1981 Moyle District Council election
20 May 1981 (1981-05-20)
All 16 seats to Moyle District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist Independent
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 3
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Steady Steady

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

Moyle District Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 31.3 28.4 1,882 Increase5.8
  Ulster Unionist 4 1 0 Increase1 25.0 13.5 895 Decrease4.1
  Independent 3 0 3 Decrease3 18.8 18.4 1,222 Decrease19.6
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady 12.5 15.1 1,005 Increase7.4
  Ind. Unionist 2 0 0 Steady 12.5 10.3 681 Decrease0.4
  Irish Independence 0 0 0 New 0.0 7.3 487 New
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 7.0 465 Increase4.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1981
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Others
Area A 56.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 44.0 1 4
Area B 0.0 0 25.9 3 30.4 2 43.7 3 8
Area C 42.2 2 9.4 1 8.0 0 40.4 1 4
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)

Moyle Area A - 4 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SDLP Malachy McSparran 22.12% 477          
Independent Fergus Wheeler* 21.38% 461          
SDLP Archie McIntosh* 11.50% 248 264.8 275.24 282.24 298.2 434.3
SDLP Gerard Gillan 12.15% 262 266.6 266.84 278.84 380.8 408.34
Irish Independence John McKay 11.18% 241 249.1 255.58 277.8 303.64 353.7
SDLP Charles Hamill 10.20% 220 229.5 234.06 238.06 241.18  
Independent Thomas O'Neill 4.45% 96 99.6 102.06 115.12    
Independent Gerard McCarry 3.85% 83 84.2 84.92 92.08    
Irish Independence Anna Edwards 3.15% 68 68.2 68.44      
Electorate: 2,776   Valid: 2,156 (77.67%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 432   Turnout: 2,202 (79.32%)  

    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

    Moyle Area B - 8 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    DUP James Rodgers 15.44% 445                  
    Independent James McShane* 11.97% 345                  
    Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy* 13.22% 381                  
    Ind. Unionist Mary Morrison* 10.41% 300 310.08 326.4              
    Ulster Unionist Robert Getty 10.37% 299 299.84 313.1 313.1 316.44 325.44        
    DUP Ronnie McIlvar 8.43% 243 257.28 258.98 258.98 297.4 298.13 298.49 298.49 397.49  
    Ulster Unionist Hugh Acheson 8.78% 253 254.12 261.6 263.6 267.77 271.45 273.25 275.14 291 305
    Ulster Unionist James McAuley 6.70% 193 206.72 217.6 217.6 218.16 236.5 238.3 239.56 274.69 287.69
    Alliance Maurice McHenry 4.93% 142 142.56 143.75 164.35 164.35 222.72 222.81 223.44 226.09 227.09
    DUP Andrew Dobbin 4.61% 133 200.48 203.88 203.88 219.58 221.58 222.75 223.38    
    Alliance John Shanks 3.19% 92 94.52 97.58 98.68 99.68          
    DUP Samuel Simpson 1.94% 56 68.6 70.47 70.67            
    Electorate: 4,438   Valid: 2,882 (64.94%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 321   Turnout: 2,955 (66.58%)  

      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

      Moyle Area C - 4 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SDLP Richard Kerr 18.51% 296 304 304 385    
      SDLP Michael O'Cleary 13.88% 222 229 229 272 324  
      Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Johnston* 9.38% 150 156 246 249 249.8 354.8
      Independent Archibald McAuley* 14.82% 237 251 255 280 288.8 332.8
      Irish Independence Eamonn Scally 11.13% 178 184 184 196 198.4 198.4
      Alliance Hugh Sayers 8.69% 139 160 181 185 185.8  
      SDLP Joseph Donaghy 9.82% 157 170 170      
      DUP Norman Campbell 8.01% 128 132        
      Alliance Thomas Cecil 5.75% 92          
      Electorate: 2,393   Valid: 1,599 (66.82%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 320   Turnout: 1,647 (68.83%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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