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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Down District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Down District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Down District Council election 2001 All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 Social Democratic and Labour Party 12 1 Ulster Unionist Party 6 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Sinn Féin 2 2 Northern Ireland Women's Coalition 1 1 File:Down 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Down 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Down District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdown.htm Down Council Elections, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
12
2
1
1
52.2
46.0
10,481
5.2
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
1
1
26.1
24.1
5,507
4.4
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
8.7
11.9
2,724
2.0
Sinn Féin
2
2
0
2
8.7
7.6
1,724
4.4
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
1
1
0
1
4.3
1.9
430
New
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
3.7
850
0.1
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
521
2.3
Labour Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.4
327
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
132
0.0
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
113
0.5
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Down District Council election, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | NIWC
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballynahinch
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|24.0
|1
|24.9
|1
|4.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Downpatrick
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|61.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|5
|13.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|10.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|15.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newcastle
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|17.6
|1
|9.4
|0
|14.2
|1
|7.4
|1
|4.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Rowallane
|26.6
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|15.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|14.4
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|46.0
|12
|24.1
|6
|11.9
|2
|7.6
|2
|1.9
|1
|8.5
|0
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballynahinch
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Ballynahinch - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 27 July 2021
6
Democratic Unionist Party
William Alexander*
1,362
24.91%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Toman*
1,197
21.89%
Ulster Unionist Party
Harvey Bicker
990
18.11%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anne Marie McAleenan*
951
17.39%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis Casement
409
7.48%
413.2
672.64
821.91
823.11
856.51
Ulster Unionist Party
John Reid
325
5.94%
769.5
772.62
776.86
851.5
852.06
Sinn Féin
John Smyth
234
4.28%
234.7
249.58
6
9,536
5,468 (57.34%)
110
912
5,578 (58.49%)
Downpatrick
1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 5 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Downpatrick - 7 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Doris*
991
16.17%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Craig
918
14.98%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jack McIlheron*
802
13.09%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dermot Curran*
748
12.20%
841.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Owen Adams*
477
7.78%
534.5
580.91
622.71
623.31
626.13
657.29
764.52
806.52
Sinn Féin
Patrick McGreevy
659
10.75%
664.29
668.88
670.4
670.4
674.1
700.09
712.23
757.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerard Mahon
417
6.80%
431.03
455.17
465.24
465.78
469.03
476.89
623.69
654.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Healy
431
7.03%
437.44
444.41
448.02
472.62
476.25
536.88
542.1
594.88
Labour Coalition
Patrick O'Connor
251
4.10%
253.53
255.23
255.99
256.83
269.39
323.38
329.61
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Irvine
189
3.08%
225.34
277.87
291.36
291.66
293.29
307.26
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Keith Bradford
113
1.84%
116.45
118.49
119.82
122.76
123.22
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Desmond O'Hagan
57
0.93%
57.92
59.28
59.47
59.65
59.88
Labour Coalition
Edna Furey
41
0.67%
41.92
43.62
44.19
47.49
53.72
Labour Coalition
Michael Kearney
35
0.57%
37.53
43.14
43.71
44.07
9
12,631
6,129 (48.52%)
80
767
6,209 (49.16%)
Newcastle
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Women's Coalition
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin and Women's Coalition gain from SDLP and DUP
Newcastle - 6 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eamon O'Neill*
913
15.63%
Sinn Féin
Hugh McDowell
831
14.22%
837
Ulster Unionist Party
Gerald Douglas*
773
13.23%
775
792
1,009
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Carmel O'Boyle
715
12.24%
733
755
758
758.99
1,006.99
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Fitzpatrick*
706
12.08%
711
723
723
724.98
870.98
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Anne Carr
430
7.36%
451
532
540
565.74
605.73
672.73
748.13
779.13
Democratic Unionist Party
Stanley Priestley
552
9.45%
552
554
588
729.57
731.56
732.56
733.08
734.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Frances Flynn*
422
7.22%
431
456
459
461.97
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Richey
259
4.43%
259
271
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Adrienne Healy
167
2.86%
175
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Edward O'Hagan
75
1.28%
9
10,884
5,843 (53.68%)
115
835
5,958 (54.74%)
Rowallane
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
Rowallane - 5 seats
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Ritchie*
1,044
19.44%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Osborne*
846
15.76%
847.96
888.24
1,105.24
Democratic Unionist Party
William Dick*
810
15.09%
810.56
819.56
963.56
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert Colmer*
817
15.22%
817.84
865.26
899.26
Ulster Unionist Party
William Biggerstaff*
695
12.94%
695.28
734.28
801.56
925.56
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Moffat
384
7.15%
516.58
584.82
602.52
605.52
Independent Unionist
William Walker
521
9.70%
522.82
543.96
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Barry Corscadden
252
4.69%
255.5
5
10,036
5,369 (53.50%)
78
895
5,447 (54.27%)
References
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