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1981 Limavady District Council election

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1981 Limavady Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Steady 0

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Irish Independence Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0

Elections to Limavady Borough 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 15 councillors.

Election results

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Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 0 0 Steady0 40.0 37.2 4,366 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 5 0 1 Decrease1 33.3 34.2 4,011 Increase1.0
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 16.4 1,919 Increase2.6
  Irish Independence 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 5.5 643 New
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 4.3 501 Decrease0.5
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.0 223 Decrease6.5
  Republican Clubs 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 63 Decrease0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP IIP Others
Area A 32.9 2 50.3 3 16.7 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
Area B 33.7 2 24.5 1 8.2 0 17.9 1 15.7 1 5
Area C 44.2 2 27.5 1 23.0 1 0.0 0 5.3 0 4
Total 37.2 6 34.2 5 16.4 2 5.5 1 6.7 1 15

Districts results

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Area A

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1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change

Limavady Area A - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SDLP Arthur Doherty* 18.60% 727    
SDLP Roy King 17.35% 678    
DUP Ernest Murray* 16.73% 654    
UUP Robert Grant* 14.41% 563    
SDLP Thomas Mullan* 14.38% 562    
UUP Stanley Gault 11.11% 434 453 464
UUP James Gilfillan 7.42% 290 303 317
Electorate: 5,076   Valid: 3,908 (76.99%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 559   Turnout: 3,986 (78.53%)  

Area B

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

Limavady Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP David Robinson* 24.56% 883              
SDLP Lawrence Hegarty 15.88% 571 571.32 591.32 592.32 613.32      
UUP Max Gault* 9.15% 329 554.28 554.28 569.28 569.28 569.28 805.28  
Independent Denis Farren* 13.94% 501 504.52 510.52 511.52 518.84 535.84 545.88 559.88
Irish Independence Sean McCloskey 8.87% 319 319.96 329.96 329.96 383.96 537.96 537.96 537.96
SDLP James Brolly 8.62% 310 310 319 320.64 325.64 372.64 373.64 375.64
DUP Alex Fulton 6.12% 220 256.8 256.8 324.32 324.32 324.32    
Irish Independence George McCormick 5.48% 197 197 203 203 237      
Irish Independence Andrew Murphy 3.53% 127 127.96 138.96 138.96        
DUP John McKay 2.09% 75 87.48 87.48          
Republican Clubs Jerry Mullan 1.75% 63 63.32            
Electorate: 5,007   Valid: 3,595 (71.80%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 600   Turnout: 3,715 (74.20%)  

Area C

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

Limavady Area C - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP William Norris* 17.26% 729 776 938      
SDLP Barry Doherty* 15.46% 653 654 689 689 1,222  
UUP William Barbour* 14.73% 622 625 679 717.34 721.34 773.34
UUP William Cooke 15.39% 650 655 699 724.56 727.56 753.56
UUP John Dolan 14.09% 595 598 628 655.69 659.4 680.4
SDLP Geraldine Kearney 12.08% 510 510 559 559.71    
Alliance Francis Parkinson 5.28% 223 223        
DUP George Robinson 3.15% 133 182        
DUP Arthur Reid 2.56% 108          
Electorate: 5,426   Valid: 4,223 (77.83%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 845   Turnout: 4,287 (79.01%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Limavady". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.