1977 Dungannon District Council election

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1977 Dungannon District Council election

18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 20 seats to Dungannon District Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 8 6 2 Seat change 3 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Nationalist Independent Ind. Republican Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1   Seventh party   Party Unity Seats won 0 Seat change 2

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	3	3	40.0	38.1	8,437	12.1
	SDLP	6	1	0	1	30.0	24.5	5,422	2.9
	DUP	2	2	0	2	10.0	6.1	1,343	New
	Ind. Nationalist	2	2	0	2	10.0	9.6	2,122	7.8
	Independent	1	1	0	1	5.0	13.0	2,876	10.2
	Ind. Republican	1	1	2	1	5.0	2.5	550	1.6
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	644	3.0
	Republican Clubs	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.8	617	2.0
	UUUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	401	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1977
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Others
Area A	34.4	2	30.2	2	9.8	1	25.6	0	5
Area B	21.9	1	26.5	2	0.0	0	51.6	2	5
Area C	71.1	4	23.8	1	0.0	0	5.1	0	5
Area D	27.2	1	17.5	1	15.0	1	40.3	2	5
Total	38.1	8	24.5	6	6.1	2	31.3	4	20

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Unity

Dungannon Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Joseph Higgins*	17.60%	921
	UUP	Winston Mulligan	10.26%	537	579	665	1,151
	UUP	John Hamilton-Stubber*	13.49%	706	804	836	900
	DUP	William McIlwrath	9.77%	511	528	778	809	1,009
	SDLP	Edward Donnelly	12.63%	661	695	695	695	698	700	734.85	735.85
	Independent	Brian McKenna	13.23%	692	710	714	715	717	722	729.4	733.4
	UUP	Mervyn Patterson*	10.67%	558	566	592
	UUUP	Ian McCormick	7.66%	401	414
	Independent	Jack Johnston	4.68%	245
Electorate: 6,660   Valid: 5,232 (78.56%)   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 873   Turnout: 5,469 (82.12%)

Area B

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Dungannon Area B - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	24.92%	1,494
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	21.91%	1,314
	SDLP	Owen Nugent*	13.63%	817	825.16	844.6	866.94	896.47	939.53	1,099.53
	Ind. Republican	John Corr	9.17%	550	746.52	757.05	759.39	818.15	841.23	1,033.23
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey	8.94%	536	647.18	660.95	660.95	794.75	845.39	860.26
	Republican Clubs	Eugene Lyttle*	6.57%	394	523.54	530.02	595.7	609.06	625.62	659.36
	Independent	Arthur Donaghy	7.04%	422	435.26	448.22	469.56	471.9	488.87
	Alliance	Francis Falls	1.93%	116	125.52	370.95	370.95	378.29
	SDLP	Brian McLernon	3.97%	238	254.66	256.28	256.62
	Republican Clubs	James McQuaid*	1.92%	115	117.04	118.66
Electorate: 7,638   Valid: 5,996 (78.50%)   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 6,229 (81.55%)

Area C

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: No change

Dungannon Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Wilfred Dilworth*	22.08%	1,182
	UUP	Derek Irwin*	21.30%	1,140
	SDLP	Patrick Daly*	18.31%	980
	UUP	William Buchanan*	12.89%	690	894.12
	UUP	Jim Brady*	14.85%	795	876.27	1,117.17
	SDLP	Mary McKinney	5.51%	295	296.08	297.18
	Independent	Anthony Byrne	5.06%	271	272.89	275.97
Electorate: 7,175   Valid: 5,353 (74.61%)   Spoilt: 277   Quota: 893   Turnout: 5,630 (78.47%)

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Independent (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Unity

Dungannon Area D - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Jack Hassard	22.41%	1,246
	UUP	William Brown*	16.46%	915	950.62
	SDLP	Michael McLoughlin*	15.07%	838	916.26	926.6	955.6
	Ind. Nationalist	John Donaghy	8.42%	468	540.8	548.1	571.52	646.2	659.2	709.14	927.26
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	14.96%	832	850.98	850.98	850.98	850.98	850.98	865.84	872.4
	UUP	Adam Wilson*	10.79%	600	614.3	618.08	618.08	618.08	618.08	727.02	731.58
	Ind. Nationalist	Malachy Hughes	2.88%	160	205.24	207.28	252.62	297.48	309.48	330.12
	Alliance	Peter Acheson	3.18%	177	194.16	255.84	257.1	266.14	267.14
	SDLP	Sean Kerr	2.45%	136	145.36	148.14	158.44
	Republican Clubs	Patrick McGurk	1.94%	108	118.14	119.14
	Alliance	Hugh Cullen	1.44%	80	91.44
Electorate: 7,532   Valid: 5,560 (73.82%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 927   Turnout: 5,729 (76.06%)