1977 Limavady District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

1977 Limavady Borough Council election

18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist Social Democratic and Labour Democratic Unionist Seats won 6 6 2 Seat change 6 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent United Unionist Alliance Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 0 8 2

Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	6	6	0	6	40.0	38.6	3,987	New
	Social Democratic and Labour	6	2	0	2	40.0	33.2	3,428	3.2
	Democratic Unionist	2	2	0	2	13.3	13.8	1,423	New
	Independent	1	0	0	0	6.7	4.8	492	2.2
	Alliance	0	0	2	2	0.0	8.5	874	2.7
	Republican Clubs	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	121	2.9

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1977
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Others
Area A	33.0	2	43.1	3	13.0	1	10.9	0	6
Area B	34.4	2	33.0	2	12.4	0	20.2	1	5
Area C	48.1	2	23.0	1	15.7	1	13.2	0	4
Total	38.6	6	33.2	6	13.8	2	14.4	1	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance

Limavady Area A - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Social Democratic and Labour	Michael Nicholas*	19.43%	724
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Grant*	14.81%	552
	Social Democratic and Labour	Thomas Mullan	13.55%	505	510	630.58
	Social Democratic and Labour	Arthur Doherty	10.14%	378	378	439.36	533.86
	Ulster Unionist	Florence Sloan*	9.63%	359	368	368	368.21	629.21
	Democratic Unionist	Ernest Murray	13.04%	486	488	488.52	488.73	542.73
	Alliance	James Boylan*	9.12%	340	383	385.6	386.65	387.65
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Guthrie	8.59%	320	323	323.26	323.26
	Alliance	Stanley Stewart	1.69%	63
Electorate: 5,044   Valid: 3,727 (73.89%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 533   Turnout: 3,840 (76.13%)

Area B

1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist

Limavady Area B - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	David Robinson	20.62%	627
	Social Democratic and Labour	Raymond Brady*	17.92%	545
	Independent	Denis Farren*	16.18%	492	494.47	494.85	535.85
	Ulster Unionist	Max Gault*	11.84%	360	447.02	504.09	504.09	504.09	504.69
	Social Democratic and Labour	Joseph McLaughlin	9.40%	286	286.19	288.38	304.38	444.57	481.77
	Democratic Unionist	John McKay	12.43%	378	392.44	400.53	401.72	401.72	401.82
	Social Democratic and Labour	James Brolly	5.69%	173	173.19	173.38	211.38
	Republican Clubs	James McLaughlin	3.98%	121	121	122.19
	Ulster Unionist	William Scott	1.94%	59	72.49
Electorate: 5,110   Valid: 3,041 (59.51%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 507   Turnout: 3,175 (62.13%)

Area C

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance

Limavady Area C - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Social Democratic and Labour	Barry Doherty	22.97%	817
	Ulster Unionist	William Barbour*	19.23%	684	688	690.21	1,025.21
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Nicholl*	14.48%	515	521	521.68	656.85	918.17
	Democratic Unionist	William Norris	15.72%	559	559	559.34	588.51	618.59	747.59
	Alliance	William Archibald*	9.28%	330	449	545.22	561.22	580.02	655.02
	Ulster Unionist	Stanley Gault*	14.37%	511	519	519.51
	Alliance	Brian Brown	3.96%	141
Electorate: 5,152   Valid: 3,557 (69.04%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 712   Turnout: 3,689 (71.60%)