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1977 Omagh District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Omagh District Council election parliamentary no 1973 Omagh District Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Omagh District Council election 1981 All 20 seats to Omagh District Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 8 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 6 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 0 Independent Nationalist 2 1 Republican Clubs 1 1 Independent Unionist 0 2 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 0 1 Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 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
Omagh District Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgomagh.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Omagh www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
2
0
2
40.0
35.9
6,868
7.2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
6
2
0
2
30.0
29.6
5,671
12.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
0
0
15.0
16.0
3,071
3.8
Independent Nationalist
2
1
2
1
10.0
14.1
2,707
1.9
Republican Clubs
1
1
0
1
5.0
4.2
801
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Omagh 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Republican Clubs" | RC
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|33.1
|1
|9.5
|0
|0.0
|0
|17.6
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|17.1
|0
|21.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|18.6
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|36.9
|3
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|21.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|22.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
|18.4
|1
|10.9
|1
|20.9
|1
|27.4
|0
|4
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|35.9
|8
|29.6
|6
|16.0
|3
|4.2
|1
|14.3
|2
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Omagh Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 16 August 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Liam McQuaid*
1,218
23.29%
Independent Nationalist
Michael O'Hagan
917
17.54%
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur McFarland*
907
17.35%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Skelton*
513
9.81%
820.8
833.5
872.9
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Anderson*
740
14.15%
740.9
758.9
758.9
772.88
1,165.88
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seamus McGale
394
7.53%
415.9
473.3
476.1
476.4
482.4
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brunt
436
8.34%
436
451.3
451.4
463.58
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anthony Pollock
104
1.99%
117.8
6
6,527
5,229 (80.11%)
189
872
5,418 (83.01%)
Area B
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Omagh Area B - 4 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Edgar McDowell*
971
24.53%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph Anderson*
722
18.24%
741
904.21
Independent Nationalist
Patrick Donnelly*
737
18.62%
780
780.57
783.61
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Bogan*
629
15.89%
716
725.12
754.19
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kevin McNaboe
676
17.08%
720
720.19
721.52
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Donnelly
223
5.63%
4
5,289
3,958 (74.83%)
224
792
4,182 (79.07%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Nationalist
Omagh Area C - 7 seats
8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Aidan Lagan
1,012
16.51%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerald McEnhill*
930
15.17%
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Walker*
881
14.37%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Stephen McKenna*
702
11.45%
746.25
849.78
Ulster Unionist Party
Alfred Barnett
539
8.79%
539.25
539.42
568.02
568.02
787.02
Ulster Unionist Party
Harold McCauley*
452
7.37%
457.75
458.26
509.09
509.37
685.63
703
857
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bernadette Grant
535
8.73%
555
578.97
579.23
618.57
620.95
620.95
726.31
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Daniel Campbell
394
6.43%
412
434.44
434.44
470.84
475.22
475.31
539.32
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Ethne McClelland
292
4.76%
443
447.25
449.59
454.21
467.66
468.29
Ulster Unionist Party
Archibald Burton
393
6.41%
394.25
394.25
424.93
425.07
8
10,073
6,130 (60.86%)
277
767
6,407 (63.61%)
Area D
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist, Independent Republican joins Republican Clubs
Omagh Area D - 7 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
John Johnston*
857
22.37%
Republican Clubs
Francis McElroy*
801
20.91%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brendan Martin
473
12.35%
473
482.48
589
616.32
720.08
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Hadden*
417
10.88%
484.14
495.06
527.22
555.32
673.72
Independent Nationalist
Michael McNulty*
415
10.83%
425.26
427.82
453.9
534.94
659.56
Independent Nationalist
Bernard McGrath
380
9.92%
383.24
386.08
406.12
514.58
Independent Nationalist
Patrick McCrory
258
6.73%
263.4
264.68
297.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McSherry
230
6.00%
230
230.8
6
5,300
3,831 (72.28%)
151
767
3,982 (75.13%)
References
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