1977 Moyle District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Moyle District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Moyle District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Moyle District Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Moyle District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Independent (politician)
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Moyle District 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|30.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|69.6|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3|4|-|align="left"|Area B|0.0|0|30.5|2|18.3|2|bgcolor="#0077FF"|51.2|bgcolor="#0077FF"|4|8|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.9|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|19.7|1|0.0|0|28.4|1|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|22.6|3|17.6|3|7.7|2|52.1|8|16|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x Independent
1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP (two seats)

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: No change