1997 Strabane District Council election
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Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
31.3 | 22.9 | 4,406 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
25.0 | 33.1 | 6,364 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
18.8 | 23.6 | 4,547 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
18.8 | 14.7 | 2,821 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.3 | 4.8 | 915 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 182 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Derg | 17.2 | 1 | 32.1 | 1 | 33.8 | 2 | 16.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Glenelly | 19.5 | 1 | 19.3 | 1 | 27.7 | 1 | 30.1 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
Mourne | 30.6 | 3 | 45.3 | 2 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.5 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 22.9 | 5 | 33.1 | 4 | 23.6 | 3 | 14.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 16 |
District results
[edit]Derg
[edit]1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh* | 23.32% | 1,440 | |||||
UUP | Derek Hussey* | 20.19% | 1,247 | |||||
UUP | Edward Turner* | 13.57% | 838 | 838.58 | 988.35 | 1,047.73 | ||
DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 9.65% | 596 | 596.29 | 647.8 | 1,034.7 | ||
SDLP | Tomás Murtagh | 8.91% | 550 | 583.06 | 584.08 | 584.08 | 1,022.08 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Elliott | 8.82% | 545 | 886.62 | 886.79 | 887.96 | 944.53 | |
SDLP | Bernadette McNamee | 8.31% | 513 | 543.16 | 543.84 | 544.84 | ||
DUP | Sarah Anderson | 7.24% | 447 | 447.29 | 454.94 | |||
Electorate: 8,241 Valid: 6,176 (74.94%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,304 (76.50%) |
Glenelly
[edit]1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Tom McBride | 19.53% | 1,155 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Martin Conway | 19.34% | 1,144 | ||||||
DUP | Allan Bresland* | 18.61% | 1,101 | ||||||
UUP | James Emery* | 13.84% | 1,021 | ||||||
DUP | John Donnell* | 11.45% | 677 | 677.42 | 680.72 | 781.82 | 805.61 | 822.73 | |
UUP | Wilfred Sinclair | 10.41% | 616 | 616.63 | 617.95 | 624.75 | 633.8 | 708.62 | |
Alliance | Elizabeth McCaffrey | 1.47% | 87 | 196.62 | 281.76 | 281.76 | 350.45 | ||
Independent Nationalist | John Gallagher* | 1.93% | 114 | 166.92 | 230.61 | 231.91 | |||
Electorate: 7,727 Valid: 5,915 (76.55%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 986 Turnout: 6,014 (77.83%) |
Mourne
[edit]1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr* | 27.42% | 1,959 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Jarlath McNulty | 17.86% | 1,276 | ||||||
SDLP | Thomas Mullen | 15.73% | 1,124 | ||||||
Independent Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 11.21% | 801 | 1,224.28 | |||||
SDLP | Eugene McMenamin | 10.58% | 756 | 1,091.96 | |||||
SDLP | Ann Bell* | 4.31% | 308 | 471.54 | 701.94 | 740.82 | 940.57 | 1,039.9 | |
UUP | John Cummings* | 11.55% | 825 | 830.92 | 842.12 | 878.86 | 882.26 | 882.81 | |
Alliance | Marie Wallace | 1.33% | 95 | 98.7 | 109.1 | ||||
Electorate: 10,298 Valid: 7,144 (69.37%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.