Local government election in Northern Ireland
1981 Moyle District Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
SDLP
UUP
Independent
Seats won
5
4
3
Seat change
2
1
3
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
DUP
Ind. Unionist
Seats won
2
2
Seat change
Elections to Moyle District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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
Moyle District Council Election Result 1981[ 1]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
SDLP
5
2
0
2
31.3
28.4
1,882
5.8
UUP
4
1
0
1
25.0
13.5
895
4.1
Independent
3
0
3
3
18.8
18.4
1,222
19.6
DUP
2
0
0
12.5
15.1
1,005
7.4
Ind. Unionist
2
0
0
12.5
10.3
681
0.4
Irish Independence
0
0
0
0.0
7.3
487
New
Alliance
0
0
0
0.0
7.0
465
4.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1981 by district[ 1]
Ward
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total Cllrs
SDLP
UUP
DUP
Others
Area A
56.0
3
0.0
0
0.0
0
44.0
1
4
Area B
0.0
0
25.9
3
30.4
2
43.7
3
8
Area C
42.2
2
9.4
1
8.0
0
40.4
1
4
Total
28.4
5
13.5
4
15.1
2
43.0
5
16
Districts results
Area A
1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent (two seats)
Moyle Area A - 4 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
SDLP
Malachy McSparran
22.12%
477
Independent
Fergus Wheeler *
21.38%
461
SDLP
Archie McIntosh *
11.50%
248
264.8
275.24
282.24
298.2
434.3
SDLP
Gerard Gillan
12.15%
262
266.6
266.84
278.84
380.8
408.34
Irish Independence
John McKay
11.18%
241
249.1
255.58
277.8
303.64
353.7
SDLP
Charles Hamill
10.20%
220
229.5
234.06
238.06
241.18
Independent
Thomas O'Neill
4.45%
96
99.6
102.06
115.12
Independent
Gerard McCarry
3.85%
83
84.2
84.92
92.08
Irish Independence
Anna Edwards
3.15%
68
68.2
68.44
Electorate: 2,776 Valid: 2,156 (77.67%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 432 Turnout: 2,202 (79.32%)
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from Independent
Moyle Area B - 8 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DUP
James Rodgers
15.44%
445
Independent
James McShane *
11.97%
345
Ind. Unionist
Price McConaghy *
13.22%
381
Ind. Unionist
Mary Morrison *
10.41%
300
310.08
326.4
UUP
Robert Getty
10.37%
299
299.84
313.1
313.1
316.44
325.44
DUP
Ronnie McIlvar
8.43%
243
257.28
258.98
258.98
297.4
298.13
298.49
298.49
397.49
UUP
Hugh Acheson
8.78%
253
254.12
261.6
263.6
267.77
271.45
273.25
275.14
291
305
UUP
James McAuley
6.70%
193
206.72
217.6
217.6
218.16
236.5
238.3
239.56
274.69
287.69
Alliance
Maurice McHenry
4.93%
142
142.56
143.75
164.35
164.35
222.72
222.81
223.44
226.09
227.09
DUP
Andrew Dobbin
4.61%
133
200.48
203.88
203.88
219.58
221.58
222.75
223.38
Alliance
John Shanks
3.19%
92
94.52
97.58
98.68
99.68
DUP
Samuel Simpson
1.94%
56
68.6
70.47
70.67
Electorate: 4,438 Valid: 2,882 (64.94%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 321 Turnout: 2,955 (66.58%)
Area C
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change
Moyle Area C - 4 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
SDLP
Richard Kerr
18.51%
296
304
304
385
SDLP
Michael O'Cleary
13.88%
222
229
229
272
324
UUP
Elizabeth Johnston *
9.38%
150
156
246
249
249.8
354.8
Independent
Archibald McAuley *
14.82%
237
251
255
280
288.8
332.8
Irish Independence
Eamonn Scally
11.13%
178
184
184
196
198.4
198.4
Alliance
Hugh Sayers
8.69%
139
160
181
185
185.8
SDLP
Joseph Donaghy
9.82%
157
170
170
DUP
Norman Campbell
8.01%
128
132
Alliance
Thomas Cecil
5.75%
92
Electorate: 2,393 Valid: 1,599 (66.82%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 320 Turnout: 1,647 (68.83%)
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