Elections to Coleraine 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 20 councillors.
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All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 38.2 | 6,980 | 19.0 | |
DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 17.6 | 3,224 | New | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 2,059 | 1.0 | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 1,946 | 2.6 | |
SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1,913 | 5.5 | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 1,445 | 2.8 | |
Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 517 | New | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 207 | 1.9 | |
Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 203 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 41.2 | 3 | 18.5 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 21.9 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 6 |
Area B | 52.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.9 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 19.5 | 1 | 7 |
Area C | 24.6 | 3 | 30.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 33.9 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 38.2 | 10 | 17.6 | 2 | 10.6 | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 23.1 | 4 | 20 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Robert Catherwood | 10.04% | 605 | 606 | 609 | 1,015 | ||||
UUP | James Anderson* | 12.63% | 761 | 762 | 790 | 822 | 871.28 | |||
UUP | George McIlrath | 9.01% | 543 | 543 | 573 | 582 | 604.88 | 926.88 | ||
UUP | William King | 11.19% | 674 | 675 | 706 | 730 | 764.32 | 878.32 | ||
Ind. Unionist | William Watt* | 10.34% | 623 | 624 | 668 | 689 | 719.36 | 796.28 | 861.02 | |
SDLP | John Dallat | 10.34% | 623 | 709 | 819 | 819 | 819 | 819 | 819.39 | |
SDLP | Patrick Cassidy* | 9.16% | 552 | 592 | 751 | 751 | 751.44 | 751.44 | 751.83 | |
UUP | Robert McMaster* | 8.37% | 504 | 506 | 515 | 526 | 540.96 | |||
DUP | Robert Campbell | 5.64% | 508 | 508 | 512 | |||||
Alliance | Martha McGrath | 4.66% | 281 | 283 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 3.44% | 207 | 210 | ||||||
SDLP | Robert Tosh | 2.37% | 143 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,014 Valid: 6,024 (66.83%) Spoilt: 260 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,284 (69.71%) |
Area B
edit1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | William Glenn* | 13.62% | 725 | |||||||
UUP | Albert Clarke* | 12.55% | 668 | |||||||
Alliance | Thomas Wilson* | 8.25% | 439 | 507 | 521 | 522.68 | 828.68 | |||
UUP | Robert Stafford* | 10.60% | 564 | 566 | 567 | 578.2 | 580.2 | 585.73 | 736.73 | |
Ind. Unionist | Alexander Sharpe* | 11.63% | 619 | 619 | 619 | 624.44 | 626.52 | 654.96 | 697.96 | |
UUP | John Earl* | 8.55% | 455 | 455 | 459 | 478.76 | 493.76 | 527.73 | 671.39 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 6.74% | 359 | 377 | 595 | 595.08 | 612.08 | 678.44 | 678.44 | |
Vanguard | Antony Alcock | 8.00% | 426 | 428 | 428 | 433.52 | 436.52 | 452.32 | 498.8 | |
UUP | Robert Mitchell | 7.04% | 375 | 376 | 376 | 389.04 | 394.12 | 402.81 | ||
Alliance | Donald Batts | 5.32% | 283 | 348 | 355 | 355.48 | ||||
SDLP | Hugh McIlvenna | 4.45% | 237 | 251 | ||||||
Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 3.25% | 173 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,461 Valid: 5,323 (50.88%) Spoilt: 229 Quota: 666 Turnout: 5,552 (53.07%) |
Area C
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
DUP | James McClure | 30.40% | 2,111 | ||||||||||||||||
Independent | James McFeely* | 13.12% | 911 | ||||||||||||||||
UUP | Robert White* | 11.13% | 773 | 968.62 | |||||||||||||||
Independent | Randall Crawford* | 8.94% | 621 | 922.32 | |||||||||||||||
UUP | Matthew Adams* | 7.53% | 523 | 690.4 | 703.9 | 714.58 | 714.82 | 721.28 | 724.14 | 737.59 | 778.54 | 812.82 | 874.26 | ||||||
Alliance | William Mathews* | 7.86% | 546 | 560.88 | 561.38 | 562.46 | 570.34 | 570.96 | 572 | 573.66 | 577.28 | 579.36 | 651.47 | 694.95 | 890.95 | ||||
UUP | Victor Hanson | 2.72% | 189 | 267.12 | 281.37 | 286.89 | 287.37 | 288.49 | 290.61 | 296.34 | 321.75 | 332.09 | 369.36 | 387.66 | 391.42 | 394.94 | 466.45 | 604.14 | |
Independent | William McNabb | 2.97% | 206 | 299 | 301.25 | 306.89 | 309.33 | 314.55 | 322.55 | 332.88 | 338.48 | 357.08 | 375.06 | 411.18 | 430.74 | 444.18 | 490.11 | 546.1 | |
UUP | John Millar | 2.23% | 155 | 208.32 | 214.32 | 218.04 | 218.28 | 220.15 | 221.15 | 332.88 | 338.48 | 357.08 | 375.06 | 411.18 | 430.74 | 444.18 | 490.11 | ||
Vanguard | Adrian Eakin | 1.31% | 91 | 255.92 | 261.17 | 273.65 | 273.65 | 276.39 | 277.39 | 284.15 | 289.85 | 293.82 | 301.41 | 309.27 | 309.35 | 309.67 | |||
Alliance | Francis Trainor | 3.23% | 224 | 226.48 | 226.73 | 226.85 | 244.05 | 245.17 | 245.25 | 248.57 | 249.61 | 250.89 | 258.93 | 279.05 | |||||
Independent | Henry McCormick | 1.73% | 120 | 171.46 | 172.21 | 174.25 | 177.93 | 178.05 | 184.05 | 193.21 | 198.07 | 250.67 | 253.54 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | James Edwards* | 2.92% | 203 | 221.6 | 226.1 | 227.42 | 227.54 | 228.91 | 234.03 | 237.65 | 240.01 | 250.5 | |||||||
Independent | Samuel Walker | 1.22% | 85 | 120.96 | 122.96 | 124.88 | 125.48 | 137.4 | 146.12 | 160.88 | 164.24 | ||||||||
UUP | Charles Graham | 1.01% | 70 | 109.68 | 115.93 | 119.53 | 119.61 | 120.23 | 122.13 | 124.37 | |||||||||
Independent | Frederick Millar | 0.69% | 48 | 73.42 | 74.67 | 76.23 | 76.71 | 79.37 | 92.64 | ||||||||||
Independent | Samuel Oliver | 0.55% | 38 | 46.06 | 47.06 | 48.14 | 48.34 | 57.82 | |||||||||||
Independent | Howard Platt | 0.43% | 30 | 44.88 | 45.38 | 47.54 | 47.82 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 11,649 Valid: 6,944 (59.61%) Spoilt: 253 Quota: 869 Turnout: 7,197 (61.78%) |
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 16 July 2021.