1981 Magherafelt District Council election
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Elections to Magherafelt 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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SDLP | 5 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
33.3 | 25.6 | 4,825 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
26.7 | 24.0 | 4,534 | ![]() | |
Ind. Republican | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
13.3 | 14.8 | 2,858 | ![]() | |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
13.3 | 9.9 | 1,861 | ![]() | |
Irish Independence | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 10.4 | 1,961 | New | |
UUUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 7.3 | 1,379 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.5 | 466 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.9 | 359 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.6 | 300 | ![]() | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.5 | 288 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 38 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | DUP | UUP | IIP | UUUP | Others | ||||||||
Area A | 39.1 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 38.9 | 1 | 5 |
Area B | 10.4 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 11.9 | 1 | 33.8 | 1 | 18.4 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 5 |
Area C | 25.8 | 1 | 37.7 | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 22.9 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 25.6 | 5 | 24.0 | 4 | 9.9 | 2 | 10.4 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 22.8 | 2 | 15 |
Districts results
[edit]Area A
[edit]1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: SDLP, DUP and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Republican Clubs
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ind. Republican | Noel McCusker | 25.13% | 1,597 | |||||||
SDLP | Mary McSorley | 14.48% | 920 | 993.08 | 1,032.4 | 1,032.4 | 1,247.4 | |||
SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 11.10% | 705 | 960.24 | 976.64 | 984.64 | 1,012.12 | 1,090.92 | ||
DUP | John Linton | 12.95% | 823 | 823.36 | 824.36 | 981.72 | 987.44 | 987.44 | 995.44 | |
SDLP | Francis McKendry | 7.22% | 459 | 520.56 | 528.8 | 529.8 | 683.84 | 781.17 | 967.17 | |
UUP | John Henning* | 8.95% | 569 | 569.36 | 573.36 | 759.36 | 760.36 | 760.36 | 773.36 | |
Republican Clubs | Francis Donnelly* | 5.18% | 329 | 390.56 | 545.24 | 548.24 | 566.56 | 577.68 | ||
SDLP | Patrick McBride | 6.34% | 403 | 417.76 | 436.52 | 436.52 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Francis Thompson* | 5.65% | 359 | 359.56 | 361.36 | |||||
Republican Clubs | Geraldine Crilly | 2.16% | 137 | 166.88 | ||||||
Ind. Republican | Peter Merron | 0.83% | 53 | 87.2 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,247 Valid: 6,354 (87.68%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 6,483 (89.46%) |
Area B
[edit]1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Irish Independence | Oliver Hughes | 33.77% | 1,961 | ||||||
UUUP | Robert Overend* | 18.43% | 1,070 | ||||||
SDLP | Henry McErlean | 4.89% | 284 | 679.66 | 679.66 | 1,075.39 | |||
DUP | Thomas Milligan | 11.50% | 668 | 668.55 | 705.49 | 705.58 | 1,146.58 | ||
UUP | John Junkin | 11.88% | 690 | 695.99 | 736.79 | 736.79 | 818.03 | 991.87 | |
Independent Nationalist | Vincent O'Neill* | 5.17% | 300 | 712.02 | 712.49 | 797.72 | 797.81 | 800.99 | |
DUP | Alexander Montgomery | 8.82% | 512 | 513.1 | 534.72 | 534.72 | |||
SDLP | Francis Madden | 5.55% | 322 | 498.58 | 498.86 | ||||
Electorate: 6,702 Valid: 5,807 (86.65%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 968 Turnout: 5,985 (89.30%) |
Area C
[edit]1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: Independent Republican gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 33.51% | 2,248 | ||||||||||
Ind. Republican | Bernard Murphy | 18.01% | 1,208 | ||||||||||
DUP | George Miller* | 4.22% | 283 | 1,181 | |||||||||
UUP | William Lees | 5.16% | 346 | 412 | 427.58 | 427.58 | 432.8 | 494.45 | 720.81 | 720.85 | 1,186.35 | ||
SDLP | Roddy Gribben | 9.51% | 638 | 638 | 638 | 679.52 | 683.6 | 705 | 706 | 976.76 | 977.54 | 978.04 | |
SDLP | William Conaghan* | 10.38% | 696 | 697 | 697.11 | 707.83 | 710.79 | 793.65 | 798.15 | 937.43 | 950.6 | 952.6 | |
UUUP | Ernest Caldwell | 4.61% | 309 | 403 | 429.49 | 429.57 | 444.72 | 482.52 | 600.66 | 602.66 | |||
SDLP | Michael O'Neill* | 5.93% | 398 | 399 | 399.07 | 419.07 | 420.43 | 430.83 | 430.83 | ||||
UUP | James Artt | 3.82% | 256 | 298 | 312.98 | 312.98 | 325.68 | 373.01 | |||||
Alliance | Wilfred Brennan | 4.29% | 288 | 301.5 | 302.61 | 303.73 | 306.59 | ||||||
Independent | John Gregg | 0.57% | 38 | 44 | 46.41 | 52.17 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,951 Valid: 6,708 (84.37%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,119 Turnout: 6,855 (86.22%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.