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1997 Moyle District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Moyle District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Moyle District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Moyle District Council election 2001 All 15 seats to Moyle District Council 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Ulster Unionist Party 3 1 Independent (politician) 2 0 Sinn Féin 1 0 Independent Republican (Ireland) 1 0 Independent Nationalist 1 0 Independent Unionist 1 1 File:Moyle 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Moyle 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 15 councillors.
Election results
Moyle District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmoyle.htm Moyle Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
0
0
20.0
22.5
1,365
3.3
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
20.0
19.7
1,196
1.3
Ulster Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
20.0
14.0
848
6.5
Independent (politician)
2
0
0
0
13.3
13.1
794
1.0
Independent Republican (Ireland)
1
0
0
0
6.7
11.7
711
3.5
Independent Unionist
1
0
1
1
13.3
8.0
484
5.7
Sinn Féin
1
0
0
0
6.7
7.5
454
0.8
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
0
6.7
3.7
223
1.5
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1997by district yes
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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballycastle
|25.3
|1
|19.4
|1
|14.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|40.5
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|Giant's Causeway
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|33.7
|2
|0.0
|0
|30.1
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Glens
|35.5
|2
|8.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|18.2
|1
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|37.5
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2
|5
|-'
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|22.5
|3
|19.7
|3
|14.0
|3
|7.5
|1
|36.3
|5
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballycastle
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Ballycastle - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 12 July 2021
3
Independent (politician)
Seamus Blaney*
551
28.88%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Richard Kerr*
483
25.31%
Democratic Unionist Party
Gardiner Kane*
356
18.66%
Independent (politician)
Christopher McCaughan*
221
11.58%
418.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Helen Harding*
283
14.83%
311.05
439.05
Democratic Unionist Party
Elizabeth Brennan
14
0.73%
16.04
25.04
3
3,770
1,908 (50.61%)
36
319
1,944 (51.56%)
Giant's Causeway
1993: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Giant's Causeway - 5 seats
6
Independent Unionist
Price McConaghy*
484
28.83%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Graham
263
15.66%
308.54
Democratic Unionist Party
David McAllister*
278
16.56%
297.32
Democratic Unionist Party
George Hartin
237
14.12%
244.82
245.82
303.82
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert McIlroy*
176
10.48%
231.66
237.04
246.34
261.04
272.04
Ulster Unionist Party
Raymond Rodgers
126
7.50%
180.74
190.42
213.56
226.86
237.86
Democratic Unionist Party
Allan Mulholland
93
5.54%
101.74
105.66
Independent (politician)
Thomas Palmer
22
1.31%
31.2
6
3,189
1,679 (52.65%)
58
280
1,737 (54.47%)
The Glens
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
The Glens - 5 seats
5
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Oliver McMullan*
711
28.58%
Sinn Féin
James McCarry*
454
18.25%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Malachy McSparran*
404
16.24%
488.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Archie McIntosh
316
10.22%
392.05
419.05
Independent Nationalist
Randal McDonnell*
223
8.96%
331
364.3
383.22
464.22
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Brennan
218
8.76%
219.35
220.7
220.81
222.81
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anna Edwards
162
6.51%
182.25
188.1
205.15
5
4,032
2,488 (61.71%)
32
415
2,520 (62.50%)
References
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