1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Newtownabbey District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	4
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Newtownabbey Labour
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Loyalist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0
Party7:	Northern Ireland Labour Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1
Party8:	United Loyalist
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	1

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|63.3|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|14.9|1|17.7|1|0.0|0|4.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|34.1|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|18.9|1|16.0|1|0.0|0|31.0|2|6|-|align="left"|Area C|26.4|1|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|33.5|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|17.2|1|11.5|1|11.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|37.2|2|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|38.9|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|23.9|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.1|8|28.4|6|19.0|4|3.5|1|11.0|2|21|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from United Loyalist, NILP joins Newtownabbey Labour

Area C

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

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP