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1977 Larne Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Larne Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Larne Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Larne Borough Council election 1981 All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4 1 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 3 3 Ulster Unionist Party 2 1 Independent (politician) 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 1 Loyalist 0 8 Independent Unionist 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.
Election results
Larne Borough Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglarne.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Larne www.ark.ac.uk
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
4
1
0
1
26.7
25.8
1,965
0.3
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
3
3
0
3
20.0
27.2
2,067
New
Democratic Unionist Party
3
3
0
3
20.0
24.9
1,898
New
Independent (politician)
2
1
1
13.3
11.1
844
1.7
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1
0
1
13.3
6.8
515
2.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
1
0
1
6.7
0.0
0
4.1
British Ulster Dominion Party
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
178
New
United Ulster Unionist Party
0
0
0
0.0
1.9
146
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Larne Borough 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party" | Vanguard
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|N/A
|1
|N/A
|0
|N/A
|1
|N/A
|1
|N/A
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|21.5
|1
|23.3
|1
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|36.9
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|1
|18.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|27.7
|2
|bgcolor="darkorange"|28.8
|bgcolor="darkorange"|2
|19.7
|1
|1.7
|0
|22.1
|2
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|25.8
|4
|27.2
|3
|24.9
|3
|6.8
|2
|15.3
|3
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Loyalist joins DUP
Larne 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
1
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Martin*
N/A
N/A
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Robinson
N/A
N/A
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh Wilson*
N/A
N/A
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Turnley
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
As only four candidates had been nominated for four seats, there was no vote in Area A and all four candidates were deemed elected.
Area B
1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and Alliance gain from Loyalist (two seats), Loyalist joins DUP and Independent Unionist joins UUP
Larne Area B - 4 seats
3
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Beggs*
675
29.20%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Calwell
498
21.54%
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander Hunter*
423
18.30%
457.88
517.88
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Laurence Niblock
301
13.02%
309.64
464.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Horace Stronge
177
7.66%
321
336
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Robert Semple*
238
10.29%
261.04
3
4,705
2,312 (49.14%)
103
463
2,415 (51.33%)
Area C
1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Loyalist, Loyalist (three seats) join Vanguard (two seats) and DUP
Larne Area C - 7 seats
11
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Thomas Seymour*
1,273
24.01%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Kelly*
919
17.34%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jack McKee*
633
11.94%
645
645.84
650.84
679.84
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Benson*
362
6.83%
419.6
564.36
572.8
575.28
575.28
577.76
579.04
735.04
Independent (politician)
Kathleen O'Brien
494
9.32%
550.64
561.56
580.84
610.68
611.35
626.83
636.87
675.03
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Rosalie Armstrong*
172
3.24%
361.6
363
381.44
408.68
410.69
424.61
578.93
610.89
626.53
629.05
Independent (politician)
Agnew Hamilton
350
6.60%
439.76
449.84
461.96
484.24
485.58
495.06
510.46
563.26
618.34
623.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Winston Fulton
413
7.79%
419.24
420.08
424.56
447.04
458.43
588.77
605.25
609.01
609.69
610.25
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Snoddy
186
3.51%
236.4
313.4
319.4
327.12
327.12
381.92
339.12
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Frederick Dodds
83
1.57%
183.8
186.04
194.96
213.88
213.88
220.88
Dominion Party
James Wisely
178
3.36%
183.28
184.68
189.16
199.64
200.98
United Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas McKeever*
146
2.75%
168.08
168.64
182.68
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander Marrs
92
1.74%
104.96
106.92
11
10,203
5,301 (51.96%)
145
663
5,446 (53.38%)
References
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