Local government election in Northern Ireland
1977 Coleraine Borough Council election
Elections to Coleraine Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections . The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors .
Election results
Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1977[ 1]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
UUP
10
0
3
3
50.0
38.2
6,980
19.0
DUP
2
2
0
2
30.0
17.6
3,224
New
Independent
2
0
0
0
10.0
11.3
2,059
1.0
Alliance
2
0
1
1
10.0
10.6
1,946
2.6
SDLP
2
1
0
1
10.0
10.5
1,913
5.5
Ind. Unionist
2
1
0
1
10.0
7.9
1,445
2.8
Vanguard
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.8
517
New
Republican Clubs
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
207
1.9
Unity
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
203
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1977 by district[ 1]
Ward
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total Cllrs
UUP
DUP
Alliance
SDLP
Others
Area A
41.2
3
18.5
1
4.7
0
21.9
1
13.7
1
6
Area B
52.4
4
0.0
0
16.9
1
11.2
1
19.5
1
7
Area C
24.6
3
30.4
1
11.1
1
0.0
0
33.9
2
7
Total
38.2
10
17.6
2
10.6
2
10.5
2
23.1
4
20
Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Coleraine Area A - 6 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
DUP
Robert Catherwood
10.04%
605
606
609
1,015
UUP
James Anderson *
12.63%
761
762
790
822
871.28
UUP
George McIlrath
9.01%
543
543
573
582
604.88
926.88
UUP
William King
11.19%
674
675
706
730
764.32
878.32
Ind. Unionist
William Watt *
10.34%
623
624
668
689
719.36
796.28
861.02
SDLP
John Dallat
10.34%
623
709
819
819
819
819
819.39
SDLP
Patrick Cassidy*
9.16%
552
592
751
751
751.44
751.44
751.83
UUP
Robert McMaster*
8.37%
504
506
515
526
540.96
DUP
Robert Campbell
5.64%
508
508
512
Alliance
Martha McGrath
4.66%
281
283
Republican Clubs
Jerry Mullan
3.44%
207
210
SDLP
Robert Tosh
2.37%
143
Electorate: 9,014 Valid: 6,024 (66.83%) Spoilt: 260 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,284 (69.71%)
Area B
1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Coleraine Area B - 7 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
UUP
William Glenn *
13.62%
725
UUP
Albert Clarke *
12.55%
668
Alliance
Thomas Wilson *
8.25%
439
507
521
522.68
828.68
UUP
Robert Stafford *
10.60%
564
566
567
578.2
580.2
585.73
736.73
Ind. Unionist
Alexander Sharpe *
11.63%
619
619
619
624.44
626.52
654.96
697.96
UUP
John Earl *
8.55%
455
455
459
478.76
493.76
527.73
671.39
SDLP
Sean Farren
6.74%
359
377
595
595.08
612.08
678.44
678.44
Vanguard
Antony Alcock
8.00%
426
428
428
433.52
436.52
452.32
498.8
UUP
Robert Mitchell
7.04%
375
376
376
389.04
394.12
402.81
Alliance
Donald Batts
5.32%
283
348
355
355.48
SDLP
Hugh McIlvenna
4.45%
237
251
Alliance
Patrick McGowan
3.25%
173
Electorate: 10,461 Valid: 5,323 (50.88%) Spoilt: 229 Quota: 666 Turnout: 5,552 (53.07%)
Area C
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Coleraine Area C - 7 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
DUP
James McClure
30.40%
2,111
Independent
James McFeely *
13.12%
911
UUP
Robert White *
11.13%
773
968.62
Independent
Randall Crawford *
8.94%
621
922.32
UUP
Matthew Adams *
7.53%
523
690.4
703.9
714.58
714.82
721.28
724.14
737.59
778.54
812.82
874.26
Alliance
William Mathews *
7.86%
546
560.88
561.38
562.46
570.34
570.96
572
573.66
577.28
579.36
651.47
694.95
890.95
UUP
Victor Hanson
2.72%
189
267.12
281.37
286.89
287.37
288.49
290.61
296.34
321.75
332.09
369.36
387.66
391.42
394.94
466.45
604.14
Independent
William McNabb
2.97%
206
299
301.25
306.89
309.33
314.55
322.55
332.88
338.48
357.08
375.06
411.18
430.74
444.18
490.11
546.1
UUP
John Millar
2.23%
155
208.32
214.32
218.04
218.28
220.15
221.15
332.88
338.48
357.08
375.06
411.18
430.74
444.18
490.11
Vanguard
Adrian Eakin
1.31%
91
255.92
261.17
273.65
273.65
276.39
277.39
284.15
289.85
293.82
301.41
309.27
309.35
309.67
Alliance
Francis Trainor
3.23%
224
226.48
226.73
226.85
244.05
245.17
245.25
248.57
249.61
250.89
258.93
279.05
Independent
Henry McCormick
1.73%
120
171.46
172.21
174.25
177.93
178.05
184.05
193.21
198.07
250.67
253.54
Ind. Unionist
James Edwards*
2.92%
203
221.6
226.1
227.42
227.54
228.91
234.03
237.65
240.01
250.5
Independent
Samuel Walker
1.22%
85
120.96
122.96
124.88
125.48
137.4
146.12
160.88
164.24
UUP
Charles Graham
1.01%
70
109.68
115.93
119.53
119.61
120.23
122.13
124.37
Independent
Frederick Millar
0.69%
48
73.42
74.67
76.23
76.71
79.37
92.64
Independent
Samuel Oliver
0.55%
38
46.06
47.06
48.14
48.34
57.82
Independent
Howard Platt
0.43%
30
44.88
45.38
47.54
47.82
Electorate: 11,649 Valid: 6,944 (59.61%) Spoilt: 253 Quota: 869 Turnout: 7,197 (61.78%)
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