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1997 Coleraine Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Coleraine Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Coleraine Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Coleraine Borough Council election 2001 All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 10 2 Democratic Unionist Party 5 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 Independent (politician) 1 1 File:Coleraine 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Coleraine Borough 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.
Election results
Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcoleraine.htm Coleraine Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
0
2
2
45.5
43.4
8,239
7.0
Democratic Unionist Party
5
0
0
0
22.7
23.2
4,401
1.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
0
0
13.6
16.3
3,091
3.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
1
0
1
13.6
9.2
1,738
2.6
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
4.5
4.8
909
2.8
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.8
530
2.8
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
58
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Coleraine Borough 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Bann
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|19.4
|1
|30.9
|2
|2.5
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Coleraine Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|24.2
|1
|14.5
|1
|10.2
|1
|1.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Coleraine East
|32.6
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|0.0
|0
|12.0
|1
|17.7
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Skerries
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|16.0
|1
|11.0
|0
|14.9
|1
|18.8
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|43.4
|10
|23.2
|5
|16.3
|3
|9.2
|3
|7.9
|1
|22
|-
|}
District results
Bann
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Bann - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 14 July 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Dallat*
1,234
20.31%
Ulster Unionist Party
Olive Church*
1,023
16.84%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Watt*
990
16.29%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eamon Mullan
642
10.57%
990.6
Ulster Unionist Party
William King*
855
14.07%
856.8
963.75
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Bolton*
658
10.83%
659.2
685.75
708.25
716.05
785.07
Democratic Unionist Party
James McCloskey
522
8.59%
524.1
533.7
554
566
613.09
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Ian McEwan
152
2.50%
157.4
161
6
9,982
6,076 (60.87%)
112
869
6,188 (61.99%)
Coleraine Central
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change
Coleraine Central - 6 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
David McClarty*
1,255
24.94%
Democratic Unionist Party
James McClure*
941
18.70%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry McLaughlin*
729
14.49%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Barbour
529
10.51%
702.8
714.8
724.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Elizabeth Johnston*
438
8.70%
627.64
644.68
668.92
871.92
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eamon O'Hara
300
5.96%
327.72
328.2
542.36
591.44
631.44
640.48
644.32
Democratic Unionist Party
Marie McAllister*
277
5.50%
324.96
498.24
502.92
555.72
639.72
640
641.92
Ulster Unionist Party
Daniel Christie
291
5.78%
367.56
378.36
389.24
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Yvonne Boyle
214
4.25%
226.76
227.48
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Avril Watson
58
1.15%
63.76
64.68
8
10,971
5,032 (45.87%)
75
719
5,107 (46.55%)
Coleraine East
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Coleraine East - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Bradley
833
24.21%
Ulster Unionist Party
Elizabeth Black*
606
17.61%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Creelman*
464
13.48%
658.06
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert McPherson
355
10.32%
366.16
389.74
413.1
513.38
554.12
572.32
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Mathews*
413
12.00%
416.72
419.42
456.42
462.42
497.02
499.47
Independent Unionist
David Gilmour*
283
8.22%
303.77
329.87
360.59
391.64
474.71
480.81
Independent Unionist
Martin Hunter
201
5.84%
214.33
229.81
234.99
259.69
Ulster Unionist Party
Gary Wolfe
161
4.68%
168.44
179.06
191.37
Independent (politician)
Trevor Cooke
125
3.63%
126.55
128.17
7
8,639
3,441 (39.83%)
69
574
3,510 (40.63%)
The Skerries
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP
The Skerries - 5 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Pauline Armitage*
841
19.04%
Independent (politician)
Christine Alexander
784
17.75%
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Hillis*
470
10.64%
477
534.6
543.12
570.26
586.4
876.4
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Stewart*
447
10.12%
450
453.84
457.68
662.52
666.06
786.06
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Barbara Dempsey
359
8.13%
362
368.84
379.04
383.34
603.66
625.92
672.92
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patricia Farren
486
11.00%
486
486.24
492.36
493.48
537.5
539.8
540.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Kane*
425
9.62%
444
462.6
468.36
489.08
501.44
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick McGowan*
300
6.79%
300
304.68
308.76
309.76
Democratic Unionist Party
James Milliken
259
5.86%
264
268.68
271.02
Independent Unionist
Thomas Mackay
46
1.04%
8
8,975
4,417 (49.21%)
92
737
4,509 (50.24%)
References
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