1977 Larne Borough Council election
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Elections to Larne 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.
Election results[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Alliance | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 25.8 | 1,965 | 0.3 | |
Vanguard | 3 | 3 | 0 | New | 20.0 | 27.2 | 2,067 | New | |
DUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | New | 20.0 | 24.9 | 1,898 | New | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 844 | 1.7 | ||
UUP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 515 | 2.0 | |
SDLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.1 | |
[[Dominion Party|British Ulster Dominion Party]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | 0.0 | 2.3 | 178 | New | |
UUUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | 0.0 | 1.9 | 146 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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Alliance | Vanguard | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Area A | N/A | 1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | 4 |
Area B | 21.5 | 1 | 23.3 | 1 | 36.9 | 1 | 18.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area C | 27.7 | 2 | 28.8 | 2 | 19.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 22.1 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 25.8 | 4 | 27.2 | 3 | 24.9 | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 15.3 | 3 | 15 |
Districts results[]
Area A[]
1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Loyalist joins DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
DUP | Samuel Martin* | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | Thomas Robinson | N/A | N/A | |
Alliance | Hugh Wilson* | N/A | N/A | |
SDLP | John Turnly | N/A | N/A | |
Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |
- As only four candidates had been nominated for four seats, there was no vote in Area A and all four candidates were deemed elected.
Area B[]
1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and Alliance gain from Loyalist (two seats), Loyalist joins DUP and Independent Unionist joins UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
DUP | Roy Beggs* | 29.20% | 675 | |||
Alliance | William Calwell | 21.54% | 498 | |||
UUP | Alexander Hunter* | 18.30% | 423 | 457.88 | 517.88 | |
Vanguard | Laurence Niblock | 13.02% | 301 | 309.64 | 464.64 | |
DUP | Horace Stronge | 7.66% | 177 | 321 | 336 | |
Vanguard | Robert Semple* | 10.29% | 238 | 261.04 | ||
Electorate: 4,705 Valid: 2,312 (49.14%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 463 Turnout: 2,415 (51.33%) |
Area C[]
1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Loyalist, Loyalist (three seats) join Vanguard (two seats) and DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Vanguard | Thomas Seymour* | 24.01% | 1,273 | |||||||||||
Alliance | William Kelly* | 17.34% | 919 | |||||||||||
DUP | Jack McKee* | 11.94% | 633 | 645 | 645.84 | 650.84 | 679.84 | |||||||
Alliance | Thomas Benson* | 6.83% | 362 | 419.6 | 564.36 | 572.8 | 575.28 | 575.28 | 577.76 | 579.04 | 735.04 | |||
Independent | Kathleen O'Brien | 9.32% | 494 | 550.64 | 561.56 | 580.84 | 610.68 | 611.35 | 626.83 | 636.87 | 675.03 | |||
Vanguard | Rosalie Armstrong* | 3.24% | 172 | 361.6 | 363 | 381.44 | 408.68 | 410.69 | 424.61 | 578.93 | 610.89 | 626.53 | 629.05 | |
Independent | Agnew Hamilton | 6.60% | 350 | 439.76 | 449.84 | 461.96 | 484.24 | 485.58 | 495.06 | 510.46 | 563.26 | 618.34 | 623.94 | |
DUP | Winston Fulton | 7.79% | 413 | 419.24 | 420.08 | 424.56 | 447.04 | 458.43 | 588.77 | 605.25 | 609.01 | 609.69 | 610.25 | |
Alliance | John Snoddy | 3.51% | 186 | 236.4 | 313.4 | 319.4 | 327.12 | 327.12 | 381.92 | 339.12 | ||||
Vanguard | Frederick Dodds | 1.57% | 83 | 183.8 | 186.04 | 194.96 | 213.88 | 213.88 | 220.88 | |||||
Dominion Party | James Wisely | 3.36% | 178 | 183.28 | 184.68 | 189.16 | 199.64 | 200.98 | ||||||
UUUP | Thomas McKeever* | 2.75% | 146 | 168.08 | 168.64 | 182.68 | ||||||||
UUP | Alexander Marrs | 1.74% | 92 | 104.96 | 106.92 | |||||||||
Electorate: 10,203 Valid: 5,301 (51.96%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 663 Turnout: 5,446 (53.38%) |
References[]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Larne". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- Larne Borough Council elections
- 1977 Northern Ireland local elections