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1997 Derry City Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Derry City Council election parliamentary no 1993 Derry City Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Derry City Council election 2001 All 30 seats to Derry City Council 16 Social Democratic and Labour Party 14 3 Sinn Féin 8 3 Democratic Unionist Party 4 1 Ulster Unionist Party 3 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 File:Derry 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Derry City Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results
Derry City Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgderry.htm Derry City Council, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
14
0
3
3
46.7
43.7
18,012
3.2
Sinn Féin
8
3
0
3
26.7
27.7
11,394
7.5
Democratic Unionist Party
4
0
1
1
13.3
12.6
5,186
0.7
Ulster Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
10.0
8.7
3,595
0.5
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
3.3
2.8
1,203
0.1
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.5
1,036
New
Labour Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
434
New
Ulster Democratic Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
176
0.5
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
48
1.9
Independent Nationalist
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
22
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Derry City 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Cityside
|40.6
|2
|bgcolor="#008800"|55.5
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|3.9
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Northland
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|5
|33.4
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|9.4
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Rural
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|9.0
|0
|23.6
|1
|20.0
|1
|2.9
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Shantallow
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.4
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|36.7
|2
|1.7
|0
|0.0
|0
|5.2
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Waterside
|19.8
|1
|9.9
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|22.2
|1
|13.1
|1
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|43.7
|14
|27.7
|8
|12.6
|4
|8.7
|3
|7.3
|1
|30
|-
|}
District results
Cityside
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Cityside - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 10 August 2021
6
Sinn Féin
Cathal Crumley
1,333
20.61%
Sinn Féin
Mitchel McLaughlin*
1,307
20.21%
Sinn Féin
Peter Anderson
952
14.72%
979
1,213.27
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Clifford*
969
14.98%
1,042
1,047.7
1,115.64
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Ramsey*
822
12.71%
883
884.33
972.81
976.8
989.55
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Devine*
829
12.82%
881
884.42
955.52
961.41
986.16
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Margaret Logue
255
3.94%
6
9,432
6,467 (68.56%)
194
1,078
6,661 (70.62%)
Northland
1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change
Northland - 7 seats
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mark Durkan*
1,679
17.17%
Sinn Féin
Mary Nelis*
1,564
16.00%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Martin Bradley*
1,115
11.41%
1,272.14
Sinn Féin
Marion Hutcheon
1,128
11.54%
1,134.75
1,318.67
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Tierney*
1,096
11.21%
1,147.03
1,161.99
1,163.42
1,172.06
1,246.06
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Kerr*
850
8.69%
1,012
1,018.82
1,019.59
1,045.75
1,132.75
1,252.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kathleen McCloskey*
854
8.74%
896.39
901.67
902.44
910.04
968.04
1,040.04
Sinn Féin
Pius McNaught
572
5.85%
577.94
691.24
779.35
780.23
822.23
827.23
Independent Unionist
Alexander Simpson
532
5.44%
533.89
533.89
533.89
533.89
567.89
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Patricia McAdams
290
2.97%
303.23
308.51
309.06
310.5
Labour Coalition
Anthony Martin
50
0.51%
52.97
54.51
54.62
54.94
Labour Coalition
Geraldine O'Neill
46
0.47%
48.7
50.24
50.46
50.7
7
16,075
9,776 (60.81%)
207
1,223
9,983 (62.10%)
Rural
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Rural - 6 seats
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Annie Courtney*
1,220
15.59%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Hay*
1,105
14.12%
1,121
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McNickle*
976
12.47%
991
1,421
Social Democratic and Labour Party
George Peoples*
739
9.44%
760
871
1,168.84
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Davidson
833
10.64%
887
890
890
901.31
905.87
1,212.87
Ulster Unionist Party
Ernest Hamilton
730
9.33%
751
751
751
754.19
757.23
1,048.15
Sinn Féin
Paul Fleming
707
9.03%
719
748
749.46
833.56
874.6
874.6
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Devenney
741
9.47%
749
749
749
750.74
751.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim McKeever
549
7.01%
600
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Catherine Cooke
180
2.30%
Independent (politician)
David Hawthorne
48
0.61%
7
13,468
7,828 (58.12%)
164
1,119
7,992 (59.34%)
Shantallow
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Shantallow - 5 seats
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Bradley*
1,826
22.87%
Sinn Féin
Tony Hassan
1,290
16.16%
1,304.84
1,306.84
1,307.84
1,325.68
1,658.68
Sinn Féin
Gearóid Ó hEára*
1,134
14.21%
1,154.44
1,157.44
1,157.44
1,199.66
1,333.56
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Shaun Gallagher*
872
10.92%
1,190.92
1,202.2
1,221.88
1,298.64
1,311.2
1,325.2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William O'Connell*
1,027
12.86%
1,088.32
1,091.32
1,104.32
1,171.56
1,181.96
1,187.96
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret McCartney*
779
9.76%
833.6
841.88
869.16
989.96
1,000.8
1,011.8
Sinn Féin
Bernadette McDaid
504
6.31%
508.2
509.32
509.32
522.88
Labour Coalition
Charles McDaid
195
2.44%
197.8
222.8
232.8
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Diane Greer
165
2.07%
177.04
179.32
204.32
Democratic Unionist Party
William Dougherty
134
1.68%
136.24
137.24
Labour Coalition
Robert Lindsay
41
0.51%
43.24
Labour Coalition
Patrick Muldowney
16
0.20%
16.56
7
13,598
7,983 (58.71%)
188
1,331
8,171 (60.09%)
Waterside
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Waterside - 7 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Richard Dallas*
1,535
16.77%
Democratic Unionist Party
Gregory Campbell*
1,497
16.36%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Philip Kelly
1,051
11.48%
1,051.25
1,051.73
1,124.73
1,127.73
1,128.21
1,815.21
Sinn Féin
Lynn Fleming
903
9.87%
903.25
904.21
925.21
925.21
926.45
967.45
1,120.45
Democratic Unionist Party
Joe Miller*
749
8.18%
789.75
851.91
862.13
946.17
1,098.86
1,100.86
1,106.86
Independent Unionist
James Guy*
671
7.33%
717.25
762.37
815.35
850.26
877.66
905.66
1,082.66
Democratic Unionist Party
Mildred Garfield
517
5.65%
544.5
680.1
691.54
736.97
1,056.75
1,060.75
1,061.75
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Hamilton
497
5.43%
722
757.04
770.03
821.72
850.56
850.56
850.56
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Wilfred White*
759
8.29%
759
759
795
798
799
Democratic Unionist Party
Bill Irwin*
443
4.84%
464.5
517.06
519.06
560.99
Ulster Democratic Party
David Nicholl
276
3.02%
290
304.88
318.87
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Helena Schlindwein
146
1.60%
146.5
147.22
Labour Coalition
Kenneth Adams
86
0.94%
89.75
93.11
Independent Nationalist
Gerald Toland*
22
0.24%
22
22
8
15,408
9,152 (59.40%)
186
1,145
9,338 (60.60%)
References
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