1981 Moyle District Council election
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All 16 seats to Moyle District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Moyle District 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 16 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 28.4 | 1,882 | 5.8 | |
Ulster Unionist | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 13.5 | 895 | 4.1 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 1,222 | 19.6 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 1,005 | 7.4 | ||
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 681 | 0.4 | ||
Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 487 | New | ||
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 465 | 4.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | UUP | DUP | Others | ||||||
Area A | 56.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 44.0 | 1 | 4 |
Area B | 0.0 | 0 | 25.9 | 3 | 30.4 | 2 | 43.7 | 3 | 8 |
Area C | 42.2 | 2 | 9.4 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 40.4 | 1 | 4 |
Total | 28.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 4 | 15.1 | 2 | 43.0 | 5 | 16 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent (two seats)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Malachy McSparran | 22.12% | 477 | ||||||
Independent | Fergus Wheeler* | 21.38% | 461 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Archie McIntosh* | 11.50% | 248 | 264.8 | 275.24 | 282.24 | 298.2 | 434.3 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Gerard Gillan | 12.15% | 262 | 266.6 | 266.84 | 278.84 | 380.8 | 408.34 | |
Irish Independence | John McKay | 11.18% | 241 | 249.1 | 255.58 | 277.8 | 303.64 | 353.7 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Charles Hamill | 10.20% | 220 | 229.5 | 234.06 | 238.06 | 241.18 | ||
Independent | Thomas O'Neill | 4.45% | 96 | 99.6 | 102.06 | 115.12 | |||
Independent | Gerard McCarry | 3.85% | 83 | 84.2 | 84.92 | 92.08 | |||
Irish Independence | Anna Edwards | 3.15% | 68 | 68.2 | 68.44 | ||||
Electorate: 2,776 Valid: 2,156 (77.67%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 432 Turnout: 2,202 (79.32%) |
Area B[edit]
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | James Rodgers | 15.44% | 445 | ||||||||||
Independent | James McShane* | 11.97% | 345 | ||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Price McConaghy* | 13.22% | 381 | ||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Mary Morrison* | 10.41% | 300 | 310.08 | 326.4 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Getty | 10.37% | 299 | 299.84 | 313.1 | 313.1 | 316.44 | 325.44 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Ronnie McIlvar | 8.43% | 243 | 257.28 | 258.98 | 258.98 | 297.4 | 298.13 | 298.49 | 298.49 | 397.49 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Acheson | 8.78% | 253 | 254.12 | 261.6 | 263.6 | 267.77 | 271.45 | 273.25 | 275.14 | 291 | 305 | |
Ulster Unionist | James McAuley | 6.70% | 193 | 206.72 | 217.6 | 217.6 | 218.16 | 236.5 | 238.3 | 239.56 | 274.69 | 287.69 | |
Alliance | Maurice McHenry | 4.93% | 142 | 142.56 | 143.75 | 164.35 | 164.35 | 222.72 | 222.81 | 223.44 | 226.09 | 227.09 | |
Democratic Unionist | Andrew Dobbin | 4.61% | 133 | 200.48 | 203.88 | 203.88 | 219.58 | 221.58 | 222.75 | 223.38 | |||
Alliance | John Shanks | 3.19% | 92 | 94.52 | 97.58 | 98.68 | 99.68 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Samuel Simpson | 1.94% | 56 | 68.6 | 70.47 | 70.67 | |||||||
Electorate: 4,438 Valid: 2,882 (64.94%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 321 Turnout: 2,955 (66.58%) |
Area C[edit]
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Richard Kerr | 18.51% | 296 | 304 | 304 | 385 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Michael O'Cleary | 13.88% | 222 | 229 | 229 | 272 | 324 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Elizabeth Johnston* | 9.38% | 150 | 156 | 246 | 249 | 249.8 | 354.8 | |
Independent | Archibald McAuley* | 14.82% | 237 | 251 | 255 | 280 | 288.8 | 332.8 | |
Irish Independence | Eamonn Scally | 11.13% | 178 | 184 | 184 | 196 | 198.4 | 198.4 | |
Alliance | Hugh Sayers | 8.69% | 139 | 160 | 181 | 185 | 185.8 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Joseph Donaghy | 9.82% | 157 | 170 | 170 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Norman Campbell | 8.01% | 128 | 132 | |||||
Alliance | Thomas Cecil | 5.75% | 92 | ||||||
Electorate: 2,393 Valid: 1,599 (66.82%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 320 Turnout: 1,647 (68.83%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.