# 1977 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady 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

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 38.6 | 3,987 | New |
| SDLP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 33.2 | 3,428 | 3.2 |
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 1,423 | New |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 492 | 2.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 874 | 2.7 |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 121 | 2.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 33.0 | 2 | 43.1 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 10.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Area B | 34.4 | 2 | 33.0 | 2 | 12.4 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Area C | 48.1 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 15.7 | 1 | 13.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 38.6 | 6 | 33.2 | 6 | 13.8 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
Limavady Area A - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Michael Nicholas* | 19.43% | 724 | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Grant* | 14.81% | 552 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Mullan | 13.55% | 505 | 510 | 630.58 | | |
| | SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 10.14% | 378 | 378 | 439.36 | 533.86 | |
| | UUP | Florence Sloan* | 9.63% | 359 | 368 | 368 | 368.21 | 629.21 |
| | DUP | Ernest Murray | 13.04% | 486 | 488 | 488.52 | 488.73 | 542.73 |
| | Alliance | James Boylan* | 9.12% | 340 | 383 | 385.6 | 386.65 | 387.65 |
| | UUP | Hugh Guthrie | 8.59% | 320 | 323 | 323.26 | 323.26 | |
| | Alliance | Stanley Stewart | 1.69% | 63 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,044 Valid: 3,727 (73.89%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,840 (76.13%) |||||||||

### Area B

1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist
Limavady Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | David Robinson | 20.62% | 627 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Raymond Brady* | 17.92% | 545 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Farren* | 16.18% | 492 | 494.47 | 494.85 | 535.85 | | |
| | UUP | Max Gault* | 11.84% | 360 | 447.02 | 504.09 | 504.09 | 504.09 | 504.69 |
| | SDLP | Joseph McLaughlin | 9.40% | 286 | 286.19 | 288.38 | 304.38 | 444.57 | 481.77 |
| | DUP | John McKay | 12.43% | 378 | 392.44 | 400.53 | 401.72 | 401.72 | 401.82 |
| | SDLP | James Brolly | 5.69% | 173 | 173.19 | 173.38 | 211.38 | | |
| | Republican Clubs | James McLaughlin | 3.98% | 121 | 121 | 122.19 | | | |
| | UUP | William Scott | 1.94% | 59 | 72.49 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,110 Valid: 3,041 (59.51%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 507 Turnout: 3,175 (62.13%) ||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
Limavady Area C - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Barry Doherty | 22.97% | 817 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Barbour* | 19.23% | 684 | 688 | 690.21 | 1,025.21 | | |
| | UUP | Ronald Nicholl* | 14.48% | 515 | 521 | 521.68 | 656.85 | 918.17 | |
| | DUP | William Norris | 15.72% | 559 | 559 | 559.34 | 588.51 | 618.59 | 747.59 |
| | Alliance | William Archibald* | 9.28% | 330 | 449 | 545.22 | 561.22 | 580.02 | 655.02 |
| | UUP | Stanley Gault* | 14.37% | 511 | 519 | 519.51 | | | |
| | Alliance | Brian Brown | 3.96% | 141 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,152 Valid: 3,557 (69.04%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 712 Turnout: 3,689 (71.60%) ||||||||||