1981 Northern Ireland local elections explained

Election Name:	1981 Northern Ireland local elections
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1977 Northern Ireland local elections
Previous Year:	1977
Next Election:	1985 Northern Ireland local elections
Next Year:	1985
Seats For Election:	All council seats
Election Date:	20 May 1981
Leader1:	James Molyneaux
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	151
Seat Change1:	25
Popular Vote1:	175,965
Percentage1:	26.4%
Swing1:	3.6%
Leader2:	Ian Paisley
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	142
Seat Change2:	68
Popular Vote2:	176,816
Percentage2:	26.6%
Swing2:	13.8%
Leader3:	John Hume
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	104
Seat Change3:	9
Popular Vote3:	116,487
Percentage3:	17.5%
Swing3:	3.1%
Leader4:	Oliver Napier
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	38
Seat Change4:	32
Popular Vote4:	59,397
Percentage4:	8.9%
Swing4:	5.5%
Leader5:	N/A
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	37
Seat Change5:	5
Popular Vote5:	44,427
Percentage5:	6.7%
Swing5:	0.9%
Leader6:	Pat Fahy
Party6:	Irish Independence Party
Seats6:	21
Seat Change6:	21
Popular Vote6:	25,859
Percentage6:	3.9%
Swing6:	New party
Map2 Image:	Northern Ireland local elections, 1981 (Largest party).svg
Map2 Caption:	Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.

Results

Overall

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
	142	+68	26.6	176,816
	151	align="right"	-25	26.4	175,965
	104	align="right"	-9	17.5	116,487
	38	align="right"	-32	8.9	59,397
	37	align="right"	-5	6.7	44,427
	21	N/A	3.9	25,859
	The Workers' Party Republican Clubs	3	align="right"	-3	1.8	12,059
	6	align="right"	-4	1.2	8,219
	5	N/A	1.2	7,817
	5	align="right"	-7	0.7	4,962
	2	N/A	0.7	4,734
	2	align="right"	-4	0.7	4,478
	2	N/A	0.5	3,654
	1	0	0.5	3,563
	1	N/A	0.5	3,057
	New Ulster Political Research	1	N/A	0.4	2,989
	Independent Loyalist	2	+1	0.3	1,935
	Independent Socialist	1	+1	0.3	1,884
	Newtownabbey Labour	1	N/A	0.2	1,113
	Labour League	0	N/A	0.1	924
	Social Alliance	0	N/A	0.1	898
	1	0	0.1	832
	United Democratic	0	N/A	0.1	692
	Trade Union Campaign	0	N/A	0.1	439
	Independent Alliance	0	N/A	0.1	323
	0	0	0.0	247
	0	0	0.0	201
	Unionist Unity	0	0	0.0	196
	0	0	0.0	194
	0	0	0.0	142
	Independent SDLP	0	0	0.0	85
	Social Reform Party	0	0	0.0	34
	United British Ulster Peoples Party	0	0	0.0	28

By council

Antrim

Antrim A^[2]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Graham	1,293
	Robert Loughran	603
	John Heffron	537
	Wilson Clyde	533
	Gerard Carolan	429
	Frew Rainey	381
	Desmond McAteer	339
	Jack Blakely	207
	James Totten	164
	James McConnell	113
	Stewart Dunlop	91
	Mary Marshall	76
Turnout	4,901
bgcolor=		John Heffron joins IIP
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Independent

Antrim B^[3]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Wallace	688
	James Cunningham	684
	Robert Burns	638
	Roy Thompson	587
	Allister Lucas	554
	Thomas Grant	398
	Alexander Wilson	252
	John McCourt	195
	George Luke	134
Turnout	4,251
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Alliance

Antrim C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Samuel Dunlop	1,719
	Paddy Marks	1,182
	Jack Allen	961
	Charles Quinn	615
	Antrim Labour League	John Gibbons	562
	Michael Donoghue	531
	Charles Kinahan	465
	Mary Wallace	266
	Antrim Tenants' Association	Philip Henry	243
	Hugh Johnston	204
Turnout	6,984
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Ards

Ards A^[4]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Gladys McIntyre	1,034
	Patrick Doherty	942
	Joseph Thompson	917
	Oliver Johnston	875
	Jim Shannon	741
	Robert Ambrose	609
	John Scott	545
	James McMullan	808
	William Sheldon	427
	William Caughey	609
	Alan Burnside	337
	James Kennett	259
	David Hamilton	209
	Michael Long	112
	Frances Millar	100
Turnout	8,162
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		UPUP gain from Alliance

Ards B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Hugh Boyd	1,681
	Robert Gaw	1,310
	Hugh Gibson	1,005
	Owen Dorrian	784
	John Elliott	670
	Robert Brown	508
	James Murray	468
	Robert Hamilton	458
	Hugh Patton	383
	Hugh Yeaman	360
	James Murphy	270
	Edward McLoughlin	166
	William Speers	162
	John Gray	114
Turnout	8,649
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		UPUP gain from Alliance

Ards C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Gourley	1,479
	Hamilton McKeag	1,082
	John Hamilton	752
	Thomas McBriar	526
	Kathleen Coulter	348
	Gordon Brown	334
	John Shields	311
	James Middleton	237
	Robert McKee	222
	James Caughey	213
	Shirley McWhinney	124
	Thomas Adair	20
Turnout	5,816
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent

Armagh

Armagh A
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ronald Allen	938
	Douglas Hutchinson	878
	Francis McIlvanna	781
	Samuel Foster	610
	Francis Kernan	593
	Norman Kerr	244
	Robert Cummings	74
Turnout	4,296
No change

Armagh B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Jim Speers	1,931
	Seamus Mallon	1,394
	William McClelland	1,092
	Thomas Black	917
	Robert Turner	742
	Thomas Johnston	733
	Francis Little	732
	John Alexander	561
	Mervyn Spratt	459
	Frederick Hamilton	59
Turnout	8,780
No change

Armagh C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick Fegan	980
	Jim Nicholson	962
	James McKernan	933
	Joseph McBride	705
	Joseph Dunleavy	690
	Patrick Agnew	493
	Eleanor Boyd	450
	Peter McSorley	370
Turnout	5,790
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Armagh D^[5]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Frederick Armstrong	1,173
	Barney McManus	1,011
	Pat Brannigan	807
	Letitia McClenaghan	653
	Anthony Agnew	617
	Gerald Grimley	568
	George MacCartney	393
	Norman Creswell	243
	Armagh Labour Party	Carson Greer	134
Turnout	5,827
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Desmond Armstrong	964
	James Woulahan	824
	John Armstrong	823
	James McKay	640
	Samuel Hanna	583
	James Millar	410
Turnout	4,365
No change

Ballymena B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Roy Gillespie	1,254
	Sandy Spence	981
	John Greer	853
	Thomas Nicholl	740
	Hubert Nicholl	740
	Hugh Simpson	537
	William Wright	464
	Robert Nelson	413
	Thomas Smyth	402
	John Sutter	271
Turnout	6,771
bgcolor=		Hugh Simpson joins UUP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent

Ballymena C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Roy West	1,082
	Martin Clarke	978
	Charles Maternaghan	825
	John McAuley	825
	William Brownlees	815
	William Simpson	694
	William McConnell	243
	Ernest Johnston	108
Turnout	5,713
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent Unionist
bgcolor=		UUP gain from United Ratepayers

Ballymena D^[6]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick Burke	1,331
	Maurice Mills	1,113
	James Alexander	898
	Samuel Henry	790
	Robert Maternaghan	758
	Gordon Wilson	547
	Kenneth Hood	501
	James Rainey	395
	Samuel Barr	241
Turnout	6,604
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Ballymoney

Ballymoney A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Robert Halliday	575
	Hugh McFarland	516
	James Patterson	484
	Kenneth Bamford	404
	Robert Wilson	403
	Adam Taylor	188
	Olive Craig	146
Turnout	2,757
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP

Ballymoney B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Charles Steele	791
	Hugh Boyle	615
	William Gracey	474
	Bertie McIlhatton	298
	Joe Gaston	596
	William Logan	362
	Edward McClements	351
	Harry Connolly	335
	Mary Ellis	278
	John Mulholland	271
	Samuel Bartlett	261
	Margaret Donnelly	212
	Malachy McCamphill	97
Turnout	5,063
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP and SDLP

Ballymoney C^[7]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Cecil Cousley	747
	Ralph Strong	538
	Mary Holmes	567
	Robert McComb	353
	Brendan Smyth	352
	James Simpson	328
	Thomas McKenna	152
Turnout	3,102
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Banbridge

Banbridge A^[8]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Walsh	1,092
	Wilson Davidson	939
	Wilfred McFadden	907
	Laurence McCartan	865
	Norman Ferguson	684
	Samuel Cowan	682
	Kenneth McElroy	573
	Hugh Anderson	538
	Gareth Bennett	499
	Irene Todd	422
	Raymond Armstrong	278
	Mildred McDowell	161
	Herbert Plunkett	151
	Independent SDLP	Margaret McStraw	318
Turnout	8,135
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Banbridge B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick McAvoy	1,125
	Brian Biggerstaff	750
	Raymond McCullough	709
	Matthew Bailey	589
	George Gamble	525
	Herbert Heslip	493
	David Herron	472
	Robert Hill	445
	Robert McIlroy	445
	Eric Williamson	380
	Robert Barr	366
	Dromore Action Committee	Thompson Howe	280
	Robert McGregor	273
	Ebenezer Mulligan	104
Turnout	7,128
No change

Belfast

Belfast A^[9]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Foster	3,333
	Jeremy Burchill	2,589
	Raymond McCrea	2,345
	Grace Bannister	2,055
	Sammy Wilson	1,479
	Donnell Deeny	1,439
	Alasdair McDonnell	1,262
	Billy Blair	900
	Mervyn Jones	766
	T. Wilkins	544
	Frank Cullen	418
	P. T. McGrourty	410
	D. Peters	276
	Ben Horan	187
	John McKeague	99
	James Stewart	97
Turnout	19,133
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=		UUP gain from SDLP

Belfast B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Oliver Napier	2,631
	Henry Evans	2,513
	Joshua Cardwell	2,327
	Bill Morrison	2,152
	Tommy Patton	2,083
	William Corry	1,733
	Michael Brown	1,602
	S. Foster	1,464
	Dorothy Dunlop	1,248
	A. Greer	979
	S. G. Coulson	647
	D. McKee	548
	New Ulster Political Research	D. P. Scott	434
	Peter Prendiville	236
Turnout	21,838
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Belfast C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	David Cook	2,493
	Mary Crooks	2,099
	Andrew Cairns	1,933
	Brian Gibson	1,503
	Ben Caraher	1,501
	J. J. Dixon Gilmore	1,326
	William Stevenson	1,214
	Muriel Pritchard	1,158
	B. Jeffrey	913
	T. McIntyre	729
	Victor Brennan	532
	G. Carr	530
Turnout	16,460
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance and UPNI

Belfast D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Joe Hendron	4,291
	John McNulty	2,781
	Cormac Boomer	2,070
Socialist	Paddy Devlin	1,343
	Mary McMahon	1,125
	Gerry Kelly	957
	W. J. Browning	822
	Dan McGuinness	725
	Mary Muldoon	636
	J. Hand	538
	K. Smyth	438
	Anne McElroy	346
	L. Hunter	167
	R. Turkington	137
Turnout	17,436
bgcolor=		Paddy Devlin leaves SDLP
bgcolor=		People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
bgcolor=		IRSP gain from Alliance

Belfast E
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	George Haffrey	4,142
	Billy Bell	3,105
	George Seawright	1,989
	Hugh Smyth	1,931
	New Ulster Political Research	Sammy Doyle	1,135
	Laurence Kennedy	1,070
	A. H. Egerton	1,011
	Unionist Democracy	Fred Proctor	692
	Alban Maginness	618
	J. Sands	386
	Alfie Ferguson	367
	P. Hunter	321
	J. Weir	311
	Peter Emerson	202
	Margaret McNulty	177
Turnout	18,081
bgcolor=		Hugh Smyth joins PUP
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Belfast F
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Billy Dickson	1,913
	Sean Flynn	1,639
	J. Sullivan	1,002
	Eric Smyth	952
	Owen Allen	898
	Will Glendinning	844
	James Stewart	719
	H. G. Fitzmaurice	719
	L. Cust	638
	H. Fletcher	621
	Mary Smyth	389
	T. Lappin	227
	Paul Maguire	215
Turnout	11,428
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		IRSP gain from Republican Clubs

Belfast G
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Frederick Ashby	1,913
	Fergus O'Hare	1,953
	New Ulster Political Research	Sammy Millar	1,420
	Cecil Walker	1,173
	Seamus Lynch	750
	Brian Feeney	749
	Herbert Ditty	595
Socialist	Gerry Fitt	541
	Joseph Coggle	392
	P. J. McGarry	313
Turnout	10,336
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=
	NUPRG gain from UUP

Belfast H
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Carson	5,014
	Paschal O'Hare	3,057
	William Annon	3,010
	Frank Millar	1,848
	John Cushnahan	1,739
	Alan Carr	1,000
	Alban Maginness	818
	William Gault	813
	L. McK. Clarke	553
	R. O. Jamison	531
	David Overend	503
	Pauline Strong	466
	Raymond Trimble	408
Turnout	20,480
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Carrickfergus

Carrick A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	United Loyalist	Charles Johnston	819
	William Haggan	559
	Joan Tomlin	512
	Samuel Irvine	504
	Mary Ardill	458
	Anne Dickson	353
	Stewart Dickson	208
	Ernest Burton	188
	Robert Gordon	145
	Mary Anderson	133
Turnout	3,977
	Charles Johnston leaves UUUC
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Carrick B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Cross	748
	Hugh McLean	701
	James Brown	588
	Patrick Conway	446
	William Knox	359
	Charles Hilditch	307
	Steven Watters	249
	Alice Bateman	231
	Robert Wilson	122
	Henry Cardwell	105
	Richard Hopkins	85
Turnout	4,074
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Carrick C^[10]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ken McFaul	1,572
	Sean Neeson	663
	Samuel Murphy	526
	Samuel Stewart	353
	William McKeown	241
	Elizabeth Carson	230
	Jim Strange	167
	Robert Hunter	159
	John Haslett	155
	Arthur McQuitty	106
	Edwin Cummings	30
Turnout	4,367
bgcolor=		Samuel Murphy leaves UPNI
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Castlereagh

Castlereagh A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ernest Harper	1,555
	John Glass	1,104
	William Clulow	1,056
	Frederick Kane	865
	Philip Grosse	749
	Samuel Finlay	573
	Bryan Milford	548
	John Hillis	543
	Ann Smith	502
	James Lowe	438
	John Moore	420
	Robin Newton	379
Turnout	8,980
bgcolor=		Ernest Harper joins DUP
bgcolor=		Independent gain from Alliance

Castlereagh B^[11]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Roy Allen	3,098
	Alan Carson	987
	William Ward	912
	Matthew Anderson	784
	Felicity Boyd	742
	Leslie Farrington	741
	Adam Morrow	725
	John Gilpin	444
	Amy McKeown	383
	Wesley Boyle	347
	John Lamont	277
	Michael Brooks	194
	Samuel Pyper	124
	James Bate	76
	William Gunning	65
	William Copley	28
	Loyalist	Annetta Hynes	11
Turnout	10,334
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance

Castlereagh C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Peter Robinson	3,562
	Patricia Archer	1,048
	Herbert Johnstone	990
	Bryan Davidson	493
	Walter McFarland	411
	Cedric Wilson	38
	Denny Vitty	35
Turnout	6,836
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Coleraine

Coleraine A^[12]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Dallat	1,061
	Gerard O'Kane	901
	William King	864
	Thomas Malone Jr.	783
	William Watt	705
	George McIlrath	690
	Robert Catherwood	680
	James Anderson	446
	Mayne Long	395
	Irwin Holmes	366
	Anne Lambert	117
Turnout	7,187
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent Unionist
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from UUP

Coleraine B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Creelman	1,119
	William Glenn	674
	Sean Farren	658
	Albert Clarke	630
	Matthew Kane	540
	Robert Mitchell	493
	Patrick McGowan	453
	Elizabeth Connolly	423
	John Earl	333
	William Sweeney	309
	Peter Scott	293
	Thomas Henry	291
	Roy Hilldrup	272
	Malcolm Samuel	61
Turnout	6,715
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent and SDLP

Coleraine C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James McClure	3,203
	Robert White	1,374
	Patrick McFeely	1,174
	William McNabb	746
	Paul Baxter	615
	William Mathews	500
	Randall Crawford	468
	Matthew Adams	355
	Avril McCandless	81
	Robert Bolton	69
	William McElfatrick	60
	Margaret Smith	54
	Antony Alcock	48
	Elizabeth Gaston	39
	Robert Hunter	39
	James Leonard	33
Turnout	9,073
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		Independent gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Cookstown A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Kenneth Loughrin	1,087
	Laurence Loughran	1,073
	Samuel Glasgow	1,070
	Patrick Bradley	722
	Peter Kelly	563
	Samuel Parke	470
Turnout	5,149
No change

Cookstown B^[13]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William McIntyre	1,502
	Paddy Duffy	1,197
	Michael McIvor	964
	Victor McGahie	721
	James Howard	720
	Edward Hagan	679
	Joseph Davidson	605
Turnout	6,535
bgcolor=		William McIntyre leaves UUUP
bgcolor=		Victor McGahie leaves UUUP

Cookstown C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Alan Kane	1,120
	Brigid Neeson	1,079
	Margaret Laverty	932
	Espie Donaldson	930
	John Warwick	328
	Alex McConnell	233
Turnout	4,946
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Craigavon

Craigavon A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Paddy Breen	1,220
	James McDonald	999
	Sean McKavanagh	867
	Victor Pickering	766
	James Gillespie	732
	Patrick Crilly	652
	Thomas Fox	563
	Social Alliance	Joseph Cunningham	192
	William Lyness	183
Turnout	6,419
No change

Craigavon B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Herbert Whitten	1,785
	Daniel Murphy	1,343
	Gladys McCullough	1,127
	James Forsythe	802
	Alan Locke	664
	Dermot Hamill	541
	George Hatch	518
	William Ramsay	415
	John Hagan	360
	Frederick Richardson	336
	John Oliver	227
Turnout	8,444
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Craigavon C^[14]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Tom French	1,298
	Hugh News	1,077
	Mary Simpson	987
	Cyril McLoughlin	775
	Robert Dodds	750
	Jack Mathers	659
	William Smith	650
	Ronald Williamson	617
	Brian Gee	579
	Social Alliance	Alan Evans	398
	Catherine McCann	391
	Social Alliance	George Forker	308
	Terence McGinnity	270
	Robert McEvoy	250
	Frederick Crowe	141
Turnout	9,468
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=		WPRC gain from SDLP

Craigavon D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Frederick Baird	1,570
	Sydney Cairns	1,151
	Sam Gardiner	1,131
	David Calvert	1,119
	George Savage	1,028
	Ian Williams	872
	Philip Black	790
	Gary Kennedy	639
	Thomas Megarrell	486
	Samuel Lutton	432
Turnout	9,455
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Down

Down A
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Cecil Harvey	1,387
	Samuel Osborne	954
	Francis Laverty	809
	Monica Smyth	751
	Dermot Nesbitt	732
	William Finlay	655
	William Brown	641
	Thomas Murray	489
	Thomas Poole	477
	James Glover	355
	John Rodgers	326
	Wanda Rowan-Hamilton	286
	James Cochrane	275
	Thomas McKee	187
	Interdependence	Francis Rice	50
	Interdependence	Eileen Rice	24
Turnout	8,614
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Down B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Edward McGrady	1,711
	Raymond Blaney	1,121
	Dermot Curran	893
	Cecil Maxwell	875
	Malachi Curran	665
	John Ritchie	647
	Elizabeth Kennedy	513
	George Flinn	451
	John Bryce	382
	Sean Quinn	373
	Michael Healy	305
Turnout	8,188
bgcolor=		WPRC gain from SDLP
bgcolor=		Labour gain from Alliance

Down C^[15]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Paddy O'Donoghue	1,328
	Ethel Smyth	1,137
	Gerald Douglas	939
	James Magee	826
	Eamon O'Neill	822
	James Curry	762
	Norman Bicker	573
	Patrick Forde	487
	Stephen McClean	440
	Edward O'Hagan	349
	Anthony Dickinson	200
	William Keown	182
	David Allister	117
Turnout	8,413
bgcolor=		Ethel Smyth leaves UUP

Dungannon

Dungannon A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Seamus Cassidy	1,057
	Anthony McGonnell	889
	John Monaghan	856
	Noel Mulligan	797
	Samuel Brush	633
	William McIlwrath	583
	Frederick Burrows	570
	Winston Mulligan	549
Turnout	6,026
bgcolor=		Independent gain from SDLP

Dungannon B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Jim Canning	1,744
	Owen Nugent	1,140
	Patrick McGlinchey	1,138
	Thomas Kempton	918
	John Corr	539
	Abraham White	497
Turnout	6,186
bgcolor=		Owen Nugent leaves SDLP

Dungannon C^[16]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patsy Daly	1,324
	Derek Irwin	981
	James Ewing	778
	John Taggart	647
	Norman Lockhart	583
	Jim Brady	571
	Wilfred Dilworth	558
	James McNeill	205
	William Lucas	104
Turnout	5,876
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Dungannon D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Maurice Morrow	1,124
	Ken Maginnis	1,085
	Plunkett O'Donnell	1,062
	William Brown	1,046
	Michael McLoughlin	751
	Peggie Devlin	579
Turnout	5,762
bgcolor=		Michael McLoughlin leaves SDLP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Independent

Fermanagh

Fermanagh A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John McMahon	1,292
	Jack Leahy	1,075
	John Joe McCusker	1,069
	Thomas Murray	849
	Fergus McQuillan	628
	Caroline Madill	548
	Michael McBarron	528
	Thomas Johnston	329
	John Reihill	280
Turnout	6,734
bgcolor=		John Joe McCusker leaves Unity
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Independent

Fermanagh B^[17]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Cecil Noble	1,660
	Patrick Cox	1,216
	Norman Brown	892
	Roy Coalter	535
	Cyril Crozier	396
	Thomas Doherty	395
	Seamus Carson	310
	Margaret Veitch	261
Turnout	5,774
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUUP
bgcolor=		IIP gain from SDLP

Fermanagh C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick McCaffrey	1,178
	Wilson Elliott	941
	Patrick Flanagan	848
	Annie Cavanagh	816
	Gerard Gallagher	776
	Herbert Corrigan	693
	George Gott	468
	Patrick McGovern	200
Turnout	6,094
bgcolor=		Patrick McCaffrey leaves Unity

Fermanagh D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Herbert Kerr	1,241
	Caldwell McClaughrey	1,074
	Bert Johnston	905
	John O'Kane	843
	Gerry O'Donnell	544
	Patrick Keown	448
	John Cunningham	396
	Patrick McGrath	391
	Miriam Cuthbertson	266
	John Haslett	179
Turnout	6,371
bgcolor=		Bert Johnston leaves UUUP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from SDLP

Fermanagh E
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Raymond Ferguson	1,116
	Patrick O'Reilly	825
	Nigel Dodds	767
	Samuel Foster	563
	Edward Bermingham	548
	Jim Lunny	519
	Jim Donnelly	456
	Alwin Loane	415
	Fermanagh Labour League	Thomas Campbell	362
	Marjorie Moore	298
	Roy Tarbotton	242
Turnout	6,253
bgcolor=		IIP gain from SDLP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from UUUP

Larne

Larne A^[18]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Robinson	897
	William Cunning	875
	Rachel Rea	582
	Hugh Wilson	469
	Robert Campbell	414
Turnout	3,311
bgcolor=		Independent gain from SDLP

Larne B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Alexander	647
	Samuel McAllister	600
	Laurence Niblock	547
	United Loyalist	Roy Beggs	466
	Alexander Hunter	296
	William Calwell	241
Turnout	2,865
bgcolor=		Laurence Niblock leaves Vanguard
	Roy Beggs leaves DUP
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP and Alliance

Larne C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Jack McKee	1,436
	Robert Robinson	770
	Winston Fulton	509
	William Kelly	508
	Thomas Benson	428
	Amelia Kelly	396
	Rosalie Armstrong	387
	Joseph Wallace	325
	United Loyalist	Samuel Martin	262
	Community Candidate	James Clements	218
	Leonard Sluman	178
	Agnew Hamilton	156
	Community Candidate	Patrick Todd	69
	William Fleck	61
Turnout	5,894
bgcolor=		Rosalie Armstrong leaves Vanguard
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Vanguard and Independent
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent

Limavady

Limavady A^[19]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Arthur Doherty	727
	Roy King	678
	Ernest Murray	654
	Robert Grant	563
	Thomas Mullan	562
	Stanley Gault	434
	James Gilfillan	290
Turnout	3,986
No change

Limavady B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	David Robinson	883
	Lawrence Hegarty	571
	Denis Farren	501
	Max Gault	329
	Sean McCloskey	319
	James Brolly	310
	Alex Fulton	220
	George McCormick	197
	Andrew Murphy	127
	John McKay	75
	The Workers' Party Republican Clubs	Jerry Mullan	63
Turnout	3,715
bgcolor=		IIP gain from SDLP

Limavady C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Norris	729
	Barry Doherty	653
	William Cooke	650
	William Barbour	622
	Jackie Dolan	595
	Geraldine Kearny	510
	Francis Parkinson	223
	George Robinson	133
	Arthur Reid	108
Turnout	4,287
No change

Lisburn

Lisburn A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Robert Campbell	1,299
	James Wells	1,004
	William Dillon	916
	John Clenaghan	905
	Charles Woodburne	515
	Henry Stewart	394
Turnout	5,142
No change

Lisburn B^[20]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Charles Poots	1,469
	William Bleakes	1,222
	Thomas Lilburn	655
	John Alderdice	623
	Samuel Dorman	620
	James McCann	469
	Joseph McClullough	447
	William Johnston	351
Turnout	5,977
bgcolor=		William Bleakes leaves UUUP
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Belshaw	2,412
	Denis McCarroll	856
	William Watson	812
	Seamus Close	811
	Wilfred McClung	585
	Robert Dunsmore	423
	George Morrison	401
	William Whitley	389
	Robert Clarke	107
Turnout	6,992
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP and UUUP

Lisburn D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ivan Davis	3,720
	George Boyd	1,086
	Samuel Semple	1,069
	Maureen McKinney	788
	James Mulholland	479
	Robert McNeice	470
	David Trimble	454
	David Gordon	232
	John Curry	153
Turnout	8,639
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UPNI

Lisburn E
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Beattie	1,909
	William McAllister	1,830
	William McDonnell	1,013
	John Cousins	542
	Gerard Dunlop	462
	Brion Fitzsimons	435
	James Davis	105
	Terry Bruton	72
Turnout	6,831
bgcolor=		UUUP gain from Alliance

Londonderry

Londonderry A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Henry	1,412
	John McNickle	1,018
	George Peoples	942
	Robert Bond	937
	William Hay	906
	Thomas Doherty	837
	Danny Ferguson	808
	Ernest Hamilton	592
	Alan Lindsay	526
	John Allen	318
	James Patterson	173
	Delap Stevenson	173
Turnout	8,786
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Londonderry B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Anna Hay	1,586
	Gregory Campbell	1,206
	Michael Fegan	1,119
	James Guy	1,078
	Robert McCullough	707
	Robert Ferris	583
	George McNally	496
	Colm Elliott	462
	Thomas McGlinchley	410
	Derry Trades Union Council	Bernard McAnaney	39
Turnout	7,855
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Londonderry C^[21]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick Devine	1,566
	John McChrystal	599
	Anna Gallagher	353
	Raymond Rogan	312
	Kevin Barr	299
	Samuel Brown	274
	Joseph Moran	229
	Eileen Doherty	221
	Gerard O'Grady	213
	Vincent Coyle	174
	Eamon Melaugh	143
	Patrick Harkin	125
	Derry Trades Union Council	Ann Donnelly	75
	John Carr	61
Turnout	4,891
bgcolor=		John McChrystal and Kevin Barr join IIP

Londonderry D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Keys	788
	James Bradley	591
	Margaret Buchanan	507
	John Tierney	438
	William McCartney	353
	Roger O'Doherty	182
	Noel Sinclair	141
	Liam Wray	93
	Thomas McCourt	92
	Derry Trades Union Council	Colm Fox	88
Turnout	3,426
bgcolor=		James Bradley joins IIP
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Londonderry E
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Frank Donnelly	1,344
	Fergus McAteer	1,203
	William O'Connell	1,176
	Leonard Green	984
	William McCorriston	976
	David Davis	956
	Ita Breen	563
	Annette Hetherington	560
	James Crossan	349
	Edward Bradley	301
	Denis McIntyre	180
	Derry Trades Union Council	John Duffy	164
	Paul Whoriskey	144
	Community Candidate	Michael Shiels	122
	Derry Trades Union Council	Bill Webster	73
Turnout	9,377
bgcolor=		Fergus McAteer joins IIP
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Alliance

Magherafelt

Magherafelt A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Noel McCusker	1,597
	Mary McSorley	920
	John Linton	823
	Patrick Sweeney	705
	John Kenning	569
	Frank McKendry	459
	Patrick McBride	403
	Francis Thompson	359
	Francis Donnelly	329
	Geraldine Crilly	137
	Peter Merron	53
Turnout	6,483
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		Independent gain from WPRC

Magherafelt B
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	John Davey	1,961
	Robert Overend	1,070
	John Junkin	690
	Thomas Milligan	668
	Alexander Montgomery	512
	Francis Madden	322
	Vincent O'Neill	300
	Henry McErlean	284
Turnout	5,985
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Independent

Magherafelt C^[22]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William McCrea	2,248
	Bernard Murphy	1,208
	William Conaghan	696
	Roddy Gribben	638
	Michael O'Neill	398
	William Lees	346
	Ernest Caldwell	309
	Wilfred Brennen	288
	George Miller	283
	James Artt	256
	John Gregg	38
Turnout	6,855
bgcolor=		Independent gain from SDLP

Moyle

Moyle A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Malachy McSparran	477
	Fergus Wheeler	461
	Gerard Gillan	262
	Archie McIntosh	248
	John McKay	241
	Charles Hamill	220
	Thomas O'Neill	96
	Gerard McCarry	83
	Anna Edwards	68
Turnout	2,202
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Independent (x2)

Moyle B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Rodgers	445
	Price McConaghy	381
	James McShane	345
	Mary Morrison	300
	Robert Getty	299
	Hugh Acheson	253
	Ronnie McIlvar	243
	James McAuley	193
	Maurice McHenry	142
	Andrew Dobbin	133
	John Shanks	92
	Samuel Simpson	56
Turnout	2,955
bgcolor=		Price McConaghy leaves UUP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent Unionist (x2)

Moyle C^[23]
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Richard Kerr	296
	Archie McAuley	237
	Michael O'Cleary	222
	Eamonn Scally	178
	Joseph Donaghy	157
	Elizabeth Johnstone	150
	Hugh Sayers	139
	Norman Campbell	128
	Thomas Cecil	92
Turnout	1,647
No change

Newry and Mourne

Newry and Mourne A
Party		width=165	Candidate	width=45	1st Pref
	Colum Murnion	1,346
	George Graham	1,264
	William Russell	1,155
	William Coulter	1,052
	Anne Marie Cunningham	639
	Arthur Dornan	600
	Robert McConnell	175
Turnout	6,443
No change

Newry and Mourne B^[24]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	P. J. Bradley	1,048
	Jim McCart	847
	Liam Trainor	595
	Brian Mulligan	589
	Anthony Williamson	459
	William McCoy	433
	Joe Kearney	412
	Eithne Doran	174
	Raymond Hanna	135
	Peter Maloy	106
	Johnny Ward	33
Turnout	5,049
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Independent and Alliance

Newry and Mourne C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Nan Sands	1,014
	William Sterritt	901
	Violet Cromie	612
	Patrick Harper	611
	Annie Copeland	466
	James Fagan	395
	Violet Watts	87
Turnout	4,198
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Newry and Mourne D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Eugene Markey	1,831
	John McEvoy	988
	Andrew Moffett	805
	Clarence Morrow	675
	John Bell	664
	Thomas McGrath	627
	Michael McNulty	592
	Victor Frizell	588
	George McConnell	303
	Brian Mulligan	287
	Matthew Cunningham	203
	Francis McCamley	167
Turnout	8,010
bgcolor=		Eugene Markey joins IIP
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Alliance

Newry and Mourne E
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Lynch	1,244
	Pat Toner	925
	Anthony Watters	852
	James Savage	758
	Owen Kelly	570
	Jack McMahon	533
	Sean McCreesh	531
	Elizabeth McConnell	530
	Jim Murphy	447
	Alex Chambers	255
	Brian Woods	242
	Sean Reavy	83
Turnout	7,212
bgcolor=		Jim Murphy joins IIP
bgcolor=		Anti H-Block gain from SDLP

Newry and Mourne F
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Arthur Ruddy	874
	William McCaigue	752
	Patrick McElroy	666
	Freddie Kearns	479
	Louis McGuigan	475
	Michael McVerry	306
	Kevin McAleenan	277
	Gordon Heslip	258
	P. J. McCann	248
	Edward McKeown	105
	Michael McLoughlin	87
	Edward Turley	85
	Social Reform Party	James Malone	34
Turnout	4,833
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey A^[25]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Wilson	850
	Trevor Kirkland	830
	Mary Harkness	818
	Arthur Templeton	758
	John Anderson	710
	Sidney Cameron	598
	Patrick McCudden	550
Turnout	5,243
bgcolor=		Sidney Cameron leaves UUP
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

Newtownabbey B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	David Hanna	1,964
	Fraser Agnew	1,090
	Letitia McCartney	547
	Cecil Stringer	450
	Bob Kidd	433
	Austin Kelly	375
	John Elliott	363
	Hugh Montgomery	291
	Alistair Keery	102
	William Stewart	32
Turnout	5,920
bgcolor=		Cecil Stringer joins UUP

Newtownabbey C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Samuel Neill	2,737
	Clifford Forsythe	1,499
	Robert Caul	1,277
	Desmond Dowds	807
	Claire Martin	560
	George Jones	534
	Gordon Mawhinney	460
	Brian Caul	252
Turnout	8,332
bgcolor=		Independent gain from Alliance
bgcolor=		UUP gain from UPNI

Newtownabbey D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Smith	2,926
	James Rooney	1,068
	George Herron	951
	Ivan Hunter	949
	Arthur Kell	560
	William McKee	520
	Independent Alliance	John Drysdale	323
	John Smith	308
	Thomas Davidson	147
	Lindsay Prior	94
Turnout	8,109
bgcolor=		Independent Unionist gain from Alliance

North Down

North Down A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Edmund Mills	1,216
	Donald Hayes	812
	Raymond Trousdale	740
	Jane Copeland	710
	Bruce Mulligan	683
	William Bailie	655
	George Allport	605
	Elizabeth Loan	592
	Julian Hamilton	298
	Valerie Kinghan	279
	Margaret McGimpsey	247
	Dorothy Smith	56
Turnout	5,610
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Alliance

North Down B^[26]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	George Green	1,200
	Wesley Graham	972
	Camphell McCormick	821
	James Magee	733
	George McMurtry	663
	Chalmers Quee	386
	Phyllis Brown	370
	Cecil Baniff	306
	Thomas O'Brien	270
	Anne Wilson	268
	William Elliott	234
	John Shields	233
	James Boyle	203
	United British Ulster Peoples Party	William Johnston	28
Turnout	6,888
bgcolor=		George Green leaves Vanguard
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		UPUP gain from UUP

North Down C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Mary O'Fee	1,021
	William Morrow	959
	Robert Graham	929
	Hazel Bradford	907
	Brian Wilson	444
	Terence McKeag	422
	Thomas Rollins	367
	Maisie McMullan	273
	George McKinnie	263
Turnout	5,720
bgcolor=		Mary O'Fee leaves Vanguard
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

North Down D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ellie McKay	1,076
	John Auld	803
	Susan O'Brien	727
	Gordon Dunne	509
	Michael Clarke	423
	Irene Cave	391
	Frederick White	374
	Edith Cole	277
	Thomas Bussell	225
	Trevor Boyd	181
	Eric Griffith	135
Turnout	5,246
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUUP

Omagh

Omagh A
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Arthur McFarland	846
	Liam McQuaid	840
	Charles McElholm	771
	John Skelton	538
	John Fahy	496
	William Montgomery	490
	Ivan Foster	474
	Vincent O'Brien	376
	George Thompson	330
	Unity Unionist	Cecil Anderson	196
	Dermot McCormack	87
Turnout	5,610
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Independent

Omagh B^[27]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick Donnelly	623
	John Mullin	604
	Bertie Moses	597
	Patrick Bogan	570
	John Hutchinson	551
	James McConnell	512
	Tommy Owens	407
	Eugene Donnelly	393
	William McFarland	254
Turnout	4,631
bgcolor=		Patrick Donnelly joins IIP
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Omagh C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick Fahy	1,185
	Oliver Gibson	1,026
	Bernadette Grant	818
	Aidan Lagan	723
	John Ashenhurst	654
	Stephen McKenna	513
	Paddy McGowan	496
	William Thompson	457
	Arthur Breen	453
	Richard Hinds	336
	William Caldwell	251
	Alfred Barnett	194
	James Mitchell	173
	Francis Loughran	83
	Michael Kelly	79
	Edward Sayers	74
Turnout	7,681
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=		IIP gain from SDLP

Omagh D
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Francis Conway	984
	Brendan Martin	643
	Willis Cooke	576
	John Johnston	427
	Francis McElroy	375
	Brian McGrath	303
	Patrick Walsh	285
	John Hadden	235
	Patrick McCrory	225
	John McSherry	118
Turnout	4,331
bgcolor=		IIP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=		IIP gain from WPRC
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Strabane

Strabane A^[28]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Denis McCrory	1,320
	Thomas Kerrigan	1,221
	Mary McCrea	1,029
	Edward Turner	832
	Ernest Young	672
	Robert Anderson	580
	David Baird	315
Turnout	6,162
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Strabane B
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Gallagher	1,101
	Francis McConnell	1,015
	Mary Britton	984
	Samuel Rogers	973
	George McIntyre	827
	Henry Henderson	607
	Mary McAleer	313
Turnout	5,997
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Strabane C
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James O'Kane	1,250
	Paul O'Hare	600
	William Flanagan	578
	Robert Fleming	450
	John O'Kane	418
	Desmond Monteith	371
	William Gallagher	296
	Patrick Wallace	288
	Jane O'Donnell	268
	John McCrory	247
	Michael Dunne	115
	David Fleming	96
	William Crichton	72
	John Tracey	43
Turnout	5,447
bgcolor=		Independent gain from SDLP

Notes and References

1. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg81.htm Local Government Elections 1981
2. Web site: 1981 Results Northern Ireland Local Government election . EONI . 14 October 2021.
3. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgantrim.htm Antrim District Council Elections 1973-1981
4. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgards.htm Ards District Council Elections 1973-1981
5. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgarmagh.htm Armagh District Council Elections 1973-1981
6. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgballymena.htm Ballymena District Council Elections 1973-1981
7. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgballymoney.htm Ballymoney District Council Elections 1973-1981
8. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgbanbrigde.htm Banbridge District Council Elections 1973-1981
9. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgbelfast.htm The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast
10. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcarrick.htm Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1973-1981
11. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcastlereagh.htm Castlereagh District Council Elections 1973-1981
12. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcoleraine.htm Coleraine District Council Elections 1973-1981
13. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcookstown.htm Cookstown District Council Elections 1973-1981
14. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcraigavon.htm Craigavon District Council Elections 1973-1981
15. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgdown.htm Down District Council Elections 1973-1981
16. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgdungannon.htm Dungannon District Council Elections 1973-1981
17. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgfermanagh.htm Fermanagh District Council Elections 1973-1981
18. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglarne.htm Larne District Council Elections 1973-1981
19. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglimavady.htm Limavady District Council Elections 1973-1981
20. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglisburn.htm Lisburn District Council Elections 1973-1981
21. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgderry.htm Londonderry District Council Elections 1973-1981
22. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgmagherafelt.htm Magherafelt District Council Elections 1973-1981
23. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgmoyle.htm Moyle Council Elections 1973–1981
24. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnandm.htm Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1973-1981
25. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnewtownabbey.htm Newtownabbey Council Elections 1973–1981
26. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnorthdown.htm North Down District Council Elections 1973-1981
27. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgomagh.htm Omagh District Council Elections 1973-1981
28. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgstrabane.htm Strabane District Council Elections 1973-1981