1981 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady Borough 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 15 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 32.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 16.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 24.5
 * 1
 * 8.2
 * 0
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 15.7
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 27.5
 * 1
 * 23.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.3
 * 0
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 37.2
 * 6
 * 34.2
 * 5
 * 16.4
 * 2
 * 5.5
 * 1
 * 6.7
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 6.7
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Area A
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent

1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from SDLP

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

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: No change