# 1977 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 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

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Alliance | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 25.8 | 1,965 | 0.3 |
| Vanguard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 27.2 | 2,067 | New |
| DUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 24.9 | 1,898 | New |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 13.3 | 11.1 | 844 | 1.7 |
| UUP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 515 | 2.0 |
| SDLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| British Ulster Dominion Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.3 | 178 | New |
| UUUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.9 | 146 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Alliance | Alliance | Vanguard | Vanguard | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | N/A | 1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | 4 |
| Area B | 21.5 | 1 | 23.3 | 1 | 36.9 | 1 | 18.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Area C | 27.7 | 2 | 28.8 | 2 | 19.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 22.1 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 25.8 | 4 | 27.2 | 3 | 24.9 | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 15.3 | 3 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent 1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Loyalist joins DUP
Larne Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | DUP | Samuel Martin* | N/A | N/A |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson | N/A | N/A |
| | Alliance | Hugh Wilson* | N/A | N/A |
| | SDLP | John Turnley | N/A | N/A |
| Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |||||
* As only four candidates had been nominated for four seats, there was no vote in Area A and all four candidates were deemed elected.

### Area B

1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist 1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and Alliance gain from Loyalist (two seats), Loyalist joins DUP and Independent Unionist joins UUP
Larne Area B - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Roy Beggs* | 29.20% | 675 | | |
| | Alliance | William Calwell | 21.54% | 498 | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Hunter* | 18.30% | 423 | 457.88 | 517.88 |
| | Vanguard | Laurence Niblock | 13.02% | 301 | 309.64 | 464.64 |
| | DUP | Horace Stronge | 7.66% | 177 | 321 | 336 |
| | Vanguard | Robert Semple* | 10.29% | 238 | 261.04 | |
| Electorate: 4,705 Valid: 2,312 (49.14%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 463 Turnout: 2,415 (51.33%) |||||||

### Area C

1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Loyalist, Loyalist (three seats) join Vanguard (two seats) and DUP
Larne Area C - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Vanguard | Thomas Seymour* | 24.01% | 1,273 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Kelly* | 17.34% | 919 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jack McKee* | 11.94% | 633 | 645 | 645.84 | 650.84 | 679.84 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Thomas Benson* | 6.83% | 362 | 419.6 | 564.36 | 572.8 | 575.28 | 575.28 | 577.76 | 579.04 | 735.04 | | |
| | Independent | Kathleen O'Brien | 9.32% | 494 | 550.64 | 561.56 | 580.84 | 610.68 | 611.35 | 626.83 | 636.87 | 675.03 | | |
| | Vanguard | Rosalie Armstrong* | 3.24% | 172 | 361.6 | 363 | 381.44 | 408.68 | 410.69 | 424.61 | 578.93 | 610.89 | 626.53 | 629.05 |
| | Independent | Agnew Hamilton | 6.60% | 350 | 439.76 | 449.84 | 461.96 | 484.24 | 485.58 | 495.06 | 510.46 | 563.26 | 618.34 | 623.94 |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton | 7.79% | 413 | 419.24 | 420.08 | 424.56 | 447.04 | 458.43 | 588.77 | 605.25 | 609.01 | 609.69 | 610.25 |
| | Alliance | John Snoddy | 3.51% | 186 | 236.4 | 313.4 | 319.4 | 327.12 | 327.12 | 381.92 | 339.12 | | | |
| | Vanguard | Frederick Dodds | 1.57% | 83 | 183.8 | 186.04 | 194.96 | 213.88 | 213.88 | 220.88 | | | | |
| | Dominion Party | James Wisely | 3.36% | 178 | 183.28 | 184.68 | 189.16 | 199.64 | 200.98 | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Thomas McKeever* | 2.75% | 146 | 168.08 | 168.64 | 182.68 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Marrs | 1.74% | 92 | 104.96 | 106.92 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,203 Valid: 5,301 (51.96%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 663 Turnout: 5,446 (53.38%) |||||||||||||||