1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election

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18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)

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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	SDLP	UUP	Alliance
Seats won	15	7	3
Seat change	2	4	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DUP	Ind. Nationalist	Ind. Republican
Seats won	1	3	1
Seat change	1	1

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	Ind. Unionist	Republican Clubs
Seats won	0	0
Seat change	5	2

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1977^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	15	2	0	2	50.0	46.9	13,538	11.6
UUP	7	5	1	4	23.3	24.5	7,078	11.6
Alliance	3	0	1	1	10.0	8.3	2,382	5.2
Ind. Nationalist	3	2	1	1	10.0	7.6	2,194	3.3
DUP	1	1	0		3.3	3.1	884	New
Ind. Republican	1	0	0		0.0	2.2	632	0.8
Republican Clubs	0	0	2	2	0.0	5.1	1,477	5.7
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	676	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1977
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
SDLP	UUP	Alliance	DUP	Others
Area A	33.2	2	32.4	2	2.2	0	15.8	1	16.4	0	5
Area B	50.0	2	11.6	0	17.9	1	0.0	0	20.5	1	4
Area C	48.2	2	47.0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	4.8	0	4
Area D	44.2	3	25.5	2	9.5	1	0.0	0	20.8	1	7
Area E	61.1	4	11.3	0	1.3	0	0.0	0	26.3	2	6
Area F	47.7	2	23.4	1	19.9	1	0.0	0	9.0	0	6
Total	46.9	15	24.5	7	8.3	3	3.1	1	17.2	4	30

Districts results

Area A

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

Newry and Mourne Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	William Russell*	22.15%	1,238
	SDLP	Anne Marie Cunningham*	15.62%	873	873.25	894.5	1,081.5
	UUP	Arthur Coulter*	10.25%	573	793.5	806	806.25	806.25	1,037.25
	DUP	George Graham	15.82%	884	910	910.5	911.5	912.34	945.34
	SDLP	Frank MacCann	10.18%	569	569.75	585.75	763.75	892.27	910.27
	Ind. Nationalist	Arthur Doran*	9.07%	507	509.75	538.5	588.5	607.82	687.82
	Independent	John Henning	7.16%	400	450	484.25	485.25	485.25
	SDLP	Hugh Cunningham	7.48%	418	418.5	427.5
	Alliance	Doreen Leitch	2.27%	127	130.75
Electorate: 8,225 Valid: 5,589 (67.95%) Spoilt: 292 Quota: 932 Turnout: 5,881 (71.50%)

Area B

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: No change

Newry and Mourne Area B - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Jim McCart*	31.71%	1,377
	Alliance	Anthony Williamson*	15.93%	692	727.72	792	797.14	831.9	977.9
	Ind. Nationalist	John McAteer*	15.82%	687	715.88	721.26	725.26	763.78	809.54
	SDLP	Liam Trainor	8.24%	358	658.96	665.72	665.72	709.64	727.3
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan	10.04%	436	528.34	531.62	533	563.56	570.22
	UUP	William Gordon	7.83%	340	348.36	350.74	497.04	503.64
	Republican Clubs	Thomas Moore	4.72%	205	224	230.04	230.04
	UUP	James Thompson	3.78%	164	167.8	168.8
	Alliance	James McGowan	1.93%	84	93.5
Electorate: 6,723 Valid: 4,343 (64.60%) Spoilt: 276 Quota: 869 Turnout: 4,619 (68.70%)

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)

Newry and Mourne Area C - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	31.36%	1,075
	SDLP	Nan Sands*	26.90%	922
	SDLP	Patrick McAlinden	21.30%	730
	UUP	Edward Walsh	15.67%	537	921.18
	Republican Clubs	Daniel Mussen	4.78%	164	167.8
Electorate: 5,658 Valid: 3,428 (60.59%) Spoilt: 245 Quota: 686 Turnout: 3,673 (64.92%)

Area D

1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs

Newry and Mourne Area D - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Clarence Morrow*	13.32%	845
	SDLP	John Bell*	12.86%	816
	UUP	Andy Moffett	12.20%	774	822.66
	SDLP	Thomas McGrath*	11.91%	756	756.06	756.3	760.3	765.7	796.7
	SDLP	John McEvoy*	11.11%	705	705	705.06	727.06	730.5	761.78	768.84	810.84
	Alliance	Victor Frizell*	7.85%	498	498.66	507.66	565.8	566.58	589.8	591.86	631.16	699.84
	Ind. Nationalist	Eugene Markey	8.81%	559	559.06	559.06	562.06	562.56	564.58	575.6	661.72	684.98
	Republican Clubs	Noel Collins*	5.23%	332	332	332	335	335.64	339.64	451.66	515.14	564.56
	SDLP	John Grant	6.11%	388	388.12	388.54	389.6	392.92	435.04	438.08	467.26
	Independent	Fabian Boyle	4.35%	276	276	276.06	283.18	284.3	288.36	297.38
	Republican Clubs	Edward McGeown	2.36%	150	150	150	150.06	150.18	151.18
	SDLP	Patrick Sloan	2.24%	142	142.18	142.36	146.36	146.84
	Alliance	Monica Sweeney	1.65%	105	105.24	106.74
Electorate: 11,390 Valid: 6,346 (55.72%) Spoilt: 343 Quota: 794 Turnout: 6,689 (58.73%)

Area E

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Newry and Mourne Area E - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	18.61%	948
	SDLP	Peter McMahon*	15.84%	807
	SDLP	James Savage	15.41%	785
	Ind. Republican	Sean McCreesh*	12.41%	632	707.75	718.5	764.5
	SDLP	Owen Kelly	11.21%	571	677.5	699	756
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Murphy*	8.66%	441	460	467	572.25	645.69	687.81
	UUP	Caroline Donaldson*	11.27%	574	574.5	591.75	595	600.44	613.4
	Republican Clubs	Seamus Murphy	5.28%	269	283	284
	Alliance	John Magowan	1.32%	67	69
Electorate: 9,174 Valid: 5,094 (55.53%) Spoilt: 284 Quota: 728 Turnout: 5,378 (58.62%)

Area F

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance

Newry and Mourne Area F - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	William McCaigue	23.59%	958
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy*	19.13%	777	777.87	851.87
	Alliance	Michael McVerry*	9.97%	405	485.33	513.33	516.23	813.55
	SDLP	Daniel Hughes	14.63%	594	617.49	643.49	646.97	726.87
	SDLP	William Feely	13.94%	566	567.45	624.45	643.01	722.52
	Alliance	John McClelland	9.95%	404	440.83	499.83	513.17
	Republican Clubs	Alan Wadforth	8.79%	357	357
Electorate: 7,173 Valid: 4,061 (56.62%) Spoilt: 234 Quota: 813 Turnout: 4,295 (59.88%)

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