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All 23 seats toLisburn Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toLisburn Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 4 | 43.4 | 30.0 | 7,877 | |||
| DUP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 6,724 | |||
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20.4 | 5,164 | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 1,563 | |||
| Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 1,485 | New | ||
| UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 1,464 | New | ||
| Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 507 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 305 | New | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 207 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | UPNI | UUUP | Others | |||||||||
| Area A | 50.4 | 2 | 20.1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Area B | 46.3 | 3 | 34.4 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area C | 24.7 | 2 | 31.0 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 20.9 | 2 | 25.8 | 1 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area E | 26.2 | 1 | 21.3 | 1 | 27.4 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 30.0 | 10 | 26.6 | 6 | 20.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 |
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | Ronald Campbell | 25.72% | 889 | |||
| DUP | Charles Woodburne | 20.11% | 695 | |||
| SDLP | John Clenaghan | 19.88% | 687 | 691.62 | 828.62 | |
| UUP | Jim Dillon | 14.27% | 493 | 634.46 | 733.46 | |
| UUP | Henry Stewart | 9.90% | 342 | 371.92 | 447.72 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Dorrian | 7.00% | 242 | 245.52 | ||
| UUUP | Henry Sloan | 3.13% | 108 | 118.56 | ||
| Electorate: 7,040 Valid: 3,456 (49.09%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 692 Turnout: 3,630 (51.56%) | ||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Charles Poots* | 27.05% | 1,174 | |||||
| DUP | Samuel Dorman | 7.33% | 318 | 677.19 | 778.19 | |||
| UUP | Thomas Lilburn | 12.05% | 523 | 537.82 | 558.94 | 733.54 | ||
| UUP | Elsie Kelsey* | 12.63% | 548 | 558.53 | 586.55 | 710.25 | 729.25 | |
| UUP | William Bleakes | 13.96% | 606 | 618.09 | 638.99 | 681.67 | 707.67 | |
| Alliance | Moore Sinnerton | 15.12% | 656 | 657.95 | 660.73 | 673.51 | 675.51 | |
| UUP | James Lilley* | 7.70% | 334 | 352.72 | 372.4 | |||
| UUUP | John Curry | 4.17% | 181 | 211.42 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,866 Valid: 4,340 (48.95%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 724 Turnout: 4,448 (50.17%) | ||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | William Belshaw* | 26.53% | 1,388 | |||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.68% | 987 | |||||
| UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 17.09% | 894 | |||||
| UUUP | George Morrison* | 13.46% | 704 | 783.92 | 796.4 | 804.91 | 934.91 | |
| UUP | Wilfred McClung | 8.61% | 397 | 416.98 | 499.35 | 575.02 | 787.35 | |
| DUP | Denis McCarroll | 4.45% | 233 | 573.77 | 577.14 | 580.13 | 689.82 | |
| Vanguard | Ronnie Crawford | 8.43% | 441 | 499.83 | 524.2 | 550.65 | ||
| Alliance | Thomas Hughes | 3.59% | 188 | 190.59 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%) | ||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Ivan Davis* | 25.77% | 1,758 | ||||||
| Unionist Party NI | Robert Kirkwood* | 21.76% | 1,485 | ||||||
| Alliance | George Boyd | 17.85% | 1,218 | ||||||
| UUP | Samuel Semple* | 13.92% | 950 | 1,055.08 | 1,184.2 | ||||
| UUP | Maureen McKinney | 9.32% | 476 | 540.01 | 613.45 | 708.46 | 710.08 | 1,074.54 | |
| UUUP | James Davis | 4.13% | 282 | 688.26 | 704.34 | 780.9 | 781.86 | 807.53 | |
| Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 5.58% | 381 | 390.62 | 474.14 | 584.19 | 652.89 | ||
| Independent | Gerald King | 3.03% | 207 | 218.84 | 240.68 | ||||
| UUP | Andrew Oliver | 0.97% | 66 | 85.61 | 100.49 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,881 Valid: 6,823 (49.15%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 7,022 (50.59%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Alliance | John Cousins* | 19.23% | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,113 | ||||||
| UUP | William McAllister | 18.49% | 1,007 | 1,061 | 1,064 | 1,402 | |||||
| SDLP | William McDonnell | 16.09% | 876 | 876 | 989 | 990 | 990 | 1,145 | |||
| DUP | William Beattie | 11.57% | 630 | 683 | 683 | 705 | 776 | 822 | 833.16 | 835.16 | |
| DUP | Robert McNeice* | 9.70% | 528 | 558 | 558 | 604 | 699 | 777 | 820.71 | 828.71 | |
| Alliance | Brian Fitzsimons | 8.17% | 445 | 451 | 473 | 494 | 584 | ||||
| UUP | David Saulters | 7.68% | 418 | 444 | 444 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Gerard Dunlop | 5.60% | 305 | 305 | |||||||
| UUUP | Jean Bell | 3.47% | 189 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 11,522 Valid: 5,445 (47.26%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 5,710 (49.56%) | |||||||||||