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1981 Dungannon District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Dungannon District Council election parliamentary no 1977 Dungannon District Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Dungannon District Council election 1985 All 20 seats to Dungannon District Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 8 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Independent Nationalist 3 2 Independent Republican (Ireland) 2 1 Irish Independence Party 1 1 Independent (politician) 0 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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
Dungannon District Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgdungannon.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Dungannon www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
1
1
0
40.0
31.0
7,227
7.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
3
3
15.0
20.5
4,786
4.0
Democratic Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
15.0
17.7
4,135
0.5
Independent Nationalist
3
2
0
2
15.0
15.6
3,635
8.9
Independent Republican (Ireland)
2
1
0
1
10.0
6.8
1,596
4.3
Irish Independence Party
1
1
0
1
5.0
4.6
1,062
New
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.4
558
2.4
United Ulster Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
205
0.9
Independent (politician)
0
0
2
2
0.0
0.4
104
15.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1981by 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Irish Independence Party" | IIP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|29.4
|1
|19.4
|0
|0.0
|0
|17.9
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|15.4
|1
|19.0
|1
|8.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|57.3
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|3
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|23.0
|1
|23.7
|1
|0.0
|0
|15.1
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|10.3
|0
|19.9
|1
|18.8
|1
|13.3
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|31.0
|8
|20.5
|3
|17.7
|3
|4.6
|1
|26.2
|5
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: Independent Republican gain from SDLP
Dungannon Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 8 August 2021
6
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seamus Cassidy*
1,057
17.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Noel Mulligan
797
13.43%
797.1
1,146.1
Democratic Unionist Party
William McIlwrath*
583
9.82%
583.1
620.1
630.45
1,092.45
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Brush
633
10.67%
633.5
784.5
927.15
1,033.05
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anthony McGonnell
889
14.98%
923.1
925.1
925.1
927.1
948.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Monaghan
856
14.43%
885
886
886.45
886.45
891.45
Democratic Unionist Party
Frederick Burrows
570
9.61%
570
579
580.35
Ulster Unionist Party
Winston Mulligan*
549
9.25%
549
6
6,624
5,934 (89.58%)
92
990
6,026 (90.97%)
Area B
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1981: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Dungannon Area B - 5 seats
2
Independent Nationalist
Jim Canning*
1,744
29.18%
Independent Nationalist
Owen Nugent*
1,140
19.08%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McGlinchey*
1,138
19.04%
Independent Republican (Ireland)
John Corr*
539
9.02%
1,275.47
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Kempton*
918
15.36%
921.43
Democratic Unionist Party
Abraham White
497
8.32%
498.96
2
7,753
5,976 (77.08%)
210
997
6,186 (79.79%)
Area C
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon Area C - 5 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Daly*
1,324
23.02%
Ulster Unionist Party
Derek Irwin*
981
17.06%
Democratic Unionist Party
James Ewing
778
13.53%
788.8
848.8
867.2
868.6
1,054.28
Ulster Unionist Party
John Taggart
647
11.25%
669.2
712.4
728.8
730.18
906.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Brady*
571
9.93%
599.8
631
653.8
669.14
848.06
Democratic Unionist Party
Norman Lockhart
583
10.14%
585.4
620.4
638.2
638.82
664.5
Independent Unionist
Wilfred Dilworth*
558
9.70%
570.6
602.8
623
623.64
Independent (politician)
William Lucas
104
1.81%
383
386
United Ulster Unionist Party
James McNeill
205
3.56%
212.8
6
7,091
5,751 (81.10%)
125
959
5,876 (82.87%)
Area D
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: UUP and IIP gain from Independent (two seats), Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Dungannon Area D - 5 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Morrow*
1,124
19.90%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ken Maginnis
1,085
19.21%
Irish Independence Party
Plunkett O'Donnell
1,062
18.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brown*
1,046
18.52%
Independent Nationalist
Michael McLoughlin*
751
13.30%
799
835
939.26
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peggy Devlin
579
10.25%
615
700
712.87
4
7,669
5,647 (73.63%)
115
942
5,762 (75.13%)
References
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