1981 Northern Ireland local elections

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1981 Northern Ireland local elections
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All council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader James Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume
Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP
Seats won151142104
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 25Increase2.svg 68Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote175,965176,816116,487
Percentage26.4%26.6%17.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.6%Increase2.svg13.8%Decrease2.svg3.1%
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Leader Oliver Napier N/APat Fahy
Party Alliance Independent Irish Independence
Seats won383721
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 32Decrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 21
Popular vote59,39744,42725,859
Percentage8.9%6.7%3.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.5%Decrease2.svg0.9%New party
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Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.

Contents

Results

Overall

Party [1] CouncillorsVotes
Total+/- % shareTotal
DUP 142+6826.6176,816
Ulster Unionist 151-2526.4175,965
SDLP 104-917.5116,487
Alliance 38-328.959,397
Independent 37-56.744,427
Irish Independence 21N/A3.925,859
The Workers' Party Republican Clubs 3-31.812,059
Ind. Unionist 6-41.28,219
UPUP 5N/A1.27,817
UUUP 5-70.74,962
People's Democracy 2N/A0.74,734
Unionist Party NI 2-40.74,478
Irish Republican Socialist 2N/A0.53,654
NI Labour 100.53,563
PUP 1N/A0.53,057
New Ulster Political Research 1N/A0.42,989
Independent Loyalist2+10.31,935
Independent Socialist1+10.31,884
Newtownabbey Labour 1N/A0.21,113
Labour League0N/A0.1924
Social Alliance0N/A0.1898
Independent Labour 100.1832
United Democratic0N/A0.1692
Trade Union Campaign0N/A0.1439
Independent Alliance0N/A0.1323
Independent Nationalist 000.0247
Communist Party 000.0201
Unionist Unity000.0196
National Front 000.0194
Ecology 000.0142
Independent SDLP000.085
Social Reform Party000.034
United British Ulster Peoples Party000.028

By council

Antrim

Antrim A [2] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist James Graham1,293
SDLP Robert Loughran603
Irish Independence John Heffron537
DUP Wilson Clyde 533
SDLP Gerard Carolan429
DUP Frew Rainey381
Irish Independence Desmond McAteer339
Ulster Unionist Jack Blakely207
Irish Independence James Totten164
Alliance James McConnell113
Ind. Unionist Stewart Dunlop 91
Ulster Unionist Mary Marshall76
Turnout 4,901
John Heffron joins IIP
SDLP gain from Independent
Antrim B [2] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Thomas Wallace688
Ulster Unionist James Cunningham684
SDLP Robert Burns638
DUP Roy Thompson 587
DUP Allister Lucas554
Ulster Unionist Thomas Grant398
Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson252
Alliance John McCourt195
Alliance George Luke134
Turnout 4,251
SDLP gain from Alliance
Antrim C [2] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Samuel Dunlop1,719
Ulster Unionist Paddy Marks1,182
Ulster Unionist Jack Allen961
DUP Charles Quinn615
Antrim Labour LeagueJohn Gibbons562
Alliance Michael Donoghue531
Alliance Charles Kinahan 465
Alliance Mary Wallace266
Antrim Tenants' AssociationPhilip Henry243
Ulster Unionist Hugh Johnston204
Turnout 6,984
DUP gain from UUP

Ards

Ards A [4] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UPUP Gladys McIntyre1,034
SDLP Patrick Doherty942
DUP Joseph Thompson917
DUP Oliver Johnston875
Ulster Unionist Jim Shannon 741
Ulster Unionist Robert Ambrose609
Ulster Unionist John Scott545
Independent James McMullan808
Alliance William Sheldon427
Ulster Unionist William Caughey609
Alliance Alan Burnside337
Ulster Unionist James Kennett259
Ulster Unionist David Hamilton209
Unionist Party NI Michael Long112
UPUP Frances Millar100
Turnout 8,162
DUP gain from UUP
UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards B [4] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Hugh Boyd1,681
NI Labour Robert Gaw1,310
DUP Hugh Gibson1,005
Alliance Owen Dorrian784
DUP John Elliott670
UPUP Robert Brown508
UPUP James Murray468
Ulster Unionist Robert Hamilton458
Ulster Unionist Hugh Patton383
UPUP Hugh Yeaman360
Alliance James Murphy270
Ulster Unionist Edward McLoughlin166
Ulster Unionist William Speers162
NI Labour John Gray114
Turnout 8,649
DUP gain from UUP
UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards C [4] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Thomas Gourley1,479
Ulster Unionist Hamilton McKeag1,082
DUP John Hamilton752
Alliance Thomas McBriar526
Alliance Kathleen Coulter348
Ulster Unionist Gordon Brown334
Independent John Shields311
Independent James Middleton237
UPUP Robert McKee222
Ulster Unionist James Caughey213
UPUP Shirley McWhinney124
Independent Thomas Adair20
Turnout 5,816
DUP gain from Independent

Armagh

Armagh A [5] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Ronald Allen938
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 878
SDLP Francis McIlvanna781
Ulster Unionist Samuel Foster610
SDLP Francis Kernan593
DUP Norman Kerr244
UUUP Robert Cummings74
Turnout 4,296
No change
Armagh B [5] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers 1,931
SDLP Seamus Mallon 1,394
Ulster Unionist William McClelland1,092
DUP Thomas Black917
Ulster Unionist Robert Turner742
Ulster Unionist Thomas Johnston733
UUUP Francis Little732
DUP John Alexander561
DUP Mervyn Spratt459
UUUP Frederick Hamilton59
Turnout 8,780
No change
Armagh C [5] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Fegan980
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 962
SDLP James McKernan933
DUP Joseph McBride705
SDLP Joseph Dunleavy690
Irish Independence Patrick Agnew493
Ulster Unionist Eleanor Boyd450
Independent Peter McSorley370
Turnout 5,790
DUP gain from UUP
Armagh D [5] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Frederick Armstrong1,173
Independent Barney McManus1,011
SDLP Pat Brannigan807
DUP Letitia McClenaghan653
SDLP Anthony Agnew617
SDLP Gerald Grimley568
Ulster Unionist George MacCartney393
Ulster Unionist Norman Creswell243
Armagh Labour PartyCarson Greer134
Turnout 5,827
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena A [6] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Desmond Armstrong964
Independent James Woulahan824
DUP John Armstrong823
Ulster Unionist James McKay640
DUP Samuel Hanna583
DUP James Millar410
Turnout 4,365
No change
Ballymena B [6] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roy Gillespie1,254
DUP Sandy Spence981
DUP John Greer853
DUP Thomas Nicholl740
DUP Hubert Nicholl740
Ulster Unionist Hugh Simpson537
Ulster Unionist William Wright 464
Ulster Unionist Robert Nelson413
Ulster Unionist Thomas Smyth402
Ulster Unionist John Sutter271
Turnout 6,771
Hugh Simpson joins UUP
UUP gain from Independent
Ballymena C [6] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roy West1,082
DUP Martin Clarke978
DUP Charles Maternaghan825
DUP John McAuley825
Ulster Unionist William Brownlees815
Ulster Unionist William Simpson694
Ulster Unionist William McConnell243
UUUP Ernest Johnston108
Turnout 5,713
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
UUP gain from United Ratepayers
Ballymena D [6] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Patrick Burke1,331
DUP Maurice Mills1,113
DUP James Alexander898
Independent Samuel Henry790
DUP Robert Maternaghan758
Ulster Unionist Gordon Wilson547
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Hood501
Ulster Unionist James Rainey395
Independent Samuel Barr241
Turnout 6,604
DUP gain from Alliance

Ballymoney

Ballymoney A [7] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Robert Halliday575
Alliance Hugh McFarland516
DUP James Patterson484
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Bamford404
DUP Robert Wilson403
Ulster Unionist Adam Taylor188
Ulster Unionist Olive Craig146
Turnout 2,757
Alliance gain from UUP
Ballymoney B [7] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Charles Steele791
Independent Hugh Boyle615
DUP William Gracey474
DUP Bertie McIlhatton298
Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston 596
Ulster Unionist William Logan362
SDLP Edward McClements351
SDLP Harry Connolly335
Ulster Unionist Mary Ellis278
SDLP John Mulholland271
Ulster Unionist Samuel Bartlett261
Independent Margaret Donnelly212
SDLP Malachy McCamphill97
Turnout 5,063
DUP gain from UUP and SDLP
Ballymoney C [7] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Cecil Cousley 747
DUP Ralph Strong538
Independent Mary Holmes567
Independent Robert McComb353
Alliance Brendan Smyth352
Ulster Unionist James Simpson328
Independent Thomas McKenna152
Turnout 3,102
DUP gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Banbridge

Banbridge A [8] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP James Walsh1,092
Ulster Unionist Wilson Davidson939
DUP Wilfred McFadden907
Independent Laurence McCartan865
Ulster Unionist Norman Ferguson684
Ulster Unionist Samuel Cowan682
Alliance Kenneth McElroy573
Ind. Unionist Hugh Anderson538
DUP Gareth Bennett499
DUP Irene Todd422
Ulster Unionist Raymond Armstrong278
DUP Mildred McDowell161
Ulster Unionist Herbert Plunkett151
Independent SDLPMargaret McStraw318
Turnout 8,135
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Banbridge B [8] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick McAvoy1,125
DUP Brian Biggerstaff750
Ulster Unionist Raymond McCullough 709
Ulster Unionist Matthew Bailey589
Ulster Unionist George Gamble525
Ulster Unionist Herbert Heslip 493
DUP David Herron472
Ulster Unionist Robert Hill445
DUP Robert McIlroy445
Ulster Unionist Eric Williamson380
Ulster Unionist Robert Barr366
Dromore Action CommitteeThompson Howe280
DUP Robert McGregor273
Alliance Ebenezer Mulligan104
Turnout 7,128
No change

Belfast

Belfast A [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP John Foster3,333
Ulster Unionist Jeremy Burchill 2,589
DUP Raymond McCrea 2,345
Ulster Unionist Grace Bannister 2,055
DUP Sammy Wilson 1,479
Alliance Donnell Deeny 1,439
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,262
Ulster Unionist Billy Blair900
Alliance Mervyn Jones766
Ulster Unionist T. Wilkins544
Workers' Party Frank Cullen418
SDLP P. T. McGrourty410
NI Labour D. Peters276
UPUP Ben Horan187
Independent John McKeague 99
Communist Party James Stewart 97
Turnout 19,133
DUP gain from Alliance
UUP gain from SDLP
Belfast B [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Oliver Napier 2,631
DUP Henry Evans2,513
Unionist Party NI Joshua Cardwell 2,327
DUP Bill Morrison2,152
Ulster Unionist Tommy Patton 2,083
Ulster Unionist William Corry1,733
Alliance Michael Brown1,602
DUP S. Foster1,464
Ulster Unionist Dorothy Dunlop 1,248
DUP A. Greer979
Alliance S. G. Coulson647
NI Labour D. McKee548
New Ulster Political Research D. P. Scott434
SDLP Peter Prendiville236
Turnout 21,838
DUP gain from UUP
Belfast C [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance David Cook 2,493
Ulster Unionist Mary Crooks2,099
Ulster Unionist Andrew Cairns1,933
DUP Brian Gibson1,503
SDLP Ben Caraher 1,501
Ulster Unionist J. J. Dixon Gilmore 1,326
DUP William Stevenson1,214
Alliance Muriel Pritchard1,158
Alliance B. Jeffrey913
DUP T. McIntyre729
Unionist Party NI Victor Brennan532
Workers' Party G. Carr530
Turnout 16,460
DUP gain from Alliance and UPNI
Belfast D [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Joe Hendron 4,291
People's Democracy John McNulty2,781
SDLP Cormac Boomer2,070
Independent Socialist Paddy Devlin 1,343
Workers' Party Mary McMahon1,125
Irish Republican Socialist Gerry Kelly957
Irish Republican Socialist W. J. Browning822
Alliance Dan McGuinness725
SDLP Mary Muldoon636
Ulster Unionist J. Hand538
Workers' Party K. Smyth438
SDLP Anne McElroy346
Independent L. Hunter167
Alliance R. Turkington137
Turnout 17,436
Paddy Devlin leaves SDLP
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
IRSP gain from Alliance
Belfast E [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Haffrey4,142
Ulster Unionist Billy Bell 3,105
DUP George Seawright 1,989
PUP Hugh Smyth 1,931
New Ulster Political Research Sammy Doyle1,135
Independent Laurence Kennedy1,070
Alliance A. H. Egerton1,011
Unionist DemocracyFred Proctor692
SDLP Alban Maginness 618
Ulster Unionist J. Sands386
Ulster Unionist Alfie Ferguson 367
Independent P. Hunter321
Independent J. Weir311
Independent Peter Emerson202
Workers' Party Margaret McNulty177
Turnout 18,081
Hugh Smyth joins PUP
DUP gain from Alliance
Belfast F [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Billy Dickson 1,913
Irish Republican Socialist Sean Flynn1,639
Workers' Party J. Sullivan1,002
DUP Eric Smyth 952
SDLP Owen Allen898
Alliance Will Glendinning 844
Ulster Unionist James Stewart 719
SDLP H. G. Fitzmaurice719
Ulster Unionist L. Cust638
Ulster Unionist H. Fletcher621
SDLP Mary Smyth389
SDLP T. Lappin227
Alliance Paul Maguire 215
Turnout 11,428
DUP gain from UUP
IRSP gain from Republican Clubs
Belfast G [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Frederick Ashby1,913
People's Democracy Fergus O'Hare 1,953
New Ulster Political Research Sammy Millar1,420
Ulster Unionist Cecil Walker 1,173
Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 750
SDLP Brian Feeney749
Ulster Unionist Herbert Ditty 595
Independent Socialist Gerry Fitt 541
DUP Joseph Coggle392
Alliance P. J. McGarry313
Turnout 10,336
DUP gain from Alliance
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
NUPRG gain from UUP
Belfast H [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist John Carson 5,014
SDLP Paschal O'Hare 3,057
DUP William Annon 3,010
Ind. Unionist Frank Millar 1,848
Alliance John Cushnahan 1,739
NI Labour Alan Carr 1,000
SDLP Alban Maginness 818
DUP William Gault813
Workers' Party L. McK. Clarke553
Alliance R. O. Jamison531
PUP David Overend 503
DUP Pauline Strong466
Ulster Unionist Raymond Trimble408
Turnout 20,480
DUP gain from Alliance

Carrickfergus

Carrick A [10] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
United LoyalistCharles Johnston819
DUP William Haggan559
Alliance Joan Tomlin512
DUP Samuel Irvine504
Ulster Unionist Mary Ardill458
Unionist Party NI Anne Dickson 353
Alliance Stewart Dickson 208
Ulster Unionist Ernest Burton188
Alliance Robert Gordon145
Ulster Unionist Mary Anderson133
Turnout 3,977
Charles Johnston leaves UUUC
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Carrick B [10] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Cross748
Ulster Unionist Hugh McLean701
Ulster Unionist James Brown588
Alliance Patrick Conway446
DUP William Knox359
Alliance Charles Hilditch307
DUP Steven Watters249
Alliance Alice Bateman231
UPUP Robert Wilson122
Ulster Unionist Henry Cardwell105
Newtownabbey Labour Party Richard Hopkins85
Turnout 4,074
DUP gain from Alliance
Carrick C [10] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ken McFaul 1,572
Alliance Sean Neeson 663
Ind. Unionist Samuel Murphy526
PUP Samuel Stewart353
DUP William McKeown241
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Carson230
DUP Jim Strange167
Ulster Unionist Robert Hunter159
Ulster Unionist John Haslett155
Alliance Arthur McQuitty106
Unionist Party NI Edwin Cummings30
Turnout 4,367
Samuel Murphy leaves UPNI
DUP gain from UUP

Castlereagh

Castlereagh A [11] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ernest Harper1,555
Ulster Unionist John Glass1,104
Independent William Clulow1,056
Ulster Unionist Frederick Kane865
Alliance Philip Grosse749
Alliance Samuel Finlay573
Ulster Unionist Bryan Milford548
DUP John Hillis543
Alliance Ann Smith502
DUP James Lowe438
UPUP John Moore420
DUP Robin Newton 379
Turnout 8,980
Ernest Harper joins DUP
Independent gain from Alliance
Castlereagh B [11] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roy Allen3,098
DUP Alan Carson987
Ulster Unionist William Ward912
Ulster Unionist Matthew Anderson784
Alliance Felicity Boyd742
Ulster Unionist Leslie Farrington741
Alliance Adam Morrow725
DUP John Gilpin444
Alliance Amy McKeown383
DUP Wesley Boyle347
DUP John Lamont277
National Front Michael Brooks194
Alliance Samuel Pyper124
NI Labour James Bate76
NI Labour William Gunning65
NI Labour William Copley28
Loyalist Annetta Hynes11
Turnout 10,334
DUP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance
Castlereagh C [11] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 3,562
Alliance Patricia Archer1,048
Ulster Unionist Herbert Johnstone990
Alliance Bryan Davidson493
Ulster Unionist Walter McFarland 411
DUP Cedric Wilson 38
DUP Denny Vitty 35
Turnout 6,836
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Coleraine

Coleraine A [12] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Dallat 1,061
SDLP Gerard O'Kane901
Ulster Unionist William King864
DUP Thomas Malone Jr.783
Ind. Unionist William Watt705
Ulster Unionist George McIlrath690
DUP Robert Catherwood680
Ulster Unionist James Anderson446
Ulster Unionist Mayne Long395
DUP Irwin Holmes366
Alliance Anne Lambert117
Turnout 7,187
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
SDLP gain from UUP
Coleraine B [12] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Creelman1,119
Ulster Unionist William Glenn674
SDLP Sean Farren 658
Ulster Unionist Albert Clarke630
DUP Matthew Kane540
Ulster Unionist Robert Mitchell 493
Alliance Patrick McGowan453
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Connolly423
Ulster Unionist John Earl333
DUP William Sweeney309
Alliance Peter Scott293
Ulster Unionist Thomas Henry291
DUP Roy Hilldrup272
Ecology Malcolm Samuel61
Turnout 6,715
DUP gain from Independent and SDLP
Coleraine C [12] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James McClure 3,203
Ulster Unionist Robert White 1,374
Independent Patrick McFeely1,174
Independent William McNabb746
Ulster Unionist Paul Baxter615
Alliance William Mathews500
Independent Randall Crawford468
Ulster Unionist Matthew Adams355
Ecology Avril McCandless81
DUP Robert Bolton 69
DUP William McElfatrick60
Alliance Margaret Smith54
Ulster Unionist Antony Alcock 48
DUP Elizabeth Gaston39
Ulster Unionist Robert Hunter39
Independent James Leonard33
Turnout 9,073
DUP gain from UUP
Independent gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Cookstown A [13] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Kenneth Loughrin1,087
Independent Laurence Loughran1,073
Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow1,070
SDLP Patrick Bradley722
SDLP Peter Kelly563
UUUP Samuel Parke470
Turnout 5,149
No change
Cookstown B [13] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William McIntyre1,502
SDLP Paddy Duffy 1,197
Independent Michael McIvor964
Ulster Unionist Victor McGahie721
Ulster Unionist James Howard720
Independent Edward Hagan679
SDLP Joseph Davidson605
Turnout 6,535
William McIntyre leaves UUUP
Victor McGahie leaves UUUP
Cookstown C [13] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Alan Kane 1,120
SDLP Brigid Neeson1,079
SDLP Margaret Laverty932
Ulster Unionist Espie Donaldson930
Ulster Unionist John Warwick328
Ulster Unionist Alex McConnell233
Turnout 4,946
DUP gain from UUP

Craigavon

Craigavon A [14] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Workers' Party Paddy Breen1,220
SDLP James McDonald 999
SDLP Sean McKavanagh867
DUP Victor Pickering766
Ulster Unionist James Gillespie732
SDLP Patrick Crilly652
SDLP Thomas Fox563
Social AllianceJoseph Cunningham192
Ulster Unionist William Lyness183
Turnout 6,419
No change
Craigavon B [14] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Herbert Whitten 1,785
SDLP Daniel Murphy1,343
DUP Gladys McCullough1,127
DUP James Forsythe802
Ulster Unionist Alan Locke664
Workers' Party Dermot Hamill541
Ulster Unionist George Hatch518
Alliance William Ramsay415
Alliance John Hagan360
DUP Frederick Richardson336
DUP John Oliver227
Turnout 8,444
DUP gain from Alliance
Craigavon C [14] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Workers' Party Tom French 1,298
SDLP Hugh News 1,077
Ulster Unionist Mary Simpson 987
Ulster Unionist Cyril McLoughlin775
DUP Robert Dodds750
Ulster Unionist Jack Mathers659
DUP William Smith650
DUP Ronald Williamson617
Alliance Brian Gee579
Social AllianceAlan Evans398
SDLP Catherine McCann391
Social AllianceGeorge Forker308
SDLP Terence McGinnity270
Independent Robert McEvoy250
Ind. Unionist Frederick Crowe141
Turnout 9,468
DUP gain from Alliance
WPRC gain from SDLP
Craigavon D [14] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Frederick Baird1,570
Ulster Unionist Sydney Cairns1,151
Ulster Unionist Sam Gardiner 1,131
DUP David Calvert 1,119
Ulster Unionist George Savage 1,028
DUP Ian Williams872
UUUP Philip Black790
SDLP Gary Kennedy639
UUUP Thomas Megarrell486
Ulster Unionist Samuel Lutton432
Turnout 9,455
DUP gain from UUP

Down

Down A [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Cecil Harvey 1,387
Ulster Unionist Samuel Osborne954
SDLP Francis Laverty809
SDLP Monica Smyth751
Ulster Unionist Dermot Nesbitt 732
Ulster Unionist William Finlay655
Ulster Unionist William Brown 641
SDLP Thomas Murray489
DUP Thomas Poole477
Ulster Unionist James Glover355
Alliance John Rodgers326
Alliance Wanda Rowan-Hamilton286
Ulster Unionist James Cochrane275
DUP Thomas McKee187
InterdependenceFrancis Rice50
InterdependenceEileen Rice24
Turnout 8,614
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Down B [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Edward McGrady 1,711
Workers' Party Raymond Blaney1,121
SDLP Dermot Curran893
Ulster Unionist Cecil Maxwell875
Labour Party NI Malachi Curran 665
SDLP John Ritchie647
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Kennedy513
Alliance George Flinn451
SDLP John Bryce382
SDLP Sean Quinn373
Alliance Michael Healy305
Turnout 8,188
WPRC gain from SDLP
Labour gain from Alliance
Down C [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Paddy O'Donoghue1,328
DUP Ethel Smyth1,137
Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas939
SDLP James Magee826
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 822
SDLP James Curry762
Ulster Unionist Norman Bicker573
Alliance Patrick Forde487
SDLP Stephen McClean440
Workers' Party Edward O'Hagan349
Alliance Anthony Dickinson200
Ulster Unionist William Keown182
Workers' Party David Allister117
Turnout 8,413
Ethel Smyth leaves UUP

Dungannon

Dungannon A [16] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Seamus Cassidy1,057
SDLP Anthony McGonnell889
SDLP John Monaghan856
Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan797
Ulster Unionist Samuel Brush633
DUP William McIlwrath583
DUP Frederick Burrows570
Ulster Unionist Winston Mulligan549
Turnout 6,026
Independent gain from SDLP
Dungannon B [16] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Jim Canning1,744
Independent Owen Nugent1,140
SDLP Patrick McGlinchey1,138
Ulster Unionist Thomas Kempton918
Independent John Corr539
DUP Abraham White497
Turnout 6,186
Owen Nugent leaves SDLP
Dungannon C [16] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patsy Daly1,324
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin981
DUP James Ewing778
Ulster Unionist John Taggart647
DUP Norman Lockhart583
Ulster Unionist Jim Brady571
Independent Wilfred Dilworth558
UUUP James McNeill205
Independent William Lucas104
Turnout 5,876
DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon D [16] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Maurice Morrow 1,124
Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis 1,085
Irish Independence Plunkett O'Donnell1,062
Ulster Unionist William Brown1,046
Independent Michael McLoughlin751
SDLP Peggie Devlin579
Turnout 5,762
Michael McLoughlin leaves SDLP
UUP gain from Independent
IIP gain from Independent

Fermanagh

Fermanagh A [17] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence John McMahon1,292
Ulster Unionist Jack Leahy1,075
Independent John Joe McCusker1,069
Independent Thomas Murray849
SDLP Fergus McQuillan628
DUP Caroline Madill548
Independent Michael McBarron528
Ulster Unionist Thomas Johnston329
SDLP John Reihill280
Turnout 6,734
John Joe McCusker leaves Unity
IIP gain from Independent
Fermanagh B [17] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble1,660
Irish Independence Patrick Cox1,216
Ulster Unionist Norman Brown892
DUP Roy Coalter535
Ulster Unionist Cyril Crozier396
SDLP Thomas Doherty395
SDLP Seamus Carson310
DUP Margaret Veitch261
Turnout 5,774
DUP gain from UUUP
IIP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh C [17] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence Patrick McCaffrey1,178
Ulster Unionist Wilson Elliott941
Independent Patrick Flanagan848
Irish Independence Annie Cavanagh816
SDLP Gerard Gallagher776
Ulster Unionist Herbert Corrigan693
DUP George Gott468
SDLP Patrick McGovern200
Turnout 6,094
Patrick McCaffrey leaves Unity
Fermanagh D [17] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Herbert Kerr1,241
Ulster Unionist Caldwell McClaughrey1,074
DUP Bert Johnston905
SDLP John O'Kane843
Irish Independence Gerry O'Donnell544
Irish Independence Patrick Keown448
SDLP John Cunningham396
SDLP Patrick McGrath391
DUP Miriam Cuthbertson266
Alliance John Haslett179
Turnout 6,371
Bert Johnston leaves UUUP
UUP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh E [17] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Raymond Ferguson 1,116
Irish Independence Patrick O'Reilly825
DUP Nigel Dodds 767
Ulster Unionist Samuel Foster 563
Irish Independence Edward Bermingham548
SDLP Jim Lunny519
SDLP Jim Donnelly456
Ulster Unionist Alwin Loane415
Fermanagh Labour LeagueThomas Campbell362
Alliance Marjorie Moore298
SDLP Roy Tarbotton242
Turnout 6,253
IIP gain from SDLP
UUP gain from UUUP

Larne

Larne A [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Thomas Robinson 897
Independent William Cunning875
DUP Rachel Rea582
Alliance Hugh Wilson 469
DUP Robert Campbell414
Turnout 3,311
Independent gain from SDLP
Larne B [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP John Alexander647
DUP Samuel McAllister600
Ulster Unionist Laurence Niblock547
United Loyalist Roy Beggs 466
Ulster Unionist Alexander Hunter296
Alliance William Calwell241
Turnout 2,865
Laurence Niblock leaves Vanguard
Roy Beggs leaves DUP
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Larne C [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jack McKee 1,436
Ulster Unionist Robert Robinson770
DUP Winston Fulton509
Alliance William Kelly508
Alliance Thomas Benson428
Alliance Amelia Kelly396
Ulster Unionist Rosalie Armstrong387
Ulster Unionist Joseph Wallace325
United Loyalist Samuel Martin262
Community CandidateJames Clements218
DUP Leonard Sluman178
Independent Agnew Hamilton156
Community CandidatePatrick Todd69
Independent William Fleck61
Turnout 5,894
Rosalie Armstrong leaves Vanguard
DUP gain from Vanguard and Independent
UUP gain from Independent

Limavady

Limavady A [19] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Arthur Doherty 727
SDLP Roy King678
DUP Ernest Murray654
Ulster Unionist Robert Grant563
SDLP Thomas Mullan562
Ulster Unionist Stanley Gault434
Ulster Unionist James Gilfillan290
Turnout 3,986
No change
Limavady B [19] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist David Robinson883
SDLP Lawrence Hegarty571
Independent Denis Farren501
Ulster Unionist Max Gault329
Irish Independence Sean McCloskey319
SDLP James Brolly310
DUP Alex Fulton220
Irish Independence George McCormick197
Irish Independence Andrew Murphy127
DUP John McKay75
The Workers' Party Republican Clubs Jerry Mullan63
Turnout 3,715
IIP gain from SDLP
Limavady C [19] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Norris729
SDLP Barry Doherty653
Ulster Unionist William Cooke650
Ulster Unionist William Barbour622
Ulster Unionist Jackie Dolan595
SDLP Geraldine Kearny510
Alliance Francis Parkinson223
DUP George Robinson 133
DUP Arthur Reid108
Turnout 4,287
No change

Lisburn

Lisburn A [20] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Robert Campbell1,299
DUP James Wells1,004
Ulster Unionist William Dillon916
SDLP John Clenaghan905
DUP Charles Woodburne515
Ulster Unionist Henry Stewart394
Turnout 5,142
No change
Lisburn B [20] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Charles Poots 1,469
Ulster Unionist William Bleakes 1,222
Ulster Unionist Thomas Lilburn655
Alliance John Alderdice 623
DUP Samuel Dorman620
DUP James McCann469
Ulster Unionist Joseph McClullough447
Independent William Johnston351
Turnout 5,977
William Bleakes leaves UUUP
DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn C [20] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Belshaw2,412
DUP Denis McCarroll856
Ulster Unionist William Watson812
Alliance Seamus Close 811
Ulster Unionist Wilfred McClung585
DUP Robert Dunsmore423
UUUP George Morrison 401
Independent William Whitley389
NI Labour Robert Clarke107
Turnout 6,992
DUP gain from UUP and UUUP
Lisburn D [20] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ivan Davis 3,720
Alliance George Boyd1,086
Ulster Unionist Samuel Semple1,069
Ulster Unionist Maureen McKinney788
Alliance James Mulholland479
DUP Robert McNeice470
Ulster Unionist David Trimble 454
Unionist Party NI David Gordon232
UUUP John Curry153
Turnout 8,639
DUP gain from UPNI
Lisburn E [20] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Beattie 1,909
Ulster Unionist William McAllister1,830
SDLP William McDonnell1,013
Alliance John Cousins542
Workers' Party Gerard Dunlop462
Alliance Brion Fitzsimons435
UUUP James Davis105
Communist Party Terry Bruton72
Turnout 6,831
UUUP gain from Alliance

Londonderry

Londonderry A [21] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP John Henry1,412
SDLP John McNickle1,018
SDLP George Peoples942
Ulster Unionist Robert Bond937
DUP William Hay 906
SDLP Thomas Doherty837
SDLP Danny Ferguson808
Ulster Unionist Ernest Hamilton592
Ulster Unionist Alan Lindsay526
Alliance John Allen318
Alliance James Patterson173
NI Labour Delap Stevenson173
Turnout 8,786
DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry B [21] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Anna Hay1,586
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,206
SDLP Michael Fegan1,119
Ulster Unionist James Guy1,078
Alliance Robert McCullough707
Ulster Unionist Robert Ferris583
Ulster Unionist George McNally496
SDLP Colm Elliott462
Irish Independence Thomas McGlinchley410
Derry Trades Union CouncilBernard McAnaney39
Turnout 7,855
DUP gain from Alliance
Londonderry C [21] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Devine1,566
Irish Independence John McChrystal599
SDLP Anna Gallagher353
SDLP Raymond Rogan312
Irish Independence Kevin Barr299
Independent Samuel Brown274
SDLP Joseph Moran229
Irish Independence Eileen Doherty221
Alliance Gerard O'Grady213
Independent Republican Vincent Coyle174
Workers' Party Eamon Melaugh143
Irish Independence Patrick Harkin125
Derry Trades Union CouncilAnn Donnelly75
Independent Republican John Carr61
Turnout 4,891
John McChrystal and Kevin Barr join IIP
Londonderry D [21] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP William Keys788
Irish Independence James Bradley591
DUP Margaret Buchanan507
SDLP John Tierney 438
SDLP William McCartney353
Irish Independence Roger O'Doherty182
Alliance Noel Sinclair141
Irish Independence Liam Wray93
Irish Republican Socialist Thomas McCourt92
Derry Trades Union CouncilColm Fox88
Turnout 3,426
James Bradley joins IIP
DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry E [21] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Frank Donnelly1,344
Irish Independence Fergus McAteer 1,203
SDLP William O'Connell1,176
SDLP Leonard Green984
SDLP William McCorriston976
Ulster Unionist David Davis956
Alliance Ita Breen563
DUP Annette Hetherington560
Irish Independence James Crossan349
Irish Independence Edward Bradley301
Irish Independence Denis McIntyre180
Derry Trades Union CouncilJohn Duffy164
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Whoriskey144
Community CandidateMichael Shiels122
Derry Trades Union CouncilBill Webster73
Turnout 9,377
Fergus McAteer joins IIP
SDLP gain from Alliance

Magherafelt

Magherafelt A [22] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Noel McCusker1,597
SDLP Mary McSorley 920
DUP John Linton823
SDLP Patrick Sweeney705
Ulster Unionist John Kenning569
SDLP Frank McKendry459
SDLP Patrick McBride403
Ind. Unionist Francis Thompson359
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly329
Workers' Party Geraldine Crilly137
Independent Peter Merron53
Turnout 6,483
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from UUP
Independent gain from WPRC
Magherafelt B [22] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence John Davey1,961
UUUP Robert Overend 1,070
Ulster Unionist John Junkin 690
DUP Thomas Milligan668
DUP Alexander Montgomery512
SDLP Francis Madden322
Independent Vincent O'Neill300
SDLP Henry McErlean284
Turnout 5,985
IIP gain from Independent
Magherafelt C [22] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,248
Independent Bernard Murphy1,208
SDLP William Conaghan696
SDLP Roddy Gribben 638
SDLP Michael O'Neill398
Ulster Unionist William Lees346
UUUP Ernest Caldwell309
Alliance Wilfred Brennen288
DUP George Miller283
Ulster Unionist James Artt256
Independent John Gregg38
Turnout 6,855
Independent gain from SDLP

Moyle

Moyle A [23] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Malachy McSparran477
Independent Fergus Wheeler461
SDLP Gerard Gillan262
SDLP Archie McIntosh248
Irish Independence John McKay241
SDLP Charles Hamill220
Independent Thomas O'Neill96
Independent Gerard McCarry83
Irish Independence Anna Edwards68
Turnout 2,202
SDLP gain from Independent (x2)
Moyle B [23] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James Rodgers445
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy381
Independent James McShane345
Independent Mary Morrison300
Ulster Unionist Robert Getty299
Ulster Unionist Hugh Acheson253
DUP Ronnie McIlvar243
Ulster Unionist James McAuley193
Alliance Maurice McHenry142
DUP Andrew Dobbin133
Alliance John Shanks92
DUP Samuel Simpson56
Turnout 2,955
Price McConaghy leaves UUP
UUP gain from Independent Unionist (x2)
Moyle C [23] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Richard Kerr296
Independent Archie McAuley237
SDLP Michael O'Cleary222
Irish Independence Eamonn Scally178
SDLP Joseph Donaghy157
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Johnstone150
Alliance Hugh Sayers139
DUP Norman Campbell128
Alliance Thomas Cecil92
Turnout 1,647
No change

Newry and Mourne

Newry and Mourne A [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Colum Murnion1,346
DUP George Graham 1,264
Ulster Unionist William Russell1,155
Ulster Unionist William Coulter1,052
SDLP Anne Marie Cunningham639
Independent Arthur Dornan600
DUP Robert McConnell175
Turnout 6,443
No change
Newry and Mourne B [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP P. J. Bradley1,048
SDLP Jim McCart847
SDLP Liam Trainor595
SDLP Brian Mulligan589
Independent Anthony Williamson459
Ulster Unionist William McCoy433
Irish Independence Joe Kearney412
Alliance Eithne Doran174
DUP Raymond Hanna135
Independent Peter Maloy106
Independent Labour Johnny Ward33
Turnout 5,049
SDLP gain from Independent and Alliance
Newry and Mourne C [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Nan Sands1,014
DUP William Sterritt901
Ulster Unionist Violet Cromie612
SDLP Patrick Harper611
Ulster Unionist Annie Copeland466
Independent James Fagan395
Alliance Violet Watts87
Turnout 4,198
DUP gain from UUP
Newry and Mourne D [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence Eugene Markey1,831
SDLP John McEvoy988
Ulster Unionist Andrew Moffett805
Ulster Unionist Clarence Morrow675
SDLP John Bell664
SDLP Thomas McGrath627
SDLP Michael McNulty592
Alliance Victor Frizell588
DUP George McConnell303
Workers' Party Brian Mulligan287
Workers' Party Matthew Cunningham203
Irish Independence Francis McCamley167
Turnout 8,010
Eugene Markey joins IIP
IIP gain from Alliance
Newry and Mourne E [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Anti H-Block James Lynch1,244
SDLP Pat Toner925
Independent Anthony Watters852
SDLP James Savage758
SDLP Owen Kelly570
SDLP Jack McMahon533
Independent Sean McCreesh531
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth McConnell530
Irish Independence Jim Murphy447
DUP Alex Chambers255
Independent Republican Brian Woods242
Irish Independence Sean Reavy83
Turnout 7,212
Jim Murphy joins IIP
Anti H-Block gain from SDLP
Newry and Mourne F [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Arthur Ruddy874
Ulster Unionist William McCaigue752
SDLP Patrick McElroy666
Irish Independence Freddie Kearns479
SDLP Louis McGuigan475
Alliance Michael McVerry306
Irish Independence Kevin McAleenan277
DUP Gordon Heslip258
Irish Independence P. J. McCann248
Workers' Party Edward McKeown105
Workers' Party Michael McLoughlin87
Alliance Edward Turley85
Social Reform PartyJames Malone34
Turnout 4,833
IIP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey A [25] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist James Wilson850
DUP Trevor Kirkland 830
DUP Mary Harkness818
Ulster Unionist Arthur Templeton758
Ulster Unionist John Anderson710
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron598
Alliance Patrick McCudden550
Turnout 5,243
Sidney Cameron leaves UUP
DUP gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey B [25] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David Hanna1,964
Ulster Unionist Fraser Agnew 1,090
Ulster Unionist Letitia McCartney547
Ulster Unionist Cecil Stringer450
Newtownabbey Labour Party Bob Kidd433
Workers' Party Austin Kelly375
Alliance John Elliott363
Alliance Hugh Montgomery291
Newtownabbey Labour Party Alistair Keery102
Communist Party William Stewart32
Turnout 5,920
Cecil Stringer joins UUP
Newtownabbey C [25] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Samuel Neill2,737
Ulster Unionist Clifford Forsythe 1,499
Ulster Unionist Robert Caul1,277
Independent Desmond Dowds807
Alliance Claire Martin560
Alliance George Jones534
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 460
Newtownabbey Labour Party Brian Caul252
Turnout 8,332
Independent gain from Alliance
UUP gain from UPNI
Newtownabbey D [25] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James Smith2,926
Alliance James Rooney1,068
Ind. Unionist George Herron951
Ulster Unionist Ivan Hunter949
Ulster Unionist Arthur Kell560
Ulster Unionist William McKee520
Independent AllianceJohn Drysdale323
Alliance John Smith308
Newtownabbey Labour Party Thomas Davidson147
Newtownabbey Labour Party Lindsay Prior94
Turnout 8,109
Independent Unionist gain from Alliance

North Down

North Down A [26] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills1,216
Alliance Donald Hayes812
DUP Raymond Trousdale740
Alliance Jane Copeland710
Ulster Unionist Bruce Mulligan683
Unionist Party NI William Bailie655
Ulster Unionist George Allport605
DUP Elizabeth Loan592
Alliance Julian Hamilton298
UPUP Valerie Kinghan279
UPUP Margaret McGimpsey247
Unionist Party NI Dorothy Smith56
Turnout 5,610
DUP gain from Alliance
North Down B [26] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UPUP George Green 1,200
DUP Wesley Graham972
DUP Camphell McCormick821
Alliance James Magee733
DUP George McMurtry663
Ulster Unionist Chalmers Quee386
Ulster Unionist Phyllis Brown370
UPUP Cecil Baniff306
PUP Thomas O'Brien270
Alliance Anne Wilson268
UPUP William Elliott234
Ind. Unionist John Shields233
UPUP James Boyle203
United British Ulster Peoples PartyWilliam Johnston28
Turnout 6,888
George Green leaves Vanguard
DUP gain from UUP
UPUP gain from UUP
North Down C [26] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UPUP Mary O'Fee1,021
Alliance William Morrow959
DUP Robert Graham929
Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford907
Alliance Brian Wilson 444
Ulster Unionist Terence McKeag422
Alliance Thomas Rollins367
UPUP Maisie McMullan273
DUP George McKinnie263
Turnout 5,720
Mary O'Fee leaves Vanguard
DUP gain from UUP
North Down D [26] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay1,076
Ulster Unionist John Auld803
Alliance Susan O'Brien727
DUP Gordon Dunne509
Alliance Michael Clarke423
Alliance Irene Cave391
UPUP Frederick White374
DUP Edith Cole277
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bussell225
Unionist Party NI Trevor Boyd181
UPUP Eric Griffith135
Turnout 5,246
DUP gain from UUUP

Omagh

Omagh A [27] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Arthur McFarland846
SDLP Liam McQuaid840
Irish Independence Charles McElholm771
SDLP John Skelton538
Irish Independence John Fahy496
Ulster Unionist William Montgomery490
DUP Ivan Foster 474
SDLP Vincent O'Brien376
DUP George Thompson330
Unity UnionistCecil Anderson196
Alliance Dermot McCormack87
Turnout 5,610
DUP gain from UUP
IIP gain from Independent
Omagh B [27] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence Patrick Donnelly623
Independent John Mullin604
Ulster Unionist Bertie Moses597
Alliance Patrick Bogan570
Ulster Unionist John Hutchinson551
DUP James McConnell512
Workers' Party Tommy Owens407
SDLP Eugene Donnelly393
DUP William McFarland254
Turnout 4,631
Patrick Donnelly joins IIP
DUP gain from UUP
Omagh C [27] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence Patrick Fahy1,185
DUP Oliver Gibson 1,026
SDLP Bernadette Grant818
Alliance Aidan Lagan723
Ulster Unionist John Ashenhurst654
SDLP Stephen McKenna513
SDLP Paddy McGowan 496
Ulster Unionist William Thompson 457
SDLP Arthur Breen453
Alliance Richard Hinds336
DUP William Caldwell251
Ulster Unionist Alfred Barnett194
DUP James Mitchell173
Irish Independence Francis Loughran83
Irish Independence Michael Kelly79
Ind. Unionist Edward Sayers74
Turnout 7,681
DUP gain from UUP
IIP gain from SDLP
Omagh D [27] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Irish Independence Francis Conway984
SDLP Brendan Martin643
DUP Willis Cooke576
Ulster Unionist John Johnston427
Independent Republican Francis McElroy375
Irish Independence Brian McGrath303
Irish Independence Patrick Walsh285
Alliance John Hadden235
SDLP Patrick McCrory225
SDLP John McSherry118
Turnout 4,331
IIP gain from Alliance
IIP gain from WPRC
DUP gain from UUP

Strabane

Strabane A [28] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Denis McCrory1,320
DUP Thomas Kerrigan1,221
SDLP Mary McCrea1,029
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner832
Ulster Unionist Ernest Young672
DUP Robert Anderson580
DUP David Baird315
Turnout 6,162
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane B [28] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Gallagher1,101
Independent Francis McConnell1,015
Ulster Unionist Mary Britton984
DUP Samuel Rogers973
DUP George McIntyre827
Ulster Unionist Henry Henderson607
SDLP Mary McAleer313
Turnout 5,997
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane C [28] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent James O'Kane1,250
SDLP Paul O'Hare600
SDLP William Flanagan578
Ulster Unionist Robert Fleming450
Independent John O'Kane418
DUP Desmond Monteith371
Anti H-Block William Gallagher296
Alliance Patrick Wallace288
SDLP Jane O'Donnell268
Independent Nationalist John McCrory247
Independent Michael Dunne115
Independent David Fleming96
Independent William Crichton72
Independent John Tracey43
Turnout 5,447
Independent gain from SDLP

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  1. ↑ Local Government Elections 1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. 1 2 3 Antrim District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 "1981 Results Northern Ireland Local Government election". EONI. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Ards District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. 1 2 3 4 Armagh District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  6. 1 2 3 4 Ballymena District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  7. 1 2 3 Ballymoney District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  8. 1 2 Banbridge District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
  10. 1 2 3 Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  11. 1 2 3 Castlereagh District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  12. 1 2 3 Coleraine District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  13. 1 2 3 Cookstown District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  14. 1 2 3 4 Craigavon District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  15. 1 2 3 Down District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  16. 1 2 3 4 Dungannon District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 Fermanagh District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  18. 1 2 3 Larne District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  19. 1 2 3 Limavady District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Lisburn District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 Londonderry District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  22. 1 2 3 Magherafelt District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  23. 1 2 3 Moyle Council Elections 1973–1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  25. 1 2 3 4 Newtownabbey Council Elections 1973–1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  26. 1 2 3 4 North Down District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  27. 1 2 3 4 Omagh District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
  28. 1 2 3 Strabane District Council Elections 1973-1981, Northern Ireland Elections
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