Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
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All 20 seats to Armagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 38.7 | 9,267 | 0.1 | |
SDLP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 30.8 | 7,363 | 0.5 | |
Democratic Unionist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 18.5 | 4,417 | 5.7 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 1,011 | 0.2 | |
UUUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 865 | 0.9 | |
Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 493 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 370 | 0.7 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 134 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | UUUP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 37.6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 27.2 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 52.2 | 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 9.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Area C | 25.3 | 1 | 46.6 | 3 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.5 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 32.3 | 2 | 35.6 | 2 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.4 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 38.7 | 8 | 30.8 | 7 | 18.5 | 3 | 3.6 | 1 | 8.4 | 1 | 20 |
Districts results edit
Area A edit
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Ronald Allen | 22.78% | 938 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Douglas Hutchinson* | 21.32% | 878 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 14.81% | 610 | 844 | ||
SDLP | Francis McIlvanna* | 18.97% | 781 | 784 | 804 | |
SDLP | Francis Kernan | 14.40% | 593 | 599 | 676 | |
Democratic Unionist | Norman Kerr | 5.93% | 244 | |||
UUUP | Robert Cummings | 1.80% | 74 | |||
Electorate: 5,833 Valid: 4,118 (70.60%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 824 Turnout: 4,296 (73.65%) |
Area B edit
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers* | 22.40% | 1,931 | |||||||
SDLP | Seamus Mallon* | 16.17% | 1,394 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | William McClelland* | 12.67% | 1,092 | 1,264.8 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Black* | 10.64% | 917 | 955.16 | 959.88 | 963.38 | 1,170.16 | 1,843.16 | ||
UUUP | Francis Little* | 8.49% | 732 | 768.72 | 808.08 | 819.98 | 867.52 | 895.84 | 1,189.84 | |
Ulster Unionist | Robert Turner | 8.61% | 742 | 967 | 968.72 | 1,033.12 | 1,054.48 | 1,087.38 | 1,178.38 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Johnston | 8.50% | 733 | 891.4 | 902.2 | 970.8 | 994.04 | 1,026.44 | 1,143.44 | |
Democratic Unionist | John Alexander | 6.51% | 561 | 573.96 | 576.4 | 582 | 787.96 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Mervyn Spratt | 5.32% | 459 | 498.96 | 503.96 | 511.66 | ||||
UUUP | Frederick Hamilton | 0.68% | 59 | 65.48 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,993 Valid: 8,620 (78.41%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 8,780 (79.87%) |
Area C edit
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 17.55% | 980 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson* | 17.23% | 962 | ||||
SDLP | James McKernan* | 16.71% | 933 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Joseph McBride | 12.63% | 705 | 705.35 | 709.4 | 1,041.4 | |
SDLP | Joseph Dunleavy | 12.36% | 690 | 729.35 | 853.9 | 867.9 | |
Irish Independence | Patrick Agnew | 8.83% | 493 | 495.6 | 629.9 | 633.95 | |
Ulster Unionist | Eleanor Boyd* | 8.06% | 450 | 450.35 | 462.35 | ||
Independent | Peter McSorley | 6.63% | 370 | 373.9 | |||
Electorate: 7,281 Valid: 5,583 (76.68%) Spoilt: 207 Quota: 931 Turnout: 5,790 (79.52%) |
Area D edit
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Armstrong* | 20.95% | 1,173 | ||||||||
Independent Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 18.06% | 1,011 | ||||||||
SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 14.41% | 807 | 808.4 | 832.8 | 854.22 | 857.22 | 1,224.22 | |||
SDLP | John Agnew | 11.02% | 617 | 617.4 | 646.6 | 672.59 | 675.59 | 887.39 | 1,174.49 | ||
Ulster Unionist | George Macartney | 7.02% | 393 | 457.8 | 469 | 469.18 | 820.58 | 822.87 | 823.74 | 855.93 | |
Democratic Unionist | Letitia McClenaghan | 11.66% | 653 | 667.6 | 671.6 | 671.78 | 713.78 | 716.07 | 716.07 | 719.55 | |
SDLP | Gerald Grimley | 10.14% | 568 | 568.2 | 593.4 | 619.41 | 620.61 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Norman Creswell* | 4.34% | 243 | 394.4 | 405.4 | 405.58 | |||||
Independent Labour | Carson Greer | 2.39% | 134 | 134.8 | |||||||
Electorate: 8,699 Valid: 5,599 (64.36%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 934 Turnout: 5,827 (66.98%) |
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.