1981 Strabane District Council election
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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 | ![]() |
26.7 | 26.1 | 4,459 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
26.7 | 25.1 | 4,287 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
26.7 | 22.8 | 3,889 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
20.0 | 20.7 | 3,545 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.9 | 326 | ![]() | |
Anti H-Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.7 | 296 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.7 | 288 | ![]() |
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 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Kerrigan | 20.46% | 1,221 | ||||
SDLP | Mary McCrea | 17.24% | 1,029 | ||||
DUP | Robert Anderson | 9.72% | 580 | 581 | 602.6 | 1,070.22 | |
UUP | Edward Turner* | 13.94% | 832 | 882 | 892.26 | 908.42 | |
UUP | Ernest Young* | 11.26% | 672 | 738 | 747.36 | 754.62 | |
DUP | 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 | ||||
SDLP | John Gallagher* | 18.92% | 1,101 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Francis McConnell* | 17.44% | 1,015 | ||
UUP | Mary Britton* | 16.91% | 984 | ||
DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 16.72% | 973 | ||
DUP | George McIntyre* | 14.21% | 827 | 832 | |
UUP | Henry Henderson* | 10.43% | 607 | 624 | |
SDLP | 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 | ||||||
SDLP | Paul O'Hare | 11.32% | 600 | 659.45 | 666.27 | 670.27 | 682.91 | 688.32 | 836.83 | 902.83 | ||||
SDLP | William Flanagan | 10.90% | 578 | 599.73 | 601.14 | 605.14 | 610.55 | 619.78 | 727.29 | 790.16 | 807.96 | 886.96 | ||
UUP | 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 | |
DUP | 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 | |||||
SDLP | 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.