1977 Armagh District Council election
{{Short description|Local govt election in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{main|Northern Ireland local elections, 1977}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1977 Armagh District Council election
| country =
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 1973 Armagh District Council election
| previous_year = 1973
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|1977|05|18|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 1981 Armagh District Council election
| next_year = 1981
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 20 seats to Armagh District Council
| majority_seats = 11
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| party1 = Ulster Unionist Party
| seats1 = 9
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2
| party2 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
| seats2 = 7
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = {{nochange}} 0
| party4 = United Ulster Unionist Party
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 1
| party5 = Independent Nationalist
| seats5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1
| party6 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
| seats6 = 0
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 1
| party7 = Independent (politician)
| seats7 = 0
| seat_change7 = {{decrease}} 1
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Party with the most votes by district.
}}
Elections to Armagh District 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 20 councillors.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title = Armagh District Council Election Result 1977{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgarmagh.htm|title=Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|seats = 9
|gain = 0
|loss = 2
|net = {{decrease}}2
|seats % = 45.0
|votes % = 38.8
|votes = 8,116
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}6.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|seats = 7
|gain = 2
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}2
|seats % = 35.0
|votes % = 30.3
|votes = 6,341
|plus/minus = {{increase}}7.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|seats = 2
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 10.0
|votes % = 12.8
|votes = 2,665
|plus/minus = {{increase}}1.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = United Ulster Unionist Party
|seats = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 5.0
|votes % = 4.5
|votes = 932
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent Nationalist
|seats = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 5.0
|votes % = 4.0
|votes = 839
|plus/minus = {{increase}}4.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = {{decrease}}1
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 6.4
|votes = 1,332
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}1.4
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Republican Clubs
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.4
|votes = 507
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}2.3
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.8
|votes = 169
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}4.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
{{election table|title=Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1977
by district|sortable=yes}}
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|United Ulster Unionist Party}}" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|33.2
|1
|23.0
|1
|6.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|15.4
|1
|20.7
|1
|9.8
|1
|7.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|36.9
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.7
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|11.4
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|28.5
|2
|7.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|34.0
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.8
|9
|30.3
|7
|12.8
|2
|4.5
|1
|13.6
|1
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
=Area A=
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Armagh Area A - 4 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1977|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977|website=EONI|access-date=25 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Douglas Hutchinson*
|count1 = 821
|percentage = 23.00%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Mary Huey*
|count1 = 688
|percentage = 19.27%
|count2 = 785
|count3 =
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Samuel Foster*
|count1 = 640
|percentage = 17.93%
|count2 = 738
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Francis McIlvanna
|count1 = 632
|percentage = 17.70%
|count2 = 633
|count3 = 650
|count4 = 651
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Francis Kernan
|count1 = 553
|percentage = 15.49%
|count2 = 561
|count3 = 598
|count4 = 605
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = United Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Noel Lyttle
|count1 = 236
|percentage = 6.61%
|count2 =
|count3 =
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 5,767
|valid = 3,570 (61.90%)
|spoilt = 222
|quota = 715
|turnout = 3,792 (65.75%)
}}
=Area B=
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Armagh Area B - 6 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William Henning*
|count1 = 1,177
|percentage = 16.55%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Seamus Mallon*
|count1 = 1,092
|percentage = 15.35%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Thomas Black*
|count1 = 1,077
|percentage = 15.14%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William McClelland
|count1 = 961
|percentage = 13.51%
|count2 = 1,044.85
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = United Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Francis Little
|count1 = 554
|percentage = 7.79%
|count2 = 561.93
|count3 = 562.23
|count4 = 572.43
|count5 = 659.79
|count6 = 662.24
|count7 = 977.33
|count8 = 988.36
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers
|count1 = 701
|percentage = 9.86%
|count2 = 727.39
|count3 = 727.49
|count4 = 729.49
|count5 = 745.3
|count6 = 754.15
|count7 = 807.96
|count8 = 895.12
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = George Parks
|count1 = 513
|percentage = 7.21%
|count2 = 539.65
|count3 = 539.85
|count4 = 544.5
|count5 = 555.78
|count6 = 572.53
|count7 = 622.83
|count8 = 794.32
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = James McAfee
|count1 = 311
|percentage = 4.37%
|count2 = 311.91
|count3 = 360.31
|count4 = 360.51
|count5 = 361.51
|count6 = 530.1
|count7 = 530.1
|count8 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Mervyn Spratt
|count1 = 397
|percentage = 5.58%
|count2 = 398.69
|count3 = 398.69
|count4 = 430.34
|count5 = 454.26
|count6 = 455.46
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Christina Glendinning
|count1 = 188
|percentage = 2.64%
|count2 = 190.6
|count3 = 210.7
|count4 = 211.5
|count5 = 214.65
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = United Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Robb
|count1 = 142
|percentage = 2.00%
|count2 = 143.43
|count3 = 143.43
|count4 = 147.03
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 10,579
|valid = 7,113 (67.24%)
|spoilt = 257
|quota = 1,017
|turnout = 7,370 (69.67%)
}}
=Area C=
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Armagh Area C - 5 seats
|numcounts= 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Eleanor Boyd
|count1 = 1,153
|percentage = 23.24%
|count2 =
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Patrick Fegan*
|count1 = 956
|percentage = 19.27%
|count2 =
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = James McKernan
|count1 = 876
|percentage = 17.66%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Nicholson
|count1 = 680
|percentage = 13.71%
|count2 = 985.08
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Joseph Fullerton
|count1 = 735
|percentage = 14.82%
|count2 = 737.61
|count3 = 741.09
|count4 = 851.13
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Eugene Connolly*
|count1 = 561
|percentage = 11.31%
|count2 = 575.21
|count3 = 691.5
|count4 = 708.3
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 7,216
|valid = 4,961 (68.75%)
|spoilt = 280
|quota = 827
|turnout = 5,241 (72.63%)
}}
=Area D=
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Armagh Area D - 6 seats
|numcounts= 9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Frederick Armstrong*
|count1 = 1,008
|percentage = 19.17%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Nationalist
|candidate = Bernard McManus*
|count1 = 839
|percentage = 15.96%
|count2 = 839.78
|count3 = 866.91
|count4 = 866.91
|count5 = 896.91
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Oliver Tobin*
|count1 = 686
|percentage = 13.05%
|count2 = 686
|count3 = 711
|count4 = 712.13
|count5 = 784.52
|count6 = 981.52
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Norman Creswell*
|count1 = 395
|percentage = 7.51%
|count2 = 481.84
|count3 = 485.84
|count4 = 697.65
|count5 = 807.47
|count6 = 808.47
|count7 = 1,124.47
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Pat Brannigan
|count1 = 513
|percentage = 9.76%
|count2 = 513.78
|count3 = 528.78
|count4 = 531.78
|count5 = 555.91
|count6 = 658.04
|count7 = 660.3
|count8 = 673.3
|count9 = 765.7
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Republican Clubs
|candidate = Patrick Houlahan
|count1 = 507
|percentage = 9.64%
|count2 = 507
|count3 = 546
|count4 = 547
|count5 = 553
|count6 = 582
|count7 = 583.39
|count8 = 590.39
|count9 = 602.39
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Letitia McClenaghan
|count1 = 370
|percentage = 7.04%
|count2 = 374.42
|count3 = 374.55
|count4 = 385.72
|count5 = 394.24
|count6 = 394.24
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = James McAvinchey
|count1 = 298
|percentage = 5.67%
|count2 = 298.26
|count3 = 317.26
|count4 = 318.26
|count5 = 339.39
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Norah Dawson
|count1 = 272
|percentage = 5.17%
|count2 = 274.73
|count3 = 302.99
|count4 = 309.03
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Mercer*
|count1 = 200
|percentage = 3.80%
|count2 = 233.41
|count3 = 237.54
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Labour
|candidate = Paddy Grimes
|count1 = 169
|percentage = 3.21%
|count2 = 169.65
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 8,619
|valid = 5,257 (60.99%)
|spoilt = 240
|quota = 877
|turnout = 5,497 (63.78%)
}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{County Armagh elections}}
{{1977 United Kingdom local elections}}