1977 Coleraine Borough Council election
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All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP Alliance
Seats won 10 2 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Independent Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Increase 1

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.

Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 0 3 Decrease3 50.0 38.2 6,980 Decrease19.0
  DUP 2 2 0 Increase2 30.0 17.6 3,224 New
  Independent 2 0 0 Steady0 10.0 11.3 2,059 Decrease1.0
  Alliance 2 0 1 Decrease1 10.0 10.6 1,946 Decrease2.6
  SDLP 2 1 0 Increase1 10.0 10.5 1,913 Increase5.5
  Ind. Unionist 2 1 0 Increase1 10.0 7.9 1,445 Decrease2.8
  Vanguard 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.8 517 New
  Republican Clubs 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 207 Decrease1.9
  Unity 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 203 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1977
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
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

Area A

1973: 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

Coleraine Area A - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Robert Catherwood 10.04% 605 606 609 1,015      
Ulster Unionist James Anderson* 12.63% 761 762 790 822 871.28    
Ulster Unionist George McIlrath 9.01% 543 543 573 582 604.88 926.88  
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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

1973: 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

Coleraine Area B - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ulster Unionist William Glenn* 13.62% 725            
Ulster Unionist Albert Clarke* 12.55% 668            
Alliance Thomas Wilson* 8.25% 439 507 521 522.68 828.68    
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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

1973: 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

Coleraine Area C - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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                              
Ulster Unionist Robert White* 11.13% 773 968.62                            
Independent Randall Crawford* 8.94% 621 922.32                            
Ulster Unionist 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      
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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              
Ulster Unionist 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

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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