# 1977 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

## Election results

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 43.4 | 30.0 | 7,877 | 18.9 |
| DUP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 6,724 | 9.8 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20.4 | 5,164 | 2.3 |
| SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 1,563 | 0.9 |
| Unionist Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 1,485 | New |
| UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 1,464 | New |
| Vanguard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 507 | 4.6 |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 305 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 207 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | UPNI | UPNI | UUUP | UUUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 50.4 | 2 | 20.1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Area B | 46.3 | 3 | 34.4 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area C | 24.7 | 2 | 31.0 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 20.9 | 2 | 25.8 | 1 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area E | 26.2 | 1 | 21.3 | 1 | 27.4 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 30.0 | 10 | 26.6 | 6 | 20.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Ronald Campbell | 25.72% | 889 | | |
| | DUP | Charles Woodburne | 20.11% | 695 | | |
| | SDLP | John Clenaghan | 19.88% | 687 | 691.62 | 828.62 |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon | 14.27% | 493 | 634.46 | 733.46 |
| | UUP | Henry Stewart | 9.90% | 342 | 371.92 | 447.72 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Dorrian | 7.00% | 242 | 245.52 | |
| | UUUP | Henry Sloan | 3.13% | 108 | 118.56 | |
| Electorate: 7,040 Valid: 3,456 (49.09%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 692 Turnout: 3,630 (51.56%) |||||||

### Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Charles Poots* | 27.05% | 1,174 | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Dorman | 7.33% | 318 | 677.19 | 778.19 | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Lilburn | 12.05% | 523 | 537.82 | 558.94 | 733.54 | |
| | UUP | Elsie Kelsey* | 12.63% | 548 | 558.53 | 586.55 | 710.25 | 729.25 |
| | UUP | William Bleakes | 13.96% | 606 | 618.09 | 638.99 | 681.67 | 707.67 |
| | Alliance | Moore Sinnerton | 15.12% | 656 | 657.95 | 660.73 | 673.51 | 675.51 |
| | UUP | James Lilley* | 7.70% | 334 | 352.72 | 372.4 | | |
| | UUUP | John Curry | 4.17% | 181 | 211.42 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,866 Valid: 4,340 (48.95%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 724 Turnout: 4,448 (50.17%) |||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP 1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | William Belshaw* | 26.53% | 1,388 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.68% | 987 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 17.09% | 894 | | | | |
| | UUUP | George Morrison* | 13.46% | 704 | 783.92 | 796.4 | 804.91 | 934.91 |
| | UUP | Wilfred McClung | 8.61% | 397 | 416.98 | 499.35 | 575.02 | 787.35 |
| | DUP | Denis McCarroll | 4.45% | 233 | 573.77 | 577.14 | 580.13 | 689.82 |
| | Vanguard | Ronnie Crawford | 8.43% | 441 | 499.83 | 524.2 | 550.65 | |
| | Alliance | Thomas Hughes | 3.59% | 188 | 190.59 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%) |||||||||

### Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI 1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP
Lisburn Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Ivan Davis* | 25.77% | 1,758 | | | | | |
| | Unionist Party NI | Robert Kirkwood* | 21.76% | 1,485 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | George Boyd | 17.85% | 1,218 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 13.92% | 950 | 1,055.08 | 1,184.2 | | | |
| | UUP | Maureen McKinney | 9.32% | 476 | 540.01 | 613.45 | 708.46 | 710.08 | 1,074.54 |
| | UUUP | James Davis | 4.13% | 282 | 688.26 | 704.34 | 780.9 | 781.86 | 807.53 |
| | Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 5.58% | 381 | 390.62 | 474.14 | 584.19 | 652.89 | |
| | Independent | Gerald King | 3.03% | 207 | 218.84 | 240.68 | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Oliver | 0.97% | 66 | 85.61 | 100.49 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,881 Valid: 6,823 (49.15%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 7,022 (50.59%) ||||||||||

### Area E

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area E - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Alliance | John Cousins* | 19.23% | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,113 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McAllister | 18.49% | 1,007 | 1,061 | 1,064 | 1,402 | | | | |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell | 16.09% | 876 | 876 | 989 | 990 | 990 | 1,145 | | |
| | DUP | William Beattie | 11.57% | 630 | 683 | 683 | 705 | 776 | 822 | 833.16 | 835.16 |
| | DUP | Robert McNeice* | 9.70% | 528 | 558 | 558 | 604 | 699 | 777 | 820.71 | 828.71 |
| | Alliance | Brian Fitzsimons | 8.17% | 445 | 451 | 473 | 494 | 584 | | | |
| | UUP | David Saulters | 7.68% | 418 | 444 | 444 | | | | | |
| | Republican Clubs | Gerard Dunlop | 5.60% | 305 | 305 | | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Jean Bell | 3.47% | 189 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,522 Valid: 5,445 (47.26%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 5,710 (49.56%) ||||||||||||