1977 Banbridge District Council election
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All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP
Seats won 8 3 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1

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.

Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 8 0 3 Decrease3 53.3 47.0 5,850 Decrease18.0
  DUP 3 3 0 Increase3 20.0 17.3 2,155 New
  SDLP 2 1 0 Increase1 13.3 15.0 1,864 Increase7.0
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 4.7 584 Increase2.8
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 1 Decrease1 6.7 6.0 742 Decrease3.1
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 6.2 774 Decrease0.5
  UUUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.7 465 New
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.7 215 Decrease11.9

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Others
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

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Banbridge Area A - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SDLP James Walsh 12.18% 758 759 780              
Ulster Unionist Wilson Davidson* 11.20% 697 726 727 727 748 819        
Independent Nationalist Laurence McCartan* 8.47% 527 529 555 555.7 555.7 555.7 778.3      
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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  
Ulster Unionist William McCullagh* 5.63% 350 352 352 352 359 363 365      
Independent Nationalist Daniel Lennon* 3.46% 215 218 250 250.8 251.8 251.8        
Ulster Unionist 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%)  

Area B

1973: 7 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 5 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP (two seats)

Banbridge Area B - 8 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist Matthew Bailey* 12.96% 805                
SDLP Patrick McAvoy* 10.91% 678 678.14 734.14            
Ulster Unionist Raymond McCullough* 10.19% 678 688.36 695.36            
DUP David Herron 10.11% 628 640.32 642.32 740.32          
Ulster Unionist Herbert Heslip* 7.60% 472 480.26 498.4 517.54 519.62 519.62 805.62    
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist Robert Hill* 6.91% 429 430.82 455.96 475.24 476.8 477.61 524.78 540.36 551.94
Ulster Unionist 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  
Ulster Unionist 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%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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