1977 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used two district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	8	0	3	3	53.3	47.0	5,850	18.0
DUP	3	3	0	3	20.0	17.3	2,155	New
SDLP	2	1	0	1	13.3	15.0	1,864	7.0
Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	6.7	4.7	584	2.8
Ind. Nationalist	1	0	1	1	6.7	6.0	742	3.1
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.2	774	0.5
UUUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.7	465	New
Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.7	215	11.9

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	36.2	3	17.8	2	12.2	1	33.8	2	7
Area B	57.9	5	16.8	2	17.8	1	7.5	0	8
Total	47.0	8	17.3	3	15.0	2	20.7	2	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SDLP	James Walsh	12.18%	758	759	780
	UUP	Wilson Davidson*	11.20%	697	726	727	727	748	819
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	8.47%	527	529	555	555.7	555.7	555.7	778.3
	UUP	Samuel Cowan*	8.00%	498	503	503	503	513	575	576	782
	Ind. Unionist	Hugh Anderson*	6.73%	419	485	487	487.1	493.1	506.1	510.1	539.1	542.82	782.82
	DUP	James McElroy	10.17%	633	640	640	640	733	737	739	768	769.24	779.24
	UUP	Norman Ferguson	7.99%	497	516	516	516	519	575	576	635	668.48	764.48
	DUP	Frederick Baxter	7.65%	476	479	479	479	546	556	556	569	570.86	575.86
	Alliance	John McWhirter	6.12%	381	396	488	488.3	489.3	489.4	499.4	504.4	505.02
	UUP	William McCullagh*	5.63%	350	352	352	352	359	363	365
	Ind. Nationalist	Daniel Lennon*	3.46%	215	218	250	250.8	251.8	251.8
	UUP	John Anderson	3.42%	213	221	221	221.1	223.1
	UUUP	John Porter	3.52%	219	221	221	221
	Alliance	Peter Finnegan	2.80%	174	176
	Ind. Unionist	James Crozier*	2.65%	165
Electorate: 10,687 Valid: 6,222 (58.22%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 778 Turnout: 6,484 (60.67%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Matthew Bailey*	12.96%	805
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy*	10.91%	678	678.14	734.14
	UUP	Raymond McCullough*	10.19%	678	688.36	695.36
	DUP	David Herron	10.11%	628	640.32	642.32	740.32
	UUP	Herbert Heslip*	7.60%	472	480.26	498.4	517.54	519.62	519.62	805.62
	UUP	Robert Barr	6.04%	375	427.5	456.78	474.48	475	475	507.26	591.31	629.47
	DUP	Brian Biggerstaff	6.73%	418	422.9	423.9	493.32	537	537	553.08	558.41	566.13
	UUP	Robert Hill*	6.91%	429	430.82	455.96	475.24	476.8	477.61	524.78	540.36	551.94
	UUP	George Gamble	7.36%	457	461.76	481.76	491.04	491.56	492.42	512.26	520.87	545.89
	SDLP	Michael O'Hare	6.89%	428	428.42	447.56	448.56	448.56	487.26	491.26	491.26
	UUP	Eric Williamson*	6.10%	379	390.06	407.2	415.62	416.17	418.72
	UUUP	John McKinstry	3.96%	246	248.1	250.24
	Alliance	Edward Gibney	3.53%	219	219.98
Electorate: 9,844 Valid: 6,212 (63.10%) Spoilt: 245 Quota: 691 Turnout: 6,457 (65.59%)

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1977 Banbridge District Council election

Districts summary

Districts results

Area A

Area B

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