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Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 43.4 | 30.0 | 7,877 | 18.9 | |
Democratic Unionist | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 6,724 | 9.8 | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20.4 | 5,164 | 2.3 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 1,563 | 0.9 | |
Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 1,485 | New | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 1,464 | New | |
Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 507 | 4.6 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 305 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 207 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | UPNI | UUUP | Others | |||||||||
Area A | 50.4 | 2 | 20.1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 46.3 | 3 | 34.4 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area C | 24.7 | 2 | 31.0 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 20.9 | 2 | 25.8 | 1 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area E | 26.2 | 1 | 21.3 | 1 | 27.4 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 30.0 | 10 | 26.6 | 6 | 20.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Ronald Campbell | 25.72% | 889 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Charles Woodburne | 20.11% | 695 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Clenaghan | 19.88% | 687 | 691.62 | 828.62 | |
Ulster Unionist | Jim Dillon | 14.27% | 493 | 634.46 | 733.46 | |
Ulster Unionist | Henry Stewart | 9.90% | 342 | 371.92 | 447.72 | |
Alliance | Patrick Dorrian | 7.00% | 242 | 245.52 | ||
UUUP | Henry Sloan | 3.13% | 108 | 118.56 | ||
Electorate: 7,040 Valid: 3,456 (49.09%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 692 Turnout: 3,630 (51.56%) |
Area B[edit]
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Charles Poots* | 27.05% | 1,174 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Samuel Dorman | 7.33% | 318 | 677.19 | 778.19 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Lilburn | 12.05% | 523 | 537.82 | 558.94 | 733.54 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Elsie Kelsey* | 12.63% | 548 | 558.53 | 586.55 | 710.25 | 729.25 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Bleakes | 13.96% | 606 | 618.09 | 638.99 | 681.67 | 707.67 | |
Alliance | Moore Sinnerton | 15.12% | 656 | 657.95 | 660.73 | 673.51 | 675.51 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Lilley* | 7.70% | 334 | 352.72 | 372.4 | |||
UUUP | John Curry | 4.17% | 181 | 211.42 | ||||
Electorate: 8,866 Valid: 4,340 (48.95%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 724 Turnout: 4,448 (50.17%) |
Area C[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William Belshaw* | 26.53% | 1,388 | |||||
Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.68% | 987 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | William Gardiner-Watson | 17.09% | 894 | |||||
UUUP | George Morrison* | 13.46% | 704 | 783.92 | 796.4 | 804.91 | 934.91 | |
Ulster Unionist | Wilfred McClung | 8.61% | 397 | 416.98 | 499.35 | 575.02 | 787.35 | |
Democratic Unionist | Denis McCarroll | 4.45% | 233 | 573.77 | 577.14 | 580.13 | 689.82 | |
Vanguard | Ronnie Crawford | 8.43% | 441 | 499.83 | 524.2 | 550.65 | ||
Alliance | Thomas Hughes | 3.59% | 188 | 190.59 | ||||
Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%) |
Area D[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Ivan Davis* | 25.77% | 1,758 | ||||||
Unionist Party NI | Robert Kirkwood* | 21.76% | 1,485 | ||||||
Alliance | George Boyd | 17.85% | 1,218 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Semple* | 13.92% | 950 | 1,055.08 | 1,184.2 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Maureen McKinney | 9.32% | 476 | 540.01 | 613.45 | 708.46 | 710.08 | 1,074.54 | |
UUUP | James Davis | 4.13% | 282 | 688.26 | 704.34 | 780.9 | 781.86 | 807.53 | |
Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 5.58% | 381 | 390.62 | 474.14 | 584.19 | 652.89 | ||
Independent | Gerald King | 3.03% | 207 | 218.84 | 240.68 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Oliver | 0.97% | 66 | 85.61 | 100.49 | ||||
Electorate: 13,881 Valid: 6,823 (49.15%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 7,022 (50.59%) |
Area E[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Alliance | John Cousins* | 19.23% | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,113 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | William McAllister | 18.49% | 1,007 | 1,061 | 1,064 | 1,402 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | William McDonnell | 16.09% | 876 | 876 | 989 | 990 | 990 | 1,145 | |||
Democratic Unionist | William Beattie | 11.57% | 630 | 683 | 683 | 705 | 776 | 822 | 833.16 | 835.16 | |
Democratic Unionist | Robert McNeice* | 9.70% | 528 | 558 | 558 | 604 | 699 | 777 | 820.71 | 828.71 | |
Alliance | Brian Fitzsimons | 8.17% | 445 | 451 | 473 | 494 | 584 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | David Saulters | 7.68% | 418 | 444 | 444 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Gerard Dunlop | 5.60% | 305 | 305 | |||||||
UUUP | Jean Bell | 3.47% | 189 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,522 Valid: 5,445 (47.26%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 5,710 (49.56%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Lisburn". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.