1977 Magherafelt District Council election

Last updated August 20, 2023

Elections to Magherafelt District 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.

Election results

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1977^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	5	0	1	1	33.3	35.1	5,451	2.9
Ulster Unionist	4	1	2	1	26.7	20.1	3,127	9.0
DUP	3	3	0	3	20.0	18.7	2,897	New
Republican Clubs	1	0	0	0	0.0	8.5	1,323	0.6
UUUP	1	1	0	1	6.7	6.3	972	New
Independent Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	4.4	685	0.8
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.7	727	0.1
Unionist Party NI	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	181	New
Vanguard	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	165	5.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1977
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		UUP		DUP		RC		UUUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	47.8	2	26.2	2	10.0	0	17.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Area B	21.5	1	24.5	2	14.8	1	9.1	0	10.1	1	20.0	1	5
Area C	36.5	2	10.2	1	31.4	2	0.0	0	8.4	0	13.5	0	5
Total	35.1	5	20.1	4	18.7	3	8.5	1	6.3	1	11.3	1	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from SDLP

Magherafelt Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Philip Bradley*	24.87%	1,243
	Republican Clubs	Francis Donnelly*	11.20%	560	619.4	682.76	844.92
	Ulster Unionist	Francis Thompson	13.07%	653	653	654	654	654	927
	SDLP	Patrick Sweeney*	13.81%	690	789	806.08	830.32	832.48	832.48
	Ulster Unionist	John Henning	13.13%	656	656.72	656.72	656.72	657.08	827.24
	SDLP	Francis McKendry	9.10%	455	674.24	676.24	689.92	692.44	693.52
	DUP	Phyllis Charlton	8.98%	449	455.12	455.12	455.12	455.12
	Republican Clubs	Kevin Murphy	3.86%	193	213.52	225.88
	Republican Clubs	Peter Merron	1.98%	99	100.8
Electorate: 6,853 Valid: 4,998 (72.93%) Spoilt: 285 Quota: 834 Turnout: 5,283 (77.09%)

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gain from UUP and Vanguard

Magherafelt Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	Matthew Hyndman	14.81%	768	809	812	812	812	960
	Independent Nationalist	Vincent O'Neill*	13.21%	685	685	698	712	753	753	753	912
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Kelso*	11.27%	584	647	667	667	667	713	726	727	986
	UUUP	Robert Overend	10.13%	525	545	597	597	597	686	760.75	761.75	914.75
	SDLP	Patrick Scullion*	9.82%	509	509	530	568	602	602	602	651	654	658	661	685.96
	SDLP	John Madden	7.29%	378	379	388	405	566	566	566	626	630	637	639	660.32
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Shiels	7.35%	381	393	414	414	414	451	456.85	461.85
	Republican Clubs	Murty Dorrity	5.42%	281	283	289	397	402	402	402
	Ulster Unionist	David Porte	5.90%	306	321	326	328	328
	SDLP	Frank McWilliams	4.38%	227	227	234	243
	Republican Clubs	Michael Scullion	3.67%	190	190	198
	Alliance	Thomas Smyth	3.57%	185	190
	Vanguard	Ian Davidson*	3.18%	165
Electorate: 6,757 Valid: 5,184 (76.72%) Spoilt: 192 Quota: 865 Turnout: 5,376 (79.56%)

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, United Loyalist joins DUP

Magherafelt Area C - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	William McCrea *	24.73%	1,322
	SDLP	Michael O'Neill*	14.65%	783	783	791	791	793	1,012
	SDLP	William Conaghan	15.23%	814	814.32	819.32	820.32	820.32	920.32
	DUP	George Miller	6.70%	358	665.2	665.54	682.84	772.04	772.04	772.04	980.04
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Bradley*	10.23%	547	575.8	578.8	657.12	686.88	686.88	689.88	839.36
	Alliance	Wilfred Brennan	8.75%	468	474.08	519.4	551.4	555.04	570.04	670.04	697.88
	UUUP	Robert Ditty	4.86%	260	294.88	294.88	333.84	434.92	435.92	435.92
	SDLP	Joseph Walls	6.58%	352	352	358	358	362
	UUUP	Ruby Speer	3.50%	187	227.96	227.96	234.28
	Unionist Party NI	William Galway*	3.39%	181	182.92	182.92
	Alliance	George Logue	1.38%	74	74.64
Electorate: 7,307 Valid: 5,346 (73.16%) Spoilt: 272 Quota: 892 Turnout: 5,618 (76.89%)

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References

1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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