1977 Antrim Borough Council election

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1977 Antrim Borough Council election

18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 15 seats to Antrim Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP Alliance Seats won 8 3 2 Seat change 1 2 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Ind. Nationalist Vanguard Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 0 0 1

Elections to Antrim Borough 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	1	1	53.3	38.6	4,543	10.8
	DUP	3	2	0	2	20.0	18.4	2,164	13.1
	Alliance	2	0	0	0	13.3	16.9	1,981	0.8
	Independent	1	0	0	0	6.7	16.0	1,885	1.4
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	5.8	679	1.7
	Vanguard	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.5	299	3.6
	British Ulster Dominion Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	205	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1977
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others
Area A	30.1	2	20.2	1	5.3	0	44.2	2	5
Area B	60.8	3	17.0	1	22.2	1	0.0	0	5
Area C	32.9	3	17.6	1	24.1	1	25.4	0	5
Total	38.6	8	18.4	3	16.9	2	26.1	2	15

Districts results

Area A

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

Antrim Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	James Graham*	24.03%	1,018
	Ind. Nationalist	John Heffron*	16.03%	679	680.2	682.5	761.5
	DUP	Stewart Dunlop*	11.78%	499	538.6	549.1	556.1	556.1	904.1
	UUP	Samuel Getty	3.97%	168	351	468	525.7	526.3	548.8	742.32
	Independent	Gerard Berry	12.79%	542	542	542	593.3	677.3	677.6	678.42	697.42
	Independent	James Marrion	8.61%	365	365.9	367.2	378.2	594.5	594.5	596.96	631.92
	DUP	James Brown	8.50%	360	374.4	379.9	383.5	383.5
	Independent	John McKeever	6.84%	290	290.6	290.9	311.8
	Alliance	Patrick Gribben	5.31%	225	229.2	237.8
	UUP	Moira Marshall	2.15%	91	150.1
Electorate: 6,140   Valid: 4,237 (69.01%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 707   Turnout: 4,400 (71.66%)

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Antrim Area B - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	John McCourt*	13.88%	394	397	605
	UUP	James Cunningham	15.71%	446	455	460	502
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	16.17%	459	467	470	497
	UUP	George Dundas*	10.78%	306	308	313	337	357.25	488.25
	DUP	Allister Lucas	9.37%	266	448	453	459	459	476
	UUP	William Jones	9.51%	270	275	279	291	294	399
	UUP	Alexander Wilson*	8.63%	245	247	247	265	269.5
	Alliance	George Luke	8.31%	236	237
	DUP	John Patterson	7.64%	217
Electorate: 5,907   Valid: 2,839 (48.06%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 474   Turnout: 2,966 (50.21%)

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from Vanguard

Antrim Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Alliance	Charles Kinahan	17.63%	825
	UUP	Jack Allen*	17.12%	801
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop	11.54%	540	540.15	540.35	544.35	544.35	545.35	612.37	865.37
	UUP	Samuel McCombe*	8.89%	416	416.85	420.91	422.96	423.96	426.98	453.02	468.02	490.1	575.14	612.26	743.88
	UUP	James Craig*	6.90%	323	323.95	333.11	334.11	334.11	334.18	352.18	364.18	383.5	427.76	464.27	643.54
	Independent	Eileen Lagan	3.60%	219	220.05	220.09	220.09	272.29	368.56	370.56	370.61	370.61	415.71	567.91	577.57
	Vanguard	James Clarke*	6.39%	299	299.4	301.06	302.06	302.06	302.06	337.06	346.1	377.84	414.75	439.87
	Alliance	Florence McLernon	6.43%	301	335.25	335.39	335.44	337.64	345.24	351.24	352.29	353.21	402.86
	Independent	Peter Neish	5.79%	271	272.05	272.43	272.43	277.43	300.58	310.63	313.68	322.88
	DUP	William McCormick	6.03%	282	282.2	282.24	282.24	282.24	283.24	299.24
	Dominion Party	David Gregg	2.91%	136	136.05	136.11	196.11	197.11	197.11
	Independent	Liam McCabe	2.48%	116	116.9	116.94	116.99	135.13
	Independent	Martin Hanna	1.75%	82	82.55	82.59	82.59
	Dominion Party	Samuel Ferson	1.47%	69	69.15	69.15
Electorate: 12,381   Valid: 4,680 (37.80%)   Spoilt: 217   Quota: 781   Turnout: 4,897 (39.55%)