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1 Election results  




2 Districts summary  




3 Districts results  


3.1  Area A  




3.2  Area B  




3.3  Area C  






4 References  













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Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Moyle District Council election
← 1973 18 May 1977 (1977-05-18) 1981 →
All 16 seats to Moyle District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independent SDLP UUP
Seats won 6 3 3
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Decrease2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase2 Steady 0

Elections to Moyle District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

Election results[edit]

Moyle District Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 6 0 1 Decrease1 37.5 37.1 2,215 Decrease10.2
  SDLP 3 1 0 Increase1 18.8 22.6 1,350 Increase10.6
  UUP 3 0 2 Decrease2 18.8 17.6 1,050 Decrease4.3
  Ind. Unionist 2 0 0 Steady0 12.5 10.7 637 Increase3.4
  DUP 2 2 0 Increase2 12.5 7.7 461 New
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.9 173 Decrease2.1
  Unionist Party NI 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.3 80 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[edit]

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Others
Area A 30.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 69.6 3 4
Area B 0.0 0 30.5 2 18.3 2 51.2 4 8
Area C 51.9 2 19.7 1 0.0 0 28.4 1 4
Total 22.6 3 17.6 3 7.7 2 52.1 8 16

Districts results[edit]

Area A[edit]

1973: 4 x Independent
1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Moyle Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Fergus Wheeler* 20.03% 406      
Independent Alistair McSparran* 19.44% 394 559    
Independent Patrick McCarry* 17.96% 364 379 430  
SDLP Archie McIntosh 16.08% 326 352 386 397.44
SDLP John McKay 14.31% 290 328 373 385.32
Independent Arthur McAlister* 12.19% 247      
Electorate: 2,716   Valid: 2,027 (74.63%)   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 406   Turnout: 2,083 (76.69%)  

Area B[edit]

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP (two seats)

Moyle Area B - 8 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent James McShane* 18.70% 472                
UUP Price McConaghy* 16.64% 420                
Ind. Unionist Matt Colgan 13.19% 333                
UUP Robert McKay* 8.16% 206 210.8 271.66 291.82          
Ind. Unionist Samuel Adams* 6.30% 159 170.4 180.26 182.5 183.5 200.42 303.42    
Independent Maureen Gaston 4.08% 103 263 262.86 267.02 267.02 280.58 298.58    
DUP Mary Morrison 8.95% 226 226.6 235.44 239.92 247.6 269.82 271.98 272.74 273.24
DUP George McFadden 6.58% 166 168.4 169.76 171.52 215.52 221.9 228.24 235.84 237.84
Ind. Unionist Lee Walker 5.74% 145 145.6 156.48 167.36 180.36 193.2 201.2 215.26 223.26
UUP Hugh Acheson* 5.74% 145 157 160.06 161.18 161.18 166.38      
Unionist Party NI William McConaghy 3.17% 80 89 119.6 124.24 126.24        
DUP Ronnie McIlvar 2.73% 69 69 70.36 70.68          
Electorate: 4,511   Valid: 2,524 (55.95%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 281   Turnout: 2,589 (57.39%)  

Area C[edit]

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: No change

Moyle Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SDLP John Black* 29.54% 418      
UUP Elizabeth Johnston* 19.72% 279 283.48 287.48  
Independent Archibald McAuley* 16.18% 229 255.88 266.48 334.48
SDLP John McAfee* 14.13% 200 248.64 256.52 281.48
SDLP Joseph Donaghy 8.20% 116 159.84 169.12 187.76
Alliance John Scott 7.56% 107 108.28 147.92  
Alliance Maurice McHenry 4.66% 66 73.36    
Electorate: 2,304   Valid: 1,415 (61.41%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 284   Turnout: 1,481 (64.28%)  

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
  • ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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