Northern Ireland local elections, 1981

Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
All council seats
	300px Colours denote the winning party with outright control
	300px Colours denote the party with the most seats

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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.

Results

Overall

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
Party^[1]		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
	Workers' Party	3	-3	1.8	12,059
	Independent Unionist	6	-4	1.2	8,219
	Ulster Popular Unionist	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
	Socialist 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
	Independent Nationalist	0	0	0.0	247
	Communist Party	0	0	0.0	201
	Unionist Unity	0	0	0.0	196
	UBNF	0	0	0.0	194
	Ecology	0	0	0.0	142
	Independent SDLP	0	0	0.0	85
	SRP	0	0	0.0	34
	UBUPP	0	0	0.0	28

By council

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Antrim

Ards

Armagh

Ballymena

Banbridge

Belfast

Belfast A^[2]
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
	Ulster Popular Unionist	Ben Horan	187
	Independent	John McKeague	99
	Communist Party	James Stewart	97
Turnout			19,133
	Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance
	Ulster Unionist gain from Social Democratic and Labour

Belfast B^[2]
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
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Belfast C^[2]
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
	Democratic Unionist gain from Unionist Party NI
	Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance

Belfast D^[2]
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
	People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
	Independent Socialist gain from Social Democratic and Labour
	Irish Republican Socialist gain from Alliance

Belfast E^[2]
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
	Progressive Unionist gain from Independent Unionist
	Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance

Belfast F^[2]
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
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
	Irish Republican Socialist gain from Republican Clubs

Belfast G^[2]
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
	Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance
	People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
	New Ulster Political Research gain from Ulster Unionist

Belfast H^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	John Carson	5,014
	SDLP	Paschal O'Hare	3,057
	DUP	William Annon	3,010
	Independent 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
	Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance

Carrickfergus

Castlereagh

Coleraine

Cookstown

Craigavon

Derry

Down

Dungannon

Fermanagh

Larne

Limavady

Lisburn

Magherafelt

Moyle

Newry and Mourne

Newtownabbey

North Down

Omagh

Strabane

References

↑ Local Government Elections 1981, Northern Ireland Elections
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

[1] Local Government Elections 1981, Northern Ireland Elections

[Belfast-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

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