1977 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, 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 from Alliance becoming Lord Mayor in 1978, the first non-unionist Lord Mayor since 1898.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!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
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * 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
 * }
 * 7
 * 4.7
 * 3
 * 5.0
 * 2
 * 13.0
 * 3
 * 51
 * }
 * }

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)