1977 Londonderry City Council election
Local govt election in Northern Ireland
1977 Londonderry City Council election
Elections to Londonderry City 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 27 councillors .
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Londonderry City Council election, 1977 by district[ 1]
Ward
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total Cllrs
SDLP
UUP
Nationalist
Alliance
DUP
Others
Area A
40.2
3
36.8
2
0.0
0
9.7
0
12.7
1
0.6
0
6
Area B
25.4
1
29.0
2
0.0
0
19.0
1
15.9
1
10.7
0
5
Area C
56.6
3
0.0
0
23.0
2
6.7
0
0.0
0
13.7
0
5
Area D
50.2
3
17.8
1
19.4
1
7.5
0
0.0
0
5.1
0
5
Area E
46.4
3
22.7
1
12.0
1
12.7
1
0.0
0
6.2
0
6
Total
42.1
13
23.5
6
8.9
4
11.9
2
6.7
2
6.9
0
27
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Loyalists (three seats) and Alliance
Londonderry Area A - 6 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
SDLP
Thomas Doherty *
10.65%
762
780
781
781
1,124
UUP
Thomas Craig *
13.21%
945
948
963
1,002
1,004
1,004.29
1,430.29
UUP
Robert Bond *
10.12%
724
728
739
948
950
950
1,158
DUP
John Henry
9.70%
694
695
851
858
858
858
912
1,156
SDLP
John McNickle
12.33%
882
886
886
888
910
979.31
981.31
983.31
983.31
984.31
SDLP
George Peoples *
10.69%
765
771
772
773
825
851.39
852.39
852.39
853.39
854.39
Alliance
Arthur Barr*
7.35%
526
686
688
695
718
720.03
730.03
760.03
807.03
827.03
UUP
Alan Lindsay
8.81%
630
631
642
716
717
717
SDLP
Patrick Boyle
6.49%
464
472
472
472
UUP
Vincent Lindsay
4.64%
332
332
347
DUP
Joseph Mooney
3.02%
216
217
Alliance
James Patterson
2.38%
170
NI Labour
Delap Stevenson
0.62%
44
Electorate: 10,859 Valid: 7,154 (65.88%) Spoilt: 268 Quota: 1,023 Turnout: 7,422 (68.35%)
Area B
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and DUP gain from United Loyalist (three seats)
Londonderry Area B - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Alliance
Herbert Faulkner *
17.10%
1,156
DUP
Anna Hay *
10.18%
688
688
697
702
766
784
1,147
UUP
James Guy
12.31%
832
838
845
862
890
1,062
1,083
1,346
UUP
Kathleen Milligan
11.48%
776
781
782
812
841
996
1,003
1,161
SDLP
Michael Fegan *
15.09%
1,020
1,024
1,025
1,037
1,037
1,037
1,038
1,040
SDLP
William Doherty
10.27%
694
699
700
718
718
719
722
728
Vanguard
Samuel Barr
6.04%
408
409
412
428
475
486
527
DUP
Gregory Campbell
5.74%
388
389
393
393
436
447
UUP
Thomas Robinson
5.19%
351
351
352
360
380
Loyalist
Thomas Heatley
2.80%
189
190
246
247
Alliance
Florence Lewers
1.94%
131
148
148
Loyalist
William Gurney
1.24%
84
84
NI Labour
David Buchanan
0.62%
42
Electorate: 10,601 Valid: 6,759 (63.76%) Spoilt: 231 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 6,990 (65.94%)
Area C
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Nationalist gain from Republican Clubs
Londonderry Area C - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
SDLP
Patrick Devine *
22.47%
1,004
SDLP
Hugh Doherty *
17.50%
782
SDLP
Leonard Green *
9.67%
432
624.4
644.68
661.58
763.58
Nationalist
John McChrystal
10.43%
466
471.2
472.2
515.1
533.7
588.96
595.92
Nationalist
Gerard Barr *
10.70%
478
480.6
481.32
530.58
541.88
566.88
578.48
Republican Clubs
Michael Montgomery*
9.36%
418
420.08
420.52
537.12
546.68
561.1
561.1
SDLP
Joseph Moran
6.98%
312
358.8
365.52
370.38
419.22
Alliance
Gerard O'Grady
6.67%
298
301.9
302.7
322.34
Republican Clubs
Liam Gallagher
2.98%
133
135.34
135.82
Nationalist
George O'Connor
1.88%
84
85.04
85.16
Ind. Republican
Patrick Quinn
1.37%
61
62.04
62.08
Electorate: 9,318 Valid: 4,468 (47.95%) Spoilt: 312 Quota: 745 Turnout: 4,780 (51.30%)
Area D
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Alliance and United Loyalist
Londonderry Area D - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
SDLP
Raymond McClean *
26.15%
927
UUP
Marlene Jefferson *
17.80%
631
SDLP
William Keys
16.87%
598
SDLP
William McCartney
7.14%
253
530.2
530.97
536.06
541.07
594.07
Nationalist
Liam Bradley
10.55%
374
379.76
379.98
380.08
438.17
459.54
661.54
Alliance
Joe Cosgrove*
7.48%
265
284.44
317.99
318.24
325.08
375.08
385.08
Nationalist
Charles McDaid
4.32%
153
163.08
163.63
163.73
240.09
245.66
Ind. Nationalist
James Hegarty*
5.22%
185
198.32
200.52
200.77
208.78
Nationalist
John McQuaide
4.49%
159
162.24
162.46
162.51
Electorate: 5,973 Valid: 3,545 (59.35%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 591 Turnout: 3,719 (62.26%)
Area E
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from United Loyalist
Londonderry Area E - 6 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
UUP
Jack Allen *
17.38%
1,337
SDLP
Frank Donnelly
17.28%
1,329
Alliance
Ivor Canavan *
10.73%
825
833.64
842.31
980.07
1,036.75
1,296.75
Nationalist
Fergus McAteer *
9.79%
753
764.62
763.97
884.49
1,078.69
1,087.35
1,094.35
SDLP
William O'Connell
11.38%
875
875.54
917.19
922.36
954.7
962.22
967.22
SDLP
William McCorriston
8.26%
635
635.72
742.48
751.65
838.52
845.82
854.82
SDLP
Noel McKenna
9.47%
728
728.18
775.44
784.61
823.63
828.73
835.73
UUP
Albert McCartney
5.34%
411
628.26
628.94
636.56
638.73
Ind. Nationalist
Michael Durey*
6.23%
479
479.18
484.96
503.31
Alliance
Edith Roulston
1.92%
148
152.5
153.01
Nationalist
Hugh Bell
1.46%
112
114.34
114.85
Nationalist
Kathleen Heraghty
0.77%
59
59.36
60.04
Electorate: 13,995 Valid: 7,691 (54.96%) Spoilt: 312 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 8,003 (57.18%)
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