1981 Fermanagh District Council election explained

Election Name:	1981 Fermanagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1977 Fermanagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1977
Next Election:	1985 Fermanagh District Council election
Next Year:	1985
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Fermanagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Irish Independence Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	4
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	3
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	3
Party8:	Unity (Northern Ireland)
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	2
Party9:	Independent (politician)
Seats9:	0
Seat Change9:	1

Elections to Fermanagh District Council, in Northern Ireland, were held on 20 May 1981, the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 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="" | IIP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|21.3|2|19.6|1|13.8|0|8.3|0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|37.0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|1|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.5|1|12.4|0|14.1|1|0.0|0|4|-|align="left"|Area C|27.6|1|bgcolor=#32CD32|33.7|bgcolor=#32CD32|1|16.5|1|7.9|0|14.3|1|4|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|15.8|0|25.9|1|18.6|1|2.9|0|4|-|align="left"|Area E|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|22.5|1|19.9|1|12.6|0|10.7|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|34.0|8|22.3|4|17.8|4|12.3|2|13.6|2|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent
1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent, Independent Republican leaves Unity

Area B

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUUP and SDLP

Area C

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: Unity joins IIP

Area D

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from SDLP, UUUP joins DUP

Area E

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: UUP and IIP gain from SDLP and UUUP