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1977 Armagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Armagh District Council election parliamentary no 1973 Armagh District Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Armagh District Council election 1981 All 20 seats to Armagh District Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 9 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 2 Democratic Unionist Party 2 0 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 1 Independent Nationalist 1 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Armagh 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
Armagh District Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgarmagh.htm Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
0
2
2
45.0
38.8
8,116
6.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
2
0
2
35.0
30.3
6,341
7.6
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
0
0
10.0
12.8
2,665
1.5
United Ulster Unionist Party
1
1
0
1
5.0
4.5
932
New
Independent Nationalist
1
1
0
1
5.0
4.0
839
4.0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
1
1
0.0
6.4
1,332
1.4
Republican Clubs
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.4
507
2.3
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
169
4.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Armagh 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|33.2
|1
|23.0
|1
|6.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|15.4
|1
|20.7
|1
|9.8
|1
|7.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|36.9
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.7
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|11.4
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|28.5
|2
|7.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|34.0
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.8
|9
|30.3
|7
|12.8
|2
|4.5
|1
|13.6
|1
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Armagh Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 25 July 2021
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Douglas Hutchinson*
821
23.00%
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Huey*
688
19.27%
785
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Foster*
640
17.93%
738
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis McIlvanna
632
17.70%
633
650
651
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis Kernan
553
15.49%
561
598
605
United Ulster Unionist Party
Noel Lyttle
236
6.61%
4
5,767
3,570 (61.90%)
222
715
3,792 (65.75%)
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Armagh Area B - 6 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
William Henning*
1,177
16.55%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Mallon*
1,092
15.35%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Black*
1,077
15.14%
Ulster Unionist Party
William McClelland
961
13.51%
1,044.85
United Ulster Unionist Party
Francis Little
554
7.79%
561.93
562.23
572.43
659.79
662.24
977.33
988.36
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Speers
701
9.86%
727.39
727.49
729.49
745.3
754.15
807.96
895.12
Ulster Unionist Party
George Parks
513
7.21%
539.65
539.85
544.5
555.78
572.53
622.83
794.32
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James McAfee
311
4.37%
311.91
360.31
360.51
361.51
530.1
530.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Spratt
397
5.58%
398.69
398.69
430.34
454.26
455.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Christina Glendinning
188
2.64%
190.6
210.7
211.5
214.65
United Ulster Unionist Party
David Robb
142
2.00%
143.43
143.43
147.03
8
10,579
7,113 (67.24%)
257
1,017
7,370 (69.67%)
Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Armagh Area C - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Eleanor Boyd
1,153
23.24%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Fegan*
956
19.27%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McKernan
876
17.66%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Nicholson
680
13.71%
985.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph Fullerton
735
14.82%
737.61
741.09
851.13
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eugene Connolly*
561
11.31%
575.21
691.5
708.3
4
7,216
4,961 (68.75%)
280
827
5,241 (72.63%)
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Armagh Area D - 6 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Armstrong*
1,008
19.17%
Independent Nationalist
Bernard McManus*
839
15.96%
839.78
866.91
866.91
896.91
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Oliver Tobin*
686
13.05%
686
711
712.13
784.52
981.52
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Creswell*
395
7.51%
481.84
485.84
697.65
807.47
808.47
1,124.47
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Brannigan
513
9.76%
513.78
528.78
531.78
555.91
658.04
660.3
673.3
765.7
Republican Clubs
Patrick Houlahan
507
9.64%
507
546
547
553
582
583.39
590.39
602.39
Democratic Unionist Party
Letitia McClenaghan
370
7.04%
374.42
374.55
385.72
394.24
394.24
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McAvinchey
298
5.67%
298.26
317.26
318.26
339.39
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Norah Dawson
272
5.17%
274.73
302.99
309.03
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Mercer*
200
3.80%
233.41
237.54
Independent Labour
Paddy Grimes
169
3.21%
169.65
9
8,619
5,257 (60.99%)
240
877
5,497 (63.78%)
References
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