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1977 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Craigavon Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Craigavon Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Craigavon Borough Council election 1981 All 25 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 10 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 6 4 Democratic Unionist Party 4 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 1 Republican Clubs 1 1 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 0 4 Independent Unionist 0 1 Independent Nationalist 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Craigavon Borough 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 25 councillors.
Election results
Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcraigavon.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Craigavon www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
1
1
0
40.0
31.4
8,827
5.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
6
4
0
4
24.0
23.4
6,595
16.7
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2
1
1
16.0
17.3
4,871
5.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
1
1
12.0
11.3
3,173
4.7
United Ulster Unionist Party
1
1
0
1
4.0
6.8
1,907
New
Republican Clubs
1
1
0
1
4.0
5.6
1,578
0.4
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
0
0
4
4
0.0
2.1
599
13.9
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.5
426
New
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
167
0.6
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1977by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Republican Clubs" | RC
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|14.5
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.9
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|12.8
|0
|10.7
|0
|0.0
|0
|16.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|17.3
|1
|19.1
|1
|17.9
|2
|3.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|3.7
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|21.5
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|9.7
|1
|10.8
|1
|7.8
|0
|9.5
|0
|12.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|8.9
|0
|26.0
|2
|5.9
|0
|13.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|31.4
|10
|23.4
|6
|17.3
|4
|11.3
|3
|6.8
|1
|5.6
|1
|4.2
|0
|25
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and Republican Clubs gain from Alliance and DUP, Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
Craigavon Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 8 July 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McDonald*
1,013
18.68%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean McCavanagh
898
16.56%
964.4
Republican Clubs
Malachy McGurran
868
16.00%
875.5
877.5
882.72
1,072.72
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Crilly*
581
10.71%
595.6
596.7
646.83
916.83
Ulster Unionist Party
James Gillespie
444
8.19%
444.5
723.6
723.6
751.69
767.69
Democratic Unionist Party
Frederick Baird*
696
12.83%
696.2
737.6
737.6
740.97
742.97
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Donnell Deeny*
583
10.75%
591.3
601.4
605.27
Ulster Unionist Party
Eric McKeown
341
6.29%
341.8
6
8,541
5,424 (63.51%)
321
905
5,745 (67.26%)
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Vanguard (two seats), Independent Unionist joins UUP
Craigavon Area B - 7 seats
12
Ulster Unionist Party
Herbert Whitten*
1,863
25.60%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Wright*
457
6.28%
919.57
Ulster Unionist Party
Alan Locke*
460
6.32%
779.66
808.21
812.76
834.33
931.33
Democratic Unionist Party
Gladys McCullough
546
7.50%
562.83
565.83
593.34
682.91
712.03
910.03
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Daniel Murphy
804
11.05%
804
804
804
804
804
804
1,203
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sean Hagan*
823
11.31%
827.08
834.08
835.08
841.08
850.08
854.08
900.08
1,130.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Ramsay*
483
6.64%
511.56
511.56
516.56
525.56
559.17
570.25
577.25
637.28
788.66
797.66
800.42
Democratic Unionist Party
James Forsythe
498
6.84%
508.71
510.22
519.73
561.81
605.95
782.21
783.21
784.08
784.08
795.96
798.19
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Mackle
457
6.28%
457
457
458
458
458
459
Democratic Unionist Party
William Stothers
346
4.75%
364.36
364.36
376.87
400.91
424.48
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Samuel McCammick*
211
2.90%
245.68
274.7
279.21
292.74
United Ulster Unionist Party
John Lyttle
144
1.98%
159.3
163.81
231.34
United Ulster Unionist Party
James McBratney
131
1.80%
137.12
139.12
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
William Lappin
54
0.74%
58.59
12
12,358
7,277 (58.88%)
390
910
7,667 (62.04%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
Craigavon Area C - 6 seats
12
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh News*
1,194
15.90%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert McEvoy
675
8.99%
735.5
741.2
790
790
792
807.5
817.1
1,082.9
Ulster Unionist Party
Frank Dale*
854
11.37%
854
854
854
870
966
966
974
974
1,088
Democratic Unionist Party
Ronald Williamson
726
9.67%
726
726
726
741
747
747
748
748
798
832
1,175
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Simpson
531
7.07%
531
538
538
539.1
634.1
634.1
634.1
634.1
719.1
946.1
1,069.1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Brian English
451
6.01%
453.6
519.7
530.8
534.8
543.8
543.8
773.1
787.3
802.3
965.5
974.5
Republican Clubs
Patrick O'Malley
452
6.02%
464.3
465.5
490.1
490.1
490.1
738
746.4
796
796
796
798
United Ulster Unionist Party
William Cooper
383
5.10%
383
385
387
512
518
518
521
521
563
592
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Florence Woodman
426
5.67%
426.3
438.3
438.3
445.3
454.3
454.3
456.4
456.4
491.4
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Frederick Crowe*
334
4.45%
334
336
336
355
358
358
360
360
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Virginia King
269
3.58%
300.2
301.3
336.9
336.9
336.9
341.6
357
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Blanton
245
3.26%
246.5
263.6
281.2
287.2
290.2
293.2
Republican Clubs
Roger Monteith
258
3.44%
260.2
260.4
280.8
281.8
282.8
Ulster Unionist Party
James Glenn
226
3.01%
226
227
228
235
United Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Anderson
202
2.69%
202.1
203.1
203.1
Independent (politician)
Hugh Casey
167
2.22%
172.2
172.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Stevenson
117
1.56%
118.5
12
13,624
7,510 (55.12%)
325
1,073
7,835 (57.51%)
Area D
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Craigavon Area D - 7 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
David Calvert*
1,081
13.63%
United Ulster Unionist Party
Philip Black*
847
10.68%
969
1,011
Ulster Unionist Party
James Baird*
915
11.54%
928
933
937
1,016
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Willey*
678
8.55%
703
922
989.76
994.76
Ulster Unionist Party
Sydney Cairns*
837
10.55%
849
874
880.64
927.64
1,197.64
Ulster Unionist Party
Eric Crozier
709
8.94%
715
720
723.12
791.28
917.6
998.94
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Creith*
684
8.62%
687
689
690.76
765.76
876
997.52
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brid Rodgers
704
8.88%
704
704
704.08
802.16
808.16
810.12
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Megarrell*
506
6.38%
511
520
521.52
565.52
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Charles Phillips
471
5.94%
472
472
472.32
Democratic Unionist Party
Harold Glass
300
3.78%
313
United Ulster Unionist Party
John Dummigan
200
2.52%
7
13,004
7,932 (61.00%)
366
992
8,298 (63.81%)
References
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