1977 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
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 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 32.4
 * 2
 * 2.2
 * 0
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 16.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 11.6
 * 0
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.5
 * 1
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|48.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 47.0
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area D
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 25.5
 * 2
 * 9.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.8
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Area E
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|61.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 11.3
 * 0
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 26.3
 * 2
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area F
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.7
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 23.4
 * 1
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 46.9
 * 15
 * 24.5
 * 7
 * 8.3
 * 3
 * 3.1
 * 1
 * 17.2
 * 4
 * 30
 * }
 * 3.1
 * 1
 * 17.2
 * 4
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Area B
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1973-1977 Change: No change

Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)

Area D
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs

1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs

Area E
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican

1973-1977 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Area F
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance