1977 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Craigavon Borough Council election
18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 25 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 10 6 4
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 4 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance UUUP Republican Clubs
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Vanguard Ind. Unionist Independent Nationalist
Seats won 0 0 0
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Election results
Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 1 1 Steady0 40.0 31.4 8,827 Decrease5.5
  SDLP 6 4 0 Increase4 24.0 23.4 6,595 Increase16.7
  DUP 4 2 1 Increase1 16.0 17.3 4,871 Increase5.7
  Alliance 3 0 1 Decrease1 12.0 11.3 3,173 Decrease4.7
  UUUP 1 1 0 Increase1 4.0 6.8 1,907 New
  Republican Clubs 1 1 0 Increase1 4.0 5.6 1,578 Decrease0.4
  Vanguard 0 0 4 Decrease4 0.0 2.1 599 Decrease13.9
  Unionist Party NI 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.5 426 New
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 167 Increase0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1977
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Alliance UUUP RC Others
Area A 14.5 1 45.9 3 12.8 0 10.7 0 0.0 0 16.0 1 0.0 0 5
Area B 38.2 3 17.3 1 19.1 1 17.9 2 3.8 0 0.0 0 3.7 0 7
Area C 21.5 2 28.5 2 9.7 1 10.8 1 7.8 0 9.5 0 12.2 0 6
Area D 46.0 4 8.9 0 26.0 2 5.9 0 13.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 7
Total 31.4 10 23.4 6 17.3 4 11.3 3 6.8 1 5.6 1 4.2 0 25

Districts results

Area A

1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and Republican Clubs gain from Alliance and DUP, Independent Nationalist joins SDLP

Craigavon Area A - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SDLP James McDonald* 18.68% 1,013          
SDLP Sean McCavanagh 16.56% 898 964.4        
Republican Clubs Malachy McGurran 16.00% 868 875.5 877.5 882.72 1,072.72  
SDLP Patrick Crilly* 10.71% 581 595.6 596.7 646.83 916.83  
Ulster Unionist James Gillespie 8.19% 444 444.5 723.6 723.6 751.69 767.69
DUP Frederick Baird* 12.83% 696 696.2 737.6 737.6 740.97 742.97
Alliance Donnell Deeny* 10.75% 583 591.3 601.4 605.27    
Ulster Unionist Eric McKeown 6.29% 341 341.8        
Electorate: 8,541   Valid: 5,424 (63.51%)   Spoilt: 321   Quota: 905   Turnout: 5,745 (67.26%)  

    Area B

    1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist
    1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
    1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Vanguard (two seats), Independent Unionist joins UUP

    Craigavon Area B - 7 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789101112
    Ulster Unionist Herbert Whitten* 25.60% 1,863                      
    Ulster Unionist John Wright* 6.28% 457 919.57                    
    Ulster Unionist Alan Locke* 6.32% 460 779.66 808.21 812.76 834.33 931.33            
    DUP Gladys McCullough 7.50% 546 562.83 565.83 593.34 682.91 712.03 910.03          
    SDLP Daniel Murphy 11.05% 804 804 804 804 804 804 804 1,203        
    Alliance Sean Hagan* 11.31% 823 827.08 834.08 835.08 841.08 850.08 854.08 900.08 1,130.63      
    Alliance William Ramsay* 6.64% 483 511.56 511.56 516.56 525.56 559.17 570.25 577.25 637.28 788.66 797.66 800.42
    DUP James Forsythe 6.84% 498 508.71 510.22 519.73 561.81 605.95 782.21 783.21 784.08 784.08 795.96 798.19
    SDLP Mary Mackle 6.28% 457 457 457 458 458 458 459          
    DUP William Stothers 4.75% 346 364.36 364.36 376.87 400.91 424.48            
    Vanguard Samuel McCammick* 2.90% 211 245.68 274.7 279.21 292.74              
    UUUP John Lyttle 1.98% 144 159.3 163.81 231.34                
    UUUP James McBratney 1.80% 131 137.12 139.12                  
    Vanguard William Lappin 0.74% 54 58.59                    
    Electorate: 12,358   Valid: 7,277 (58.88%)   Spoilt: 390   Quota: 910   Turnout: 7,667 (62.04%)  

      Area C

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

      Craigavon Area C - 6 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      SDLP Hugh News* 15.90% 1,194                      
      SDLP Robert McEvoy 8.99% 675 735.5 741.2 790 790 792 807.5 817.1 1,082.9      
      Ulster Unionist Frank Dale* 11.37% 854 854 854 854 870 966 966 974 974 1,088    
      DUP Ronald Williamson 9.67% 726 726 726 726 741 747 747 748 748 798 832 1,175
      Ulster Unionist Mary Simpson 7.07% 531 531 538 538 539.1 634.1 634.1 634.1 634.1 719.1 946.1 1,069.1
      Alliance Brian English 6.01% 451 453.6 519.7 530.8 534.8 543.8 543.8 773.1 787.3 802.3 965.5 974.5
      Republican Clubs Patrick O'Malley 6.02% 452 464.3 465.5 490.1 490.1 490.1 738 746.4 796 796 796 798
      UUUP William Cooper 5.10% 383 383 385 387 512 518 518 521 521 563 592  
      Unionist Party NI Florence Woodman 5.67% 426 426.3 438.3 438.3 445.3 454.3 454.3 456.4 456.4 491.4    
      Vanguard Frederick Crowe* 4.45% 334 334 336 336 355 358 358 360 360      
      SDLP Virginia King 3.58% 269 300.2 301.3 336.9 336.9 336.9 341.6 357        
      Alliance William Blanton 3.26% 245 246.5 263.6 281.2 287.2 290.2 293.2          
      Republican Clubs Roger Monteith 3.44% 258 260.2 260.4 280.8 281.8 282.8            
      Ulster Unionist James Glenn 3.01% 226 226 227 228 235              
      UUUP Robert Anderson 2.69% 202 202.1 203.1 203.1                
      Independent Hugh Casey 2.22% 167 172.2 172.3                  
      Alliance Michael Stevenson 1.56% 117 118.5                    
      Electorate: 13,624   Valid: 7,510 (55.12%)   Spoilt: 325   Quota: 1,073   Turnout: 7,835 (57.51%)  

        Area D

        1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
        1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
        1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP

        Craigavon Area D - 7 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        DUP David Calvert* 13.63% 1,081            
        UUUP Philip Black* 10.68% 847 969 1,011        
        Ulster Unionist James Baird* 11.54% 915 928 933 937 1,016    
        DUP Thomas Willey* 8.55% 678 703 922 989.76 994.76    
        Ulster Unionist Sydney Cairns* 10.55% 837 849 874 880.64 927.64 1,197.64  
        Ulster Unionist Eric Crozier 8.94% 709 715 720 723.12 791.28 917.6 998.94
        Ulster Unionist Thomas Creith* 8.62% 684 687 689 690.76 765.76 876 997.52
        SDLP Brid Rodgers 8.88% 704 704 704 704.08 802.16 808.16 810.12
        Ulster Unionist Thomas Megarrell* 6.38% 506 511 520 521.52 565.52    
        Alliance Charles Phillips 5.94% 471 472 472 472.32      
        DUP Harold Glass 3.78% 300 313          
        UUUP John Dummigan 2.52% 200            
        Electorate: 13,004   Valid: 7,932 (61.00%)   Spoilt: 366   Quota: 992   Turnout: 8,298 (63.81%)  

          References
          1. "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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