1977 Lisburn Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Lisburn Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Lisburn Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Lisburn Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Lisburn Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	4
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|20.1|1|7.0|0|19.9|1|0.0|0|3.1|0|0.0|0|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|34.4|2|15.1|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|4.2|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area C|24.7|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|22.5|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|13.5|1|8.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|20.9|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|23.4|1|0.0|0|21.8|1|4.1|0|4.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area E|26.2|1|21.3|1|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|27.4|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1|16.1|1|0.0|0|3.5|0|5.5|0|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

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

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

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