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1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election parliamentary no 1973 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1981 All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 Social Democratic and Labour Party 15 2 Ulster Unionist Party 7 4 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 Democratic Unionist Party 1 1 Independent Nationalist 3 1 Independent Republican (Ireland) 1 Independent Unionist 0 5 Republican Clubs 0 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results
Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnandm.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Newry and Mourne www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
15
2
0
2
50.0
46.9
13,538
11.6
Ulster Unionist Party
7
5
1
4
23.3
24.5
7,078
11.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
1
1
10.0
8.3
2,382
5.2
Independent Nationalist
3
2
1
1
10.0
7.6
2,194
3.3
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1
0
3.3
3.1
884
New
Independent Republican (Ireland)
1
0
0
0.0
2.2
632
0.8
Republican Clubs
0
0
2
2
0.0
5.1
1,477
5.7
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
676
0.7
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newry and Mourne 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!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="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|32.4
|2
|2.2
|0
|15.8
|1
|16.4
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|11.6
|0
|17.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|20.5
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|48.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|47.0
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|4.8
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|25.5
|2
|9.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|20.8
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Area E
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|61.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|11.3
|0
|1.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|26.3
|2
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area F
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.7
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|23.4
|1
|19.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|9.0
|0
|6
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|46.9
|15
|24.5
|7
|8.3
|3
|3.1
|1
|17.2
|4
|30
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
Newry and Mourne Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 1 August 2021
6
Ulster Unionist Party
William Russell*
1,238
22.15%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anne Marie Cunningham*
873
15.62%
873.25
894.5
1,081.5
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Coulter*
573
10.25%
793.5
806
806.25
806.25
1,037.25
Democratic Unionist Party
George Graham
884
15.82%
910
910.5
911.5
912.34
945.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Frank MacCann
569
10.18%
569.75
585.75
763.75
892.27
910.27
Independent Nationalist
Arthur Doran*
507
9.07%
509.75
538.5
588.5
607.82
687.82
Independent (politician)
John Henning
400
7.16%
450
484.25
485.25
485.25
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Cunningham
418
7.48%
418.5
427.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Doreen Leitch
127
2.27%
130.75
6
8,225
5,589 (67.95%)
292
932
5,881 (71.50%)
Area B
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: No change
Newry and Mourne Area B - 4 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim McCart*
1,377
31.71%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anthony Williamson*
692
15.93%
727.72
792
797.14
831.9
977.9
Independent Nationalist
John McAteer*
687
15.82%
715.88
721.26
725.26
763.78
809.54
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Liam Trainor
358
8.24%
658.96
665.72
665.72
709.64
727.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brian Mulligan
436
10.04%
528.34
531.62
533
563.56
570.22
Ulster Unionist Party
William Gordon
340
7.83%
348.36
350.74
497.04
503.64
Republican Clubs
Thomas Moore
205
4.72%
224
230.04
230.04
Ulster Unionist Party
James Thompson
164
3.78%
167.8
168.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James McGowan
84
1.93%
93.5
6
6,723
4,343 (64.60%)
276
869
4,619 (68.70%)
Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)
Newry and Mourne Area C - 4 seats
2
Ulster Unionist Party
Violet Cromie*
1,075
31.36%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Nan Sands*
922
26.90%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAlinden
730
21.30%
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Walsh
537
15.67%
921.18
Republican Clubs
Daniel Mussen
164
4.78%
167.8
2
5,658
3,428 (60.59%)
245
686
3,673 (64.92%)
Area D
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs
Newry and Mourne Area D - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Clarence Morrow*
845
13.32%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Bell*
816
12.86%
Ulster Unionist Party
Andy Moffett
774
12.20%
822.66
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas McGrath*
756
11.91%
756.06
756.3
760.3
765.7
796.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McEvoy*
705
11.11%
705
705.06
727.06
730.5
761.78
768.84
810.84
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Victor Frizell*
498
7.85%
498.66
507.66
565.8
566.58
589.8
591.86
631.16
699.84
Independent Nationalist
Eugene Markey
559
8.81%
559.06
559.06
562.06
562.56
564.58
575.6
661.72
684.98
Republican Clubs
Noel Collins*
332
5.23%
332
332
335
335.64
339.64
451.66
515.14
564.56
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Grant
388
6.11%
388.12
388.54
389.6
392.92
435.04
438.08
467.26
Independent (politician)
Fabian Boyle
276
4.35%
276
276.06
283.18
284.3
288.36
297.38
Republican Clubs
Edward McGeown
150
2.36%
150
150
150.06
150.18
151.18
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Sloan
142
2.24%
142.18
142.36
146.36
146.84
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Monica Sweeney
105
1.65%
105.24
106.74
9
11,390
6,346 (55.72%)
343
794
6,689 (58.73%)
Area E
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Newry and Mourne Area E - 6 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Toner*
948
18.61%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter McMahon*
807
15.84%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Savage
785
15.41%
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Sean McCreesh*
632
12.41%
707.75
718.5
764.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Owen Kelly
571
11.21%
677.5
699
756
Independent Nationalist
Jim Murphy*
441
8.66%
460
467
572.25
645.69
687.81
Ulster Unionist Party
Caroline Donaldson*
574
11.27%
574.5
591.75
595
600.44
613.4
Republican Clubs
Seamus Murphy
269
5.28%
283
284
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Magowan
67
1.32%
69
6
9,174
5,094 (55.53%)
284
728
5,378 (58.62%)
Area F
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
Newry and Mourne Area F - 4 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCaigue
958
23.59%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Arthur Ruddy*
777
19.13%
777.87
851.87
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael McVerry*
405
9.97%
485.33
513.33
516.23
813.55
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Daniel Hughes
594
14.63%
617.49
643.49
646.97
726.87
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William Feely
566
13.94%
567.45
624.45
643.01
722.52
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John McClelland
404
9.95%
440.83
499.83
513.17
Republican Clubs
Alan Wadforth
357
8.79%
357
5
7,173
4,061 (56.62%)
234
813
4,295 (59.88%)
References
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