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1977 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Lisburn Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Lisburn Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Lisburn Borough Council election 1981 All 23 seats to Lisburn Borough Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 10 4 Democratic Unionist Party 6 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 1 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Lisburn Borough 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglisburn.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Lisburn www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
0
4
4
43.4
30.0
7,877
18.9
Democratic Unionist Party
6
2
0
2
26.1
26.6
6,724
9.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
0
0
13.0
20.4
5,164
2.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
1
0
1
8.7
6.2
1,563
0.9
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
4.3
5.9
1,485
New
United Ulster Unionist Party
1
1
0
1
4.3
5.6
1,464
New
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
0
0
1
1
0.0
2.0
507
4.6
Republican Clubs
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.2
305
New
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
207
0.6
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1977by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Unionist Party of Northern Ireland" | UPNI
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|20.1
|1
|7.0
|0
|19.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|3.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|34.4
|2
|15.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|4.2
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|24.7
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|22.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|13.5
|1
|8.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|20.9
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|23.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|21.8
|1
|4.1
|0
|4.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area E
|26.2
|1
|21.3
|1
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|27.4
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1
|16.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|3.5
|0
|5.5
|0
|4
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|30.0
|10
|26.6
|6
|20.4
|3
|6.2
|2
|5.9
|1
|5.6
|1
|4.0
|0
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 8 July 2021
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Campbell
889
25.72%
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles Woodburne
695
20.11%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Clenaghan
687
19.88%
691.62
828.62
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Dillon
493
14.27%
634.46
733.46
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Stewart
342
9.90%
371.92
447.72
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Dorrian
242
7.00%
245.52
United Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Sloan
108
3.13%
118.56
3
7,040
3,456 (49.09%)
174
692
3,630 (51.56%)
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area B - 5 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles Poots*
1,174
27.05%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Dorman
318
7.33%
677.19
778.19
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Lilburn
523
12.05%
537.82
558.94
733.54
Ulster Unionist Party
Elsie Kelsey*
548
12.63%
558.53
586.55
710.25
729.25
Ulster Unionist Party
William Bleakes
606
13.96%
618.09
638.99
681.67
707.67
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Moore Sinnerton
656
15.12%
657.95
660.73
673.51
675.51
Ulster Unionist Party
James Lilley*
334
7.70%
352.72
372.4
United Ulster Unionist Party
John Curry
181
4.17%
211.42
5
8,866
4,340 (48.95%)
108
724
4,448 (50.17%)
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
William Belshaw*
1,388
26.53%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seamus Close*
987
18.68%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Gardiner-Watson
894
17.09%
United Ulster Unionist Party
George Morrison*
704
13.46%
783.92
796.4
804.91
934.91
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilfred McClung
397
8.61%
416.98
499.35
575.02
787.35
Democratic Unionist Party
Denis McCarroll
233
4.45%
573.77
577.14
580.13
689.82
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Ronnie Crawford
441
8.43%
499.83
524.2
550.65
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Hughes
188
3.59%
190.59
5
11,377
5,232 (45.99%)
224
873
5,456 (47.96%)
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP
Lisburn Area D - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Ivan Davis*
1,758
25.77%
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Robert Kirkwood*
1,485
21.76%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
George Boyd
1,218
17.85%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Semple*
950
13.92%
1,055.08
1,184.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Maureen McKinney
476
9.32%
540.01
613.45
708.46
710.08
1,074.54
United Ulster Unionist Party
James Davis
282
4.13%
688.26
704.34
780.9
781.86
807.53
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hazel Ervine
381
5.58%
390.62
474.14
584.19
652.89
Independent (politician)
Gerald King
207
3.03%
218.84
240.68
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Oliver
66
0.97%
85.61
100.49
6
13,881
6,823 (49.15%)
199
1,138
7,022 (50.59%)
Area E
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area E - 4 seats
8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Cousins*
1,047
19.23%
1,053
1,113
Ulster Unionist Party
William McAllister
1,007
18.49%
1,061
1,064
1,402
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McDonnell
876
16.09%
876
989
990
990
1,145
Democratic Unionist Party
William Beattie
630
11.57%
683
683
705
776
822
833.16
835.16
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert McNeice*
528
9.70%
558
558
604
699
777
820.71
828.71
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Brian Fitzsimons
445
8.17%
451
473
494
584
Ulster Unionist Party
David Saulters
418
7.68%
444
444
Republican Clubs
Gerard Dunlop
305
5.60%
305
United Ulster Unionist Party
Jean Bell
189
3.47%
8
11,522
5,445 (47.26%)
265
1,090
5,710 (49.56%)
References
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