1977 Londonderry City Council election

Elections to Londonderry City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 27 councillors.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Londonderry City Council election
18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 27 seats to Londonderry City Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist Nationalist
Seats won 13 6 4
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 6 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance DUP United Loyalist
Seats won 2 2 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Decrease 9
  Seventh party
 
Party Republican Clubs
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Election results
Londonderry City Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 13 3 0 Increase3 48.1 42.1 12,462 Increase9.7
  Ulster Unionist 6 6 0 +6 22.2 23.5 6,969 New
  Nationalist 4 1 0 Increase1 14.8 8.9 2,638 Increase0.5
  Alliance 2 0 2 Decrease2 7.4 11.9 3,519 Decrease2.6
  DUP 2 2 0 2 7.4 6.7 1,986 New
  Independent Nationalist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.4 706 Increase2.4
  Republican Clubs 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.9 551 Decrease4.3
  Vanguard 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 408 New
  Loyalist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 273 Increase0.8
  NI Labour 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 44 Decrease0.2
  Independent Republican 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 61 Steady0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Londonderry City Council election, 1977
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP Nationalist Alliance DUP Others
Area A 40.2 3 36.8 2 0.0 0 9.7 0 12.7 1 0.6 0 6
Area B 25.4 1 29.0 2 0.0 0 19.0 1 15.9 1 10.7 0 5
Area C 56.6 3 0.0 0 23.0 2 6.7 0 0.0 0 13.7 0 5
Area D 50.2 3 17.8 1 19.4 1 7.5 0 0.0 0 5.1 0 5
Area E 46.4 3 22.7 1 12.0 1 12.7 1 0.0 0 6.2 0 5
Total 42.1 13 23.5 6 8.9 4 11.9 2 6.7 2 6.9 0 27

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Loyalists (three seats) and Alliance

Londonderry Area A - 6 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SDLP Thomas Doherty* 10.65% 762 780 781 781 1,124          
Ulster Unionist Thomas Craig* 13.21% 945 948 963 1,002 1,004 1,004.29 1,430.29      
Ulster Unionist Robert Bond* 10.12% 724 728 739 948 950 950 1,158      
DUP John Henry 9.70% 694 695 851 858 858 858 912 1,156    
SDLP John McNickle 12.33% 882 886 886 888 910 979.31 981.31 983.31 983.31 984.31
SDLP George Peoples* 10.69% 765 771 772 773 825 851.39 852.39 852.39 853.39 854.39
Alliance Arthur Barr* 7.35% 526 686 688 695 718 720.03 730.03 760.03 807.03 827.03
Ulster Unionist Alan Lindsay 8.81% 630 631 642 716 717 717        
SDLP Patrick Boyle 6.49% 464 472 472 472            
Ulster Unionist Vincent Lindsay 4.64% 332 332 347              
DUP Joseph Mooney 3.02% 216 217                
Alliance James Patterson 2.38% 170                  
NI Labour Delap Stevenson 0.62% 44                  
Electorate: 10,859   Valid: 7,154 (65.88%)   Spoilt: 268   Quota: 1,023   Turnout: 7,422 (68.35%)  

    Area B

    1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
    1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
    1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and DUP gain from United Loyalist (three seats)

    Londonderry Area B - 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Alliance Herbert Faulkner* 17.10% 1,156              
    DUP Anna Hay* 10.18% 688 688 697 702 766 784 1,147  
    Ulster Unionist James Guy 12.31% 832 838 845 862 890 1,062 1,083 1,346
    Ulster Unionist Kathleen Milligan 11.48% 776 781 782 812 841 996 1,003 1,161
    SDLP Michael Fegan* 15.09% 1,020 1,024 1,025 1,037 1,037 1,037 1,038 1,040
    SDLP William Doherty 10.27% 694 699 700 718 718 719 722 728
    Vanguard Samuel Barr 6.04% 408 409 412 428 475 486 527  
    DUP Gregory Campbell 5.74% 388 389 393 393 436 447    
    Ulster Unionist Thomas Robinson 5.19% 351 351 352 360 380      
    Loyalist Thomas Heatley 2.80% 189 190 246 247        
    Alliance Florence Lewers 1.94% 131 148 148          
    Loyalist William Gurney 1.24% 84 84            
    NI Labour David Buchanan 0.62% 42              
    Electorate: 10,601   Valid: 6,759 (63.76%)   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 6,990 (65.94%)  

      Area C

      1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Republican Clubs
      1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Nationalist
      1973-1977 Change: Nationalist gain from Republican Clubs

      Londonderry Area C - 5 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SDLP Patrick Devine* 22.47% 1,004            
      SDLP Hugh Doherty* 17.50% 782            
      SDLP Leonard Green* 9.67% 432 624.4 644.68 661.58 763.58    
      Nationalist John McChrystal 10.43% 466 471.2 472.2 515.1 533.7 588.96 595.92
      Nationalist Gerard Barr* 10.70% 478 480.6 481.32 530.58 541.88 566.88 578.48
      Republican Clubs Michael Montgomery* 9.36% 418 420.08 420.52 537.12 546.68 561.1 561.1
      SDLP Joseph Moran 6.98% 312 358.8 365.52 370.38 419.22    
      Alliance Gerard O'Grady 6.67% 298 301.9 302.7 322.34      
      Republican Clubs Liam Gallagher 2.98% 133 135.34 135.82        
      Nationalist George O'Connor 1.88% 84 85.04 85.16        
      Independent Republican Patrick Quinn 1.37% 61 62.04 62.08        
      Electorate: 9,318   Valid: 4,468 (47.95%)   Spoilt: 312   Quota: 745   Turnout: 4,780 (51.30%)  

        Area D

        1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
        1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x UUP
        1973-1977 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Alliance and United Loyalist

        Londonderry Area D - 5 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SDLP Raymond McClean* 26.15% 927            
        Ulster Unionist Marlene Jefferson* 17.80% 631            
        SDLP William Keys 16.87% 598            
        SDLP William McCartney 7.14% 253 530.2 530.97 536.06 541.07 594.07  
        Nationalist Liam Bradley 10.55% 374 379.76 379.98 380.08 438.17 459.54 661.54
        Alliance Joe Cosgrove* 7.48% 265 284.44 317.99 318.24 325.08 375.08 385.08
        Nationalist Charles McDaid 4.32% 153 163.08 163.63 163.73 240.09 245.66  
        Independent Nationalist James Hegarty* 5.22% 185 198.32 200.52 200.77 208.78    
        Nationalist John McQuaide 4.49% 159 162.24 162.46 162.51      
        Electorate: 5,973   Valid: 3,545 (59.35%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 591   Turnout: 3,719 (62.26%)  

          Area E

          1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
          1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
          1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from United Loyalist

          Londonderry Area E - 6 seats[2]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Ulster Unionist Jack Allen* 17.38% 1,337            
          SDLP Frank Donnelly 17.28% 1,329            
          Alliance Ivor Canavan* 10.73% 825 833.64 842.31 980.07 1,036.75 1,296.75  
          Nationalist Fergus McAteer* 9.79% 753 764.62 763.97 884.49 1,078.69 1,087.35 1,094.35
          SDLP William O'Connell 11.38% 875 875.54 917.19 922.36 954.7 962.22 967.22
          SDLP William McCorriston 8.26% 635 635.72 742.48 751.65 838.52 845.82 854.82
          SDLP Noel McKenna 9.47% 728 728.18 775.44 784.61 823.63 828.73 835.73
          Ulster Unionist Albert McCartney 5.34% 411 628.26 628.94 636.56 638.73    
          Independent Nationalist Michael Durey* 6.23% 479 479.18 484.96 503.31      
          Alliance Edith Roulston 1.92% 148 152.5 153.01        
          Nationalist Hugh Bell 1.46% 112 114.34 114.85        
          Nationalist Kathleen Heraghty 0.77% 59 59.36 60.04        
          Electorate: 13,995   Valid: 7,691 (54.96%)   Spoilt: 312   Quota: 1,099   Turnout: 8,003 (57.18%)  

            References
            1. "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Derry/Londonderry". www.ark.ac.uk.
            2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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