1981 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

1981 Armagh District Council election
← 1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985 →

All 20 seats to Armagh District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 8 7 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Increase 1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party UUUP Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0

Election results

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Armagh District Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 8 0 1  1 40.0 38.7 9,267  0.1
  SDLP 7 0 0  0 35.0 30.8 7,363  0.5
  DUP 3 1 0  1 15.0 18.5 4,417  5.7
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0  0 5.0 4.2 1,011  0.2
  UUUP 1 0 0  0 5.0 3.6 865  0.9
  Irish Independence 0 0 0  0 0.0 2.1 493 New
  Independent 0 0 0  0 0.0 1.5 370  0.7
  Independent Labour 0 0 0  0 0.0 0.6 134  0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP UUUP Others
Area A 37.6 2 33.3 1 27.2 1 1.8 0 0.0 0 4
Area B 52.2 3 16.2 1 22.5 1 9.2 1 0.0 0 6
Area C 25.3 1 46.6 3 12.6 0 0.0 0 15.5 0 5
Area D 32.3 2 35.6 2 11.7 0 0.0 0 20.4 1 5
Total 38.7 8 30.8 7 18.5 3 3.6 1 8.4 1 20

Districts results

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Area A

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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

Armagh Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP Ronald Allen 22.78% 938    
DUP Douglas Hutchinson* 21.32% 878    
UUP Samuel Foster* 14.81% 610 844  
SDLP Francis McIlvanna* 18.97% 781 784 804
SDLP Francis Kernan 14.40% 593 599 676
DUP Norman Kerr 5.93% 244    
UUUP Robert Cummings 1.80% 74    
Electorate: 5,833   Valid: 4,118 (70.60%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 824   Turnout: 4,296 (73.65%)  

Area B

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

Armagh Area B - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Jim Speers* 22.40% 1,931            
SDLP Seamus Mallon* 16.17% 1,394            
UUP William McClelland* 12.67% 1,092 1,264.8          
DUP Thomas Black* 10.64% 917 955.16 959.88 963.38 1,170.16 1,843.16  
UUUP Francis Little* 8.49% 732 768.72 808.08 819.98 867.52 895.84 1,189.84
UUP Robert Turner 8.61% 742 967 968.72 1,033.12 1,054.48 1,087.38 1,178.38
UUP Thomas Johnston 8.50% 733 891.4 902.2 970.8 994.04 1,026.44 1,143.44
DUP John Alexander 6.51% 561 573.96 576.4 582 787.96    
DUP Mervyn Spratt 5.32% 459 498.96 503.96 511.66      
UUUP Frederick Hamilton 0.68% 59 65.48          
Electorate: 10,993   Valid: 8,620 (78.41%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 8,780 (79.87%)  

Area C

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

Armagh Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SDLP Patrick Fegan* 17.55% 980      
UUP Jim Nicholson* 17.23% 962      
SDLP James McKernan* 16.71% 933      
DUP Joseph McBride 12.63% 705 705.35 709.4 1,041.4
SDLP Joseph Dunleavy 12.36% 690 729.35 853.9 867.9
Irish Independence Patrick Agnew 8.83% 493 495.6 629.9 633.95
UUP Eleanor Boyd* 8.06% 450 450.35 462.35  
Independent Peter McSorley 6.63% 370 373.9    
Electorate: 7,281   Valid: 5,583 (76.68%)   Spoilt: 207   Quota: 931   Turnout: 5,790 (79.52%)  

Area D

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

Armagh Area D - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Frederick Armstrong* 20.95% 1,173              
Ind. Nationalist Bernard McManus* 18.06% 1,011              
SDLP Pat Brannigan* 14.41% 807 808.4 832.8 854.22 857.22 1,224.22    
SDLP John Agnew 11.02% 617 617.4 646.6 672.59 675.59 887.39 1,174.49  
UUP George Macartney 7.02% 393 457.8 469 469.18 820.58 822.87 823.74 855.93
DUP Letitia McClenaghan 11.66% 653 667.6 671.6 671.78 713.78 716.07 716.07 719.55
SDLP Gerald Grimley 10.14% 568 568.2 593.4 619.41 620.61      
UUP Norman Creswell* 4.34% 243 394.4 405.4 405.58        
Independent Labour Carson Greer 2.39% 134 134.8            
Electorate: 8,699   Valid: 5,599 (64.36%)   Spoilt: 228   Quota: 934   Turnout: 5,827 (66.98%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Government Election 1973-1981: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.