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Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 4 | ![]() | 38.1 | 38.1 | 7,452 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 6 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | 28.6 | 28.4 | 5,556 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3,712 | ![]() | |
Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 4.8 | 3.5 | 689 | New | |
Loyalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.3 | 457 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 4.2 | 2.5 | 825 | ![]() | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.9 | 168 | New | |
British Ulster Dominion Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.8 | 147 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.5 | 90 | ![]() | |
Communist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 32 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | Alliance | DUP | UPNI | Others | |||||||
Area A | 63.3 | 3 | 14.9 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 5 |
Area B | 34.1 | 2 | 18.9 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 6 |
Area C | 26.4 | 1 | 33.5 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 11.4 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 37.2 | 2 | 38.9 | 2 | 23.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 38.1 | 8 | 28.4 | 6 | 19.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 1 | 11.0 | 2 | 21 |
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 28.90% | 1,053 | ||||
DUP | Mary Harkness | 17.73% | 646 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Wilson | 15.70% | 572 | 685.82 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 13.23% | 482 | 671.42 | |||
Alliance | Pat McCudden | 14.93% | 544 | 572.56 | 579.46 | 603.96 | |
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Todd* | 5.46% | 199 | 280.9 | 346.9 | 461.18 | |
Dominion Party | Kennedy Lindsay | 4.04% | 147 | 168.84 | 173.64 | ||
Electorate: 8,719 Valid: 3,643 (41.78%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 608 Turnout: 3,752 (43.03%) |
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from United Loyalist, NILP joins Newtownabbey Labour
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Hunter | 17.02% | 737 | |||||||||
DUP | George Herron | 16.01% | 693 | |||||||||
Alliance | John Elliott* | 11.92% | 516 | 516.96 | 517.84 | 543.84 | 561.84 | 600 | 876.43 | |||
Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 8.48% | 367 | 368.6 | 370.8 | 450.91 | 525.91 | 578.91 | 606.07 | 745.07 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Doris Robb* | 12.22% | 529 | 545.64 | 553.67 | 554.67 | 554.67 | 596.35 | 661.78 | 663.78 | ||
Loyalist | Cecil Stringer* | 10.56% | 457 | 459.08 | 492.19 | 492.19 | 492.19 | 530.43 | 534.59 | 537.59 | 544.59 | |
Ulster Unionist | James McWatters | 4.85% | 210 | 302.48 | 322.39 | 325.66 | 325.66 | 377.06 | 379.49 | 403.49 | 450.49 | |
Alliance | John Mellor | 7.02% | 304 | 305.28 | 305.61 | 307.61 | 329.61 | 342.72 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Thomas Gourley* | 5.34% | 231 | 232.6 | 238.98 | 240.14 | 253.25 | |||||
Republican Clubs | J. J. Magee | 3.88% | 168 | 168 | 168.11 | 171.11 | ||||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Brian Caul | 2.70% | 117 | 117.32 | 117.65 | |||||||
Electorate: 12,848 Valid: 4,329 (33.69%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 619 Turnout: 4,537 (35.31%) |
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Claire Martin | 18.81% | 1,128 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Caul | 17.23% | 1,033 | |||||||
DUP | Samuel Neill* | 17.18% | 1,030 | |||||||
Alliance | George Jones | 14.68% | 880 | 917 | 1,029.31 | |||||
Unionist Party NI | Bertram Biggerstaff* | 11.49% | 689 | 703 | 709.16 | 713.39 | 720.38 | 734.78 | 1,110.78 | |
Ind. Unionist | Desmond Dowds | 9.91% | 594 | 606 | 607.43 | 607.79 | 614.06 | 619.4 | 690.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | Letitia McCartney* | 9.21% | 552 | 565 | 567.64 | 593.32 | 607.57 | 611.92 | ||
Independent | Olive Shannon | 1.50% | 90 | |||||||
Electorate: 14,661 Valid: 5,996 (40.90%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,153 (41.97%) |
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Alliance | John Drysdale* | 27.67% | 1,553 | ||||
DUP | James Smith* | 23.93% | 1,343 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Arthur Kell* | 16.96% | 952 | ||||
Alliance | James Rooney | 11.24% | 631 | 1,209.8 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William McKee* | 11.14% | 625 | 650.2 | 881.9 | 1,084.14 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Michael | 9.05% | 508 | 517.2 | 686.25 | 756.97 | |
Electorate: 13,277 Valid: 5,612 (42.27%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 916 Turnout: 5,780 (43.53%) |
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