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1977 Coleraine Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Coleraine Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Coleraine Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Coleraine Borough Council election 1981 All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 10 3 Democratic Unionist Party 2 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 1 Independent (politician) 2 0 Independent Unionist 2 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Coleraine Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Election results
Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcoleraine.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Coleraine www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
0
3
3
50.0
38.2
6,980
19.0
Democratic Unionist Party
2
2
0
2
30.0
17.6
3,224
New
Independent (politician)
2
0
0
0
10.0
11.3
2,059
1.0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
2
0
1
1
10.0
10.6
1,946
2.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
1
0
1
10.0
10.5
1,913
5.5
Independent Unionist
2
1
0
1
10.0
7.9
1,445
2.8
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.8
517
New
Republican Clubs
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
207
1.9
Unity (Northern Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
203
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1977by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!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="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|18.5
|1
|4.7
|0
|21.9
|1
|13.7
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|0.0
|0
|16.9
|1
|11.2
|1
|19.5
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|24.6
|3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|11.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|33.9
|2
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.2
|10
|17.6
|2
|10.6
|2
|10.5
|2
|23.1
|4
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Coleraine Area A - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 16 July 2021
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Catherwood
605
10.04%
606
609
1,015
Ulster Unionist Party
James Anderson*
761
12.63%
762
790
822
871.28
Ulster Unionist Party
George McIlrath
543
9.01%
543
573
582
604.88
926.88
Ulster Unionist Party
William King
674
11.19%
675
706
730
764.32
878.32
Independent Unionist
William Watt*
623
10.34%
624
668
689
719.36
796.28
861.02
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Dallat
623
10.34%
709
819
819
819
819
819.39
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Cassidy*
552
9.16%
592
751
751
751.44
751.44
751.83
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert McMaster*
504
8.37%
506
515
526
540.96
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Campbell
508
5.64%
508
512
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Martha McGrath
281
4.66%
283
Republican Clubs
Jerry Mullan
207
3.44%
210
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Tosh
143
2.37%
7
9,014
6,024 (66.83%)
260
861
6,284 (69.71%)
Area B
1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Coleraine Area B - 7 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
William Glenn*
725
13.62%
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert Clarke*
668
12.55%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Wilson*
439
8.25%
507
521
522.68
828.68
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Stafford*
564
10.60%
566
567
578.2
580.2
585.73
736.73
Independent Unionist
Alexander Sharpe*
619
11.63%
619
619
624.44
626.52
654.96
697.96
Ulster Unionist Party
John Earl*
455
8.55%
455
459
478.76
493.76
527.73
671.39
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Farren
359
6.74%
377
595
595.08
612.08
678.44
678.44
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Antony Alcock
426
8.00%
428
428
433.52
436.52
452.32
498.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Mitchell
375
7.04%
376
376
389.04
394.12
402.81
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Donald Batts
283
5.32%
348
355
355.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh McIlvenna
237
4.45%
251
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick McGowan
173
3.25%
7
10,461
5,323 (50.88%)
229
666
5,552 (53.07%)
Area C
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Coleraine Area C - 7 seats
16
Democratic Unionist Party
James McClure
2,111
30.40%
Independent (politician)
James McFeely*
911
13.12%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert White*
773
11.13%
968.62
Independent (politician)
Randall Crawford*
621
8.94%
922.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Matthew Adams*
523
7.53%
690.4
703.9
714.58
714.82
721.28
724.14
737.59
778.54
812.82
874.26
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Mathews*
546
7.86%
560.88
561.38
562.46
570.34
570.96
572
573.66
577.28
579.36
651.47
694.95
890.95
Ulster Unionist Party
Victor Hanson
189
2.72%
267.12
281.37
286.89
287.37
288.49
290.61
296.34
321.75
332.09
369.36
387.66
391.42
394.94
466.45
604.14
Independent (politician)
William McNabb
206
2.97%
299
301.25
306.89
309.33
314.55
322.55
332.88
338.48
357.08
375.06
411.18
430.74
444.18
490.11
546.1
Ulster Unionist Party
John Millar
155
2.23%
208.32
214.32
218.04
218.28
220.15
221.15
332.88
338.48
357.08
375.06
411.18
430.74
444.18
490.11
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Adrian Eakin
91
1.31%
255.92
261.17
273.65
273.65
276.39
277.39
284.15
289.85
293.82
301.41
309.27
309.35
309.67
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Francis Trainor
224
3.23%
226.48
226.73
226.85
244.05
245.17
245.25
248.57
249.61
250.89
258.93
279.05
Independent (politician)
Henry McCormick
120
1.73%
171.46
172.21
174.25
177.93
178.05
184.05
193.21
198.07
250.67
253.54
Independent Unionist
James Edwards*
203
2.92%
221.6
226.1
227.42
227.54
228.91
234.03
237.65
240.01
250.5
Independent (politician)
Samuel Walker
85
1.22%
120.96
122.96
124.88
125.48
137.4
146.12
160.88
164.24
Ulster Unionist Party
Charles Graham
70
1.01%
109.68
115.93
119.53
119.61
120.23
122.13
124.37
Independent (politician)
Frederick Millar
48
0.69%
73.42
74.67
76.23
76.71
79.37
92.64
Independent (politician)
Samuel Oliver
38
0.55%
46.06
47.06
48.14
48.34
57.82
Independent (politician)
Howard Platt
30
0.43%
44.88
45.38
47.54
47.82
16
11,649
6,944 (59.61%)
253
869
7,197 (61.78%)
References
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