1981 Strabane District Council election
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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Strabane 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 15 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent Nationalist | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 4,459 | 11.2 | |
Democratic Unionist | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 4,287 | 11.5 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 22.8 | 3,889 | 7.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 3,545 | 8.8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 326 | 3.0 | |
Anti H-Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 296 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 288 | 1.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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DUP | SDLP | UUP | Others | ||||||
Area A | 35.4 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 25.2 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 5 |
Area B | 30.9 | 2 | 24.3 | 1 | 27.3 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 5 |
Area C | 7.0 | 0 | 27.3 | 2 | 8.5 | 1 | 57.2 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 25.1 | 4 | 22.8 | 4 | 20.7 | 3 | 31.4 | 4 | 15 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 22.11% | 1,320 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Kerrigan | 20.46% | 1,221 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary McCrea | 17.24% | 1,029 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Robert Anderson | 9.72% | 580 | 581 | 602.6 | 1,070.22 | |
Ulster Unionist | Edward Turner* | 13.94% | 832 | 882 | 892.26 | 908.42 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Young* | 11.26% | 672 | 738 | 747.36 | 754.62 | |
Democratic Unionist | David Baird | 5.28% | 315 | 321 | 497.22 | ||
Electorate: 7,833 Valid: 5,969 (76.20%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 995 Turnout: 6,162 (78.67%) |
Area B[edit]
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Gallagher* | 18.92% | 1,101 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Francis McConnell* | 17.44% | 1,015 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Britton* | 16.91% | 984 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Samuel Rogers* | 16.72% | 973 | ||
Democratic Unionist | George McIntyre* | 14.21% | 827 | 832 | |
Ulster Unionist | Henry Henderson* | 10.43% | 607 | 624 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary McAleer | 5.38% | 313 | ||
Electorate: 7,050 Valid: 5,820 (82.55%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,997 (85.06%) |
Area C[edit]
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | James O'Kane | 27.52% | 1,459 | |||||||||||
Independent Nationalist | John O'Kane* | 7.89% | 418 | 818.98 | 826.8 | 836.62 | 857.54 | 890.18 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Paul O'Hare | 11.32% | 600 | 659.45 | 666.27 | 670.27 | 682.91 | 688.32 | 836.83 | 902.83 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | William Flanagan | 10.90% | 578 | 599.73 | 601.14 | 605.14 | 610.55 | 619.78 | 727.29 | 790.16 | 807.96 | 886.96 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Fleming* | 8.49% | 450 | 450.82 | 451.82 | 467.23 | 472.23 | 473.23 | 473.23 | 475.64 | 475.94 | 555.35 | 562.35 | |
Democratic Unionist | Desmond Monteith | 7.00% | 371 | 371.41 | 371.41 | 377.41 | 385.41 | 394.41 | 394.41 | 394.41 | 394.41 | 397.41 | 399.41 | |
Anti H-Block | William Gallagher | 5.58% | 296 | 305.84 | 313.84 | 313.84 | 315.84 | 331.25 | 333.25 | 382.89 | 385.49 | 385.49 | ||
Alliance | Patrick Wallace | 5.43% | 288 | 304.4 | 308.81 | 319.22 | 339.86 | 343.86 | 349.09 | 370.14 | 374.04 | |||
Independent Nationalist | John McCrory | 4.66% | 247 | 264.63 | 272.04 | 276.04 | 289.09 | 303.91 | 312.32 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Jane O'Donnell | 5.06% | 268 | 280.3 | 280.71 | 281.71 | 288.94 | 294.94 | ||||||
Independent | Michael Dunne | 2.17% | 115 | 119.92 | 123.92 | 131.92 | 131.92 | |||||||
Independent | David Fleming | 1.81% | 96 | 108.71 | 109.71 | 110.71 | ||||||||
Independent | William Crichton | 1.36% | 72 | 73.64 | 73.64 | |||||||||
Independent | John Tracey | 0.81% | 43 | 46.28 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 7,630 Valid: 5,301 (69.48%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,447 (71.39%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1973-1981: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 13 August 2021.