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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 20 May 1981 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 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 34.2 | 7,670 | |||
| DUP | 6 | 4 | 0 | 30.0 | 33.2 | 7,440 | |||
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 2,421 | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 2,620 | |||
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 1,417 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 705 | |||
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 142 | New | ||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 34.2 | 2 | 26.1 | 2 | 28.0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Area B | 43.4 | 4 | 34.2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Area C | 27.4 | 2 | 38.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 28.2 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | 34.2 | 8 | 33.2 | 6 | 11.7 | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 14.6 | 3 | 20 |
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SDLP | John Dallat* | 15.14% | 1,061 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Gerard O'Kane | 12.86% | 901 | 925 | 975.7 | ||||||
| UUP | William King* | 12.33% | 864 | 883 | 883.1 | 890.15 | 943.15 | 1,235.15 | |||
| UUP | George McIlrath* | 9.85% | 690 | 702 | 702.25 | 712.25 | 910.25 | 1,058.25 | |||
| DUP | Thomas Malone | 11.17% | 783 | 784 | 784 | 983 | 992 | 1,026 | |||
| DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 9.70% | 680 | 682 | 682 | 802 | 827 | 888 | 969 | 998.68 | |
| Ind. Unionist | William Watt* | 10.06% | 705 | 725 | 725.65 | 745.65 | 773.65 | 788.65 | 898.65 | 924.41 | |
| UUP | James Anderson* | 6.36% | 446 | 460 | 460 | 464 | 562 | ||||
| UUP | Mayne Long | 5.64% | 395 | 405 | 405 | 413 | |||||
| DUP | Irwin Holmes | 5.22% | 366 | 368 | 368.1 | ||||||
| Alliance | Anne Lambert | 1.67% | 117 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,960 Valid: 7,008 (78.21%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 7,187 (80.21%) | |||||||||||
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | William Creelman | 17.09% | 1,119 | ||||||||||
| UUP | William Glenn* | 10.29% | 674 | 692.2 | 695.2 | 809.72 | 810.72 | 819.28 | |||||
| UUP | Albert Clarke* | 9.62% | 630 | 637.54 | 638.54 | 683.32 | 697.32 | 713.1 | 877.1 | ||||
| DUP | Matthew Kane | 8.25% | 540 | 611.76 | 614.76 | 621.02 | 624.02 | 777.64 | 790.16 | 791.27 | 1,105.27 | ||
| UUP | Elizabeth Connolly | 6.46% | 423 | 425.6 | 425.6 | 508.6 | 517.6 | 562.16 | 630.24 | 666.13 | 735.82 | 808.82 | |
| Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 6.92% | 453 | 453.78 | 466.78 | 468.3 | 730.3 | 731.3 | 754.08 | 755.93 | 761.64 | 764.64 | |
| UUP | Robert Mitchell | 7.53% | 493 | 494.82 | 494.82 | 508.6 | 519.6 | 531.86 | 583.9 | 599.07 | 636.44 | 718.44 | |
| SDLP | Sean Farren* | 10.05% | 658 | 658.52 | 669.52 | 669.52 | 673.52 | 674.78 | 678.56 | 678.93 | 679.56 | 679.56 | |
| DUP | Roy Hilldrup | 4.15% | 272 | 423.58 | 426.84 | 432.4 | 435.4 | 520.42 | 535.5 | 537.72 | |||
| UUP | John Earl* | 5.08% | 333 | 341.32 | 341.32 | 351.58 | 356.58 | 357.84 | |||||
| DUP | William Sweeney | 4.72% | 309 | 331.36 | 332.36 | 334.36 | 335.36 | ||||||
| Alliance | Peter Scott | 4.47% | 293 | 293 | 311 | 316 | |||||||
| UUP | Thomas Henry | 4.44% | 291 | 295.68 | 295.68 | ||||||||
| Green (NI) | Malcolm Samuel | 0.93% | 61 | 61.26 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,492 Valid: 6,549 (62.42%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 819 Turnout: 6,715 (64.00%) | |||||||||||||
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 3 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent gain from UUP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | James McClure* | 36.16% | 3,203 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Robert White* | 15.51% | 1,374 | ||||||||||
| Independent | James McFeely* | 13.25% | 1,174 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Paul Baxter | 6.94% | 615 | 800.46 | 863.35 | 864.13 | 872.8 | 959.61 | 979.83 | 1,186.83 | |||
| Independent | William McNabb | 8.42% | 746 | 909.02 | 935.24 | 953.72 | 968.95 | 1,007.37 | 1,018.35 | 1,096.82 | 1,116.82 | ||
| Independent | Randall Crawford* | 5.28% | 468 | 627.72 | 652.23 | 658.77 | 664.87 | 686.75 | 707.44 | 798.61 | 815.66 | 1,086.08 | |
| DUP | Robert Bolton | 0.78% | 69 | 634.62 | 637.85 | 637.85 | 637.85 | 643.55 | 781.35 | 824.6 | 847.15 | 873.36 | |
| DUP | Robert McElfatrick | 0.68% | 60 | 588.66 | 591.32 | 591.5 | 594.48 | 601.63 | 729.34 | 764.44 | 773.79 | 794.16 | |
| Alliance | William Mathews* | 5.64% | 500 | 525.08 | 545.6 | 571.34 | 573.84 | 663.43 | 667.94 | 700.07 | 709.42 | ||
| UUP | Matthew Adams* | 4.01% | 355 | 469.84 | 537.29 | 538.01 | 541.2 | 573.36 | 581.32 | ||||
| DUP | Elizabeth Gaston | 0.44% | 39 | 328.08 | 329.22 | 329.4 | 329.4 | 336.61 | |||||
| UUP | Antony Alcock | 0.54% | 48 | 58.56 | 90.86 | 90.86 | 90.86 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Avril McCandless | 0.91% | 81 | 84.3 | 84.49 | 86.77 | 88.89 | ||||||
| UUP | Robert Hunter | 0.44% | 39 | 56.82 | 67.65 | 67.71 | 68.77 | ||||||
| Alliance | Margaret Smith | 0.61% | 54 | 57.3 | 58.63 | 59.95 | 62.01 | ||||||
| Independent | James Leonard | 0.37% | 33 | 43.56 | 45.46 | 47.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,636 Valid: 8,858 (70.10%) Spoilt: 215 Quota: 1,108 Turnout: 9,073 (71.80%) | |||||||||||||