Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.
1981 Northern Ireland local elections ← 1977
20 May 1981
1985 →
First party Second party Third party Leader James Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 151 142 104 Seat change Popular vote 175,965 176,816 116,487 Percentage 26.4% 26.6% 17.5% Swing Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Oliver Napier N/A Pat Fahy Party Alliance Independent Irish Independence Seats won 38 37 21 Seat change Popular vote 59,397 44,427 25,859 Percentage 8.9% 6.7% 3.9% Swing New party
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats
Colours denote the party with the most first preference votes in each District Electoral Area (darker colours indicate a majority of first preference votes).
Results
Overall Party Councillors Votes Total +/- % share Total DUP 142 +68 26.6 176,816 UUP 151 -25 26.4 175,965 SDLP 104 -9 17.5 116,487 Alliance 38 -32 8.9 59,397 Independent 37 -5 6.7 44,427 Irish Independence 21 N/A 3.9 25,859 The Workers' Party Republican Clubs 3 -3 1.8 12,059 Ind. Unionist 6 -4 1.2 8,219 UPUP 5 N/A 1.2 7,817 UUUP 5 -7 0.7 4,962 People's Democracy 2 N/A 0.7 4,734 Unionist Party NI 2 -4 0.7 4,478 Irish Republican Socialist 2 N/A 0.5 3,654 NI Labour 1 0 0.5 3,563 PUP 1 N/A 0.5 3,057 New Ulster Political Research 1 N/A 0.4 2,989 Independent Loyalist 2 +1 0.3 1,935 Independent Socialist 1 +1 0.3 1,884 Newtownabbey Labour 1 N/A 0.2 1,113 Labour League 0 N/A 0.1 924 Social Alliance 0 N/A 0.1 898 Independent Labour 1 0 0.1 832 United Democratic 0 N/A 0.1 692 Trade Union Campaign 0 N/A 0.1 439 Independent Alliance 0 N/A 0.1 323 Ind. Nationalist 0 0 0.0 247 Communist 0 0 0.0 201 Unionist Unity 0 0 0.0 196 National Front 0 0 0.0 194 Ecology 0 0 0.0 142 Independent SDLP 0 0 0.0 85 Social Reform Party 0 0 0.0 34 United British Ulster Peoples Party 0 0 0.0 28
By council
Antrim Antrim A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP James Graham 1,293 SDLP Robert Loughran 603 Irish Independence John Heffron 537 DUP Wilson Clyde 533 SDLP Gerard Carolan 429 DUP Frew Rainey 381 Irish Independence Desmond McAteer 339 UUP Jack Blakely 207 Irish Independence James Totten 164 Alliance James McConnell 113 Ind. Unionist Stewart Dunlop 91 UUP Mary Marshall 76 Turnout 4,901 John Heffron joins IIP SDLP gain from Independent
Antrim B Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Thomas Wallace 688 UUP James Cunningham 684 SDLP Robert Burns 638 DUP Roy Thompson 587 DUP Allister Lucas 554 UUP Thomas Grant 398 UUP Alexander Wilson 252 Alliance John McCourt 195 Alliance George Luke 134 Turnout 4,251 SDLP gain from Alliance
Antrim C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Samuel Dunlop 1,719 UUP Paddy Marks 1,182 UUP Jack Allen 961 DUP Charles Quinn 615 Antrim Labour League John Gibbons 562 Alliance Michael Donoghue 531 Alliance Charles Kinahan 465 Alliance Mary Wallace 266 Antrim Tenants' Association Philip Henry 243 UUP Hugh Johnston 204 Turnout 6,984 DUP gain from UUP
Ards Ards A Party Candidate 1st Pref UPUP Gladys McIntyre 1,034 SDLP Patrick Doherty 942 DUP Joseph Thompson 917 DUP Oliver Johnston 875 UUP Jim Shannon 741 UUP Robert Ambrose 609 UUP John Scott 545 Independent James McMullan 808 Alliance William Sheldon 427 UUP William Caughey 609 Alliance Alan Burnside 337 UUP James Kennett 259 UUP David Hamilton 209 Unionist Party NI Michael Long 112 UPUP Frances Millar 100 Turnout 8,162 DUP gain from UUP UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Hugh Boyd 1,681 NI Labour Robert Gaw 1,310 DUP Hugh Gibson 1,005 Alliance Owen Dorrian 784 DUP John Elliott 670 UPUP Robert Brown 508 UPUP James Murray 468 UUP Robert Hamilton 458 UUP Hugh Patton 383 UPUP Hugh Yeaman 360 Alliance James Murphy 270 UUP Edward McLoughlin 166 UUP William Speers 162 NI Labour John Gray 114 Turnout 8,649 DUP gain from UUP UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Thomas Gourley 1,479 UUP Hamilton McKeag 1,082 DUP John Hamilton 752 Alliance Thomas McBriar 526 Alliance Kathleen Coulter 348 UUP Gordon Brown 334 Independent John Shields 311 Independent James Middleton 237 UPUP Robert McKee 222 UUP James Caughey 213 UPUP Shirley McWhinney 124 Independent Thomas Adair 20 Turnout 5,816 DUP gain from Independent
Armagh Armagh A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Ronald Allen 938 DUP Douglas Hutchinson 878 SDLP Francis McIlvanna 781 UUP Samuel Foster 610 SDLP Francis Kernan 593 DUP Norman Kerr 244 UUUP Robert Cummings 74 Turnout 4,296 No change
Armagh B Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Jim Speers 1,931 SDLP Seamus Mallon 1,394 UUP William McClelland 1,092 DUP Thomas Black 917 UUP Robert Turner 742 UUP Thomas Johnston 733 UUUP Francis Little 732 DUP John Alexander 561 DUP Mervyn Spratt 459 UUUP Frederick Hamilton 59 Turnout 8,780 No change
Armagh C Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Patrick Fegan 980 UUP Jim Nicholson 962 SDLP James McKernan 933 DUP Joseph McBride 705 SDLP Joseph Dunleavy 690 Irish Independence Patrick Agnew 493 UUP Eleanor Boyd 450 Independent Peter McSorley 370 Turnout 5,790 DUP gain from UUP
Armagh D Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Frederick Armstrong 1,173 Independent Barney McManus 1,011 SDLP Pat Brannigan 807 DUP Letitia McClenaghan 653 SDLP Anthony Agnew 617 SDLP Gerald Grimley 568 UUP George MacCartney 393 UUP Norman Creswell 243 Armagh Labour Party Carson Greer 134 Turnout 5,827 No change
Ballymena Ballymena A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Desmond Armstrong 964 Independent James Woulahan 824 DUP John Armstrong 823 UUP James McKay 640 DUP Samuel Hanna 583 DUP James Millar 410 Turnout 4,365 No change
Ballymena B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Roy Gillespie 1,254 DUP Sandy Spence 981 DUP John Greer 853 DUP Thomas Nicholl 740 DUP Hubert Nicholl 740 UUP Hugh Simpson 537 UUP William Wright 464 UUP Robert Nelson 413 UUP Thomas Smyth 402 UUP John Sutter 271 Turnout 6,771 Hugh Simpson joins UUP UUP gain from Independent
Ballymena C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Roy West 1,082 DUP Martin Clarke 978 DUP Charles Maternaghan 825 DUP John McAuley 825 UUP William Brownlees 815 UUP William Simpson 694 UUP William McConnell 243 UUUP Ernest Johnston 108 Turnout 5,713 DUP gain from Independent Unionist UUP gain from United Ratepayers
Ballymena D Party Candidate 1st Pref Independent Patrick Burke 1,331 DUP Maurice Mills 1,113 DUP James Alexander 898 Independent Samuel Henry 790 DUP Robert Maternaghan 758 UUP Gordon Wilson 547 UUP Kenneth Hood 501 UUP James Rainey 395 Independent Samuel Barr 241 Turnout 6,604 DUP gain from Alliance
Ballymoney Ballymoney A Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Robert Halliday 575 Alliance Hugh McFarland 516 DUP James Patterson 484 UUP Kenneth Bamford 404 DUP Robert Wilson 403 UUP Adam Taylor 188 UUP Olive Craig 146 Turnout 2,757 Alliance gain from UUP
Ballymoney B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Charles Steele 791 Independent Hugh Boyle 615 DUP William Gracey 474 DUP Bertie McIlhatton 298 UUP Joe Gaston 596 UUP William Logan 362 SDLP Edward McClements 351 SDLP Harry Connolly 335 UUP Mary Ellis 278 SDLP John Mulholland 271 UUP Samuel Bartlett 261 Independent Margaret Donnelly 212 SDLP Malachy McCamphill 97 Turnout 5,063 DUP gain from UUP and SDLP
Ballymoney C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Cecil Cousley 747 DUP Ralph Strong 538 Independent Mary Holmes 567 Independent Robert McComb 353 Alliance Brendan Smyth 352 UUP James Simpson 328 Independent Thomas McKenna 152 Turnout 3,102 DUP gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist
Banbridge Banbridge A Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP James Walsh 1,092 UUP Wilson Davidson 939 DUP Wilfred McFadden 907 Independent Laurence McCartan 865 UUP Norman Ferguson 684 UUP Samuel Cowan 682 Alliance Kenneth McElroy 573 Ind. Unionist Hugh Anderson 538 DUP Gareth Bennett 499 DUP Irene Todd 422 UUP Raymond Armstrong 278 DUP Mildred McDowell 161 UUP Herbert Plunkett 151 Independent SDLP Margaret McStraw 318 Turnout 8,135 DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Banbridge B Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Patrick McAvoy 1,125 DUP Brian Biggerstaff 750 UUP Raymond McCullough 709 UUP Matthew Bailey 589 UUP George Gamble 525 UUP Herbert Heslip 493 DUP David Herron 472 UUP Robert Hill 445 DUP Robert McIlroy 445 UUP Eric Williamson 380 UUP Robert Barr 366 Dromore Action Committee Thompson Howe 280 DUP Robert McGregor 273 Alliance Ebenezer Mulligan 104 Turnout 7,128 No change
Belfast Belfast A Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP John Foster 3,333 UUP Jeremy Burchill 2,589 DUP Raymond McCrea 2,345 UUP Grace Bannister 2,055 DUP Sammy Wilson 1,479 Alliance Donnell Deeny 1,439 SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,262 UUP Billy Blair 900 Alliance Mervyn Jones 766 UUP T. Wilkins 544 Workers' Party Frank Cullen 418 SDLP P. T. McGrourty 410 NI Labour D. Peters 276 UPUP Ben Horan 187 Independent John McKeague 99 Communist James Stewart 97 Turnout 19,133 DUP gain from Alliance UUP gain from SDLP
Belfast B Party Candidate 1st Pref Alliance Oliver Napier 2,631 DUP Henry Evans 2,513 Unionist Party NI Joshua Cardwell 2,327 DUP Bill Morrison 2,152 UUP Tommy Patton 2,083 UUP William Corry 1,733 Alliance Michael Brown 1,602 DUP S. Foster 1,464 UUP Dorothy Dunlop 1,248 DUP A. Greer 979 Alliance S. G. Coulson 647 NI Labour D. McKee 548 New Ulster Political Research D. P. Scott 434 SDLP Peter Prendiville 236 Turnout 21,838 DUP gain from UUP
Belfast C Party Candidate 1st Pref Alliance David Cook 2,493 UUP Mary Crooks 2,099 UUP Andrew Cairns 1,933 DUP Brian Gibson 1,503 SDLP Ben Caraher 1,501 UUP J. J. Dixon Gilmore 1,326 DUP William Stevenson 1,214 Alliance Muriel Pritchard 1,158 Alliance B. Jeffrey 913 DUP T. McIntyre 729 Unionist Party NI Victor Brennan 532 Workers' Party G. Carr 530 Turnout 16,460 DUP gain from Alliance and UPNI
Belfast D Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Joe Hendron 4,291 People's Democracy John McNulty 2,781 SDLP Cormac Boomer 2,070 Independent Socialist Paddy Devlin 1,343 Workers' Party Mary McMahon 1,125 Irish Republican Socialist Gerry Kelly 957 Irish Republican Socialist W. J. Browning 822 Alliance Dan McGuinness 725 SDLP Mary Muldoon 636 UUP J. Hand 538 Workers' Party K. Smyth 438 SDLP Anne McElroy 346 Independent L. Hunter 167 Alliance R. Turkington 137 Turnout 17,436 Paddy Devlin leaves SDLP People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs IRSP gain from Alliance
Belfast E Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP George Haffrey 4,142 UUP Billy Bell 3,105 DUP George Seawright 1,989 PUP Hugh Smyth 1,931 New Ulster Political Research Sammy Doyle 1,135 Independent Laurence Kennedy 1,070 Alliance A. H. Egerton 1,011 Unionist Democracy Fred Proctor 692 SDLP Alban Maginness 618 UUP J. Sands 386 UUP Alfie Ferguson 367 Independent P. Hunter 321 Independent J. Weir 311 Independent Peter Emerson 202 Workers' Party Margaret McNulty 177 Turnout 18,081 Hugh Smyth joins PUP DUP gain from Alliance
Belfast F Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Billy Dickson 1,913 Irish Republican Socialist Sean Flynn 1,639 Workers' Party J. Sullivan 1,002 DUP Eric Smyth 952 SDLP Owen Allen 898 Alliance Will Glendinning 844 UUP James Stewart 719 SDLP H. G. Fitzmaurice 719 UUP L. Cust 638 UUP H. Fletcher 621 SDLP Mary Smyth 389 SDLP T. Lappin 227 Alliance Paul Maguire 215 Turnout 11,428 DUP gain from UUP IRSP gain from Republican Clubs
Belfast G Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Frederick Ashby 1,913 People's Democracy Fergus O'Hare 1,953 New Ulster Political Research Sammy Millar 1,420 UUP Cecil Walker 1,173 Workers' Party Seamus Lynch 750 SDLP Brian Feeney 749 UUP Herbert Ditty 595 Independent Socialist Gerry Fitt 541 DUP Joseph Coggle 392 Alliance P. J. McGarry 313 Turnout 10,336 DUP gain from Alliance People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs NUPRG gain from UUP
Belfast H Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP John Carson 5,014 SDLP Paschal O'Hare 3,057 DUP William Annon 3,010 Ind. Unionist Frank Millar 1,848 Alliance John Cushnahan 1,739 NI Labour Alan Carr 1,000 SDLP Alban Maginness 818 DUP William Gault 813 Workers' Party L. McK. Clarke 553 Alliance R. O. Jamison 531 PUP David Overend 503 DUP Pauline Strong 466 UUP Raymond Trimble 408 Turnout 20,480 DUP gain from Alliance
Carrickfergus Carrick A Party Candidate 1st Pref United Loyalist Charles Johnston 819 DUP William Haggan 559 Alliance Joan Tomlin 512 DUP Samuel Irvine 504 UUP Mary Ardill 458 Unionist Party NI Anne Dickson 353 Alliance Stewart Dickson 208 UUP Ernest Burton 188 Alliance Robert Gordon 145 UUP Mary Anderson 133 Turnout 3,977 Charles Johnston leaves UUUC DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Carrick B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William Cross 748 UUP Hugh McLean 701 UUP James Brown 588 Alliance Patrick Conway 446 DUP William Knox 359 Alliance Charles Hilditch 307 DUP Steven Watters 249 Alliance Alice Bateman 231 UPUP Robert Wilson 122 UUP Henry Cardwell 105 Newtownabbey Labour Party Richard Hopkins 85 Turnout 4,074 DUP gain from Alliance
Carrick C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Ken McFaul 1,572 Alliance Sean Neeson 663 Ind. Unionist Samuel Murphy 526 PUP Samuel Stewart 353 DUP William McKeown 241 UUP Elizabeth Carson 230 DUP Jim Strange 167 UUP Robert Hunter 159 UUP John Haslett 155 Alliance Arthur McQuitty 106 Unionist Party NI Edwin Cummings 30 Turnout 4,367 Samuel Murphy leaves UPNI DUP gain from UUP
Castlereagh Castlereagh A Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Ernest Harper 1,555 UUP John Glass 1,104 Independent William Clulow 1,056 UUP Frederick Kane 865 Alliance Philip Grosse 749 Alliance Samuel Finlay 573 UUP Bryan Milford 548 DUP John Hillis 543 Alliance Ann Smith 502 DUP James Lowe 438 UPUP John Moore 420 DUP Robin Newton 379 Turnout 8,980 Ernest Harper joins DUP Independent gain from Alliance
Castlereagh B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Roy Allen 3,098 DUP Alan Carson 987 UUP William Ward 912 UUP Matthew Anderson 784 Alliance Felicity Boyd 742 UUP Leslie Farrington 741 Alliance Adam Morrow 725 DUP John Gilpin 444 Alliance Amy McKeown 383 DUP Wesley Boyle 347 DUP John Lamont 277 National Front Michael Brooks 194 Alliance Samuel Pyper 124 NI Labour James Bate 76 NI Labour William Gunning 65 NI Labour William Copley 28 Loyalist Annetta Hynes 11 Turnout 10,334 DUP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance
Castlereagh C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Peter Robinson 3,562 Alliance Patricia Archer 1,048 UUP Herbert Johnstone 990 Alliance Bryan Davidson 493 UUP Walter McFarland 411 DUP Cedric Wilson 38 DUP Denny Vitty 35 Turnout 6,836 DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Coleraine Coleraine A Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP John Dallat 1,061 SDLP Gerard O'Kane 901 UUP William King 864 DUP Thomas Malone Jr. 783 Ind. Unionist William Watt 705 UUP George McIlrath 690 DUP Robert Catherwood 680 UUP James Anderson 446 UUP Mayne Long 395 DUP Irwin Holmes 366 Alliance Anne Lambert 117 Turnout 7,187 DUP gain from Independent Unionist SDLP gain from UUP
Coleraine B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William Creelman 1,119 UUP William Glenn 674 SDLP Sean Farren 658 UUP Albert Clarke 630 DUP Matthew Kane 540 UUP Robert Mitchell 493 Alliance Patrick McGowan 453 UUP Elizabeth Connolly 423 UUP John Earl 333 DUP William Sweeney 309 Alliance Peter Scott 293 UUP Thomas Henry 291 DUP Roy Hilldrup 272 Ecology Malcolm Samuel 61 Turnout 6,715 DUP gain from Independent and SDLP
Coleraine C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP James McClure 3,203 UUP Robert White 1,374 Independent Patrick McFeely 1,174 Independent William McNabb 746 UUP Paul Baxter 615 Alliance William Mathews 500 Independent Randall Crawford 468 UUP Matthew Adams 355 Ecology Avril McCandless 81 DUP Robert Bolton 69 DUP William McElfatrick 60 Alliance Margaret Smith 54 UUP Antony Alcock 48 DUP Elizabeth Gaston 39 UUP Robert Hunter 39 Independent James Leonard 33 Turnout 9,073 DUP gain from UUP Independent gain from Alliance
Cookstown Cookstown A Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Kenneth Loughrin 1,087 Independent Laurence Loughran 1,073 UUP Samuel Glasgow 1,070 SDLP Patrick Bradley 722 SDLP Peter Kelly 563 UUUP Samuel Parke 470 Turnout 5,149 No change
Cookstown B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William McIntyre 1,502 SDLP Paddy Duffy 1,197 Independent Michael McIvor 964 UUP Victor McGahie 721 UUP James Howard 720 Independent Edward Hagan 679 SDLP Joseph Davidson 605 Turnout 6,535 William McIntyre leaves UUUP Victor McGahie leaves UUUP
Cookstown C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Alan Kane 1,120 SDLP Brigid Neeson 1,079 SDLP Margaret Laverty 932 UUP Espie Donaldson 930 UUP John Warwick 328 UUP Alex McConnell 233 Turnout 4,946 DUP gain from UUP
Craigavon Craigavon A Party Candidate 1st Pref Workers' Party Paddy Breen 1,220 SDLP James McDonald 999 SDLP Sean McKavanagh 867 DUP Victor Pickering 766 UUP James Gillespie 732 SDLP Patrick Crilly 652 SDLP Thomas Fox 563 Social Alliance Joseph Cunningham 192 UUP William Lyness 183 Turnout 6,419 No change
Craigavon B Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Herbert Whitten 1,785 SDLP Daniel Murphy 1,343 DUP Gladys McCullough 1,127 DUP James Forsythe 802 UUP Alan Locke 664 Workers' Party Dermot Hamill 541 UUP George Hatch 518 Alliance William Ramsay 415 Alliance John Hagan 360 DUP Frederick Richardson 336 DUP John Oliver 227 Turnout 8,444 DUP gain from Alliance
Craigavon C Party Candidate 1st Pref Workers' Party Tom French 1,298 SDLP Hugh News 1,077 UUP Mary Simpson 987 UUP Cyril McLoughlin 775 DUP Robert Dodds 750 UUP Jack Mathers 659 DUP William Smith 650 DUP Ronald Williamson 617 Alliance Brian Gee 579 Social Alliance Alan Evans 398 SDLP Catherine McCann 391 Social Alliance George Forker 308 SDLP Terence McGinnity 270 Independent Robert McEvoy 250 Ind. Unionist Frederick Crowe 141 Turnout 9,468 DUP gain from Alliance WPRC gain from SDLP
Craigavon D Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Frederick Baird 1,570 UUP Sydney Cairns 1,151 UUP Sam Gardiner 1,131 DUP David Calvert 1,119 UUP George Savage 1,028 DUP Ian Williams 872 UUUP Philip Black 790 SDLP Gary Kennedy 639 UUUP Thomas Megarrell 486 UUP Samuel Lutton 432 Turnout 9,455 DUP gain from UUP
Down Down A Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Cecil Harvey 1,387 UUP Samuel Osborne 954 SDLP Francis Laverty 809 SDLP Monica Smyth 751 UUP Dermot Nesbitt 732 UUP William Finlay 655 UUP William Brown 641 SDLP Thomas Murray 489 DUP Thomas Poole 477 UUP James Glover 355 Alliance John Rodgers 326 Alliance Wanda Rowan-Hamilton 286 UUP James Cochrane 275 DUP Thomas McKee 187 Interdependence Francis Rice 50 Interdependence Eileen Rice 24 Turnout 8,614 DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Down B Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Edward McGrady 1,711 Workers' Party Raymond Blaney 1,121 SDLP Dermot Curran 893 UUP Cecil Maxwell 875 Labour Party NI Malachi Curran 665 SDLP John Ritchie 647 UUP Elizabeth Kennedy 513 Alliance George Flinn 451 SDLP John Bryce 382 SDLP Sean Quinn 373 Alliance Michael Healy 305 Turnout 8,188 WPRC gain from SDLP Labour gain from Alliance
Down C Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Paddy O'Donoghue 1,328 DUP Ethel Smyth 1,137 UUP Gerald Douglas 939 SDLP James Magee 826 SDLP Eamon O'Neill 822 SDLP James Curry 762 UUP Norman Bicker 573 Alliance Patrick Forde 487 SDLP Stephen McClean 440 Workers' Party Edward O'Hagan 349 Alliance Anthony Dickinson 200 UUP William Keown 182 Workers' Party David Allister 117 Turnout 8,413 Ethel Smyth leaves UUP
Dungannon Dungannon A Party Candidate 1st Pref Independent Seamus Cassidy 1,057 SDLP Anthony McGonnell 889 SDLP John Monaghan 856 UUP Noel Mulligan 797 UUP Samuel Brush 633 DUP William McIlwrath 583 DUP Frederick Burrows 570 UUP Winston Mulligan 549 Turnout 6,026 Independent gain from SDLP
Dungannon B Party Candidate 1st Pref Independent Jim Canning 1,744 Independent Owen Nugent 1,140 SDLP Patrick McGlinchey 1,138 UUP Thomas Kempton 918 Independent John Corr 539 DUP Abraham White 497 Turnout 6,186 Owen Nugent leaves SDLP
Dungannon C Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Patsy Daly 1,324 UUP Derek Irwin 981 DUP James Ewing 778 UUP John Taggart 647 DUP Norman Lockhart 583 UUP Jim Brady 571 Independent Wilfred Dilworth 558 UUUP James McNeill 205 Independent William Lucas 104 Turnout 5,876 DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon D Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Maurice Morrow 1,124 UUP Ken Maginnis 1,085 Irish Independence Plunkett O'Donnell 1,062 UUP William Brown 1,046 Independent Michael McLoughlin 751 SDLP Peggie Devlin 579 Turnout 5,762 Michael McLoughlin leaves SDLP UUP gain from Independent IIP gain from Independent
Fermanagh Fermanagh A Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence John McMahon 1,292 UUP Jack Leahy 1,075 Independent John Joe McCusker 1,069 Independent Thomas Murray 849 SDLP Fergus McQuillan 628 DUP Caroline Madill 548 Independent Michael McBarron 528 UUP Thomas Johnston 329 SDLP John Reihill 280 Turnout 6,734 John Joe McCusker leaves Unity IIP gain from Independent
Fermanagh B Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Cecil Noble 1,660 Irish Independence Patrick Cox 1,216 UUP Norman Brown 892 DUP Roy Coalter 535 UUP Cyril Crozier 396 SDLP Thomas Doherty 395 SDLP Seamus Carson 310 DUP Margaret Veitch 261 Turnout 5,774 DUP gain from UUUP IIP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh C Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence Patrick McCaffrey 1,178 UUP Wilson Elliott 941 Independent Patrick Flanagan 848 Irish Independence Annie Cavanagh 816 SDLP Gerard Gallagher 776 UUP Herbert Corrigan 693 DUP George Gott 468 SDLP Patrick McGovern 200 Turnout 6,094 Patrick McCaffrey leaves Unity
Fermanagh D Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Herbert Kerr 1,241 UUP Caldwell McClaughrey 1,074 DUP Bert Johnston 905 SDLP John O'Kane 843 Irish Independence Gerry O'Donnell 544 Irish Independence Patrick Keown 448 SDLP John Cunningham 396 SDLP Patrick McGrath 391 DUP Miriam Cuthbertson 266 Alliance John Haslett 179 Turnout 6,371 Bert Johnston leaves UUUP UUP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh E Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Raymond Ferguson 1,116 Irish Independence Patrick O'Reilly 825 DUP Nigel Dodds 767 UUP Samuel Foster 563 Irish Independence Edward Bermingham 548 SDLP Jim Lunny 519 SDLP Jim Donnelly 456 UUP Alwin Loane 415 Fermanagh Labour League Thomas Campbell 362 Alliance Marjorie Moore 298 SDLP Roy Tarbotton 242 Turnout 6,253 IIP gain from SDLP UUP gain from UUUP
Larne Larne A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Thomas Robinson 897 Independent William Cunning 875 DUP Rachel Rea 582 Alliance Hugh Wilson 469 DUP Robert Campbell 414 Turnout 3,311 Independent gain from SDLP
Larne B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP John Alexander 647 DUP Samuel McAllister 600 UUP Laurence Niblock 547 United Loyalist Roy Beggs 466 UUP Alexander Hunter 296 Alliance William Calwell 241 Turnout 2,865 Laurence Niblock leaves Vanguard Roy Beggs leaves DUP DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Larne C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Jack McKee 1,436 UUP Robert Robinson 770 DUP Winston Fulton 509 Alliance William Kelly 508 Alliance Thomas Benson 428 Alliance Amelia Kelly 396 UUP Rosalie Armstrong 387 UUP Joseph Wallace 325 United Loyalist Samuel Martin 262 Community Candidate James Clements 218 DUP Leonard Sluman 178 Independent Agnew Hamilton 156 Community Candidate Patrick Todd 69 Independent William Fleck 61 Turnout 5,894 Rosalie Armstrong leaves Vanguard DUP gain from Vanguard and Independent UUP gain from Independent
Limavady Limavady A Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Arthur Doherty 727 SDLP Roy King 678 DUP Ernest Murray 654 UUP Robert Grant 563 SDLP Thomas Mullan 562 UUP Stanley Gault 434 UUP James Gilfillan 290 Turnout 3,986 No change
Limavady B Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP David Robinson 883 SDLP Lawrence Hegarty 571 Independent Denis Farren 501 UUP Max Gault 329 Irish Independence Sean McCloskey 319 SDLP James Brolly 310 DUP Alex Fulton 220 Irish Independence George McCormick 197 Irish Independence Andrew Murphy 127 DUP John McKay 75 The Workers' Party Republican Clubs Jerry Mullan 63 Turnout 3,715 IIP gain from SDLP
Limavady C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William Norris 729 SDLP Barry Doherty 653 UUP William Cooke 650 UUP William Barbour 622 UUP Jackie Dolan 595 SDLP Geraldine Kearny 510 Alliance Francis Parkinson 223 DUP George Robinson 133 DUP Arthur Reid 108 Turnout 4,287 No change
Lisburn Lisburn A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Robert Campbell 1,299 DUP James Wells 1,004 UUP William Dillon 916 SDLP John Clenaghan 905 DUP Charles Woodburne 515 UUP Henry Stewart 394 Turnout 5,142 No change
Lisburn B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Charles Poots 1,469 UUP William Bleakes 1,222 UUP Thomas Lilburn 655 Alliance John Alderdice 623 DUP Samuel Dorman 620 DUP James McCann 469 UUP Joseph McClullough 447 Independent William Johnston 351 Turnout 5,977 William Bleakes leaves UUUP DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William Belshaw 2,412 DUP Denis McCarroll 856 UUP William Watson 812 Alliance Seamus Close 811 UUP Wilfred McClung 585 DUP Robert Dunsmore 423 UUUP George Morrison 401 Independent William Whitley 389 NI Labour Robert Clarke 107 Turnout 6,992 DUP gain from UUP and UUUP
Lisburn D Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Ivan Davis 3,720 Alliance George Boyd 1,086 UUP Samuel Semple 1,069 UUP Maureen McKinney 788 Alliance James Mulholland 479 DUP Robert McNeice 470 UUP David Trimble 454 Unionist Party NI David Gordon 232 UUUP John Curry 153 Turnout 8,639 DUP gain from UPNI
Lisburn E Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William Beattie 1,909 UUP William McAllister 1,830 SDLP William McDonnell 1,013 Alliance John Cousins 542 Workers' Party Gerard Dunlop 462 Alliance Brion Fitzsimons 435 UUUP James Davis 105 Communist Terry Bruton 72 Turnout 6,831 UUUP gain from Alliance
Londonderry Londonderry A Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP John Henry 1,412 SDLP John McNickle 1,018 SDLP George Peoples 942 UUP Robert Bond 937 DUP William Hay 906 SDLP Thomas Doherty 837 SDLP Danny Ferguson 808 UUP Ernest Hamilton 592 UUP Alan Lindsay 526 Alliance John Allen 318 Alliance James Patterson 173 NI Labour Delap Stevenson 173 Turnout 8,786 DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Anna Hay 1,586 DUP Gregory Campbell 1,206 SDLP Michael Fegan 1,119 UUP James Guy 1,078 Alliance Robert McCullough 707 UUP Robert Ferris 583 UUP George McNally 496 SDLP Colm Elliott 462 Irish Independence Thomas McGlinchley 410 Derry Trades Union Council Bernard McAnaney 39 Turnout 7,855 DUP gain from Alliance
Londonderry C Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Patrick Devine 1,566 Irish Independence John McChrystal 599 SDLP Anna Gallagher 353 SDLP Raymond Rogan 312 Irish Independence Kevin Barr 299 Independent Samuel Brown 274 SDLP Joseph Moran 229 Irish Independence Eileen Doherty 221 Alliance Gerard O'Grady 213 Ind. Republican Vincent Coyle 174 Workers' Party Eamon Melaugh 143 Irish Independence Patrick Harkin 125 Derry Trades Union Council Ann Donnelly 75 Ind. Republican John Carr 61 Turnout 4,891 John McChrystal and Kevin Barr join IIP
Londonderry D Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP William Keys 788 Irish Independence James Bradley 591 DUP Margaret Buchanan 507 SDLP John Tierney 438 SDLP William McCartney 353 Irish Independence Roger O'Doherty 182 Alliance Noel Sinclair 141 Irish Independence Liam Wray 93 Irish Republican Socialist Thomas McCourt 92 Derry Trades Union Council Colm Fox 88 Turnout 3,426 James Bradley joins IIP DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry E Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Frank Donnelly 1,344 Irish Independence Fergus McAteer 1,203 SDLP William O'Connell 1,176 SDLP Leonard Green 984 SDLP William McCorriston 976 UUP David Davis 956 Alliance Ita Breen 563 DUP Annette Hetherington 560 Irish Independence James Crossan 349 Irish Independence Edward Bradley 301 Irish Independence Denis McIntyre 180 Derry Trades Union Council John Duffy 164 Irish Republican Socialist Paul Whoriskey 144 Community Candidate Michael Shiels 122 Derry Trades Union Council Bill Webster 73 Turnout 9,377 Fergus McAteer joins IIP SDLP gain from Alliance
Magherafelt Magherafelt A Party Candidate 1st Pref Independent Noel McCusker 1,597 SDLP Mary McSorley 920 DUP John Linton 823 SDLP Patrick Sweeney 705 UUP John Kenning 569 SDLP Frank McKendry 459 SDLP Patrick McBride 403 Ind. Unionist Francis Thompson 359 Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 329 Workers' Party Geraldine Crilly 137 Independent Peter Merron 53 Turnout 6,483 DUP gain from UUP SDLP gain from UUP Independent gain from WPRC
Magherafelt B Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence John Davey 1,961 UUUP Robert Overend 1,070 UUP John Junkin 690 DUP Thomas Milligan 668 DUP Alexander Montgomery 512 SDLP Francis Madden 322 Independent Vincent O'Neill 300 SDLP Henry McErlean 284 Turnout 5,985 IIP gain from Independent
Magherafelt C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP William McCrea 2,248 Independent Bernard Murphy 1,208 SDLP William Conaghan 696 SDLP Roddy Gribben 638 SDLP Michael O'Neill 398 UUP William Lees 346 UUUP Ernest Caldwell 309 Alliance Wilfred Brennen 288 DUP George Miller 283 UUP James Artt 256 Independent John Gregg 38 Turnout 6,855 Independent gain from SDLP
Moyle Moyle A Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Malachy McSparran 477 Independent Fergus Wheeler 461 SDLP Gerard Gillan 262 SDLP Archie McIntosh 248 Irish Independence John McKay 241 SDLP Charles Hamill 220 Independent Thomas O'Neill 96 Independent Gerard McCarry 83 Irish Independence Anna Edwards 68 Turnout 2,202 SDLP gain from Independent (x2)
Moyle B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP James Rodgers 445 Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy 381 Independent James McShane 345 Independent Mary Morrison 300 UUP Robert Getty 299 UUP Hugh Acheson 253 DUP Ronnie McIlvar 243 UUP James McAuley 193 Alliance Maurice McHenry 142 DUP Andrew Dobbin 133 Alliance John Shanks 92 DUP Samuel Simpson 56 Turnout 2,955 Price McConaghy leaves UUP UUP gain from Independent Unionist (x2)
Moyle C Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Richard Kerr 296 Independent Archie McAuley 237 SDLP Michael O'Cleary 222 Irish Independence Eamonn Scally 178 SDLP Joseph Donaghy 157 UUP Elizabeth Johnstone 150 Alliance Hugh Sayers 139 DUP Norman Campbell 128 Alliance Thomas Cecil 92 Turnout 1,647 No change
Newry and Mourne Newry and Mourne A Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Colum Murnion 1,346 DUP George Graham 1,264 UUP William Russell 1,155 UUP William Coulter 1,052 SDLP Anne Marie Cunningham 639 Independent Arthur Dornan 600 DUP Robert McConnell 175 Turnout 6,443 No change
Newry and Mourne B Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP P. J. Bradley 1,048 SDLP Jim McCart 847 SDLP Liam Trainor 595 SDLP Brian Mulligan 589 Independent Anthony Williamson 459 UUP William McCoy 433 Irish Independence Joe Kearney 412 Alliance Eithne Doran 174 DUP Raymond Hanna 135 Independent Peter Maloy 106 Independent Labour Johnny Ward 33 Turnout 5,049 SDLP gain from Independent and Alliance
Newry and Mourne C Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Nan Sands 1,014 DUP William Sterritt 901 UUP Violet Cromie 612 SDLP Patrick Harper 611 UUP Annie Copeland 466 Independent James Fagan 395 Alliance Violet Watts 87 Turnout 4,198 DUP gain from UUP
Newry and Mourne D Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence Eugene Markey 1,831 SDLP John McEvoy 988 UUP Andrew Moffett 805 UUP Clarence Morrow 675 SDLP John Bell 664 SDLP Thomas McGrath 627 SDLP Michael McNulty 592 Alliance Victor Frizell 588 DUP George McConnell 303 Workers' Party Brian Mulligan 287 Workers' Party Matthew Cunningham 203 Irish Independence Francis McCamley 167 Turnout 8,010 Eugene Markey joins IIP IIP gain from Alliance
Newry and Mourne E Party Candidate 1st Pref Anti H-Block James Lynch 1,244 SDLP Pat Toner 925 Independent Anthony Watters 852 SDLP James Savage 758 SDLP Owen Kelly 570 SDLP Jack McMahon 533 Independent Sean McCreesh 531 UUP Elizabeth McConnell 530 Irish Independence Jim Murphy 447 DUP Alex Chambers 255 Ind. Republican Brian Woods 242 Irish Independence Sean Reavy 83 Turnout 7,212 Jim Murphy joins IIP Anti H-Block gain from SDLP
Newry and Mourne F Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Arthur Ruddy 874 UUP William McCaigue 752 SDLP Patrick McElroy 666 Irish Independence Freddie Kearns 479 SDLP Louis McGuigan 475 Alliance Michael McVerry 306 Irish Independence Kevin McAleenan 277 DUP Gordon Heslip 258 Irish Independence P. J. McCann 248 Workers' Party Edward McKeown 105 Workers' Party Michael McLoughlin 87 Alliance Edward Turley 85 Social Reform Party James Malone 34 Turnout 4,833 IIP gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey Newtownabbey A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP James Wilson 850 DUP Trevor Kirkland 830 DUP Mary Harkness 818 UUP Arthur Templeton 758 UUP John Anderson 710 Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron 598 Alliance Patrick McCudden 550 Turnout 5,243 Sidney Cameron leaves UUP DUP gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey B Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP David Hanna 1,964 UUP Fraser Agnew 1,090 UUP Letitia McCartney 547 UUP Cecil Stringer 450 Newtownabbey Labour Party Bob Kidd 433 Workers' Party Austin Kelly 375 Alliance John Elliott 363 Alliance Hugh Montgomery 291 Newtownabbey Labour Party Alistair Keery 102 Communist William Stewart 32 Turnout 5,920 Cecil Stringer joins UUP
Newtownabbey C Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP Samuel Neill 2,737 UUP Clifford Forsythe 1,499 UUP Robert Caul 1,277 Independent Desmond Dowds 807 Alliance Claire Martin 560 Alliance George Jones 534 Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 460 Newtownabbey Labour Party Brian Caul 252 Turnout 8,332 Independent gain from Alliance UUP gain from UPNI
Newtownabbey D Party Candidate 1st Pref DUP James Smith 2,926 Alliance James Rooney 1,068 Ind. Unionist George Herron 951 UUP Ivan Hunter 949 UUP Arthur Kell 560 UUP William McKee 520 Independent Alliance John Drysdale 323 Alliance John Smith 308 Newtownabbey Labour Party Thomas Davidson 147 Newtownabbey Labour Party Lindsay Prior 94 Turnout 8,109 Independent Unionist gain from Alliance
North Down North Down A Party Candidate 1st Pref Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills 1,216 Alliance Donald Hayes 812 DUP Raymond Trousdale 740 Alliance Jane Copeland 710 UUP Bruce Mulligan 683 Unionist Party NI William Bailie 655 UUP George Allport 605 DUP Elizabeth Loan 592 Alliance Julian Hamilton 298 UPUP Valerie Kinghan 279 UPUP Margaret McGimpsey 247 Unionist Party NI Dorothy Smith 56 Turnout 5,610 DUP gain from Alliance
North Down B Party Candidate 1st Pref UPUP George Green 1,200 DUP Wesley Graham 972 DUP Camphell McCormick 821 Alliance James Magee 733 DUP George McMurtry 663 UUP Chalmers Quee 386 UUP Phyllis Brown 370 UPUP Cecil Baniff 306 PUP Thomas O'Brien 270 Alliance Anne Wilson 268 UPUP William Elliott 234 Ind. Unionist John Shields 233 UPUP James Boyle 203 United British Ulster Peoples Party William Johnston 28 Turnout 6,888 George Green leaves Vanguard DUP gain from UUP UPUP gain from UUP
North Down C Party Candidate 1st Pref UPUP Mary O'Fee 1,021 Alliance William Morrow 959 DUP Robert Graham 929 UUP Hazel Bradford 907 Alliance Brian Wilson 444 UUP Terence McKeag 422 Alliance Thomas Rollins 367 UPUP Maisie McMullan 273 DUP George McKinnie 263 Turnout 5,720 Mary O'Fee leaves Vanguard DUP gain from UUP
North Down D Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Ellie McKay 1,076 UUP John Auld 803 Alliance Susan O'Brien 727 DUP Gordon Dunne 509 Alliance Michael Clarke 423 Alliance Irene Cave 391 UPUP Frederick White 374 DUP Edith Cole 277 UUP Thomas Bussell 225 Unionist Party NI Trevor Boyd 181 UPUP Eric Griffith 135 Turnout 5,246 DUP gain from UUUP
Omagh Omagh A Party Candidate 1st Pref UUP Arthur McFarland 846 SDLP Liam McQuaid 840 Irish Independence Charles McElholm 771 SDLP John Skelton 538 Irish Independence John Fahy 496 UUP William Montgomery 490 DUP Ivan Foster 474 SDLP Vincent O'Brien 376 DUP George Thompson 330 Unity Unionist Cecil Anderson 196 Alliance Dermot McCormack 87 Turnout 5,610 DUP gain from UUP IIP gain from Independent
Omagh B Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence Patrick Donnelly 623 Independent John Mullin 604 UUP Bertie Moses 597 Alliance Patrick Bogan 570 UUP John Hutchinson 551 DUP James McConnell 512 Workers' Party Tommy Owens 407 SDLP Eugene Donnelly 393 DUP William McFarland 254 Turnout 4,631 Patrick Donnelly joins IIP DUP gain from UUP
Omagh C Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence Patrick Fahy 1,185 DUP Oliver Gibson 1,026 SDLP Bernadette Grant 818 Alliance Aidan Lagan 723 UUP John Ashenhurst 654 SDLP Stephen McKenna 513 SDLP Paddy McGowan 496 UUP William Thompson 457 SDLP Arthur Breen 453 Alliance Richard Hinds 336 DUP William Caldwell 251 UUP Alfred Barnett 194 DUP James Mitchell 173 Irish Independence Francis Loughran 83 Irish Independence Michael Kelly 79 Ind. Unionist Edward Sayers 74 Turnout 7,681 DUP gain from UUP IIP gain from SDLP
Omagh D Party Candidate 1st Pref Irish Independence Francis Conway 984 SDLP Brendan Martin 643 DUP Willis Cooke 576 UUP John Johnston 427 Ind. Republican Francis McElroy 375 Irish Independence Brian McGrath 303 Irish Independence Patrick Walsh 285 Alliance John Hadden 235 SDLP Patrick McCrory 225 SDLP John McSherry 118 Turnout 4,331 IIP gain from Alliance IIP gain from WPRC DUP gain from UUP
Strabane Strabane A Party Candidate 1st Pref Independent Denis McCrory 1,320 DUP Thomas Kerrigan 1,221 SDLP Mary McCrea 1,029 UUP Edward Turner 832 UUP Ernest Young 672 DUP Robert Anderson 580 DUP David Baird 315 Turnout 6,162 DUP gain from UUP
Strabane B Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP John Gallagher 1,101 Independent Francis McConnell 1,015 UUP Mary Britton 984 DUP Samuel Rogers 973 DUP George McIntyre 827 UUP Henry Henderson 607 SDLP Mary McAleer 313 Turnout 5,997 DUP gain from UUP
Strabane C Party Candidate 1st Pref Independent James O'Kane 1,250 SDLP Paul O'Hare 600 SDLP William Flanagan 578 UUP Robert Fleming 450 Independent John O'Kane 418 DUP Desmond Monteith 371 Anti H-Block William Gallagher 296 Alliance Patrick Wallace 288 SDLP Jane O'Donnell 268 Ind. Nationalist John McCrory 247 Independent Michael Dunne 115 Independent David Fleming 96 Independent William Crichton 72 Independent John Tracey 43 Turnout 5,447 Independent gain from SDLP
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