# 1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 29.4 | 2,479 | 3.9 |
| DUP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 1,621 | 11.4 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.8 | 24.8 | 2,087 | 3.5 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 15.1 | 1,274 | 5.8 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 698 | 0.6 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 270 | 18.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 37.6 | 2 | 42.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Area B | 37.1 | 3 | 18.1 | 1 | 30.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.2 | 1 | 8 |
| Area C | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 70.4 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 29.4 | 5 | 19.2 | 3 | 15.1 | 3 | 8.3 | 1 | 28.0 | 4 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist joins UUP
Ballymoney Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Robert Halliday | 21.05% | 430 | | | | |
| | UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 16.10% | 329 | 372 | 372.36 | 395.36 | 411.36 |
| | DUP | Ralph Stronge | 10.96% | 224 | 240 | 250.68 | 250.68 | 443.68 |
| | UUP | Adam Taylor | 13.71% | 280 | 372 | 372.44 | 372.44 | 378.24 |
| | Alliance | Hugh McFarland | 10.18% | 208 | 212 | 212.04 | 369.04 | 370.04 |
| | DUP | David Hanna* | 10.47% | 214 | 216 | 221.6 | 223.6 | |
| | Independent | Henry McCloy | 9.69% | 198 | 198 | 198 | | |
| | UUP | James Taylor | 7.83% | 160 | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,037 Valid: 2,043 (50.61%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 409 Turnout: 2,118 (52.46%) |||||||||

### Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: DUP, SDLP and Independent gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP
Ballymoney Area B - 8 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Charles Steele | 18.10% | 753 | | | | |
| | Independent | Hugh Boyle | 14.23% | 592 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Daniel McAlonan | 13.84% | 576 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Logan* | 11.39% | 474 | | | | |
| | UUP | Joe Gaston* | 8.96% | 373 | 464.68 | | | |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 8.82% | 367 | 367 | 421.6 | 473.8 | |
| | SDLP | John Mulholland* | 7.95% | 331 | 331.96 | 384.74 | 444.34 | 445.26 |
| | UUP | Patricia Ellis* | 7.55% | 314 | 350 | 355.72 | 355.72 | 491.18 |
| | UUP | Robert Chestnutt* | 5.65% | 235 | 318.04 | 326.62 | 326.62 | 391.2 |
| | UUP | Ronald McDowell | 3.51% | 146 | 224.24 | 227.1 | 227.9 | |
| Electorate: 6,951 Valid: 4,161 (59.86%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 463 Turnout: 4,257 (61.24%) |||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1973-1977 Change: No change
Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | Robert McComb* | 39.33% | 875 | | | |
| | Independent | Mary Holmes* | 16.40% | 365 | 526 | | |
| | Alliance | Brendan Smyth* | 18.20% | 405 | 440.36 | 448.72 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Frederick Holland* | 12.13% | 270 | 326.16 | 377.08 | 450.06 |
| | UUP | Samuel Montgomery | 7.55% | 168 | 240.8 | 294.76 | 343.44 |
| | Independent | Ernest Lee | 2.56% | 57 | 93.4 | 115.44 | |
| | Alliance | John Greer | 3.82% | 85 | 92.28 | 96.84 | |
| Electorate: 4,382 Valid: 2,225 (50.78%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 446 Turnout: 2,298 (52.44%) ||||||||