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1981 Northern Ireland local elections
Field
Value
election_name
1981 Northern Ireland local elections
flag_image
Flag placeholder.svg
type
parliamentary
ongoing
no
previous_election
1977 Northern Ireland local elections
previous_year
1977
next_election
1985 Northern Ireland local elections
next_year
1985
seats_for_election
All council seats
election_date
20 May 1981
leader1
**James Molyneaux**
party1
Ulster Unionist Party
seats1
**151**
seat_change1
25
popular_vote1
175,965
percentage1
26.4%
swing1
3.6%
image2
[[File:Ian Paisley, 1983 (cropped).jpg
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leader2
Ian Paisley
party2
Democratic Unionist Party
seats2
142
seat_change2
68
popular_vote2
**176,816**
percentage2
**26.6%**
swing2
13.8%
image3
[[File:John Hume, 1979 (cropped).jpg
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leader3
John Hume
party3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
seats3
104
seat_change3
9
popular_vote3
116,487
percentage3
17.5%
swing3
3.1%
leader4
Oliver Napier
party4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
seats4
38
seat_change4
32
popular_vote4
59,397
percentage4
8.9%
swing4
5.5%
leader5
N/A
party5
Independent (politician)
seats5
37
seat_change5
5
popular_vote5
44,427
percentage5
6.7%
swing5
0.9%
image6
[[File:Noimage.png
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leader6
Pat Fahy
party6
Irish Independence Party
seats6
21
seat_change6
21
popular_vote6
25,859
percentage6
3.9%
swing6
*New party*
map_image
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981 (Council Control).svg
map_caption
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
map2_image
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981 (Largest party).svg
map2_caption
Colours denote the party with the most seats
map3_image
1981 Northern Ireland local elections by DEA.png
map3_caption
Colours denote the party with the most first preference votes in each District Electoral Area (darker colours indicate a majority of first preference votes).
Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.
Results
Overall
Party
Councillors
Votes
Total
+/-
% share
Total
142
+68
26.6
176,816
151
-25
26.4
175,965
104
-9
17.5
116,487
38
-32
8.9
59,397
37
-5
6.7
44,427
21
*N/A*
3.9
25,859
Workers' Party (Ireland)}}"
The Workers' Party Republican Clubs
3
-3
1.8
12,059
6
-4
1.2
8,219
5
*N/A*
1.2
7,817
5
-7
0.7
4,962
2
*N/A*
0.7
4,734
2
-4
0.7
4,478
2
*N/A*
0.5
3,654
1
0
0.5
3,563
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
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
0
0
0.0
247
0
0
0.0
201
Unionist Unity
0
0
0.0
196
0
0
0.0
194
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
**James Graham**
1,293
**Robert Loughran**
603
**John Heffron**
537
**Wilson Clyde**
533
Gerard Carolan
429
Frew Rainey
381
Desmond McAteer
339
**Jack Blakely**
207
James Totten
164
James McConnell
113
Stewart Dunlop
91
Mary Marshall
76
**Turnout**
4,901
Irish Independence Party}}
John Heffron joins IIP
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from Independent
Antrim B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Thomas Wallace**
688
**James Cunningham**
684
**Robert Burns**
638
**Roy Thompson**
587
Allister Lucas
554
**Thomas Grant**
398
Alexander Wilson
252
John McCourt
195
George Luke
134
**Turnout**
4,251
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from Alliance
Antrim C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Samuel Dunlop**
1,719
**Paddy Marks**
1,182
**Jack Allen**
961
**Charles Quinn**
615
Antrim Labour League
John Gibbons
562
**Michael Donoghue**
531
Charles Kinahan
465
Mary Wallace
266
Antrim Tenants' Association
Philip Henry
243
Hugh Johnston
204
**Turnout**
6,984
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Ards
Ards A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Gladys McIntyre**
1,034
**Patrick Doherty**
942
**Joseph Thompson**
917
**Oliver Johnston**
875
Jim Shannon
741
**Robert Ambrose**
609
**John Scott**
545
James McMullan
808
**William Sheldon**
427
William Caughey
609
Alan Burnside
337
James Kennett
259
David Hamilton
209
Michael Long
112
Frances Millar
100
**Turnout**
8,162
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}
UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Hugh Boyd**
1,681
**Robert Gaw**
1,310
**Hugh Gibson**
1,005
**Owen Dorrian**
784
**John Elliott**
670
**Robert Brown**
508
James Murray
468
Robert Hamilton
458
Hugh Patton
383
Hugh Yeaman
360
James Murphy
270
Edward McLoughlin
166
William Speers
162
John Gray
114
**Turnout**
8,649
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}
UPUP gain from Alliance
Ards C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Thomas Gourley**
1,479
**Hamilton McKeag**
1,082
**John Hamilton**
752
**Thomas McBriar**
526
Kathleen Coulter
348
Gordon Brown
334
John Shields
311
James Middleton
237
Robert McKee
222
James Caughey
213
Shirley McWhinney
124
Thomas Adair
20
**Turnout**
5,816
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Independent
Armagh
Armagh A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Ronald Allen**
938
**Douglas Hutchinson**
878
**Francis McIlvanna**
781
**Samuel Foster**
610
Francis Kernan
593
Norman Kerr
244
Robert Cummings
74
**Turnout**
4,296
No change
Armagh B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Jim Speers**
1,931
**Seamus Mallon**
1,394
**William McClelland**
1,092
**Thomas Black**
917
**Robert Turner**
742
Thomas Johnston
733
**Francis Little**
732
John Alexander
561
Mervyn Spratt
459
Frederick Hamilton
59
**Turnout**
8,780
No change
Armagh C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick Fegan**
980
**Jim Nicholson**
962
**James McKernan**
933
**Joseph McBride**
705
**Joseph Dunleavy**
690
Patrick Agnew
493
Eleanor Boyd
450
Peter McSorley
370
**Turnout**
5,790
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Armagh D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Frederick Armstrong**
1,173
**Barney McManus**
1,011
**Pat Brannigan**
807
**Letitia McClenaghan**
653
**Anthony Agnew**
617
Gerald Grimley
568
**George MacCartney**
393
Norman Creswell
243
Independent Labour}}"
Armagh Labour Party
Carson Greer
134
**Turnout**
5,827
No change
Ballymena
Ballymena A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Desmond Armstrong**
964
**James Woulahan**
824
**John Armstrong**
823
James McKay
640
**Samuel Hanna**
583
James Millar
410
**Turnout**
4,365
No change
Ballymena B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Roy Gillespie**
1,254
**Sandy Spence**
981
**John Greer**
853
**Thomas Nicholl**
740
Hubert Nicholl
740
**Hugh Simpson**
537
**William Wright**
464
Robert Nelson
413
Thomas Smyth
402
John Sutter
271
**Turnout**
6,771
Ulster Unionist Party}}
Hugh Simpson joins UUP
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from Independent
Ballymena C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Roy West**
1,082
**Martin Clarke**
978
**Charles Maternaghan**
825
**John McAuley**
825
**William Brownlees**
815
William Simpson
694
William McConnell
243
Ernest Johnston
108
**Turnout**
5,713
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from United Ratepayers
Ballymena D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick Burke**
1,331
**Maurice Mills**
1,113
**James Alexander**
898
**Samuel Henry**
790
**Robert Maternaghan**
758
**Gordon Wilson**
547
Kenneth Hood
501
James Rainey
395
Samuel Barr
241
**Turnout**
6,604
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Ballymoney
Ballymoney A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Robert Halliday**
575
**Hugh McFarland**
516
**James Patterson**
484
**Kenneth Bamford**
404
Robert Wilson
403
Adam Taylor
188
Olive Craig
146
**Turnout**
2,757
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}
Alliance gain from UUP
Ballymoney B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Charles Steele**
791
**Hugh Boyle**
615
**William Gracey**
474
**Bertie McIlhatton**
298
**Joe Gaston**
596
**William Logan**
362
**Edward McClements**
351
**Harry Connolly**
335
Mary Ellis
278
John Mulholland
271
Samuel Bartlett
261
Margaret Donnelly
212
Malachy McCamphill
97
**Turnout**
5,063
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP and SDLP
Ballymoney C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Cecil Cousley**
747
**Ralph Strong**
538
**Mary Holmes**
567
**Robert McComb**
353
Brendan Smyth
352
James Simpson
328
Thomas McKenna
152
**Turnout**
3,102
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist
Banbridge
Banbridge A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James Walsh**
1,092
**Wilson Davidson**
939
**Wilfred McFadden**
907
**Laurence McCartan**
865
**Norman Ferguson**
684
**Samuel Cowan**
682
Kenneth McElroy
573
Hugh Anderson
538
**Gareth Bennett**
499
Irene Todd
422
Raymond Armstrong
278
Mildred McDowell
161
Herbert Plunkett
151
Independent Nationalist}}"
Independent SDLP
Margaret McStraw
318
**Turnout**
8,135
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Banbridge B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick McAvoy**
1,125
**Brian Biggerstaff**
750
**Raymond McCullough**
709
**Matthew Bailey**
589
**George Gamble**
525
**Herbert Heslip**
493
**David Herron**
472
**Robert Hill**
445
Robert McIlroy
445
Eric Williamson
380
Robert Barr
366
Dromore Action Committee
Thompson Howe
280
Robert McGregor
273
Ebenezer Mulligan
104
**Turnout**
7,128
No change
Belfast
Belfast A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Foster**
3,333
**Jeremy Burchill**
2,589
**Raymond McCrea**
2,345
**Grace Bannister**
2,055
**Sammy Wilson**
1,479
**Donnell Deeny**
1,439
Alasdair McDonnell
1,262
**Billy Blair**
900
**Mervyn Jones**
766
T. Wilkins
544
Frank Cullen
418
P. T. McGrourty
410
D. Peters
276
Ben Horan
187
John McKeague
99
James Stewart
97
**Turnout**
19,133
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from SDLP
Belfast B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Oliver Napier**
2,631
**Henry Evans**
2,513
**Joshua Cardwell**
2,327
**Bill Morrison**
2,152
**Tommy Patton**
2,083
**William Corry**
1,733
**Michael Brown**
1,602
S. Foster
1,464
Dorothy Dunlop
1,248
A. Greer
979
S. G. Coulson
647
D. McKee
548
New Ulster Political Research
D. P. Scott
434
Peter Prendiville
236
**Turnout**
21,838
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Belfast C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**David Cook**
2,493
**Mary Crooks**
2,099
**Andrew Cairns**
1,933
**Brian Gibson**
1,503
Ben Caraher
1,501
J. J. Dixon Gilmore
1,326
**William Stevenson**
1,214
**Muriel Pritchard**
1,158
B. Jeffrey
913
T. McIntyre
729
Victor Brennan
532
G. Carr
530
**Turnout**
16,460
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance and UPNI
Belfast D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Joe Hendron**
4,291
**John McNulty**
2,781
**Cormac Boomer**
2,070
Socialist
**Paddy Devlin**
1,343
Mary McMahon
1,125
**Gerry Kelly**
957
W. J. Browning
822
Dan McGuinness
725
**Mary Muldoon**
636
J. Hand
538
K. Smyth
438
Anne McElroy
346
L. Hunter
167
R. Turkington
137
**Turnout**
17,436
Independent (politician)}}
Paddy Devlin leaves SDLP
People's Democracy}}
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
Irish Republican Socialist Party}}
IRSP gain from Alliance
Belfast E
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**George Haffrey**
4,142
**Billy Bell**
3,105
**George Seawright**
1,989
**Hugh Smyth**
1,931
New Ulster Political Research
Sammy Doyle
1,135
**Laurence Kennedy**
1,070
A. H. Egerton
1,011
Unionist Democracy
Fred Proctor
692
Alban Maginness
618
J. Sands
386
**Alfie Ferguson**
367
P. Hunter
321
J. Weir
311
Peter Emerson
202
Margaret McNulty
177
**Turnout**
18,081
Progressive Unionist Party}}
Hugh Smyth joins PUP
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Belfast F
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Billy Dickson**
1,913
**Sean Flynn**
1,639
J. Sullivan
1,002
**Eric Smyth**
952
**Owen Allen**
898
**Will Glendinning**
844
**James Stewart**
719
H. G. Fitzmaurice
719
L. Cust
638
H. Fletcher
621
Mary Smyth
389
T. Lappin
227
Paul Maguire
215
**Turnout**
11,428
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Irish Republican Socialist Party}}
IRSP gain from Republican Clubs
Belfast G
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Frederick Ashby**
1,913
**Fergus O'Hare**
1,953
New Ulster Political Research
**Sammy Millar**
1,420
**Cecil Walker**
1,173
Seamus Lynch
750
**Brian Feeney**
749
Herbert Ditty
595
Socialist
Gerry Fitt
541
**Joseph Coggle**
392
P. J. McGarry
313
**Turnout**
10,336
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
People's Democracy}}
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
NUPRG gain from UUP
Belfast H
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Carson**
5,014
**Paschal O'Hare**
3,057
**William Annon**
3,010
**Frank Millar**
1,848
**John Cushnahan**
1,739
Alan Carr
1,000
Alban Maginness
818
**William Gault**
813
L. McK. Clarke
553
R. O. Jamison
531
David Overend
503
Pauline Strong
466
**Raymond Trimble**
408
**Turnout**
20,480
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Carrickfergus
Carrick A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
United Loyalist
**Charles Johnston**
819
**William Haggan**
559
**Joan Tomlin**
512
**Samuel Irvine**
504
**Mary Ardill**
458
Anne Dickson
353
Stewart Dickson
208
Ernest Burton
188
Robert Gordon
145
Mary Anderson
133
**Turnout**
3,977
Charles Johnston leaves UUUC
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Carrick B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William Cross**
748
**Hugh McLean**
701
**James Brown**
588
**Patrick Conway**
446
**William Knox**
359
Charles Hilditch
307
Steven Watters
249
Alice Bateman
231
Robert Wilson
122
Henry Cardwell
105
Richard Hopkins
85
**Turnout**
4,074
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Carrick C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Ken McFaul**
1,572
**Sean Neeson**
663
**Samuel Murphy**
526
Samuel Stewart
353
**William McKeown**
241
Elizabeth Carson
230
**Jim Strange**
167
Robert Hunter
159
John Haslett
155
Arthur McQuitty
106
Edwin Cummings
30
**Turnout**
4,367
Independent Unionist}}
Samuel Murphy leaves UPNI
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Castlereagh
Castlereagh A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Ernest Harper**
1,555
**John Glass**
1,104
**William Clulow**
1,056
**Frederick Kane**
865
**Philip Grosse**
749
Samuel Finlay
573
Bryan Milford
548
**John Hillis**
543
Ann Smith
502
James Lowe
438
John Moore
420
Robin Newton
379
**Turnout**
8,980
Democratic Unionist Party}}
Ernest Harper joins DUP
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from Alliance
Castlereagh B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Roy Allen**
3,098
**Alan Carson**
987
**William Ward**
912
**Matthew Anderson**
784
**Felicity Boyd**
742
Leslie Farrington
741
**Adam Morrow**
725
**John Gilpin**
444
Amy McKeown
383
**Wesley Boyle**
347
John Lamont
277
Michael Brooks
194
Samuel Pyper
124
James Bate
76
William Gunning
65
William Copley
28
Loyalist
Annetta Hynes
11
**Turnout**
10,334
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance
Castlereagh C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Peter Robinson**
3,562
**Patricia Archer**
1,048
**Herbert Johnstone**
990
Bryan Davidson
493
Walter McFarland
411
**Cedric Wilson**
38
**Denny Vitty**
35
**Turnout**
6,836
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Coleraine
Coleraine A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Dallat**
1,061
**Gerard O'Kane**
901
**William King**
864
**Thomas Malone Jr.**
783
William Watt
705
**George McIlrath**
690
**Robert Catherwood**
680
James Anderson
446
Mayne Long
395
Irwin Holmes
366
Anne Lambert
117
**Turnout**
7,187
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from UUP
Coleraine B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William Creelman**
1,119
**William Glenn**
674
Sean Farren
658
**Albert Clarke**
630
**Matthew Kane**
540
**Robert Mitchell**
493
**Patrick McGowan**
453
**Elizabeth Connolly**
423
John Earl
333
William Sweeney
309
Peter Scott
293
Thomas Henry
291
Roy Hilldrup
272
Malcolm Samuel
61
**Turnout**
6,715
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Independent and SDLP
Coleraine C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James McClure**
3,203
**Robert White**
1,374
**Patrick McFeely**
1,174
**William McNabb**
746
**Paul Baxter**
615
William Mathews
500
**Randall Crawford**
468
Matthew Adams
355
Avril McCandless
81
**Robert Bolton**
69
William McElfatrick
60
Margaret Smith
54
Antony Alcock
48
Elizabeth Gaston
39
Robert Hunter
39
James Leonard
33
**Turnout**
9,073
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from Alliance
Cookstown
Cookstown A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Kenneth Loughrin**
1,087
**Laurence Loughran**
1,073
**Samuel Glasgow**
1,070
**Patrick Bradley**
722
Peter Kelly
563
**Samuel Parke**
470
**Turnout**
5,149
No change
Cookstown B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William McIntyre**
1,502
**Paddy Duffy**
1,197
**Michael McIvor**
964
**Victor McGahie**
721
**James Howard**
720
Edward Hagan
679
**Joseph Davidson**
605
**Turnout**
6,535
Democratic Unionist Party}}
William McIntyre leaves UUUP
Ulster Unionist Party}}
Victor McGahie leaves UUUP
Cookstown C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Alan Kane**
1,120
**Brigid Neeson**
1,079
**Margaret Laverty**
932
**Espie Donaldson**
930
John Warwick
328
Alex McConnell
233
**Turnout**
4,946
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Craigavon
Craigavon A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Paddy Breen**
1,220
**James McDonald**
999
**Sean McKavanagh**
867
Victor Pickering
766
**James Gillespie**
732
**Patrick Crilly**
652
Thomas Fox
563
Social Alliance
Joseph Cunningham
192
William Lyness
183
**Turnout**
6,419
No change
Craigavon B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Herbert Whitten**
1,785
**Daniel Murphy**
1,343
**Gladys McCullough**
1,127
**James Forsythe**
802
**Alan Locke**
664
Dermot Hamill
541
**George Hatch**
518
**William Ramsay**
415
John Hagan
360
Frederick Richardson
336
John Oliver
227
**Turnout**
8,444
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Craigavon C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Tom French**
1,298
**Hugh News**
1,077
**Mary Simpson**
987
**Cyril McLoughlin**
775
**Robert Dodds**
750
Jack Mathers
659
**William Smith**
650
Ronald Williamson
617
Brian Gee
579
Social Alliance
Alan Evans
398
Catherine McCann
391
Social Alliance
George Forker
308
Terence McGinnity
270
Robert McEvoy
250
Frederick Crowe
141
**Turnout**
9,468
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Workers' Party (Ireland)}}
WPRC gain from SDLP
Craigavon D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Frederick Baird**
1,570
**Sydney Cairns**
1,151
**Sam Gardiner**
1,131
**David Calvert**
1,119
**George Savage**
1,028
**Ian Williams**
872
**Philip Black**
790
Gary Kennedy
639
Thomas Megarrell
486
Samuel Lutton
432
**Turnout**
9,455
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Down
Down A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Cecil Harvey**
1,387
**Samuel Osborne**
954
**Francis Laverty**
809
**Monica Smyth**
751
**Dermot Nesbitt**
732
William Finlay
655
**William Brown**
641
Thomas Murray
489
**Thomas Poole**
477
James Glover
355
John Rodgers
326
Wanda Rowan-Hamilton
286
James Cochrane
275
Thomas McKee
187
Interdependence
Francis Rice
50
Interdependence
Eileen Rice
24
**Turnout**
8,614
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Down B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Edward McGrady**
1,711
**Raymond Blaney**
1,121
**Dermot Curran**
893
**Cecil Maxwell**
875
**Malachi Curran**
665
**John Ritchie**
647
Elizabeth Kennedy
513
George Flinn
451
John Bryce
382
Sean Quinn
373
Michael Healy
305
**Turnout**
8,188
Workers' Party (Ireland)}}
WPRC gain from SDLP
Northern Ireland Labour Party}}
Labour gain from Alliance
Down C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Paddy O'Donoghue**
1,328
**Ethel Smyth**
1,137
**Gerald Douglas**
939
**James Magee**
826
**Eamon O'Neill**
822
**James Curry**
762
Norman Bicker
573
**Patrick Forde**
487
Stephen McClean
440
Edward O'Hagan
349
Anthony Dickinson
200
William Keown
182
David Allister
117
**Turnout**
8,413
Democratic Unionist Party}}
Ethel Smyth leaves UUP
Dungannon
Dungannon A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Seamus Cassidy**
1,057
**Anthony McGonnell**
889
John Monaghan
856
**Noel Mulligan**
797
**Samuel Brush**
633
**William McIlwrath**
583
Frederick Burrows
570
Winston Mulligan
549
**Turnout**
6,026
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from SDLP
Dungannon B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Jim Canning**
1,744
**Owen Nugent**
1,140
**Patrick McGlinchey**
1,138
**Thomas Kempton**
918
**John Corr**
539
Abraham White
497
**Turnout**
6,186
Independent politician}}
Owen Nugent leaves SDLP
Dungannon C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patsy Daly**
1,324
**Derek Irwin**
981
**James Ewing**
778
**John Taggart**
647
Norman Lockhart
583
**Jim Brady**
571
Wilfred Dilworth
558
James McNeill
205
William Lucas
104
**Turnout**
5,876
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Maurice Morrow**
1,124
**Ken Maginnis**
1,085
**Plunkett O'Donnell**
1,062
**William Brown**
1,046
**Michael McLoughlin**
751
Peggie Devlin
579
**Turnout**
5,762
Independent politician}}
Michael McLoughlin leaves SDLP
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from Independent
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Independent
Fermanagh
Fermanagh A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John McMahon**
1,292
**Jack Leahy**
1,075
**John Joe McCusker**
1,069
Thomas Murray
849
**Fergus McQuillan**
628
Caroline Madill
548
Michael McBarron
528
Thomas Johnston
329
John Reihill
280
**Turnout**
6,734
Independent politician}}
John Joe McCusker leaves Unity
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Independent
Fermanagh B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Cecil Noble**
1,660
**Patrick Cox**
1,216
**Norman Brown**
892
**Roy Coalter**
535
Cyril Crozier
396
Thomas Doherty
395
Seamus Carson
310
Margaret Veitch
261
**Turnout**
5,774
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUUP
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick McCaffrey**
1,178
**Wilson Elliott**
941
**Patrick Flanagan**
848
Annie Cavanagh
816
**Gerard Gallagher**
776
Herbert Corrigan
693
George Gott
468
Patrick McGovern
200
**Turnout**
6,094
Irish Independence Party}}
Patrick McCaffrey leaves Unity
Fermanagh D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Herbert Kerr**
1,241
**Caldwell McClaughrey**
1,074
**Bert Johnston**
905
**John O'Kane**
843
Gerry O'Donnell
544
Patrick Keown
448
John Cunningham
396
Patrick McGrath
391
Miriam Cuthbertson
266
John Haslett
179
**Turnout**
6,371
Democratic Unionist Party}}
Bert Johnston leaves UUUP
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from SDLP
Fermanagh E
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Raymond Ferguson**
1,116
**Patrick O'Reilly**
825
Nigel Dodds
767
**Samuel Foster**
563
Edward Bermingham
548
**Jim Lunny**
519
Jim Donnelly
456
Alwin Loane
415
Fermanagh Labour League
Thomas Campbell
362
Marjorie Moore
298
Roy Tarbotton
242
**Turnout**
6,253
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from SDLP
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from UUUP
Larne
Larne A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Thomas Robinson**
897
**William Cunning**
875
**Rachel Rea**
582
**Hugh Wilson**
469
Robert Campbell
414
**Turnout**
3,311
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from SDLP
Larne B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Alexander**
647
**Samuel McAllister**
600
**Laurence Niblock**
547
United Loyalist
**Roy Beggs**
466
Alexander Hunter
296
William Calwell
241
**Turnout**
2,865
Ulster Unionist Party}}
Laurence Niblock leaves Vanguard
Roy Beggs leaves DUP
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Larne C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Jack McKee**
1,436
**Robert Robinson**
770
**Winston Fulton**
509
**William Kelly**
508
**Thomas Benson**
428
Amelia Kelly
396
**Rosalie Armstrong**
387
Joseph Wallace
325
United Loyalist
Samuel Martin
262
Community Candidate
James Clements
218
**Leonard Sluman**
178
Agnew Hamilton
156
Community Candidate
Patrick Todd
69
William Fleck
61
**Turnout**
5,894
Ulster Unionist Party}}
Rosalie Armstrong leaves Vanguard
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Vanguard and Independent
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from Independent
Limavady
Limavady A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Arthur Doherty**
727
**Roy King**
678
**Ernest Murray**
654
**Robert Grant**
563
**Thomas Mullan**
562
**Stanley Gault**
434
James Gilfillan
290
**Turnout**
3,986
No change
Limavady B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**David Robinson**
883
**Lawrence Hegarty**
571
**Denis Farren**
501
**Max Gault**
329
**Sean McCloskey**
319
James Brolly
310
Alex Fulton
220
George McCormick
197
Andrew Murphy
127
John McKay
75
Workers' Party (Ireland)}}"
The Workers' Party Republican Clubs
Jerry Mullan
63
**Turnout**
3,715
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from SDLP
Limavady C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William Norris**
729
**Barry Doherty**
653
**William Cooke**
650
**William Barbour**
622
Jackie Dolan
595
Geraldine Kearny
510
Francis Parkinson
223
George Robinson
133
Arthur Reid
108
**Turnout**
4,287
No change
Lisburn
Lisburn A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Robert Campbell**
1,299
**James Wells**
1,004
**William Dillon**
916
**John Clenaghan**
905
Charles Woodburne
515
Henry Stewart
394
**Turnout**
5,142
No change
Lisburn B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Charles Poots**
1,469
**William Bleakes**
1,222
**Thomas Lilburn**
655
John Alderdice
623
**Samuel Dorman**
620
**James McCann**
469
Joseph McClullough
447
William Johnston
351
**Turnout**
5,977
Ulster Unionist Party}}
William Bleakes leaves UUUP
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William Belshaw**
2,412
**Denis McCarroll**
856
**William Watson**
812
**Seamus Close**
811
Wilfred McClung
585
**Robert Dunsmore**
423
George Morrison
401
William Whitley
389
Robert Clarke
107
**Turnout**
6,992
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP and UUUP
Lisburn D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Ivan Davis**
3,720
**George Boyd**
1,086
**Samuel Semple**
1,069
**Maureen McKinney**
788
James Mulholland
479
**Robert McNeice**
470
David Trimble
454
David Gordon
232
John Curry
153
**Turnout**
8,639
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UPNI
Lisburn E
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William Beattie**
1,909
**William McAllister**
1,830
**William McDonnell**
1,013
John Cousins
542
Gerard Dunlop
462
Brion Fitzsimons
435
**James Davis**
105
Terry Bruton
72
**Turnout**
6,831
United Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUUP gain from Alliance
Londonderry
Londonderry A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Henry**
1,412
**John McNickle**
1,018
**George Peoples**
942
**Robert Bond**
937
**William Hay**
906
**Thomas Doherty**
837
Danny Ferguson
808
Ernest Hamilton
592
Alan Lindsay
526
John Allen
318
James Patterson
173
Delap Stevenson
173
**Turnout**
8,786
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Anna Hay**
1,586
**Gregory Campbell**
1,206
**Michael Fegan**
1,119
**James Guy**
1,078
Robert McCullough
707
**Robert Ferris**
583
George McNally
496
Colm Elliott
462
Thomas McGlinchley
410
Derry Trades Union Council
Bernard McAnaney
39
**Turnout**
7,855
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Londonderry C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick Devine**
1,566
**John McChrystal**
599
**Anna Gallagher**
353
Raymond Rogan
312
**Kevin Barr**
299
Samuel Brown
274
**Joseph Moran**
229
Eileen Doherty
221
Gerard O'Grady
213
Vincent Coyle
174
Eamon Melaugh
143
Patrick Harkin
125
Derry Trades Union Council
Ann Donnelly
75
John Carr
61
**Turnout**
4,891
Irish Independence Party}}
John McChrystal and Kevin Barr join IIP
Londonderry D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William Keys**
788
**James Bradley**
591
**Margaret Buchanan**
507
**John Tierney**
438
**William McCartney**
353
Roger O'Doherty
182
Noel Sinclair
141
Liam Wray
93
Thomas McCourt
92
Derry Trades Union Council
Colm Fox
88
**Turnout**
3,426
Irish Independence Party}}
James Bradley joins IIP
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Londonderry E
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Frank Donnelly**
1,344
**Fergus McAteer**
1,203
**William O'Connell**
1,176
**Leonard Green**
984
**William McCorriston**
976
**David Davis**
956
Ita Breen
563
Annette Hetherington
560
James Crossan
349
Edward Bradley
301
Denis McIntyre
180
Derry Trades Union Council
John Duffy
164
Paul Whoriskey
144
Community Candidate
Michael Shiels
122
Derry Trades Union Council
Bill Webster
73
**Turnout**
9,377
Irish Independence Party}}
Fergus McAteer joins IIP
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from Alliance
Magherafelt
Magherafelt A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Noel McCusker**
1,597
**Mary McSorley**
920
**John Linton**
823
**Patrick Sweeney**
705
John Kenning
569
**Frank McKendry**
459
Patrick McBride
403
Francis Thompson
359
Francis Donnelly
329
Geraldine Crilly
137
Peter Merron
53
**Turnout**
6,483
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from UUP
Independent (politician)}}
Independent gain from WPRC
Magherafelt B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Davey**
1,961
**Robert Overend**
1,070
**John Junkin**
690
**Thomas Milligan**
668
Alexander Montgomery
512
**Francis Madden**
322
Vincent O'Neill
300
Henry McErlean
284
**Turnout**
5,985
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Independent
Magherafelt C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**William McCrea**
2,248
**Bernard Murphy**
1,208
William Conaghan
696
**Roddy Gribben**
638
Michael O'Neill
398
**William Lees**
346
Ernest Caldwell
309
Wilfred Brennen
288
**George Miller**
283
James Artt
256
John Gregg
38
**Turnout**
6,855
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from SDLP
Moyle
Moyle A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Malachy McSparran**
477
**Fergus Wheeler**
461
**Gerard Gillan**
262
**Archie McIntosh**
248
John McKay
241
Charles Hamill
220
Thomas O'Neill
96
Gerard McCarry
83
Anna Edwards
68
**Turnout**
2,202
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from Independent (x2)
Moyle B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James Rodgers**
445
**Price McConaghy**
381
**James McShane**
345
**Mary Morrison**
300
**Robert Getty**
299
**Hugh Acheson**
253
**Ronnie McIlvar**
243
**James McAuley**
193
Maurice McHenry
142
Andrew Dobbin
133
John Shanks
92
Samuel Simpson
56
**Turnout**
2,955
Independent Unionist}}
Price McConaghy leaves UUP
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from Independent Unionist (x2)
Moyle C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Richard Kerr**
296
**Archie McAuley**
237
**Michael O'Cleary**
222
Eamonn Scally
178
Joseph Donaghy
157
**Elizabeth Johnstone**
150
Hugh Sayers
139
Norman Campbell
128
Thomas Cecil
92
**Turnout**
1,647
No change
Newry and Mourne
Newry and Mourne A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Colum Murnion**
1,346
**George Graham**
1,264
**William Russell**
1,155
**William Coulter**
1,052
**Anne Marie Cunningham**
639
Arthur Dornan
600
Robert McConnell
175
**Turnout**
6,443
No change
Newry and Mourne B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**P. J. Bradley**
1,048
**Jim McCart**
847
**Liam Trainor**
595
**Brian Mulligan**
589
Anthony Williamson
459
William McCoy
433
Joe Kearney
412
Eithne Doran
174
Raymond Hanna
135
Peter Maloy
106
Johnny Ward
33
**Turnout**
5,049
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
SDLP gain from Independent and Alliance
Newry and Mourne C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Nan Sands**
1,014
**William Sterritt**
901
**Violet Cromie**
612
**Patrick Harper**
611
Annie Copeland
466
James Fagan
395
Violet Watts
87
**Turnout**
4,198
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Newry and Mourne D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Eugene Markey**
1,831
**John McEvoy**
988
**Andrew Moffett**
805
**Clarence Morrow**
675
**John Bell**
664
**Thomas McGrath**
627
Michael McNulty
592
Victor Frizell
588
George McConnell
303
Brian Mulligan
287
Matthew Cunningham
203
**Francis McCamley**
167
**Turnout**
8,010
Irish Independence Party}}
Eugene Markey joins IIP
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Alliance
Newry and Mourne E
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James Lynch**
1,244
**Pat Toner**
925
**Anthony Watters**
852
**James Savage**
758
**Owen Kelly**
570
Jack McMahon
533
Sean McCreesh
531
Elizabeth McConnell
530
**Jim Murphy**
447
Alex Chambers
255
Brian Woods
242
Sean Reavy
83
**Turnout**
7,212
Irish Independence Party}}
Jim Murphy joins IIP
Anti H-Block}}
Anti H-Block gain from SDLP
Newry and Mourne F
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Arthur Ruddy**
874
**William McCaigue**
752
**Patrick McElroy**
666
**Freddie Kearns**
479
Louis McGuigan
475
Michael McVerry
306
Kevin McAleenan
277
Gordon Heslip
258
P. J. McCann
248
Edward McKeown
105
Michael McLoughlin
87
Edward Turley
85
Social Reform Party
James Malone
34
**Turnout**
4,833
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey
Newtownabbey A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James Wilson**
850
**Trevor Kirkland**
830
**Mary Harkness**
818
**Arthur Templeton**
758
John Anderson
710
**Sidney Cameron**
598
Patrick McCudden
550
**Turnout**
5,243
Independent Unionist}}
Sidney Cameron leaves UUP
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**David Hanna**
1,964
**Fraser Agnew**
1,090
**Letitia McCartney**
547
**Cecil Stringer**
450
**Bob Kidd**
433
Austin Kelly
375
**John Elliott**
363
Hugh Montgomery
291
Alistair Keery
102
William Stewart
32
**Turnout**
5,920
Ulster Unionist Party}}
Cecil Stringer joins UUP
Newtownabbey C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Samuel Neill**
2,737
**Clifford Forsythe**
1,499
**Robert Caul**
1,277
**Desmond Dowds**
807
**Claire Martin**
560
George Jones
534
Gordon Mawhinney
460
Brian Caul
252
**Turnout**
8,332
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from Alliance
Ulster Unionist Party}}
UUP gain from UPNI
Newtownabbey D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James Smith**
2,926
**James Rooney**
1,068
**George Herron**
951
**Ivan Hunter**
949
**Arthur Kell**
560
William McKee
520
Independent Alliance
John Drysdale
323
John Smith
308
Thomas Davidson
147
Lindsay Prior
94
**Turnout**
8,109
Independent Unionist}}
Independent Unionist gain from Alliance
North Down
North Down A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Edmund Mills**
1,216
**Donald Hayes**
812
**Raymond Trousdale**
740
Jane Copeland
710
**Bruce Mulligan**
683
**William Bailie**
655
George Allport
605
Elizabeth Loan
592
Julian Hamilton
298
Valerie Kinghan
279
Margaret McGimpsey
247
Dorothy Smith
56
**Turnout**
5,610
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from Alliance
North Down B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**George Green**
1,200
**Wesley Graham**
972
**Camphell McCormick**
821
**James Magee**
733
George McMurtry
663
Chalmers Quee
386
Phyllis Brown
370
**Cecil Baniff**
306
Thomas O'Brien
270
Anne Wilson
268
William Elliott
234
John Shields
233
James Boyle
203
United British Ulster Peoples Party
William Johnston
28
**Turnout**
6,888
Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}
George Green leaves Vanguard
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}
UPUP gain from UUP
North Down C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Mary O'Fee**
1,021
**William Morrow**
959
**Robert Graham**
929
**Hazel Bradford**
907
**Brian Wilson**
444
Terence McKeag
422
Thomas Rollins
367
Maisie McMullan
273
George McKinnie
263
**Turnout**
5,720
Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}
Mary O'Fee leaves Vanguard
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
North Down D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Ellie McKay**
1,076
**John Auld**
803
**Susan O'Brien**
727
**Gordon Dunne**
509
**Michael Clarke**
423
Irene Cave
391
Frederick White
374
Edith Cole
277
Thomas Bussell
225
Trevor Boyd
181
Eric Griffith
135
**Turnout**
5,246
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUUP
Omagh
Omagh A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Arthur McFarland**
846
**Liam McQuaid**
840
**Charles McElholm**
771
**John Skelton**
538
John Fahy
496
William Montgomery
490
**Ivan Foster**
474
Vincent O'Brien
376
George Thompson
330
Independent Unionist}}"
Unity Unionist
Cecil Anderson
196
Dermot McCormack
87
**Turnout**
5,610
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Independent
Omagh B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick Donnelly**
623
John Mullin
604
**Bertie Moses**
597
**Patrick Bogan**
570
John Hutchinson
551
**James McConnell**
512
Tommy Owens
407
Eugene Donnelly
393
William McFarland
254
**Turnout**
4,631
Irish Independence Party}}
Patrick Donnelly joins IIP
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Omagh C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Patrick Fahy**
1,185
**Oliver Gibson**
1,026
**Bernadette Grant**
818
**Aidan Lagan**
723
**John Ashenhurst**
654
**Stephen McKenna**
513
Paddy McGowan
496
**William Thompson**
457
Arthur Breen
453
Richard Hinds
336
William Caldwell
251
Alfred Barnett
194
James Mitchell
173
Francis Loughran
83
Michael Kelly
79
Edward Sayers
74
**Turnout**
7,681
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from SDLP
Omagh D
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Francis Conway**
984
**Brendan Martin**
643
**Willis Cooke**
576
John Johnston
427
Francis McElroy
375
**Brian McGrath**
303
Patrick Walsh
285
John Hadden
235
Patrick McCrory
225
John McSherry
118
**Turnout**
4,331
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from Alliance
Irish Independence Party}}
IIP gain from WPRC
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane
Strabane A
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**Denis McCrory**
1,320
**Thomas Kerrigan**
1,221
**Mary McCrea**
1,029
Edward Turner
832
Ernest Young
672
**Robert Anderson**
580
David Baird
315
**Turnout**
6,162
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane B
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**John Gallagher**
1,101
**Francis McConnell**
1,015
**Mary Britton**
984
**Samuel Rogers**
973
**George McIntyre**
827
Henry Henderson
607
Mary McAleer
313
**Turnout**
5,997
Democratic Unionist Party}}
DUP gain from UUP
Strabane C
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
**James O'Kane**
1,250
**Paul O'Hare**
600
**William Flanagan**
578
**Robert Fleming**
450
**John O'Kane**
418
Desmond Monteith
371
William Gallagher
296
Patrick Wallace
288
Jane O'Donnell
268
John McCrory
247
Michael Dunne
115
David Fleming
96
William Crichton
72
John Tracey
43
**Turnout**
5,447
Independent politician}}
Independent gain from SDLP
References
References
[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg81.htm Local Government Elections 1981], Northern Ireland Elections
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