# 1977 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane District 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

Strabane District Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 30.5 | 5,139 | 4.3 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 29.5 | 4,967 | 9.4 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 2,505 | 3.8 |
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 2,284 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 852 | 2.6 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 510 | 6.6 |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 384 | 1.6 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 205 | 1.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 14.3 | 1 | 35.9 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 31.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Area B | 27.4 | 1 | 34.8 | 2 | 22.0 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Area C | 50.9 | 3 | 17.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 31.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.5 | 5 | 29.5 | 5 | 13.6 | 2 | 26.4 | 3 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Strabane Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | George McIntyre | 18.18% | 1,047 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 17.53% | 1,010 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Daniel Gallagher* | 8.99% | 518 | 518 | 542 | 556 | 764 | 1,002 | |
| | UUP | Edward Turner | 13.16% | 758 | 789.04 | 798.2 | 864.32 | 865.32 | 871.4 | 875.4 |
| | UUP | Ernest Young* | 12.40% | 714 | 731.04 | 750.04 | 791.28 | 794.28 | 795.28 | 807.28 |
| | UUP | Frank Stewart | 10.36% | 597 | 611.24 | 623.32 | 708.44 | 710.44 | 721.52 | 736.52 |
| | Independent | Brian MacBride | 7.99% | 460 | 460.08 | 493.16 | 500.24 | 571.24 | | |
| | SDLP | Mary McCrea | 5.28% | 304 | 304 | 311 | 313.08 | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | James Moore | 3.56% | 205 | 219.56 | 244.56 | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Smyth | 2.55% | 147 | 147.4 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,693 Valid: 5,760 (74.87%) Spoilt: 266 Quota: 961 Turnout: 6,026 (78.33%) |||||||||||

### Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from Alliance, United Loyalist Coalition joins DUP
Strabane Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 21.96% | 1,237 | | | |
| | UUP | Mary Britton* | 19.83% | 1,117 | | | |
| | SDLP | John Gallagher | 17.84% | 1,005 | | | |
| | UUP | Henry Henderson* | 14.95% | 842 | 1,128 | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Francis McConnell | 12.52% | 705 | 705.25 | 749.25 | 855.25 |
| | SDLP | Aidan McNamee | 9.55% | 538 | 538.25 | 548.25 | 595.5 |
| | Independent | James McCormick | 2.89% | 163 | 163 | 205 | |
| | Independent | James Tinney | 0.46% | 26 | 27 | 30 | |
| Electorate: 7,110 Valid: 5,633 (79.23%) Spoilt: 214 Quota: 939 Turnout: 5,847 (82.24%) ||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Strabane Area C - 5 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 | Ivan Cooper | 26.72% | 1,457 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | William Carlin* | 14.69% | 801 | 1,077.12 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John McKelvey* | 9.46% | 516 | 683.31 | 816.75 | 822.14 | 834.72 | 858.69 | 918.69 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Fleming | 10.67% | 582 | 583.17 | 583.65 | 585.04 | 585.04 | 586.04 | 589.04 | 914.04 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | John O'Kane* | 10.86% | 592 | 623.2 | 631.36 | 635.36 | 666.48 | 692.76 | 768.84 | 772.84 | 913.84 |
| | Republican Clubs | Ivan Barr | 5.81% | 317 | 332.21 | 337.01 | 337.4 | 393.57 | 416.74 | 443.24 | 444.24 | 471.26 |
| | Alliance | Douglas Cooper* | 5.72% | 312 | 323.7 | 326.34 | 362.36 | 365.92 | 380.79 | 392.35 | 406.35 | |
| | UUP | Sydney Browne | 6.55% | 357 | 357.39 | 357.39 | 358.39 | 358.39 | 358.39 | 358.39 | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | John McCrory | 3.63% | 198 | 208.14 | 214.14 | 214.14 | 222.53 | 241.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas Forbes | 2.68% | 146 | 160.04 | 166.76 | 168.39 | 173.56 | | | | |
| | Republican Clubs | Gerard McCafferty | 1.22% | 67 | 71.68 | 72.4 | 74.4 | | | | | |
| | Independent | James McDaid | 1.05% | 57 | 63.63 | 64.83 | 64.83 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Mamie Quigley | 0.94% | 51 | 54.51 | 55.47 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,754 Valid: 5,453 (70.32%) Spoilt: 317 Quota: 909 Turnout: 5,770 (74.41%) |||||||||||||