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1997 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Lisburn Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Lisburn Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Lisburn Borough Council election 2001 All 30 seats to Lisburn Borough Council 16 Ulster Unionist Party 13 3 Sinn Féin 4 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 1 Ulster Democratic Party 2 1 Northern Ireland Conservatives 1 0 Other 3 2 File:Lisburn 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Lisburn Borough 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
Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglisburn.htm Lisburn Borough Council, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
13
0
3
3
43.3
36.6
11,799
2.5
Sinn Féin
4
1
0
1
13.3
13.7
4,427
4.4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
0
1
10.0
13.0
4,188
0.7
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
6.7
13.2
4,239
2.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
0
1
1
6.7
5.8
1,859
2.1
Ulster Democratic Party
2
1
0
1
6.7
5.0
1,615
0.2
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
3.3
3.3
1,068
0.8
Northern Ireland Conservatives
1
0
0
0
3.3
2.9
935
1.2
Protestant Unionist
1
1
0
1
3.3
2.1
671
2.1
Independent Nationalist
1
1
0
1
3.3
1.6
502
1.6
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
209
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
192
1.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1997by district yes
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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Democratic Party" | UDP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | Conservative
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Downshire
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|0.0
|0
|17.0
|1
|28.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|16.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
|20.0
|1
|bgcolor="#008800"|50.1
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|3.2
|0
|2.6
|0
|16.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7.9
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Killultagh
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|0.0
|0
|9.1
|0
|24.1
|1
|17.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|2.7
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lisburn Town North
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|0.0
|0
|20.3
|1
|9.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|10.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|25.6
|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|Lisburn Town South
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|0.0
|0
|19.4
|1
|9.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|15.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|1.1
|0
|6
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|36.6
|13
|13.7
|4
|13.0
|3
|13.2
|2
|5.8
|2
|5.0
|2
|2.9
|1
|9.8
|3
|30
|-
|}
Districts results
Downshire
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative
1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Downshire - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 8 July 2021 4
Ulster Unionist Party
William Falloon*
1,328
25.06%
Democratic Unionist Party
Edwin Poots
1,041
19.65%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Elizabeth Campbell
902
17.02%
Northern Ireland Conservatives
William Bleakes*
846
15.97%
784.9
Ulster Unionist Party
Kenneth Hull
352
6.64%
637.6
647.05
945.05
Democratic Unionist Party
Jonathan Craig
441
8.32%
457.66
567.16
608.16
Ulster Unionist Party
William Moore
389
7.34%
500.18
519.38
4
12,872
5,299 (41.17%)
81
884
5,380 (41.80%)
Dunmurry Cross
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats
12
Sinn Féin
Michael Ferguson*
1,365
15.45%
Sinn Féin
Paul Butler
1,260
14.26%
Sinn Féin
Sue Ramsey
1,025
11.60%
1,061.86
1,146.94
Ulster Unionist Party
Billy Bell*
963
10.90%
963.57
963.69
966.89
1,095.69
1,173.69
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McDonnell*
928
10.50%
933.89
937.73
1,006.16
1,006.16
1,064.35
1,066.35
1,071.35
1,480.35
Sinn Féin
Ita Gray
777
8.79%
982.01
1,038.41
1,044.41
1,045.6
1,045.91
1,046.91
1,046.91
1,060.39
1,098.39
1,139.73
Independent Nationalist
Hugh Lewsley*
502
5.68%
504.85
507.01
542.01
543.01
600.01
607.01
610.01
690.94
959.94
960.24
966.3
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Parkinson
474
5.36%
474
474
475
523
545
888
945
948
949
949
949.12
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Rodgers
501
5.67%
502.52
504.08
517.46
517.46
541.46
542.46
542.46
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Park
330
3.73%
330
330.12
330.12
381.12
406.12
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Owen Gawith
284
3.21%
284.76
284.88
298.88
301
Democratic Unionist Party
Yvonne Craig
236
2.67%
236.19
236.31
236.31
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Frances McCarthy
192
1.88%
192.76
193
13
18,255
8,837 (48.41%)
194
1,105
9,031 (49.47%)
Killultagh
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
Killultagh - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Dillon*
1,432
26.23%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter O'Hagan*
931
17.05%
Democratic Unionist Party
Cecil Calvert*
904
16.56%
949.72
Ulster Unionist Party
David Greene*
551
10.09%
919.64
Ulster Unionist Party
Kenneth Watson*
591
10.82%
668.4
686.12
973.12
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Trevor Lunn
489
8.96%
496.92
605.64
621.64
Democratic Unionist Party
James Tinsley
412
7.55%
422.44
426.44
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Sybil Moses
150
2.75%
151.44
4
12,966
5,460 (42.11%)
84
911
5,544 (42.76%)
Lisburn Town North
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
Lisburn Town North - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
William Lewis*
1,237
17.39%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Frazer McCammond*
951
13.37%
Independent Unionist
Ronnie Crawford*
810
11.39%
838
844.56
850.52
852.08
1,027.08
Ulster Unionist Party
William Gardiner-Watson*
652
9.17%
751.12
764.52
798.12
799.14
809.5
857.34
870.8
932.8
Ulster Democratic Party
David Adams
748
10.52%
758.92
760.92
765.2
765.56
774.46
798.38
827.34
892.34
Protestant Unionist
William Beattie*
671
9.43%
692.28
697.56
702.12
702.3
724.04
735.08
760.92
788.74
Ulster Unionist Party
Lorraine Martin*
408
5.74%
476.32
483.32
596.52
597
613.74
637.66
663.98
760.34
Democratic Unionist Party
Eleanor Calvert
401
5.64%
408.56
412.84
415.52
415.7
433.7
440.14
645.82
656.72
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Whitley
495
6.96%
503.4
531.68
535.52
587.06
602.46
622.79
627.66
Democratic Unionist Party
James Tinsley
294
4.13%
304.64
307.64
313.48
313.66
318.78
321.54
Independent Unionist
Anne Blake
258
3.63%
267.24
275.52
279.08
279.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Noel Malcolm
99
1.39%
172.36
181.2
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Leonard Jarvis
89
1.25%
92.92
9
17,508
7,113 (40.63%)
111
890
7,224 (41.26%)
Lisburn Town South
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Lisburn Town South - 6 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Davis*
1,469
26.73%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seamus Close*
1,067
19.41%
Ulster Democratic Party
Gary McMichael*
750
13.65%
844.56
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Archer
578
10.52%
749.84
781.8
791.37
Ulster Unionist Party
George Morrison*
387
7.04%
565.56
612.14
634.25
757.3
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph Lockhart*
454
8.26%
588.88
621.18
626.79
744.02
Democratic Unionist Party
Stuart Deignan
510
9.28%
549.36
552.42
554.73
599.8
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Bronya Bonar
59
1.07%
63.32
204.08
206.06
Ulster Democratic Party
Philip Dean
117
2.13%
139.56
151.12
164.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Little
105
1.91%
141
152.22
155.52
5
13,176
5,496 (41.71%)
105
786
5,601 (42.51%)
References
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