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1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election 2001 All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 Social Democratic and Labour Party 12 3 Sinn Féin 8 3 Ulster Unionist Party 5 1 Independent Nationalist 3 1 Democratic Unionist Party 1 0 Independent (politician) 1 0 File:Newry and Mourne 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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
Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
12
0
3
3
40.0
39.5
14,590
8.4
Sinn Féin
8
3
0
3
26.7
26.7
9,874
8.6
Ulster Unionist Party
5
0
1
1
16.7
19.2
7,080
1.7
Independent Nationalist
3
1
0
1
10.0
6.9
2,542
1.4
Independent (politician)
1
0
0
0
3.3
3.1
1,132
0.5
Democratic Unionist Party
1
0
0
0
3.3
2.5
907
0.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.0
753
2.0
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
78
0.8
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newry and Mourne District 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Crotlieve
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|16.8
|1
|10.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|21.6
|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newry Town
|32.1
|2
|bgcolor="#008800"|32.4
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|9.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|26.4
|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|Slieve Gullion
|46.3
|2
|bgcolor="#008800"|53.7
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Fews
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|37.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|27.5
|2
|35.4
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Mournes
|30.4
|2
|6.8
|0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|13.1
|1
|7.7
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|39.5
|12
|26.7
|8
|19.2
|5
|2.5
|1
|12.1
|4
|30
|-
|}
District results
Crotlieve
1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Crotlieve - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 29 July 2021
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
P. J. Bradley*
1,503
17.77%
Sinn Féin
Mick Murphy
1,423
16.82%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Carr*
975
11.52%
1,154.4
Independent Nationalist
Anthony Williamson*
861
10.18%
873.6
965.67
1,034.45
1,116.45
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Josephine O'Hare
762
9.01%
837.6
891.85
914.54
1,058.97
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim McCart*
716
8.46%
775.7
817.86
852.06
1,059.15
Independent Nationalist
Ciaran Mussen*
752
8.89%
770.3
857.1
885.49
909.15
955.65
977.65
Ulster Unionist Party
Gordon Heslip*
893
10.56%
894.2
895.13
920.75
925.35
930.75
932.75
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Marietta Farrell
356
4.21%
437.3
503.02
536.97
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Lindsay Whitcroft
219
2.59%
226.2
239.22
7
14,584
8,460 (58.01%)
210
1,058
8,670 (59.45%)
Newry Town
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993–1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Newry Town - 7 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Davy Hyland*
1,095
13.53%
Independent (politician)
Jack Patterson*
1,030
12.73%
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran*
1,000
12.36%
1,004
1,024.93
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Frank Feely*
774
9.57%
795
796.05
1,034.05
Independent Nationalist
Eugene Markey
929
11.48%
948
951.5
976.78
1,061.78
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McElroy*
807
9.97%
830
833.15
979.22
1,012.22
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCaigue*
727
8.99%
763
763.35
768.35
771.98
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Arthur Ruddy*
528
6.53%
555
556.05
633.26
654.13
Sinn Féin
Anne Marie Willis
529
6.54%
530
572.7
578.98
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McKeown
491
6.07%
521
522.33
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Pete Whitcroft
181
2.24%
5
14,036
8,091 (57.64%)
213
1,012
8,304 (59.16%)
Slieve Gullion
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Slieve Gullion - 5 seats
2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Fee*
1,412
22.51%
Sinn Féin
Patrick Brennan
1,148
18.30%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McDonald*
1,114
17.76%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McNamee
1,108
17.66%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Toner*
845
13.47%
1,043.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dessie McDonnell
647
10.31%
804.36
2
9,847
6,274 (63.71%)
174
1,046
6,448 (65.48%)
The Fews
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
The Fews - 6 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Danny Kennedy*
1,610
22.27%
Sinn Féin
Brendan Lewis
1,103
15.25%
Ulster Unionist Party
Andy Moffett
952
13.17%
1,510.72
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Stephen McGinn*
1,018
14.08%
1,022.68
1,055.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charlie Smyth*
975
13.48%
976.44
1,035.84
Sinn Féin
Jimmy McCreesh
883
12.21%
884.08
885.52
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Savage*
690
6.69%
691.44
746.88
3
10,907
7,231 (66.30%)
219
1,034
7,450 (68.30%)
The Mournes
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993–1997 Change: No change
The Mournes - 5 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Isaac Hanna*
1,595
23.12%
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Reilly*
1,303
18.88%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Emmett Haughian*
1,196
17.33%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Burns*
907
13.14%
1,266.89
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Cunningham
895
12.97%
898.48
901.47
903.99
931.28
939.18
1,193.18
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anne Marie Cunningham
353
5.12%
390.7
423.82
449.65
470.61
569.66
657.95
Sinn Féin
Paul Lawless
471
6.83%
471.58
471.58
471.58
481.58
482.58
Independent (politician)
Cecil Atkinson
102
1.48%
133.9
238.09
321.25
326.95
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Charles Cunningham
78
1.13%
81.77
89.59
93.37
7
10,084
6,900 (68.43%)
127
1,151
7,027 (69.68%)
References
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