1977 Craigavon Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977

1977 Craigavon Borough Council election | <- 1973 | 18 May 1977 (1977-05-18) | 1981 ->

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All 25 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | UUP | SDLP | DUP
Seats won  | 10  | 6  | 4
Seat change  |  0  |  4  |  1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Alliance | UUUP | Republican Clubs
Seats won  | 3  | 1  | 1
Seat change  |  1  |  1  |  1

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| Seventh party  | Eighth party  | Ninth party
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Party  | Vanguard | Ind. Unionist | Ind. Nationalist
Seats won  | 0  | 0  | 0
Seat change  |  4  |  1  |  1

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.

## Election results

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Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1977[1] Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| UUP | 10  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 40.0  | 31.4 | 8,827 | 5.5
| SDLP | 6  | 4  | 0  | 4 | 24.0  | 23.4  | 6,595  | 16.7
| DUP | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1 | 16.0  | 17.3  | 4,871  | 5.7
| Alliance | 3  | 0  | 1  | 1 | 12.0  | 11.3  | 3,173  | 4.7
| UUUP | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 4.0  | 6.8  | 1,907  | New
| Republican Clubs | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1 | 4.0  | 5.6  | 1,578  | 0.4
| Vanguard | 0  | 0  | 4  | 4 | 0.0  | 2.1  | 599  | 13.9
| Unionist Party NI | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.0  | 1.5  | 426  | New
| Independent | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.0  | 0.6  | 167  | 0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

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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

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### Area A

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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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| 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 |
| UUP | 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  |  |
| UUP | 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

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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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
| UUP | Herbert Whitten*  | 25.60%  | 1,863 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | John Wright*  | 6.28%  | 457  | 919.57 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | 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

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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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
| 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 |  |  |
| UUP | 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
| UUP | 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  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | 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

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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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| DUP | David Calvert*  | 13.63%  | 1,081 |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUUP | Philip Black*  | 10.68%  | 847  | 969  | 1,011 |  |  |  |
| UUP | James Baird*  | 11.54%  | 915  | 928  | 933  | 937  | 1,016 |  |
| DUP | Thomas Willey*  | 8.55%  | 678  | 703  | 922  | 989.76  | 994.76 |  |
| UUP | Sydney Cairns*  | 10.55%  | 837  | 849  | 874  | 880.64  | 927.64  | 1,197.64 |
| UUP | Eric Crozier | 8.94%  | 709  | 715  | 720  | 723.12  | 791.28  | 917.6  | 998.94
| UUP | 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
| UUP | 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

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1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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