1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

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1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Alliance UUP DUP Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 2 0 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Unionist Party NI United Loyalist Loyalist Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 4 1   Seventh party   Party Independent Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Elections to Carrickfergus 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

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Alliance	5	2	0	2	33.3	30.1	2,957	7.8
	UUP	5	0	0	0	33.3	27.5	2,698	0.8
	DUP	3	3	0	3	20.0	17.6	1,735	New
	United Loyalist	1	0	4	4	6.7	10.4	1,021	21.2
	Unionist Party NI	1	1	0	1	0.0	10.1	992	New
	UUUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	237	New
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.9	183	7.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 1977
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Alliance		UUP		DUP		UPNI		Others
Area A	29.9	2	29.2	2	12.1	0	10.4	0	18.4	1	5
Area B	36.6	2	38.6	2	12.2	1	0.0	0	12.6	0	5
Area C	23.3	1	13.8	1	28.9	2	20.7	1	13.3	0	5
Total	30.1	5	27.5	5	17.6	3	10.1	1	14.7	1	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from United Loyalist

Carrickfergus Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Joan Tomlin*	22.67%	709
	United Loyalist	Charles Johnston*	18.39%	575
	UUP	Mary Ardill	12.25%	383	387.16	389.77	414.39	476.19	562.19
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	7.26%	227	383	384.89	394.67	399.63	519.97
	UUP	Robert Hunter	7.45%	233	235.08	236.61	275.96	371.1	458.42	486.15	494.41
	DUP	Joseph Seaton	12.09%	378	382.42	419.59	423.12	447.11	477.88	479.06	479.06
	Unionist Party NI	William Johnstone	10.39%	325	335.4	337.83	343.27	363.36
	UUP	Robert McAllister*	5.31%	166	167.3	169.28	217.16
	UUP	Edward Simms*	4.19%	131	133.6	135.4
Electorate: 5,868   Valid: 3,127 (53.29%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 522   Turnout: 3,267 (55.67%)

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from United Loyalist and Independent

Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Charles Hilditch	21.44%	745
	UUP	George Armstrong	19.65%	683
	DUP	Desmond Scott	12.23%	425	425.22	427.92	453.37	617.37
	Alliance	Patrick Conway	7.80%	271	349.1	350.15	367.38	369.75	370.57	617.57
	UUP	Hugh McLean*	11.94%	415	425.56	455.41	493.75	514.72	527.43	557.53
	UUP	David McCune*	7.02%	244	255.44	308.84	332.18	390.68	411.18	447.27
	Alliance	Alice Bateman	7.37%	256	306.38	309.83	341.35	348.09	351.37
	United Loyalist	James Brown	7.28%	253	254.1	260.55	278.77
	Independent	Elizabeth McMaster	5.27%	183	192.02	195.77
Electorate: 6,389   Valid: 3,475 (54.39%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 580   Turnout: 3,566 (55.81%)

Area C

1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPNI gain from United Loyalist (two seats) and Loyalist

Carrickfergus Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Ken McFaul*	24.46%	788
	Unionist Party NI	Samuel Murphy	20.71%	667
	DUP	John Moore	4.47%	144	313.57	320.17	421.38	430.11	608.11
	UUP	Samuel Simms*	7.39%	238	242.96	282.16	294.29	493.93	557.93
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	12.26%	395	396.55	412.55	414.95	423.06	435.78	444.78
	Alliance	Alison Lowry	10.99%	354	355.86	374.06	378.46	388.88	398.8	417.8
	UUUP	Gladys Ritchie*	7.36%	237	270.48	278.68	351.59	369.03
	UUP	James Penny	6.36%	205	209.34	244.14	253.27
	United Loyalist	Ernest Burton*	5.99%	193	220.9	224.9
Electorate: 6,524   Valid: 3,221 (49.37%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 537   Turnout: 3,376 (51.75%)