# 1977 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

## Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35.0 | 25.1 | 7,392 | 13.2 |
| UUP | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 8,804 | 1.8 |
| UUUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 4,229 | New |
| Unity | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 18.1 | 5,325 | 6.2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 1,819 | 1.2 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 750 | 3.8 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 547 | 5.8 |
| Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 527 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | UUUP | UUUP | Unity | Unity | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 23.3 | 1 | 30.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 27.5 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Area B | 17.7 | 1 | 43.9 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 16.4 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Area C | 15.8 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 14.6 | 0 | 28.5 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 4 |
| Area D | 37.8 | 2 | 29.5 | 1 | 22.4 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Area E | 31.0 | 2 | 24.9 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 12.1 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 25.1 | 7 | 30.0 | 6 | 14.4 | 3 | 18.1 | 2 | 12.4 | 2 | 20 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 1 x Unity, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Unity, Independent Unionist joins UUP and Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
Fermanagh Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Jack Leahy* | 20.69% | 1,327 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Murray* | 15.72% | 1,008 | 1,361 | |
| | Independent | James McBarron | 18.79% | 1,205 | 1,212 | 1,257 |
| | Unity | John McCusker* | 14.95% | 959 | 1,044 | 1,054 |
| | Unity | John McMahon* | 12.58% | 807 | 843 | 847 |
| | UUP | Thomas Johnston | 9.64% | 618 | 620 | |
| | SDLP | Ann McQuillan | 7.63% | 489 | | |
| Electorate: 7,708 Valid: 6,413 (83.20%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,283 Turnout: 6,602 (85.65%) |||||||

### Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Unity
Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Cecil Noble* | 22.09% | 1,202 | | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Hugh Buchanan | 19.86% | 1,081 | 1,100.35 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Brown* | 11.65% | 634 | 678.01 | 735.73 | 737.73 | 737.82 | 737.82 | 1,270.82 |
| | SDLP | Damien Campbell | 14.19% | 772 | 772.27 | 790.36 | 933.36 | 985.36 | 1,034.36 | 1,036.99 |
| | Unity | Patrick Martin | 6.63% | 361 | 361 | 362 | 393 | 467 | 804 | 808 |
| | UUP | Cyril Crozier | 10.16% | 553 | 594.58 | 618.76 | 619.76 | 621.85 | 622.94 | |
| | Unity | Vera Cleary | 5.07% | 276 | 276.09 | 277.18 | 280.18 | 407.18 | | |
| | Unity | Patrick McKenna | 4.65% | 253 | 253.18 | 255.18 | 263.18 | | | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Traynor | 3.51% | 191 | 191 | 196 | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Henderson | 2.19% | 119 | 120.35 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,755 Valid: 5,442 (80.56%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 5,621 (83.21%) |||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Fermanagh Area C - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 12.70% | 763 | 763 | 763 | 764 | 1,203 | | |
| | Unity | Patrick McCaffrey | 17.54% | 1,054 | 1,071 | 1,089 | 1,131 | 1,132 | 1,625 | |
| | SDLP | Gerry Gallagher | 11.87% | 713 | 837 | 912 | 991 | 994 | 1,076 | 1,202 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Patrick Flanagan* | 12.48% | 750 | 818 | 852 | 953 | 968 | 1,027 | 1,142 |
| | UUUP | Cyril Brownlee | 14.56% | 875 | 875 | 876 | 877 | 953 | 955 | 957 |
| | Unity | Cornelius Leonard | 6.01% | 361 | 368 | 530 | 691 | 693 | | |
| | UUP | Richard Thornton* | 9.32% | 560 | 561 | 561 | 572 | | | |
| | Independent | James Mellor | 6.66% | 400 | 410 | 415 | | | | |
| | Unity | Patrick Keown | 4.96% | 298 | 300 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 3.89% | 234 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,756 Valid: 6,008 (88.93%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 6,162 (91.21%) |||||||||||

### Area D

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Fermanagh Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUUP | Bert Johnston | 22.36% | 1,358 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Daly* | 16.89% | 1,026 | 1,026.2 | 1,042.2 | 1,057.3 | 1,117.3 | 1,395.3 | |
| | SDLP | John Maguire* | 15.76% | 957 | 957.2 | 990.2 | 999.2 | 1,119.2 | 1,216.2 | |
| | UUP | Hugh Keys | 11.79% | 716 | 768 | 777.3 | 887.9 | 893.1 | 894.1 | 1,172.4 |
| | UUP | Caldwell McClaughry | 10.75% | 653 | 683.5 | 687.7 | 725.2 | 727.2 | 728.3 | 945.7 |
| | UUP | Robert McFarland | 6.91% | 420 | 462.6 | 467.9 | 518.7 | 518.7 | 518.7 | |
| | SDLP | James Montague | 5.15% | 313 | 313.1 | 329.1 | 333.2 | 382.2 | | |
| | Unity | James Gallagher | 4.91% | 298 | 298.4 | 304.4 | 305.4 | | | |
| | Unionist Party NI | Francis Gage* | 3.24% | 197 | 201 | 240.2 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick Reihill | 2.24% | 136 | 137 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,292 Valid: 6,074 (83.30%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 6,204 (85.08%) |||||||||||

### Area E

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from Independent Unionist
Fermanagh Area E - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SDLP | James Lunny* | 12.96% | 707 | 768 | 825 | 866 | 1,128 | | | | |
| | UUP | Raymond Ferguson | 14.19% | 774 | 774 | 810 | 993 | 1,001 | 1,001.48 | 1,614.48 | | |
| | UUUP | Thomas Scott* | 16.77% | 915 | 917 | 922 | 945 | 947 | 947.16 | 1,020.16 | 1,485.16 | |
| | SDLP | James Donnelly | 10.23% | 558 | 581 | 601 | 611 | 789 | 819.56 | 825.56 | 833.56 | 859.56 |
| | Unity | James Cox | 12.06% | 658 | 698 | 703 | 717 | 760 | 763.52 | 770.68 | 778.68 | 788.68 |
| | UUP | Robert Donaldson | 10.70% | 584 | 594 | 604 | 727 | 730 | 730.48 | | | |
| | SDLP | Matthew Kelly | 7.77% | 424 | 480 | 511 | 520 | | | | | |
| | Unionist Party NI | George Cathcart* | 6.05% | 330 | 332 | 447 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Marjorie Moore | 5.35% | 292 | 302 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thaddeus McKeown | 3.92% | 214 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,530 Valid: 5,456 (72.46%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,092 Turnout: 5,627 (74.73%) |||||||||||||