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1997 Dungannon District Council election

March 13, 2024

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997

Elections to Dungannon 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 22 councillors.

1997 Dungannon District Council election
← 1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001 →
All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won 8 5 4
Seat change 0 0 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Democratic Left Independent Nationalist
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change 0 0 0

There was no change from the prior election.[1]

Election results edit

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 8 0 0  0 36.4 30.3 7,445  1.5
  Sinn Féin 5 0 0  0 22.7 30.0 7,382  5.9
  SDLP 4 0 0  0 18.2 18.2 4,468  2.2
  DUP 3 0 0  0 13.6 14.0 3,440  0.8
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0  0 4.5 4.8 1,183  1.5
  Democratic Left 1 0 0  0 4.5 1.7 412  0.2
  Alliance 0 0 0  0 0.0 1.1 269  1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary edit

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Sinn Féin SDLP DUP DL Others
Blackwater 43.2 3 15.6 0 16.0 1 25.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Clogher Valley 33.2 2 23.2 1 26.8 1 16.8 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Dungannon Town 31.0 2 24.5 1 14.8 1 17.3 1 7.5 1 4.9 0 6
Torrent 16.7 1 51.6 3 15.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 16.3 1 6
Total 30.3 8 30.0 5 18.2 4 14.0 3 1.7 1 5.8 1 22

District results edit

Blackwater 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

Blackwater - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP James Ewing* 10.05% 596 910 1,284      
Ulster Unionist Jim Hamilton* 15.27% 905 955 980 1,066    
Ulster Unionist Jim Brady* 13.48% 799 847 877 1,001    
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin* 14.47% 858 864 908 964 1,039.51  
SDLP Patrick Daly* 16.03% 950 953 953 953 953.91 978.48
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 15.52% 920 920 920 920 920 920
DUP Robert McFarland 7.64% 453 478        
DUP Roger Burton 7.54% 447          
Electorate: 7,802   Valid: 5,928 (75.98%)   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 989   Turnout: 6,008 (77.01%)  

Clogher Valley edit

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Clogher Valley - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan* 18.62% 1,097    
SDLP Anthony McGonnell* 18.38% 1,083    
Sinn Féin Seamus Flanagan 17.45% 1,028    
DUP William McIlwrath* 16.79% 989    
Ulster Unionist Robert Mulligan* 14.54% 857 963.9 963.9
SDLP Margaret Monaghan 8.47% 499 500.7 562.7
Sinn Féin Brian Kilpatrick 5.75% 339    
Electorate: 7,503   Valid: 5,892 (78.53%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 983   Turnout: 5,983 (79.74%)  

Dungannon Town edit

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1993-1997 Change: No change

Dungannon Town - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Vincent Kelly* 19.26% 1,065            
Ulster Unionist Joan Carson 17.00% 940            
DUP Maurice Morrow* 17.27% 955            
Ulster Unionist John Reilly 14.05% 777 777 909.94        
SDLP Vincent Currie* 11.77% 651 661.92 663.11 678.06 802.06    
Democratic Left Gerry Cullen* 7.45% 412 420.32 437.83 500.85 518.23 696.77 753.89
Sinn Féin Edward Devlin 5.26% 291 524.74 524.74 524.97 540.35 582.74 583.25
Alliance Ephrem Bogues 4.86% 269 276.02 279.93 343.87 359.44    
SDLP Peggy Devlin 3.07% 170 180.14 180.14 186.81      
Electorate: 8,715   Valid: 5,530 (63.45%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 791   Turnout: 5,609 (64.36%)  

Torrent edit

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy* 19.41% 1,407      
Ulster Unionist Norman Badger* 16.72% 1,212      
Independent Nationalist Jim Canning* 16.32% 1,183      
Sinn Féin Michael Gillespie 14.03% 1,017 1,045.6    
SDLP Jim Cavanagh* 11.48% 832 844.48 1,078.48  
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris* 11.34% 822 955.64 970.98 990.98
Sinn Féin Jim O'Donnell 6.80% 493 670.58 687.88 695.88
SDLP Joseph Gervin 3.90% 283 288.46    
Electorate: 9,730   Valid: 7,249 (74.50%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,036   Turnout: 7,408 (76.14%)  

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Dungannon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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