1997 Northern Ireland local elections explained

Election Name:1997 Northern Ireland local elections
Flag Image:Flag placeholder.svg
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1993 Northern Ireland local elections
Previous Year:1993
Next Election:2001 Northern Ireland local elections
Next Year:2001
Seats For Election:All council seats
Election Date:21 May 1997
Leader1:David Trimble
Party1:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:185
Seat Change1: 12
Popular Vote1:175,036
Percentage1:28.1%
Swing1:1.2%
Leader2:John Hume
Party2:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:120
Seat Change2: 7
Popular Vote2:130,387
Percentage2:21.0%
Swing2:0.7%
Leader3:Ian Paisley
Party3:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:91
Seat Change3: 12
Popular Vote3:99,651
Percentage3:16.0%
Swing3:1.3%
Leader4:Gerry Adams
Party4:Sinn Féin
Seats4:74
Seat Change4: 23
Popular Vote4:106,934
Percentage4:17.2%
Swing4:4.9%
Leader5:John Alderdice
Party5:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:41
Seat Change5: 3
Popular Vote5:41,952
Percentage5:6.7%
Swing5:0.9%
Leader6:N/A
Party6:Independent (politician)
Seats6:23
Seat Change6: 3
Popular Vote6:23,695
Percentage6:3.8%
Swing6:0.3%
Map2 Caption:Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 21 May 1997, shortly after the 1997 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

Results

Overall

Party[1] CouncillorsVotes
Total+/-% shareTotal
185—1228175,036
120―721130,387
74+2317106,934
91―121699,651
41―3741,952
23+3423,695
7+6212,051
15―6210,376
4+316,244
1+113,380
4+40.52,945
3+20.42,774
3―30.42,634
3―10.42,450
0―10.42,348
Community2+20.31,905
Newtownabbey Ratepayers2+20.21,424
000.1706
100.1560
Community Labour000.1464
Upper Bann Labour000.1353
000.071
000.067

By council

CouncilCouncil Seats by Party
Total
APDUPPUPSDLPSFUUPUKUPUDPOthersInd.
Antrimstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"3style:"background;"4style:"background;"1style:"background;"919
Ardsstyle:"background;"5style:"background;"5style:"background;"1style:"background;"10223
Armaghstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"7style:"background;"3style:"background;"1022
Ballymenastyle:"background;"1style:"background;"8style:"background;"3style:"background;"101 24
Ballymoneystyle:"background;"6style:"background;"3style:"background;"1style:"background;"4216
Banbridgestyle:"background;"3style:"background;"3style:"background;"9217
Belfaststyle:"background;"6style:"background;"7style:"background;"3style:"background;"7style:"background;"13style:"background;"13style:"background;"1151
Carrickfergusstyle:"background;"5style:"background;"3style:"background;"42 317
Castlereaghstyle:"background;"4style:"background;"10style:"background;"2style:"background;"5style:"background;"11 23
Colerainestyle:"background;"3style:"background;"5style:"background;"3style:"background;"10122
Cookstownstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"4style:"background;"5style:"background;"41 16
Craigavonstyle:"background;"1style:"background;"3style:"background;"7style:"background;"2style:"background;"112 26
Derrystyle:"background;"4style:"background;"14style:"background;"8style:"background;"3130
Downstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"12style:"background;"2style:"background;"6style:"background;"1 NIWC123
Dungannonstyle:"background;"3style:"background;"4style:"background;"5style:"background;"8style:"background;"1 DL122
Fermanaghstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"4style:"background;"5style:"background;"91 1123
Larnestyle:"background;"1style:"background;"3style:"background;"1style:"background;"6415
Limavadystyle:"background;"1style:"background;"7style:"background;"1style:"background;"615
Lisburnstyle:"background;"3style:"background;"2style:"background;"1style:"background;"2style:"background;"4style:"background;"13style:"background;"2style:"background;"1 Con2 30
Magherafeltstyle:"background;"3style:"background;"5style:"background;"5style:"background;"316
Moylestyle:"background;"3style:"background;"3style:"background;"1style:"background;"321 215
Newry and Mournestyle:"background;"1style:"background;"12style:"background;"8style:"background;"5430
Newtownabbeystyle:"background;"3style:"background;"2style:"background;"1style:"background;"1style:"background;"10style:"background;"1 4 (2 NR
2 Lab)
325
North Downstyle:"background;"6style:"background;"2style:"background;"2style:"background;"6style:"background;"3style:"background;"2 Con1325
Omaghstyle:"background;"1style:"background;"3style:"background;"6style:"background;"6style:"background;"4style:"background;"1 Lab21
Strabanestyle:"background;"3style:"background;"5style:"background;"4style:"background;"3116
Total4191712074186441331524582
Changestyle="background:#FFC7CE" -3style="background:#FFC7CE" -12+6style="background:#FFC7CE" -7+23style="background:#FFC7CE" -11+4+3+3style="background:#FFC7CE" -6 +2 Lab +2 NR +2 +1 -3 Con -3 UPUP -1 WP -1
Elected 19934410311275119711321246 Con 3 UPUP 1 Lab 1 WP 1

Councils

Antrim

Antrim North West[2]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Bobby Loughran1,115
James Graham1,063
Wilson Clyde683
Henry Cushinan612
Donovan McClelland430
Avril Swann254
George Picken133
Turnout4,290
No change
Antrim South East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Roy Thompson996
Thomas Burns963
Edgar Wallace763
Mervyn Rea716
David Ford613
Samuel Dunlop495
William Harkness385
Ken Wilkinson358
Roderick Swann180
Lucia Trowlen177
Roy Stinson150
Turnout5,796
bgcolor=Roy Thompson joins UUP
Antrim Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Paddy Marks1,066
Robert McClay642
Oran Keenan514
Sean McKee433
Adrian Watson357
Andrew Ritchie287
Brian McConnell268
Andrew Thompson218
Mary Wallace159
Stanley Lynn124
S. J. Greer111
Turnout4,179
No change

Ards

Ards East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Thomas Benson882
Ronnie Ferguson676
Hamilton Gregory621
John Shields606
Jeffrey Magill480
Linda Cleland418
Larry Thompson352
St Clair McAlister295
Tom Sheridan269
Hamilton Lawther251
Gina McCrory220
Turnout5,070
bgcolor=UUP gain from DUP
Ards Peninsula[3]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Paul Carson1,114
Kieran McCarthy1,047
Jim Shannon993
Daniel McCarthy770
Robin Drysdale473
John Smyth221
Billy Sheldon154
Iain Bell131
Owen Crawford131
Turnout4,936
bgcolor=DUP gain from Alliance
Ards West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Robert Gibson1,103
David McNarry1,066
Kathleen Coulter741
David Gilmore635
Margaret Craig572
Tim McBriar481
Lorraine Gilmore285
Turnout4,883
No change
Newtownards
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Wilbert Magill914
Alan McDowell724
David Smyth690
George Ennis653
Tom Hamilton565
Nancy Orr327
Bobby McBride326
John Purdy225
Alfred McCrory221
Billy McKeown55
Turnout4,710
bgcolor=Wilbert Magill leaves DUP

Armagh

Armagh City[4]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Pat Brannigan1,251
Sylvia McRoberts898
Noel Sheridan845
Sean McGirr841
Gordon Frazer749
Anna Brolly547
Michael Carson531
Noel Donnelly529
Ryan Williams167
Ann McKenna146
Turnout6,504
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Crossmore
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Brian Cunningham1,207
Evelyn Corry1,135
Tommy Kavanagh1,107
James McKernan862
William Hamilton747
Joseph McGleenan534
James Lennon509
Turnout6,101
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Cusher
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Eric Speers1,915
Heather Black1,577
Tom Canavan1,057
Robert Turner872
Sharon McClelland810
James Clayton797
Thomas Carroll355
Turnout7,383
No change
The Orchard
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Jim Speers1,630
Brian Hutchinson1,011
Joe Campbell882
Charles Rollston836
Eamon Mcneill629
Olive Whitten613
Liz Gartland578
Turnout6,179
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena North[5]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patrick McAvoy975
William Wright953
Sam Henry728
Joe McKernan630
Maurice Mills610
James Alexander547
Jayne Dunlop447
John Stewart417
David Warwick247
Herbie Parke235
Turnout5,789
bgcolor=Sam Henry changes designation from Independent
Ballymena South
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Declan O'Loan967
James Currie918
Davy Tweed832
Martin Clarke571
Hubert Nicholl534
Peter Brown377
Malcolm Gilmour365
John Scott357
John Carson315
Ulster PartyAgnes McLeister184
Cowan Balmer86
Turnout5,506
bgcolor=UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Bannside
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Roy Gillespie1,110
Tommy Nicholl1,048
Robert Coulter1,014
Seamus Laverty967
Ian Johnston936
Sandy Spence845
Turnout5,920
No change
Braid
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Margaret Gribben1,042
David Clyde961
Des Armstrong816
Lexie Scott765
Sam Gaston627
Sam Hanna623
David McClintock490
Turnout5,324
bgcolor=SDLP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town[6]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Cecil Cousley493
Bob McComb433
Thomas McKeown333
Samuel McConaghie293
Bill Williamson261
Joan McCaffrey255
James Simpson242
Colin McVicker233
Jeffrey Balmer180
Mary McCusker31
Turnout2,754
bgcolor=Independent gain from UUP
Bann Valley
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Joe Gaston719
Malachy McCamphill706
Robert Halliday608
Martin O'Neill508
Robert Wilson441
Mary McPoland382
John Finlay351
John Watt260
Turnout3,975
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Bushvale
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Harry Connolly725
Frank Campbell473
Bill Kennedy443
William Logan350
John Ramsay341
William Johnston222
Frank McCluskey181
Joan Cosgrove35
Turnout2,770
bgcolor=SDLP gain from UUP

Banbridge

Banbridge Town[7]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Joan Baird1,438
Jim Walsh809
William Bell602
Cyril Vage581
Mel Byrne534
Frank McQuaid423
Derick Bell390
Ian Burns359
Turnout5,215
bgcolor=Jim Walsh leaves SDLP
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
Dromore
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William McCracken1,358
David Herron770
Cassie McDermott729
William Martin709
Tom Gribben667
Robert Hill289
Julian Crozier202
Turnout4,787
No change
Knockiveagh
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Ingram1,129
Wilfred McFadden1,103
Seamus Doyle946
John Hanna799
Malachy McCartan692
Violet Cromie671
Oliver Moore661
Turnout6,273
No change

Belfast

Balmoral
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Margaret Crooks2,329
Carmel Hanna1,916
Catherine Molloy1,047
Tom Ekin971
Philip McGarry958
Bob Stoker949
Harry Smith924
Joan Parkes654
Heather Calvert520
Gordon McCrea397
Gordon Lucy304
Nuala Bradley236
Mary Ringland92
Hubert Mullan71
Turnout11,368
bgcolor=SDLP gain from DUP
Castle
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Nigel Dodds2,081
Alban Maginness1,781
Tom Campbell1,417
Danny Lavery1,362
David Browne1,134
Nelson McCausland1,065
John Carson1,025
Jim Crothers Jr778
Jonathan Stephenson720
Raymond Gilliland216
Eileen Calder149
Robert Ferris85
Alan Warren73
Paul Treanor53
Norman McClelland8
Andrea Gribben5
Turnout11,952
bgcolor=Alliance gain from UUP
bgcolor=Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Court[8]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Hugh Smyth3,070
Eric Smyth1,573
Frank McCoubrey1,200
Fred Cobain1,048
Chris McGimpsey800
Glenn Bradley513
Joe Coggle407
Dennis Robinson237
Margaret Serris208
Linda Walker150
John Roberts144
Turnout9,350
bgcolor=UDP gain from Independent Unionist
Laganbank
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Alasdair McDonnell1,614
Seán Hayes1,388
Jim Clarke1,337
Steve McBride1,118
Michael McGimpsey966
Peter O'Reilly902
Ernie Purves644
Jim Kirkpatrick473
Anne Campbell406
Patrick Lynn160
Andrew Frew138
James Anderson18
Vincent McKenna12
Turnout9,176
bgcolor=Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Lower Falls
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Fra McCann2,420
Seán McKnight2,286
Tom Hartley2,022
Marie Moore1,810
Margaret Walsh1,764
Janice Austin1,274
John Lowry468
Mary White227
Keith Jacques45
Turnout12,316
No change
Oldpark
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mick Conlon2,317
Bobby Lavery2,230
Martin Morgan1,941
Paddy McManus1,773
Billy Hutchinson1,582
Fred Proctor1,316
Fred Rodgers986
David Smylie659
Paddy Bird427
Dympna O'Hara365
Peter Emerson245
Mark Long177
Steven Doran109
Turnout14,127
bgcolor=PUP gain from UUP
Pottinger
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sammy Wilson2,265
Reg Empey2,309
David Ervine2,110
Dominic Corr978
Mervyn Jones870
Margaret Clarke768
Robert Clelland605
Marga Foley309
Alexander Gordon262
Andrew Muers251
Robert Girvan169
Pearl Sagar149
Frank Leslie142
Joseph Bell115
Josephine Challis21
David Collins19
Sean McGouran19
Turnout11,361
bgcolor=PUP gain from DUP
Upper Falls
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Alex Attwood2,855
Alex Maskey2,807
Michael Browne2,580
Martin Livingstone2,394
Chrissie McAuley1,738
Stephen McGowan616
Patricia Lewsley596
David McNerlin201
James McAllister110
Dan McGuinness85
Turnout13,982
bgcolor=Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Victoria
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
David Alderdice2,419
Ian Adamson2,367
Jim Rodgers1,508
Wallace Browne1,485
Robin Newton1,036
Danny Dow1,024
John McQuillan915
Glyn Roberts553
Margaret McKenzie523
Alan Crowe519
Lesley Donaldson256
Peter Weir192
Thomas Mullins25
Turnout12,822
bgcolor=Independent Unionist gain from UUP

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle[9]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sean Neeson741
David Hilditch626
William Hamilton494
Samuel McCamley466
Nicholas Wady233
Samuel Stewart144
Arthur McQuitty54
Turnout2,758
bgcolor=Independent gain from Alliance
Kilroot
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
James Brown908
Janet Crampsey554
Samuel Crowe553
Robin Cavan531
Eric Ferguson371
Colin McAuley362
William Ashe357
Desmond Robinson261
Billy Donaldson237
Norman Dixon127
Turnout4,261
bgcolor=James Brown leaves UUP
bgcolor=Samuel Crowe leaves NI Conservatives
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent
Knockagh Monument
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Stewart Dickson867
Thomas Creighton754
May Beattie580
Charles Johnston457
Joseph Reid377
William Haggan336
Noreen McIlwrath209
Carolyn Howarth121
Turnout3,764
No change

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central[10]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Peter Robinson2,783
Alan Carson854
Patrick Mitchell600
Grant Dillon267
Dominic Marsella224
Ann Smith134
John Dunn87
John Norris61
Alwyn McClernon23
Turnout5,033
bgcolor=Grant Dillon joins UKUP
Castlereagh East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Iris Robinson2,787
Peter Osborne677
Sarah Cummings672
William Abraham607
Michael Long466
Blakeley McNally303
Thomas Jeffers172
Sandy Geddis160
David Brown115
Kim Morton73
Sarah Seddon16
Turnout6,048
bgcolor=Thomas Jeffers leaves UPUP
Castlereagh South
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Beattie1,219
Myreve Chambers1,146
Arthur Hegney864
Geraldine Rice628
Margaret Marshall556
Michael Henderson325
Andrew Ramsey205
Turnout4,943
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
Castlereagh West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William Clulow952
Cecil Hall744
Sara Duncan697
Rosaleen Hughes619
Simon Robinson607
Samuel Johnston367
Marie Luney274
Ernest Harper267
Thomas Scott142
Malcolm Gilmore140
Turnout4,809
bgcolor=SDLP gain from UUP

Coleraine

Bann[11]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Dallat1,234
Olive Church1,023
Jim Watt990
William King855
Robert Bolton658
Eamon Mullan642
James McCloskey522
Ian McEwan152
Turnout6,076
No change
Coleraine Central
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
David McClarty1,255
James McClure941
Gerald McLaughlin729
David Barbour529
Elizabeth Johnston438
Eamon O'Hara300
Daniel Christie291
Marie McAllister277
Yvonne Boyle214
Averil Watson58
Turnout5,032
No change
Coleraine East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Maurice Bradley833
Elizabeth Black606
William Creelman464
Bill Matthews413
Robert McPherson355
David Gilmour283
Martin Hunter201
Gary Wolfe161
Trevor Cooke125
Turnout3,441
bgcolor=Alliance gain from UUP
The Skerries
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Pauline Armitage841
Christine Alexander784
Patricia Farren486
Norman Hillis470
Robert Stewart447
Samuel Kane425
Barbara Dempsey359
Patrick McGowan300
James Milliken259
Thomas Mackay46
Turnout4,417
bgcolor=Independent gain from UUP

Cookstown

Ballinderry[12]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patsy McGlone1,555
Pearse McAleer1,518
Anne McCrea976
William Armstrong735
Walter Greer618
Samuel McCartney519
Mary Baker497
Seamus Campbell497
Francis Rocks53
Turnout6,968
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Cookstown Central
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Trevor Wilson1,427
Sean Begley1,172
William John Larmour863
Denis Haughey855
Peggy Laverty487
William Joseph Larmour221
Raymond McGarvey189
Turnout5,214
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Drum Manor
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sean Begley1,446
Samuel Glasgow1,173
Samuel Parke741
James McGarvey696
William Cuddy686
Peter Cassidy376
John McNamee293
Turnout5,411
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from DUP

Craigavon

Craigavon Central[13]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Kenneth Twyble1,576
William Allen1,079
Francis Murray1,048
Pat Mallon1,008
James McCammick737
Frederick Crowe722
Sean Hagan541
Community LabourAlan Evans389
Cyril McLoughlin377
Philip Mallon182
Chris Moffat84
Peter Smyth55
Community LabourWilliam McAvoy25
Turnout7,823
No change
Loughside
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John O'Dowd2,320
Sean McKavanagh1,499
Dolores Kelly692
Mary McAlinden562
John Crozier471
Kieran McGeown339
Tom French226
Upper Bann LabourHugh Casey203
Upper Bann LabourMark McKavanagh101
Anne Hanlon89
Adrian McKinney62
Community LabourMary Sheen14
Turnout6,578
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Workers' Party
Lurgan
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sam Gardiner1,802
George Savage1,371
Ruth Allen803
Meta Crozier691
Jonathan Bell655
Frederick Baird623
Mary McNally614
Sydney Cairns434
Wilson Freeburn390
Bernadette O'Hagan349
William McCullough230
Upper Bann LabourGillian Kirk49
Community LabourJames Devlin17
Turnout8,028
bgcolor=Sydney Cairns joins UUP
Portadown
Partywidth=170Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mervyn Carrick1,713
Breandan MacCionnaith1,493
James Gillespie1,203
Joe Trueman919
Ignatius Fox890
Mark Neale515
Joe Duffy412
David Thompson404
William Ramsay373
John Tate132
Community LabourCarol Lindsay19
Turnout8,073
bgcolor=Independent Nationalist gain from DUP and Alliance

Derry

Cityside[14]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Cathal Crumley1,333
Mitchel McLaughlin1,307
James Clifford969
Peter Anderson952
Patrick Devine829
Pat Ramsey822
Margaret Logue255
Turnout6,467
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Northland
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mark Durkan1,679
Mary Nelis1,564
Marian Hutcheon1,128
Martin Bradley1,115
John Tierney1,096
Kathleen McCloskey854
John Kerr850
Pious McNaught572
Alister Simpson532
Patricia McAdams290
Tony Martin50
Geraldine O'Neill46
Turnout9,776
No change
Rural
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Annie Courtney1,220
William Hay1,105
Seamus McNickle976
Andrew Davidson833
Maurice Devenney741
George Peoples739
Ernie Hamilton730
Paul Fleming707
Jim McKeever549
Catherine Cooke180
David Hawthorne48
Turnout7,828
bgcolor=UUP gain from DUP
Shantallow
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mary Bradley1,826
Tony Hasson1,290
Gearoid O'Heara1,134
William O'Connell1,027
Shaun Gallagher872
Margaret McCartney779
Bernadette McDaid504
Charles McDaid195
Diane Greer165
William Dougherty134
Robert Lindsay41
Patrick Muldowney16
Turnout7,983
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Waterside
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Richard Dallas1,535
Gregory Campbell1,497
Philip Kelly1,051
Lynn Fleming903
Wilfred White759
Joe Miller749
James Guy671
Mildred Garfield517
May Hamilton497
Bill Irwin443
David Nicholl276
Helena Schlindwein146
Ken Adams86
Gerry Toland22
Turnout9,152
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Down

Ballynahinch[15]
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Billy Alexander1,362
Patrick Toman1,197
Harvey Bicker990
Anne McAleenan951
Frances Casement409
John Reid325
John Smyth234
Turnout5,468
bgcolor=SDLP gain from UUP
Downpatrick
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Doris991
Peter Craig918
Jack McIlheron802
Dermot Curran748
Patrick McGreevy659
Owen Adams477
Michael Healy431
Gerard Mahon417
Patrick O'Connor251
John Irvine189
Keith Bradford113
Desmond O'Hagan57
Edna Furey41
Michael Kearney35
Turnout6,129
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Newcastle
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Eamon O'Neill913
Frank McDowell831
Gerald Douglas773
Carmel O'Boyle715
Peter Fitzpatrick706
Stanley Priestly552
Anne Carr430
Frances Flynn422
Ronald Richie259
Adrienne Healy167
Edward O'Hagan75
Turnout5,843
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
bgcolor=Women's Coalition gain from DUP
Rowallane
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Margaret Ritchie1,044
Samuel Osborne846
Albert Colmer817
William Dick810
William Biggerstaff695
Billy Walker521
Laurence Moffat384
Barry Corscadden252
Turnout5,369
No change

Dungannon

Blackwater[16]
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Patsy Daly950
Michelle Gildernew920
Jim Hamilton905
Derek Irwin858
Jim Brady799
James Ewing596
Robert McFarland453
Anthony Fox447
Turnout5,928
No change
Clogher Valley
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Noel Mulligan1,097
Anthony McGonnell1,083
Seamus Flanagan1,028
Johnston McIlwrath989
Robert Mulligan857
Margaret Monaghan499
Brian Kilpatrick339
Turnout5,892
No change
Dungannon Town
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Vincent Kelly1,065
Maurice Morrow955
Joan Carson940
John Reilly777
Vincent Currie651
Gerry Cullen412
Edward Devlin291
Ephrem Bogues269
Peggy Devlin170
Turnout5,530
No change
Torrent
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Francie Molloy1,407
Norman Badger1,212
Jim Canning1,183
Michael Gillespie1,017
Jim Cavanagh832
Brendan Doris822
Jim O'Donnell493
Joe Gervin283
Turnout7,249
No change

Fermanagh

Enniskillen[17]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Samuel Foster2,055
Gerry McHugh1,313
Eamon Flanagan927
Raymond Ferguson769
Basil Johnston685
Progressive SocialistDavid Kettyles581
Joe Dodds581
John Rooney267
Ethel Gregg175
Robert Irvine160
John Haslett156
Margaret McCaffrey143
Turnout7,812
No change
Erne East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Harold Andrews1,149
Ruth Lynch1,073
Cecil Noble932
Brian McCaffrey918
Tony McPhillips909
Fergus McQuillan897
Jean McVitty886
Thomas O'Reilly694
Paul Robinson369
Marie O'Neill355
Turnout8,182
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Erne North
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Caldwell McClaughry998
Bert Johnston951
Tommy Gallagher933
Bertie Kerr917
Thomas Elliott848
Geraldine Cassidy730
John Dolan526
Neville McElderry98
Jean Jackson62
Turnout6,063
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Erne West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Wilson Elliott1,616
Patrick McCaffrey1,250
Robin Martin1,179
Gerard Gallagher1,071
Stephen Huggett863
Derrick Nixon612
Amelda Maguire176
Turnout6,767
No change

Larne

Coast Road[18]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Thomas Robinson527
William Cunning502
Joan Drummond473
Daniel O'Connor409
Amelia Kelly317
Winston Fulton314
Rachel Rea313
Trevor Robinson155
Norman McCann73
Turnout3,083
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
Larne Lough
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Roy Beggs1,043
John Mathews526
Bobby McKee369
Samuel McAllister300
John Hall297
David Fleck265
Alexander Hunter240
Sharon Gardiner174
George Ferguson116
Turnout3,330
bgcolor=Alliance gain from DUP
Larne Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Desmond Nixon698
Jack McKee663
Rosalie Armstrong485
Lindsay Mason462
Roy Craig352
Patricia Kay336
Mary Steele202
Gregg McKeen91
Turnout3,289
Independent gain from UUP and Alliance

Limavady

Bellarena[19]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Stanley Gault839
Michael Carten814
Arthur Doherty798
Ian Grant765
John McKinney714
Robert Glass453
Turnout4,383
No change
Benbradagh
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Boyd Douglas1,072
Michael Coyle1,013
Malachy O'Kane876
John Lynch442
Max Gault409
Eddie Lynn368
Turnout4,180
No change
Limavady Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
George Robinson837
Desmond Lowry759
Barry Doherty739
Jack Dolan738
Ronald Cartwright729
Norman Reynolds484
Victor Wilson157
Paula Taylor88
Turnout4,531
No change

Lisburn

Downshire[20]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Edmund Falloon1,328
Charles Poots1,041
Betty Campbell902
William Bleakes846
David Craig441
William Moore389
Ken Hull352
Turnout5,299
bgcolor=Alliance gain from UUP
Dunmurry Cross
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Michael Ferguson1,365
Paul Butler1,260
Sue Ramsey1,025
Billy Bell963
William McDonnell928
Maria Gray777
Hugh Lewsley502
Geraldine Rodgers501
Frederick Parkinson474
Andrew Park330
Owen Gawith284
Yvonne Craig236
Frances McCarthy192
Turnout8,837
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
bgcolor=Hugh Lewsley leaves SDLP
Killultagh
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Jim Dillon1,432
Peter O'Hagan931
Cecil Calvert904
Kenneth Watson591
David Greene551
Trevor Lunn489
James Tinsley412
Sybil Moses150
Turnout5,460
No change
Lisburn Town North
Partywidth=170Candidatewidth=401st Pref
William Lewis1,237
Fraser McCammond951
Ronnie Crawford810
David Adams748
Protestant UnionistWilliam Beattie671
William Gardiner-Watson652
William Whitley495
Lorraine Martin408
Eleanor Calvert401
James Tinsley294
Anne Blake258
Noel Malcolm99
Leonard Jarvis89
Turnout7,113
bgcolor=UDP gain from UUP
bgcolor=William Beattie leaves DUP
Lisburn Town South
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ivan Davis1,469
Seamus Close1,067
Gary McMichael750
David Archer578
Stuart Deignan510
Joseph Lockhart454
George Morrison387
Philip Dean117
Margaret Little105
Bronya Bonar59
Turnout5,496
No change

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town[21]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William McCrea2,675
Seamus O'Brien1,777
Patrick Kilpatrick1,149
George Shiels816
Joseph McBride499
Paul McLean107
Harry Hutchinson73
Marian Donnelly37
Turnout7,133
No change
Moyola
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Margaret McKenna1,180
Paul Henry949
John Junkin882
Thomas Catherwood829
Patrick McErlean727
James Wilson541
Francis Kearney468
Norman Montgomery362
James Mulholland250
Patrick Scullion53
Turnout6,241
Sinn Fein gain from DUP
Sperrin
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patrick Groogan1,801
John Kelly1,602
Kathleen Lagan1,170
Robert Montgomery810
Rodney Mitchell658
Francis McKendry515
Francis Donnelly103
Jude Stephens12
Turnout6,671
No change

Moyle

Ballycastle[22]
Partywidth=165Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Seamus Blaney551
Richard Kerr483
Gardiner Kane356
Helen Harding283
Christopher McCaughan221
Elizabeth Brennan14
Turnout1,908
No change
Giant's Causeway
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Price McConaghy484
David McAllister278
William Graham263
George Hartin237
Robert McIlroy176
Raymond Rodgers126
Alan Mulholland93
Christian Thomas Palmer22
Turnout1,679
bgcolor=Robert McIlroy joins Ulster Unionists
The Glens
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Oliver McMullan711
James McCarry454
Malachy McSparran404
Archie McIntosh316
Randal McDonnell223
Thomas Brennan218
Anna Edwards162
Turnout2,488
No change

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve[23]
Partywidth=165Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Peadar Bradley1,503
Mick Murphy1,423
Hugh Carr975
Gordon Heslip893
Anthony Williamson861
Josephine O'Hare762
Ciaran Mussen752
Jim McCart716
Marietta Farrell356
Lindsay Whitcroft219
Turnout8,460
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Newry Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Davy Hyland1,095
Jackie Patterson1,030
Brendan Curran1,000
Eugene Markey929
Patrick McElroy807
Frank Feely774
William McCaigue727
Anne-Marie Willis529
Arthur Ruddy528
Mary McKeown491
Peter Whitcroft181
Turnout8,091
bgcolor=Independent gain from SDLP
Slieve Gullion
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Fee1,412
Patrick Brennan1,148
Patrick McDonald1,114
Pat McNamee1,108
Pat Toner845
Dessie McDonnell647
Turnout6,274
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Fews
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Danny Kennedy1,610
Brendan Lewis1,103
Stephen McGinn1,018
Charles Smyth975
William Moffett952
Jimmy McCreesh883
James Savage690
Turnout7,231
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Mournes
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Isaac Hanna1,595
Henry Reilly1,303
Emmett Haughian1,196
William Burns907
Michael Cunningham895
Paul Lawless471
Anne Cunningham353
Ewan Atkinson102
Henry Cunningham78
Turnout6,900
No change

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line[24]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Tommy McTeague1,500
Edward Crilly1,329
Arthur Kell752
Liz Snoddy647
Ivan Hunter536
James Rooney493
John Blair462
Arthur Templeton442
Billy Blair382
Tommy Frazer336
Turnout6,875
bgcolor=UUP gain from Independent Unionist
NRA gain from Alliance
Ballyclare
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Jim Bingham847
Paul Girvan705
Pat McCudden586
Vera McWilliams477
Ed Turkington362
Sidney Cameron262
Etta Mann259
Norman Lavery225
Dave Burgess137
Thomas Porter95
Turnout3,955
bgcolor=Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
Macedon
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mark Langhammer1,103
Andrew Beattie595
David Hollis539
Billy Webb477
Billy Snoddy470
Tommy Kirkham442
Robert Kidd393
Bob Gourley372
Richard Walker278
Norman Boyd225
George Reynolds169
Julie Greaves119
Turnout5,182
bgcolor=Andrew Beattie leaves UUP
Newtownabbey Labour Party gain from Alliance
NRA gain from DUP
University
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Fraser Agnew878
Ken Robinson706
George Herron633
Bill Johnston499
Barbara Gilliland490
Lynn Frazer461
William Greer448
William Boyd426
Harry Speers371
William McKimmon369
Tony Lough333
Alan Hewitt299
Samuel Neill226
William McClinton212
Alexander Knell131
Jack McDonald86
Louie Robinson78
Turnout6,646
bgcolor=George Herron leaves UUP
bgcolor=PUP gain from DUP

North Down

Abbey[25]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Stephen Farry650
Valerie Kinghan650
Ann Thompson597
Roberta Dunlop482
Ruby Cooling471
Stewart Currie344
Karl McLean328
Cecil Braniff165
Norman McCullough131
Raymond Gordon115
Turnout3,933
bgcolor=Valerie Kinghan leaves UPUP
bgcolor=PUP gain from Independent Unionist
Ballyholme and Groomsport
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Alan Chambers1,218
Marsden Fitzsimons770
Leslie Cree755
Austen Lennon739
Bruce Mulligan498
Elizabeth Roche440
Gavin Walker406
Marie Cree375
Ian Henry178
James Kingan156
Ronald Dorian106
Turnout5,641
bgcolor=UKUP gain from DUP
Bangor West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Brian Wilson1,090
Roy Bradford699
Eileen Bell662
William Keery509
Marion Smith459
Ernest Steele439
Anne Wilson387
John Gordon308
Ian Sinclair227
Alan Graham191
Roy Davies190
Julian Robertson112
Derek Bell76
Bob Mooney15
Turnout5,364
bgcolor=Brian Wilson leaves Alliance
bgcolor=PUP gain from DUP
bgcolor=UKUP gain from NI Conservatives
bgcolor=Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
Holywood
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ellie McKay863
Susan O'Brien767
Dennis Ogborn545
Richard Good434
Gordon Dunne417
Jimmy White279
Bobby Irvine240
Jennifer Cumming165
Jeffrey Dudgeon159
Turnout3,869
bgcolor=DUP gain from NI Conservatives
bgcolor=Alliance gain from Independent

Omagh

Mid Tyrone[26]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patrick McMahon1,375
Sean Clarke1,129
Desmond Anderson1,026
Michael McAnespie980
Joe Byrne807
Seamus Shields741
Brian McGrath554
Drew Baxter543
Barney McAleer382
Jim Patterson284
John Anderson174
Patrick McClean148
Paul Gallagher57
Turnout8,200
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist
Omagh Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Francis Mackey1,096
Paddy McGowan1,080
Oliver Gibson747
Johnny McLaughlin570
Reuben McKelvey567
Ronald Oldcroft486
Ann Gormley471
Harry Cairns375
Vincent Campbell362
Stephen McKenna309
Patrick O'Hagan204
Keith Mosgrove196
Sandra Jones42
Turnout6,505
No change
West Tyrone
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Crawford McFarland1,243
Kevin McGrade1,105
Thomas Buchanan820
Liam McQuaid803
Cathal Quinn753
Alan Rainey727
Pat McDonnell655
James Connolly426
Tommy Owens387
Walter McFarland294
George Kerr216
Amanda McLaughlin141
Tony Winters70
Turnout7,640
No change

Strabane

Derg[27]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Charles McHugh1,440
Derek Hussey1,247
Edward Turner838
Thomas Kerrigan596
Thomas Murtagh550
Sean Elliott545
Bernadette McNamee513
Sarah Anderson447
Turnout6,176
bgcolor=Derek Hussey joins UUP
Glenelly
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Thomas McBride1,155
Martin Conway1,144
Allan Bresland1,101
James Emery1,021
John Donnell677
Wilfred Sinclair616
John Gallagher114
Elizabeth McCaffrey87
Turnout5,915
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Mourne
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ivan Barr1,959
Jarlath McNulty1,276
Eugene Mullen1,124
John Cummings825
James O'Kane801
Eugene McMenamin756
Ann Bell308
Marie Wallace95
Turnout7,144
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg97.htm Local Government Elections 1997
  2. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgantrim.htm Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011
  3. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011
  4. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgarmagh.htm Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  5. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymena.htm Ballymena District Council Elections 1993-2011
  6. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymoney.htm Ballymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011
  7. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbanbridge.htm Banbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011
  8. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbelfast.htm Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005
  9. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcarrick.htm Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011
  10. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcastlereagh.htm Castlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  11. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcoleraine.htm Coleraine District Council Elections 1993-2011
  12. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcookstown.htm Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011
  13. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcraigavon.htm Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011
  14. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgderry.htm Derry District Council Elections 1993-2011
  15. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdown.htm Down District Council Elections 1993-2011
  16. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdungannon.htm Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011
  17. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgfermanagh.htm Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  18. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglarne.htm Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011
  19. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglimavady.htm Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011
  20. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglisburn.htm Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011
  21. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmagherafelt.htm Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011
  22. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmoyle.htm Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011
  23. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011
  24. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnewtownabbey.htm Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011
  25. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnorthdown.htm North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011
  26. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgomagh.htm Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  27. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgstrabane.htm Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011