Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
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All council seats |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Party |
UUP |
DUP |
SDLP |
Seats won |
151 |
142 |
104 |
Seat change |
25 |
68 |
9 |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Party |
Alliance |
Independent |
Irish Independence |
Seats won |
38 |
37 |
21 |
Seat change |
32 |
5 |
21 |
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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 |
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DUP |
142 |
+68 |
26.6 |
176,816 |
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UUP |
151 |
-25 |
26.4 |
175,965 |
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SDLP |
104 |
-9 |
17.5 |
116,487 |
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Alliance |
38 |
-32 |
8.9 |
59,397 |
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Independent |
37 |
-5 |
6.7 |
44,427 |
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Irish Independence |
21 |
N/A |
3.9 |
25,859 |
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Workers' Party |
3 |
-3 |
1.8 |
12,059 |
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Independent Unionist |
6 |
-4 |
1.2 |
8,219 |
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Ulster Popular Unionist |
5 |
N/A |
1.2 |
7,817 |
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UUUP |
5 |
-7 |
0.7 |
4,962 |
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People's Democracy |
2 |
N/A |
0.7 |
4,734 |
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Unionist Party NI |
2 |
-4 |
0.7 |
4,478 |
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Irish Republican Socialist |
2 |
N/A |
0.5 |
3,654 |
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NI Labour |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3,563 |
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PUP |
1 |
N/A |
0.5 |
3,057 |
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New Ulster Political Research |
1 |
N/A |
0.4 |
2,989 |
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Independent Loyalist |
2 |
+1 |
0.3 |
1,935 |
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Independent Socialist |
1 |
+1 |
0.3 |
1,884 |
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Newtownabbey Labour |
1 |
N/A |
0.2 |
1,113 |
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Labour League |
0 |
N/A |
0.1 |
924 |
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Socialist Alliance |
0 |
N/A |
0.1 |
898 |
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Independent Labour |
1 |
0 |
0.1 |
832 |
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United Democratic |
0 |
N/A |
0.1 |
692 |
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Trade Union Campaign |
0 |
N/A |
0.1 |
439 |
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Independent Alliance |
0 |
N/A |
0.1 |
323 |
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Independent Nationalist |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
247 |
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Communist Party |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
201 |
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Unionist Unity |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
196 |
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UBNF |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
194 |
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Ecology |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
142 |
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Independent SDLP |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
85 |
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SRP |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
34 |
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UBUPP |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
28 |
By council
Belfast
Belfast B[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
|
Alliance |
Oliver Napier |
2,631 |
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DUP |
Henry Evans |
2,513 |
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Unionist Party NI |
Joshua Cardwell |
2,327 |
|
DUP |
Bill Morrison |
2,152 |
|
UUP |
Tommy Patton |
2,083 |
|
UUP |
William Corry |
1,733 |
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Alliance |
Michael Brown |
1,602 |
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DUP |
S. Foster |
1,464 |
|
UUP |
Dorothy Dunlop |
1,248 |
|
DUP |
A. Greer |
979 |
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Alliance |
S. G. Coulson |
647 |
|
NI Labour |
D. McKee |
548 |
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New Ulster Political Research |
D. P. Scott |
434 |
|
SDLP |
Peter Prendiville |
236 |
Turnout |
21,838 |
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Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist |
References
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