1997 Down District Council election
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All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Down District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 52.2 | 46.0 | 10,481 | 5.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 5,507 | 4.4 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 2,724 | 2.0 | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 1,724 | 4.4 | |
NI Women's Coalition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 430 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 850 | 0.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 521 | 2.3 | |
Labour Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 327 | New | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 132 | 0.0 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 113 | 0.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | NIWC | Others | ||||||||
Ballynahinch | 46.8 | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 24.9 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Downpatrick | 61.0 | 5 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 7 |
Newcastle | 47.2 | 3 | 17.6 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 14.2 | 1 | 7.4 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 6 |
Rowallane | 26.6 | 1 | 43.9 | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.4 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 46.0 | 12 | 24.1 | 6 | 11.9 | 2 | 7.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 1 | 8.5 | 0 | 23 |
Districts results[edit]
Ballynahinch[edit]
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William Alexander* | 24.91% | 1,362 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Toman* | 21.89% | 1,197 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Harvey Bicker | 18.11% | 990 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 17.39% | 951 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis Casement | 7.48% | 409 | 413.2 | 672.64 | 821.91 | 823.11 | 856.51 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Reid | 5.94% | 325 | 769.5 | 772.62 | 776.86 | 851.5 | 852.06 | |
Sinn Féin | John Smyth | 4.28% | 234 | 234.7 | 249.58 | ||||
Electorate: 9,536 Valid: 5,468 (57.34%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 912 Turnout: 5,578 (58.49%) |
Downpatrick[edit]
1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 5 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Doris* | 16.17% | 991 | |||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Craig | 14.98% | 918 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Jack McIlheron* | 13.09% | 802 | |||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Dermot Curran* | 12.20% | 748 | 841.15 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Owen Adams* | 7.78% | 477 | 534.5 | 580.91 | 622.71 | 623.31 | 626.13 | 657.29 | 764.52 | 806.52 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick McGreevy | 10.75% | 659 | 664.29 | 668.88 | 670.4 | 670.4 | 674.1 | 700.09 | 712.23 | 757.15 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Gerard Mahon | 6.80% | 417 | 431.03 | 455.17 | 465.24 | 465.78 | 469.03 | 476.89 | 623.69 | 654.46 | |
Alliance | Michael Healy | 7.03% | 431 | 437.44 | 444.41 | 448.02 | 472.62 | 476.25 | 536.88 | 542.1 | 594.88 | |
Labour Coalition | Patrick O'Connor | 4.10% | 251 | 253.53 | 255.23 | 255.99 | 256.83 | 269.39 | 323.38 | 329.61 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Irvine | 3.08% | 189 | 225.34 | 277.87 | 291.36 | 291.66 | 293.29 | 307.26 | |||
Green (NI) | Keith Bradford | 1.84% | 113 | 116.45 | 118.49 | 119.82 | 122.76 | 123.22 | ||||
Workers' Party | Desmond O'Hagan | 0.93% | 57 | 57.92 | 59.28 | 59.47 | 59.65 | 59.88 | ||||
Labour Coalition | Edna Furey | 0.67% | 41 | 41.92 | 43.62 | 44.19 | 47.49 | 53.72 | ||||
Labour Coalition | Michael Kearney | 0.57% | 35 | 37.53 | 43.14 | 43.71 | 44.07 | |||||
Electorate: 12,631 Valid: 6,129 (48.52%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 767 Turnout: 6,209 (49.16%) |
Newcastle[edit]
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Women's Coalition
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin and Women's Coalition gain from SDLP and DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Eamon O'Neill* | 15.63% | 913 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Hugh McDowell | 14.22% | 831 | 837 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Gerald Douglas* | 13.23% | 773 | 775 | 792 | 1,009 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Carmel O'Boyle | 12.24% | 715 | 733 | 755 | 758 | 758.99 | 1,006.99 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Fitzpatrick* | 12.08% | 706 | 711 | 723 | 723 | 724.98 | 870.98 | ||||
NI Women's Coalition | Anne Carr | 7.36% | 430 | 451 | 532 | 540 | 565.74 | 605.73 | 672.73 | 748.13 | 779.13 | |
Democratic Unionist | Stanley Priestley | 9.45% | 552 | 552 | 554 | 588 | 729.57 | 731.56 | 732.56 | 733.08 | 734.08 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Frances Flynn* | 7.22% | 422 | 431 | 456 | 459 | 461.97 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Ronald Richey | 4.43% | 259 | 259 | 271 | |||||||
Alliance | Adrienne Healy | 2.86% | 167 | 175 | ||||||||
Workers' Party | Edward O'Hagan | 1.28% | 75 | |||||||||
Electorate: 10,884 Valid: 5,843 (53.68%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 835 Turnout: 5,958 (54.74%) |
Rowallane[edit]
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Margaret Ritchie* | 19.44% | 1,044 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Osborne* | 15.76% | 846 | 847.96 | 888.24 | 1,105.24 | ||
Democratic Unionist | William Dick* | 15.09% | 810 | 810.56 | 819.56 | 963.56 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Albert Colmer* | 15.22% | 817 | 817.84 | 865.26 | 899.26 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William Biggerstaff* | 12.94% | 695 | 695.28 | 734.28 | 801.56 | 925.56 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | John Moffat | 7.15% | 384 | 516.58 | 584.82 | 602.52 | 605.52 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Walker | 9.70% | 521 | 522.82 | 543.96 | |||
Alliance | Barry Corscadden | 4.69% | 252 | 255.5 | ||||
Electorate: 10,036 Valid: 5,369 (53.50%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,447 (54.27%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Down Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.