# 1977 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Independent | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37.5 | 37.1 | 2,215 | 10.2 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 1,350 | 10.6 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 17.6 | 1,050 | 4.3 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 637 | 3.4 |
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 461 | New |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 173 | 2.1 |
| Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 80 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle 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 | 30.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 69.6 | 3 | 4 |
| Area B | 0.0 | 0 | 30.5 | 2 | 18.3 | 2 | 51.2 | 4 | 8 |
| Area C | 51.9 | 2 | 19.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 28.4 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 22.6 | 3 | 17.6 | 3 | 7.7 | 2 | 52.1 | 8 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 4 x Independent 1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Moyle Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | Fergus Wheeler* | 20.03% | 406 | | | |
| | Independent | Alistair McSparran* | 19.44% | 394 | 559 | | |
| | Independent | Patrick McCarry* | 17.96% | 364 | 379 | 430 | |
| | SDLP | Archie McIntosh | 16.08% | 326 | 352 | 386 | 397.44 |
| | SDLP | John McKay | 14.31% | 290 | 328 | 373 | 385.32 |
| | Independent | Arthur McAlister* | 12.19% | 247 | | | |
| Electorate: 2,716 Valid: 2,027 (74.63%) Spoilt: 56 Quota: 406 Turnout: 2,083 (76.69%) ||||||||

### Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP (two seats)
Moyle Area B - 8 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 |
| | Independent | James McShane* | 18.70% | 472 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Price McConaghy* | 16.64% | 420 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Matt Colgan | 13.19% | 333 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert McKay* | 8.16% | 206 | 210.8 | 271.66 | 291.82 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Adams* | 6.30% | 159 | 170.4 | 180.26 | 182.5 | 183.5 | 200.42 | 303.42 | | |
| | Independent | Maureen Gaston | 4.08% | 103 | 263 | 262.86 | 267.02 | 267.02 | 280.58 | 298.58 | | |
| | DUP | Mary Morrison | 8.95% | 226 | 226.6 | 235.44 | 239.92 | 247.6 | 269.82 | 271.98 | 272.74 | 273.24 |
| | DUP | George McFadden | 6.58% | 166 | 168.4 | 169.76 | 171.52 | 215.52 | 221.9 | 228.24 | 235.84 | 237.84 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Lee Walker | 5.74% | 145 | 145.6 | 156.48 | 167.36 | 180.36 | 193.2 | 201.2 | 215.26 | 223.26 |
| | UUP | Hugh Acheson* | 5.74% | 145 | 157 | 160.06 | 161.18 | 161.18 | 166.38 | | | |
| | Unionist Party NI | William McConaghy | 3.17% | 80 | 89 | 119.6 | 124.24 | 126.24 | | | | |
| | DUP | Ronnie McIlvar | 2.73% | 69 | 69 | 70.36 | 70.68 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,511 Valid: 2,524 (55.95%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 281 Turnout: 2,589 (57.39%) |||||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: No change
Moyle Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | John Black* | 29.54% | 418 | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Johnston* | 19.72% | 279 | 283.48 | 287.48 | |
| | Independent | Archibald McAuley* | 16.18% | 229 | 255.88 | 266.48 | 334.48 |
| | SDLP | John McAfee* | 14.13% | 200 | 248.64 | 256.52 | 281.48 |
| | SDLP | Joseph Donaghy | 8.20% | 116 | 159.84 | 169.12 | 187.76 |
| | Alliance | John Scott | 7.56% | 107 | 108.28 | 147.92 | |
| | Alliance | Maurice McHenry | 4.66% | 66 | 73.36 | | |
| Electorate: 2,304 Valid: 1,415 (61.41%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 284 Turnout: 1,481 (64.28%) ||||||||