1977 Antrim Borough Council election

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.

	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

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

1977 Antrim Borough Council election

Districts summary

Districts results

Area A

Area B

Area C

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