
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|19.9
|1
|16.4
|0
|2.1
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|15.8
|1
|22.0
|1
|14.6
|0
|bgcolor=olive|28.5
|bgcolor=olive|1
|19.1
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|37.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|29.5
|1
|22.4
|1
|4.9
|0
|5.4
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area E
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|24.9
|1
|16.8
|1
|12.1
|0
|15.2
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|25.1
|7
|30.0
|6
|14.4
|3
|18.1
|2
|12.4
|2
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x Unity, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Unity, Independent Unionist joins UUP and Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
Fermanagh Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 18 August 2021
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Jack Leahy*
1,327
20.69%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Murray*
1,008
15.72%
1,361
Independent (politician)
James McBarron
1,205
18.79%
1,212
1,257
Unity (Northern Ireland)
John McCusker*
959
14.95%
1,044
1,054
Unity (Northern Ireland)
John McMahon*
807
12.58%
843
847
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Johnston
618
9.64%
620
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ann McQuillan
489
7.63%
3
7,708
6,413 (83.20%)
189
1,283
6,602 (85.65%)
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Unity
Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Noble*
1,202
22.09%
United Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Buchanan
1,081
19.86%
1,100.35
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Brown*
634
11.65%
678.01
735.73
737.73
737.82
737.82
1,270.82
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Damien Campbell
772
14.19%
772.27
790.36
933.36
985.36
1,034.36
1,036.99
Unity (Northern Ireland)
Patrick Martin
361
6.63%
361
362
393
467
804
808
Ulster Unionist Party
Cyril Crozier
553
10.16%
594.58
618.76
619.76
621.85
622.94
Unity (Northern Ireland)
Vera Cleary
276
5.07%
276.09
277.18
280.18
407.18
Unity (Northern Ireland)
Patrick McKenna
253
4.65%
253.18
255.18
263.18
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Traynor
191
3.51%
191
196
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Henderson
119
2.19%
120.35
7
6,755
5,442 (80.56%)
179
1,089
5,621 (83.21%)
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Fermanagh Area C - 4 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilson Elliott*
763
12.70%
763
763
764
1,203
Unity (Northern Ireland)
Patrick McCaffrey
1,054
17.54%
1,071
1,089
1,131
1,132
1,625
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry Gallagher
713
11.87%
837
912
991
994
1,076
1,202
Independent Nationalist
Patrick Flanagan*
750
12.48%
818
852
953
968
1,027
1,142
United Ulster Unionist Party
Cyril Brownlee
875
14.56%
875
876
877
953
955
957
Unity (Northern Ireland)
Cornelius Leonard
361
6.01%
368
530
691
693
Ulster Unionist Party
Richard Thornton*
560
9.32%
561
561
572
Independent (politician)
James Mellor
400
6.66%
410
415
Unity (Northern Ireland)
Patrick Keown
298
4.96%
300
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McGovern
234
3.89%
7
6,756
6,008 (88.93%)
154
1,202
6,162 (91.21%)
Area D
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Fermanagh Area D - 5 seats
7
United Ulster Unionist Party
Bert Johnston
1,358
22.36%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Daly*
1,026
16.89%
1,026.2
1,042.2
1,057.3
1,117.3
1,395.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Maguire*
957
15.76%
957.2
990.2
999.2
1,119.2
1,216.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Keys
716
11.79%
768
777.3
887.9
893.1
894.1
1,172.4
Ulster Unionist Party
Caldwell McClaughry
653
10.75%
683.5
687.7
725.2
727.2
728.3
945.7
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert McFarland
420
6.91%
462.6
467.9
518.7
518.7
518.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Montague
313
5.15%
313.1
329.1
333.2
382.2
Unity (Northern Ireland)
James Gallagher
298
4.91%
298.4
304.4
305.4
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Francis Gage*
197
3.24%
201
240.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Reihill
136
2.24%
137
7
7,292
6,074 (83.30%)
130
1,215
6,204 (85.08%)
Area E
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from Independent Unionist
Fermanagh Area E - 4 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Lunny*
707
12.96%
768
825
866
1,128
Ulster Unionist Party
Raymond Ferguson
774
14.19%
774
810
993
1,001
1,001.48
1,614.48
United Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Scott*
915
16.77%
917
922
945
947
947.16
1,020.16
1,485.16
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Donnelly
558
10.23%
581
601
611
789
819.56
825.56
833.56
859.56
Unity (Northern Ireland)
James Cox
658
12.06%
698
703
717
760
763.52
770.68
778.68
788.68
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Donaldson
584
10.70%
594
604
727
730
730.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Matthew Kelly
424
7.77%
480
511
520
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
George Cathcart*
330
6.05%
332
447
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Marjorie Moore
292
5.35%
302
Independent (politician)
Thaddeus McKeown
214
3.92%
9
7,530
5,456 (72.46%)
171
1,092
5,627 (74.73%)
References
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Category:20th century in County Fermanagh
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