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1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Ballymoney Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election 2001 All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 Democratic Unionist Party 6 0 Ulster Unionist Party 4 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 0 Independent (politician) 2 1 Sinn Féin 1 1 File:Ballymoney 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Ballymoney Borough 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 16 councillors.
Election results
Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymoney.htm Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
6
0
0
0
37.5
32.7
3,102
1.8
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
2
2
37.5
26.0
2,467
7.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
1
1
0
18.8
23.7
2,249
4.8
Independent (politician)
2
1
0
1
12.5
9.8
927
1.9
Sinn Féin
1
0
0
1
6.3
5.3
508
2.1
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.9
180
New
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
66
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymoney 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymoney Town
|28.5
|2
|20.9
|2
|9.2
|0
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|41.4
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|Bann Valley
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|24.6
|2
|27.4
|1
|12.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Bushvale
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|33.0
|1
|32.7
|2
|0.0
|0
|1.2
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|32.7
|6
|26.0
|6
|23.7
|3
|5.3
|1
|12.3
|2
|16
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballymoney Town
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Ballymoney Town - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 10 July 2021
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Cecil Cousley*
493
17.90%
Independent (politician)
Robert McComb*
433
15.72%
435
469
Ulster Unionist Party
Tom McKeown*
333
12.09%
334
370
422
438
Independent (politician)
Bill Williamson
261
9.48%
265
274
340
413
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McConaghie*
293
10.64%
293
326
344
346
Ulster Unionist Party
James Simpson*
242
8.79%
242
263
326
336
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joan McCaffrey
255
9.26%
269
272
294
Independent (politician)
Colin McVicker
233
8.46%
239
260
Progressive Unionist Party
Jeffrey Balmer
180
6.54%
181
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Mary McCusker
31
1.13%
5
5,905
2,754 (46.64%)
53
460
2,807 (47.54%)
Bann Valley
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bann Valley - 6 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Joe Gaston*
719
18.09%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Malachy McCamphill*
706
17.76%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Halliday*
608
15.30%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Wilson*
441
11.09%
454.44
454.63
482.35
743.35
Ulster Unionist Party
John Watt*
260
6.54%
382.85
382.85
385.07
463.49
578.49
Sinn Féin
Martin O'Neill
508
12.78%
508.21
519.42
519.42
519.42
519.42
519.42
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McPoland
382
9.61%
382
502.27
502.27
503.27
503.27
504.27
Democratic Unionist Party
John Finlay
351
8.83%
361.29
361.29
367.11
7
6,991
3,975 (56.86%)
80
568
4,055 (58.00%)
Bushvale
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Bushvale - 5 seats
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Harry Connolly*
725
26.17%
Democratic Unionist Party
Frank Campbell*
473
17.08%
Democratic Unionist Party
Bill Kennedy*
443
15.99%
443.38
450.5
455.52
491.52
Ulster Unionist Party
William Logan*
350
12.64%
351.52
351.98
356.76
456.68
473.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis McCluskey
181
6.53%
429.14
429.16
445.96
445.98
445.98
445.98
Ulster Unionist Party
John Ramsay*
341
12.31%
341
341.56
346.56
425.28
433.28
444.92
Ulster Unionist Party
William Johnston
222
8.01%
222.76
223.88
225.88
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Joan Cosgrove
35
1.26%
42.6
42.64
7
5,387
2,770 (51.42%)
49
462
2,819 (52.33%)
References
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