1981 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle District 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 16 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 44.0
 * 1
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 25.9
 * 3
 * 30.4
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|43.7
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|3
 * 8
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|42.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 9.4
 * 1
 * 8.0
 * 0
 * 40.4
 * 1
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 28.4
 * 5
 * 13.5
 * 4
 * 15.1
 * 2
 * 43.0
 * 5
 * 16
 * }
 * 43.0
 * 5
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Area A
1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

1977-1981 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent (two seats)

Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent

1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent

1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from Independent

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

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

1977-1981 Change: No change