Elections to
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of (), the ...
were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51
councillors
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
The
UUP remained the largest party, and
James Stewart became
Lord Mayor. The narrow unionist majority of one on the council resulted in
David Cook David Cook may refer to:
Entertainment
* David Cook (game designer) (active since 1980s), American game designer for TSR
* David Cook (singer) (born 1982), winner of the seventh season of ''American Idol''
* David Cook (writer) (1940–2015), Briti ...
from
Alliance
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...
becoming
Lord Mayor in 1978, the first non-unionist Lord Mayor since 1898.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
, - class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left", Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2, Total
Cllrs
, - class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" ,
UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" ,
Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="",
SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" ,
DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" ,
RC
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" ,
UPNI
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white",
Others
, -
, align="left", Area A
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 29.2
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 20.1
, 2
, 8.5
, 1
, 21.5
, 2
, 1.7
, 0
, 5.9
, 0
, 13.1
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Area B
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 33.0
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 3
, 30.7
, 2
, 0.0
, 0
, 11.0
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 15.1
, 1
, 10.2
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Area C
, 25.3
, 2
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 33.8
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 3
, 6.4
, 0
, 10.2
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 10.0
, 1
, 14.3
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Area D
, 0.0
, 0
, 13.5
, 1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 69.2
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 4
, 0.0
, 0
, 16.4
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.9
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Area E
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 35.1
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 9.0
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 18.3
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 37.6
, 2
, 6
, -
, align="left", Area F
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 31.2
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 10.7
, 1
, 27.8
, 1
, 14.7
, 1
, 14.4
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 1.2
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Area G
, 29.2
, 2
, 3.2
, 1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 29.9
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 1
, 21.1
, 1
, 13.2
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 3.4
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Area H
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 29.8
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 16.9
, 2
, 21.1
, 1
, 11.7
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 2.8
, 0
, 17.7
, 1
, 7
, -
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 26.8
, 15
, 18.6
, 13
, 18.6
, 8
, 13.3
, 7
, 4.7
, 3
, 5.0
, 2
, 13.0
, 3
, 51
, -
District results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x NILP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats), Alliance and SDLP gain from UUP (two seats), Vanguard and NILP
Area B
1973: 5 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance, UPNI and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and United Loyalist
Area C
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)
Area D
1973: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: No change
Area E
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: UUP and Independent gain from NILP and United Loyalist
Area F
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Area G
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP and Republican Clubs gain from UUP and Independent Unionist
Area H
1973: 5 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: Alliance, DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (three seats)
References
{{1977 United Kingdom local elections
Belfast City Council elections
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...