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1997 Strabane District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Strabane District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Strabane District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Strabane District Council election 2001 All 16 seats to Strabane District Council 9 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 0 Sinn Féin 4 2 Ulster Unionist Party 3 1 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Independent Nationalist 1 0 Independent Unionist 0 1 File:Strabane 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
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
Strabane District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgstrabane.htm Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
0
0
0
31.3
22.9
4,406
4.4
Sinn Féin
4
2
0
2
25.0
33.1
6,364
12.0
Ulster Unionist Party
3
1
2
1
18.8
23.6
4,547
3.7
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
18.8
14.7
2,821
5.2
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
0
6.3
4.8
915
0.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
182
1.3
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Derg
|17.2
|1
|32.1
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|16.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Glenelly
|19.5
|1
|19.3
|1
|27.7
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|3.4
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Mourne
|30.6
|3
|bgcolor="#008800"|45.3
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|11.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|12.5
|1
|6
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|22.9
|5
|33.1
|4
|23.6
|3
|14.7
|3
|5.7
|1
|16
|-
|}
District results
Derg
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
Derg - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 12 August 2021
5
Sinn Féin
Charles McHugh*
1,440
23.32%
Ulster Unionist Party
Derek Hussey*
1,247
20.19%
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Turner*
838
13.57%
838.58
988.35
1,047.73
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Kerrigan*
596
9.65%
596.29
647.8
1,034.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tomás Murtagh
550
8.91%
583.06
584.08
584.08
1,022.08
Sinn Féin
Sean Elliott
545
8.82%
886.62
886.79
887.96
944.53
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bernadette McNamee
513
8.31%
543.16
543.84
544.84
Democratic Unionist Party
Sarah Anderson
447
7.24%
447.29
454.94
5
8,241
6,176 (74.94%)
128
1,030
6,304 (76.50%)
Glenelly
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
Glenelly - 5 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tom McBride
1,155
19.53%
Sinn Féin
Martin Conway
1,144
19.34%
Democratic Unionist Party
Allan Bresland*
1,101
18.61%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Emery*
1,021
13.84%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Donnell*
677
11.45%
677.42
680.72
781.82
805.61
822.73
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilfred Sinclair
616
10.41%
616.63
617.95
624.75
633.8
708.62
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Elizabeth McCaffrey
87
1.47%
196.62
281.76
281.76
350.45
Independent Nationalist
John Gallagher*
114
1.93%
166.92
230.61
231.91
6
7,727
5,915 (76.55%)
99
986
6,014 (77.83%)
Mourne
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
Mourne - 6 seats
6
Sinn Féin
Ivan Barr*
1,959
27.42%
Sinn Féin
Jarlath McNulty
1,276
17.86%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Mullen
1,124
15.73%
Independent Nationalist
James O'Kane*
801
11.21%
1,224.28
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eugene McMenamin
756
10.58%
1,091.96
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ann Bell*
308
4.31%
471.54
701.94
740.82
940.57
1,039.9
Ulster Unionist Party
John Cummings*
825
11.55%
830.92
842.12
878.86
882.26
882.81
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Marie Wallace
95
1.33%
98.7
109.1
6
10,298
7,144 (69.37%)
125
1,021
7,269 (70.59%)
References
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