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Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 15 | 2 | 0 |  2 | 50.0 | 46.9 | 13,538 | 11.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 7,078 | 11.6 | |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 2,382 | 5.2 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 2,194 | 3.3 | |
| DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | New | 3.3 | 3.1 | 884 | New | |
| Independent Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.0 | 2.2 | 632 | 0.8 | |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 1,477 | 5.7 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.3 | 676 | 0.7 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | UUP | Alliance | DUP | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 33.2 | 2 | 32.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 16.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Area B | 50.0 | 2 | 11.6 | 0 | 17.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Area C | 48.2 | 2 | 47.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Area D | 44.2 | 3 | 25.5 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Area E | 61.1 | 4 | 11.3 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 26.3 | 2 | 6 |
| Area F | 47.7 | 2 | 23.4 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 46.9 | 15 | 24.5 | 7 | 8.3 | 3 | 3.1 | 1 | 17.2 | 4 | 30 |
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Russell* | 22.15% | 1,238 | ||||||
| SDLP | Anne Marie Cunningham* | 15.62% | 873 | 873.25 | 894.5 | 1,081.5 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Coulter* | 10.25% | 573 | 793.5 | 806 | 806.25 | 806.25 | 1,037.25 | |
| DUP | George Graham | 15.82% | 884 | 910 | 910.5 | 911.5 | 912.34 | 945.34 | |
| SDLP | Frank MacCann | 10.18% | 569 | 569.75 | 585.75 | 763.75 | 892.27 | 910.27 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Arthur Doran* | 9.07% | 507 | 509.75 | 538.5 | 588.5 | 607.82 | 687.82 | |
| Independent | John Henning | 7.16% | 400 | 450 | 484.25 | 485.25 | 485.25 | ||
| SDLP | Hugh Cunningham | 7.48% | 418 | 418.5 | 427.5 | ||||
| Alliance | Doreen Leitch | 2.27% | 127 | 130.75 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,225 Valid: 5,589 (67.95%) Spoilt: 292 Quota: 932 Turnout: 5,881 (71.50%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Jim McCart* | 31.71% | 1,377 | ||||||
| Alliance | Anthony Williamson* | 15.93% | 692 | 727.72 | 792 | 797.14 | 831.9 | 977.9 | |
| Independent Nationalist | John McAteer* | 15.82% | 687 | 715.88 | 721.26 | 725.26 | 763.78 | 809.54 | |
| SDLP | Liam Trainor | 8.24% | 358 | 658.96 | 665.72 | 665.72 | 709.64 | 727.3 | |
| SDLP | Brian Mulligan | 10.04% | 436 | 528.34 | 531.62 | 533 | 563.56 | 570.22 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Gordon | 7.83% | 340 | 348.36 | 350.74 | 497.04 | 503.64 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Thomas Moore | 4.72% | 205 | 224 | 230.04 | 230.04 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | James Thompson | 3.78% | 164 | 167.8 | 168.8 | ||||
| Alliance | James McGowan | 1.93% | 84 | 93.5 | |||||
| Electorate: 6,723 Valid: 4,343 (64.60%) Spoilt: 276 Quota: 869 Turnout: 4,619 (68.70%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Violet Cromie* | 31.36% | 1,075 | ||
| SDLP | Nan Sands* | 26.90% | 922 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick McAlinden | 21.30% | 730 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Edward Walsh | 15.67% | 537 | 921.18 | |
| Republican Clubs | Daniel Mussen | 4.78% | 164 | 167.8 | |
| Electorate: 5,658 Valid: 3,428 (60.59%) Spoilt: 245 Quota: 686 Turnout: 3,673 (64.92%) | |||||
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Clarence Morrow* | 13.32% | 845 | |||||||||
| SDLP | John Bell* | 12.86% | 816 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett | 12.20% | 774 | 822.66 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath* | 11.91% | 756 | 756.06 | 756.3 | 760.3 | 765.7 | 796.7 | ||||
| SDLP | John McEvoy* | 11.11% | 705 | 705 | 705.06 | 727.06 | 730.5 | 761.78 | 768.84 | 810.84 | ||
| Alliance | Victor Frizell* | 7.85% | 498 | 498.66 | 507.66 | 565.8 | 566.58 | 589.8 | 591.86 | 631.16 | 699.84 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 8.81% | 559 | 559.06 | 559.06 | 562.06 | 562.56 | 564.58 | 575.6 | 661.72 | 684.98 | |
| Republican Clubs | Noel Collins* | 5.23% | 332 | 332 | 332 | 335 | 335.64 | 339.64 | 451.66 | 515.14 | 564.56 | |
| SDLP | John Grant | 6.11% | 388 | 388.12 | 388.54 | 389.6 | 392.92 | 435.04 | 438.08 | 467.26 | ||
| Independent | Fabian Boyle | 4.35% | 276 | 276 | 276.06 | 283.18 | 284.3 | 288.36 | 297.38 | |||
| Republican Clubs | Edward McGeown | 2.36% | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150.06 | 150.18 | 151.18 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Sloan | 2.24% | 142 | 142.18 | 142.36 | 146.36 | 146.84 | |||||
| Alliance | Monica Sweeney | 1.65% | 105 | 105.24 | 106.74 | |||||||
| Electorate: 11,390 Valid: 6,346 (55.72%) Spoilt: 343 Quota: 794 Turnout: 6,689 (58.73%) | ||||||||||||
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Pat Toner* | 18.61% | 948 | ||||||
| SDLP | Peter McMahon* | 15.84% | 807 | ||||||
| SDLP | James Savage | 15.41% | 785 | ||||||
| Independent Republican | Sean McCreesh* | 12.41% | 632 | 707.75 | 718.5 | 764.5 | |||
| SDLP | Owen Kelly | 11.21% | 571 | 677.5 | 699 | 756 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | Jim Murphy* | 8.66% | 441 | 460 | 467 | 572.25 | 645.69 | 687.81 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Caroline Donaldson* | 11.27% | 574 | 574.5 | 591.75 | 595 | 600.44 | 613.4 | |
| Republican Clubs | Seamus Murphy | 5.28% | 269 | 283 | 284 | ||||
| Alliance | John Magowan | 1.32% | 67 | 69 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,174 Valid: 5,094 (55.53%) Spoilt: 284 Quota: 728 Turnout: 5,378 (58.62%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue | 23.59% | 958 | |||||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 19.13% | 777 | 777.87 | 851.87 | |||
| Alliance | Michael McVerry* | 9.97% | 405 | 485.33 | 513.33 | 516.23 | 813.55 | |
| SDLP | Daniel Hughes | 14.63% | 594 | 617.49 | 643.49 | 646.97 | 726.87 | |
| SDLP | William Feely | 13.94% | 566 | 567.45 | 624.45 | 643.01 | 722.52 | |
| Alliance | John McClelland | 9.95% | 404 | 440.83 | 499.83 | 513.17 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Alan Wadforth | 8.79% | 357 | 357 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,173 Valid: 4,061 (56.62%) Spoilt: 234 Quota: 813 Turnout: 4,295 (59.88%) | ||||||||
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