1981 Limavady District Council election
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All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 37.2 | 4,366 | 1.4 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 4,011 | 1.0 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 1,919 | 2.6 | |
Irish Independence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 643 | New | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 501 | 0.5 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 223 | 6.5 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 63 | 0.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | IIP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 32.9 | 2 | 50.3 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Area B | 33.7 | 2 | 24.5 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 17.9 | 1 | 15.7 | 1 | 5 |
Area C | 44.2 | 2 | 27.5 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 37.2 | 6 | 34.2 | 5 | 16.4 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Arthur Doherty* | 18.60% | 727 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Roy King | 17.35% | 678 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Ernest Murray* | 16.73% | 654 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Grant* | 14.41% | 563 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Thomas Mullan* | 14.38% | 562 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Stanley Gault | 11.11% | 434 | 453 | 464 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Gilfillan | 7.42% | 290 | 303 | 317 | |
Electorate: 5,076 Valid: 3,908 (76.99%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 559 Turnout: 3,986 (78.53%) |
Area B[edit]
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | David Robinson* | 24.56% | 883 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Lawrence Hegarty | 15.88% | 571 | 571.32 | 591.32 | 592.32 | 613.32 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Max Gault* | 9.15% | 329 | 554.28 | 554.28 | 569.28 | 569.28 | 569.28 | 805.28 | ||
Independent | Denis Farren* | 13.94% | 501 | 504.52 | 510.52 | 511.52 | 518.84 | 535.84 | 545.88 | 559.88 | |
Irish Independence | Sean McCloskey | 8.87% | 319 | 319.96 | 329.96 | 329.96 | 383.96 | 537.96 | 537.96 | 537.96 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | James Brolly | 8.62% | 310 | 310 | 319 | 320.64 | 325.64 | 372.64 | 373.64 | 375.64 | |
Democratic Unionist | Alex Fulton | 6.12% | 220 | 256.8 | 256.8 | 324.32 | 324.32 | 324.32 | |||
Irish Independence | George McCormick | 5.48% | 197 | 197 | 203 | 203 | 237 | ||||
Irish Independence | Andrew Murphy | 3.53% | 127 | 127.96 | 138.96 | 138.96 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | John McKay | 2.09% | 75 | 87.48 | 87.48 | ||||||
Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 1.75% | 63 | 63.32 | |||||||
Electorate: 5,007 Valid: 3,595 (71.80%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 600 Turnout: 3,715 (74.20%) |
Area C[edit]
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William Norris* | 17.26% | 729 | 776 | 938 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Barry Doherty* | 15.46% | 653 | 654 | 689 | 689 | 1,222 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William Barbour* | 14.73% | 622 | 625 | 679 | 717.34 | 721.34 | 773.34 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Cooke | 15.39% | 650 | 655 | 699 | 724.56 | 727.56 | 753.56 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Dolan | 14.09% | 595 | 598 | 628 | 655.69 | 659.4 | 680.4 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Geraldine Kearney | 12.08% | 510 | 510 | 559 | 559.71 | |||
Alliance | Francis Parkinson | 5.28% | 223 | 223 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | George Robinson | 3.15% | 133 | 182 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Arthur Reid | 2.56% | 108 | ||||||
Electorate: 5,426 Valid: 4,223 (77.83%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 845 Turnout: 4,287 (79.01%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Limavady". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.