1981 Moyle District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1981.

Election Name:	1981 Moyle District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1977 Moyle District Council election
Previous Year:	1977
Next Election:	1985 Moyle District Council election
Next Year:	1985
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Moyle District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Independent (politician)
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	3
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	2

Elections to Moyle District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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|bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|44.0|1|4|-|align="left"|Area B|0.0|0|25.9|3|30.4|2|bgcolor="#0077FF"|43.7|bgcolor="#0077FF"|3|8|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#99FF66"|42.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|9.4|1|8.0|0|40.4|1|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.4|5|13.5|4|15.1|2|43.0|5|16|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent (two seats)

Area B

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent
1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from Independent

Area C

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change