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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ind. Nationalist | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 4,459 | 11.2 | |
DUP | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 4,287 | 11.5 | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 22.8 | 3,889 | 7.7 | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 3,545 | 8.8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 326 | 3.0 | |
Anti H-Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 296 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 288 | 1.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
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Total Cllrs |
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DUP | SDLP | UUP | Others | ||||||
Area A | 35.4 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 25.2 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 5 |
Area B | 30.9 | 2 | 24.3 | 1 | 27.3 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 5 |
Area C | 7.0 | 0 | 27.3 | 2 | 8.5 | 1 | 57.2 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 25.1 | 4 | 22.8 | 4 | 20.7 | 3 | 31.4 | 4 | 15 |
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 22.11% | 1,320 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Kerrigan | 20.46% | 1,221 | ||||
SDLP | Mary McCrea | 17.24% | 1,029 | ||||
DUP | Robert Anderson | 9.72% | 580 | 581 | 602.6 | 1,070.22 | |
UUP | Edward Turner* | 13.94% | 832 | 882 | 892.26 | 908.42 | |
UUP | Ernest Young* | 11.26% | 672 | 738 | 747.36 | 754.62 | |
DUP | David Baird | 5.28% | 315 | 321 | 497.22 | ||
Electorate: 7,833 Valid: 5,969 (76.20%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 995 Turnout: 6,162 (78.67%) |
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
SDLP | John Gallagher* | 18.92% | 1,101 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | Francis McConnell* | 17.44% | 1,015 | ||
UUP | Mary Britton* | 16.91% | 984 | ||
DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 16.72% | 973 | ||
DUP | George McIntyre* | 14.21% | 827 | 832 | |
UUP | Henry Henderson* | 10.43% | 607 | 624 | |
SDLP | Mary McAleer | 5.38% | 313 | ||
Electorate: 7,050 Valid: 5,820 (82.55%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,997 (85.06%) |
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | James O'Kane | 27.52% | 1,459 | |||||||||||
Ind. Nationalist | John O'Kane* | 7.89% | 418 | 818.98 | 826.8 | 836.62 | 857.54 | 890.18 | ||||||
SDLP | Paul O'Hare | 11.32% | 600 | 659.45 | 666.27 | 670.27 | 682.91 | 688.32 | 836.83 | 902.83 | ||||
SDLP | William Flanagan | 10.90% | 578 | 599.73 | 601.14 | 605.14 | 610.55 | 619.78 | 727.29 | 790.16 | 807.96 | 886.96 | ||
UUP | Robert Fleming* | 8.49% | 450 | 450.82 | 451.82 | 467.23 | 472.23 | 473.23 | 473.23 | 475.64 | 475.94 | 555.35 | 562.35 | |
DUP | Desmond Monteith | 7.00% | 371 | 371.41 | 371.41 | 377.41 | 385.41 | 394.41 | 394.41 | 394.41 | 394.41 | 397.41 | 399.41 | |
Anti H-Block | William Gallagher | 5.58% | 296 | 305.84 | 313.84 | 313.84 | 315.84 | 331.25 | 333.25 | 382.89 | 385.49 | 385.49 | ||
Alliance | Patrick Wallace | 5.43% | 288 | 304.4 | 308.81 | 319.22 | 339.86 | 343.86 | 349.09 | 370.14 | 374.04 | |||
Ind. Nationalist | John McCrory | 4.66% | 247 | 264.63 | 272.04 | 276.04 | 289.09 | 303.91 | 312.32 | |||||
SDLP | Jane O'Donnell | 5.06% | 268 | 280.3 | 280.71 | 281.71 | 288.94 | 294.94 | ||||||
Independent | Michael Dunne | 2.17% | 115 | 119.92 | 123.92 | 131.92 | 131.92 | |||||||
Independent | David Fleming | 1.81% | 96 | 108.71 | 109.71 | 110.71 | ||||||||
Independent | William Crichton | 1.36% | 72 | 73.64 | 73.64 | |||||||||
Independent | John Tracey | 0.81% | 43 | 46.28 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 7,630 Valid: 5,301 (69.48%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,447 (71.39%) |