1977 Londonderry City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Londonderry City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Londonderry City Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Londonderry City Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 27 seats to Londonderry City Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	13
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	6
Party3:	Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	United Loyalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	9
Party7:	Republican Clubs
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Londonderry City 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 27 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|36.8|2|0.0|0|9.7|0|12.7|1|0.6|0|6|-|align="left"|Area B|25.4|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|19.0|1|15.9|1|10.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|23.0|2|6.7|0|0.0|0|13.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|17.8|1|19.4|1|7.5|0|0.0|0|5.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Area E|bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|22.7|1|12.0|1|12.7|1|0.0|0|6.2|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.1|13|23.5|6|8.9|4|11.9|2|6.7|2|6.9|0|27|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 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 Loyalists (three seats) and Alliance

Area B

1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and DUP gain from United Loyalist (three seats)

Area C

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Nationalist gain from Republican Clubs

Area D

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Alliance and United Loyalist

Area E

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from United Loyalist