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1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Newtownabbey District Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1981 All 21 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 8 4 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6 3 Democratic Unionist Party 4 1 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Newtownabbey Labour 1 1 Loyalist 1 0 Northern Ireland Labour Party 0 1 United Loyalist 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newtownabbey 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 21 councillors.
Election results
Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnewtownabbey.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Newtownabbey www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
4
4
38.1
38.1
7,452
9.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
6
3
0
3
28.6
28.4
5,556
9.5
Democratic Unionist Party
4
1
0
1
19.0
19.0
3,712
4.9
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
4.8
3.5
689
New
Loyalist
1
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
457
2.8
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
4.2
2.5
825
4.2
Republican Clubs
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
168
New
British Ulster Dominion Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
147
New
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
90
1.7
Communist Party of Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
32
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newtownabbey 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Unionist Party of Northern Ireland" | UPNI
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|63.3
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|14.9
|1
|17.7
|1
|0.0
|0
|4.1
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|34.1
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|18.9
|1
|16.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|31.0
|2
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|26.4
|1
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|33.5
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|17.2
|1
|11.5
|1
|11.4
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|37.2
|2
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|38.9
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|23.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.1
|8
|28.4
|6
|19.0
|4
|3.5
|1
|11.0
|2
|21
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Newtownabbey 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
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Sidney Cameron*
1,053
28.90%
Democratic Unionist Party
Mary Harkness
646
17.73%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Wilson
572
15.70%
685.82
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Templeton*
482
13.23%
671.42
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Pat McCudden
544
14.93%
572.56
579.46
603.96
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Todd*
199
5.46%
280.9
346.9
461.18
Dominion Party
Kennedy Lindsay
147
4.04%
168.84
173.64
4
8,719
3,643 (41.78%)
109
608
3,752 (43.03%)
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from United Loyalist, NILP joins Newtownabbey Labour
Newtownabbey Area B - 6 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Hunter
737
17.02%
Democratic Unionist Party
George Herron
693
16.01%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Elliott*
516
11.92%
516.96
517.84
543.84
561.84
600
876.43
Newtownabbey Labour
Robert Kidd*
367
8.48%
368.6
370.8
450.91
525.91
578.91
606.07
745.07
Ulster Unionist Party
Doris Robb*
529
12.22%
545.64
553.67
554.67
554.67
596.35
661.78
663.78
Loyalist
Cecil Stringer*
457
10.56%
459.08
492.19
492.19
492.19
530.43
534.59
537.59
544.59
Ulster Unionist Party
James McWatters
210
4.85%
302.48
322.39
325.66
325.66
377.06
379.49
403.49
450.49
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Mellor
304
7.02%
305.28
305.61
307.61
329.61
342.72
Independent Unionist
Thomas Gourley*
231
5.34%
232.6
238.98
240.14
253.25
Republican Clubs
J. J. Magee
168
3.88%
168
168.11
171.11
Newtownabbey Labour
Brian Caul
117
2.70%
117.32
117.65
9
12,848
4,329 (33.69%)
208
619
4,537 (35.31%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)
Newtownabbey Area C - 5 seats
7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Claire Martin
1,128
18.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Caul
1,033
17.23%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Neill*
1,030
17.18%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
George Jones
880
14.68%
917
1,029.31
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Bertram Biggerstaff*
689
11.49%
703
709.16
713.39
720.38
734.78
1,110.78
Independent Unionist
Desmond Dowds
594
9.91%
606
607.43
607.79
614.06
619.4
690.4
Ulster Unionist Party
Letitia McCartney*
552
9.21%
565
567.64
593.32
607.57
611.92
Independent (politician)
Olive Shannon
90
1.50%
7
14,661
5,996 (40.90%)
157
1,000
6,153 (41.97%)
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Newtownabbey Area D - 5 seats
4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Drysdale*
1,553
27.67%
Democratic Unionist Party
James Smith*
1,343
23.93%
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Kell*
952
16.96%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Rooney
631
11.24%
1,209.8
Ulster Unionist Party
William McKee*
625
11.14%
650.2
881.9
1,084.14
Ulster Unionist Party
James Michael
508
9.05%
517.2
686.25
756.97
4
13,277
5,612 (42.27%)
168
916
5,780 (43.53%)
References
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