1977 Coleraine Borough Council election

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18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)

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All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Ulster Unionist	DUP	Alliance
Seats won	10	2	2
Seat change	3	2	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	SDLP	Independent	Ind. Unionist
Seats won	2	2	2
Seat change	1	0	1

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]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	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
Ward	UUP		DUP		Alliance		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Robert Catherwood	10.04%	605	606	609	1,015
	Ulster Unionist	James Anderson*	12.63%	761	762	790	822	871.28
	Ulster Unionist	George McIlrath	9.01%	543	543	573	582	604.88	926.88
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	William Glenn*	13.62%	725
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Clarke*	12.55%	668
	Alliance	Thomas Wilson*	8.25%	439	507	521	522.68	828.68
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ulster Unionist	Robert White*	11.13%	773	968.62
	Independent	Randall Crawford*	8.94%	621	922.32
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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