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All 20 seats toColeraine Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toColeraine Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 38.2 | 6,980 | |||
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30.0 | 17.6 | 3,224 | New | ||
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 2,059 | |||
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 1,946 | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1,913 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 1,445 | |||
| Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 517 | New | ||
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 207 | |||
| Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 203 | New | ||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 41.2 | 3 | 18.5 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 21.9 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Area B | 52.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.9 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 19.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Area C | 24.6 | 3 | 30.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 33.9 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 38.2 | 10 | 17.6 | 2 | 10.6 | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 23.1 | 4 | 20 |
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Catherwood | 10.04% | 605 | 606 | 609 | 1,015 | ||||
| UUP | James Anderson* | 12.63% | 761 | 762 | 790 | 822 | 871.28 | |||
| UUP | George McIlrath | 9.01% | 543 | 543 | 573 | 582 | 604.88 | 926.88 | ||
| UUP | William King | 11.19% | 674 | 675 | 706 | 730 | 764.32 | 878.32 | ||
| Ind. Unionist | William Watt* | 10.34% | 623 | 624 | 668 | 689 | 719.36 | 796.28 | 861.02 | |
| SDLP | John Dallat | 10.34% | 623 | 709 | 819 | 819 | 819 | 819 | 819.39 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Cassidy* | 9.16% | 552 | 592 | 751 | 751 | 751.44 | 751.44 | 751.83 | |
| UUP | Robert McMaster* | 8.37% | 504 | 506 | 515 | 526 | 540.96 | |||
| DUP | Robert Campbell | 5.64% | 508 | 508 | 512 | |||||
| Alliance | Martha McGrath | 4.66% | 281 | 283 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 3.44% | 207 | 210 | ||||||
| SDLP | Robert Tosh | 2.37% | 143 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,014 Valid: 6,024 (66.83%) Spoilt: 260 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,284 (69.71%) | ||||||||||
1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | William Glenn* | 13.62% | 725 | |||||||
| UUP | Albert Clarke* | 12.55% | 668 | |||||||
| Alliance | Thomas Wilson* | 8.25% | 439 | 507 | 521 | 522.68 | 828.68 | |||
| UUP | Robert Stafford* | 10.60% | 564 | 566 | 567 | 578.2 | 580.2 | 585.73 | 736.73 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Alexander Sharpe* | 11.63% | 619 | 619 | 619 | 624.44 | 626.52 | 654.96 | 697.96 | |
| UUP | John Earl* | 8.55% | 455 | 455 | 459 | 478.76 | 493.76 | 527.73 | 671.39 | |
| SDLP | Sean Farren | 6.74% | 359 | 377 | 595 | 595.08 | 612.08 | 678.44 | 678.44 | |
| Vanguard | Antony Alcock | 8.00% | 426 | 428 | 428 | 433.52 | 436.52 | 452.32 | 498.8 | |
| UUP | Robert Mitchell | 7.04% | 375 | 376 | 376 | 389.04 | 394.12 | 402.81 | ||
| Alliance | Donald Batts | 5.32% | 283 | 348 | 355 | 355.48 | ||||
| SDLP | Hugh McIlvenna | 4.45% | 237 | 251 | ||||||
| Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 3.25% | 173 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,461 Valid: 5,323 (50.88%) Spoilt: 229 Quota: 666 Turnout: 5,552 (53.07%) | ||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| DUP | James McClure | 30.40% | 2,111 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent | James McFeely* | 13.12% | 911 | ||||||||||||||||
| UUP | Robert White* | 11.13% | 773 | 968.62 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent | Randall Crawford* | 8.94% | 621 | 922.32 | |||||||||||||||
| UUP | Matthew Adams* | 7.53% | 523 | 690.4 | 703.9 | 714.58 | 714.82 | 721.28 | 724.14 | 737.59 | 778.54 | 812.82 | 874.26 | ||||||
| Alliance | William Mathews* | 7.86% | 546 | 560.88 | 561.38 | 562.46 | 570.34 | 570.96 | 572 | 573.66 | 577.28 | 579.36 | 651.47 | 694.95 | 890.95 | ||||
| UUP | Victor Hanson | 2.72% | 189 | 267.12 | 281.37 | 286.89 | 287.37 | 288.49 | 290.61 | 296.34 | 321.75 | 332.09 | 369.36 | 387.66 | 391.42 | 394.94 | 466.45 | 604.14 | |
| Independent | William McNabb | 2.97% | 206 | 299 | 301.25 | 306.89 | 309.33 | 314.55 | 322.55 | 332.88 | 338.48 | 357.08 | 375.06 | 411.18 | 430.74 | 444.18 | 490.11 | 546.1 | |
| UUP | John Millar | 2.23% | 155 | 208.32 | 214.32 | 218.04 | 218.28 | 220.15 | 221.15 | 332.88 | 338.48 | 357.08 | 375.06 | 411.18 | 430.74 | 444.18 | 490.11 | ||
| Vanguard | Adrian Eakin | 1.31% | 91 | 255.92 | 261.17 | 273.65 | 273.65 | 276.39 | 277.39 | 284.15 | 289.85 | 293.82 | 301.41 | 309.27 | 309.35 | 309.67 | |||
| Alliance | Francis Trainor | 3.23% | 224 | 226.48 | 226.73 | 226.85 | 244.05 | 245.17 | 245.25 | 248.57 | 249.61 | 250.89 | 258.93 | 279.05 | |||||
| Independent | Henry McCormick | 1.73% | 120 | 171.46 | 172.21 | 174.25 | 177.93 | 178.05 | 184.05 | 193.21 | 198.07 | 250.67 | 253.54 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | James Edwards* | 2.92% | 203 | 221.6 | 226.1 | 227.42 | 227.54 | 228.91 | 234.03 | 237.65 | 240.01 | 250.5 | |||||||
| Independent | Samuel Walker | 1.22% | 85 | 120.96 | 122.96 | 124.88 | 125.48 | 137.4 | 146.12 | 160.88 | 164.24 | ||||||||
| UUP | Charles Graham | 1.01% | 70 | 109.68 | 115.93 | 119.53 | 119.61 | 120.23 | 122.13 | 124.37 | |||||||||
| Independent | Frederick Millar | 0.69% | 48 | 73.42 | 74.67 | 76.23 | 76.71 | 79.37 | 92.64 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Samuel Oliver | 0.55% | 38 | 46.06 | 47.06 | 48.14 | 48.34 | 57.82 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Howard Platt | 0.43% | 30 | 44.88 | 45.38 | 47.54 | 47.82 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,649 Valid: 6,944 (59.61%) Spoilt: 253 Quota: 869 Turnout: 7,197 (61.78%) | |||||||||||||||||||