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1997 North Down Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 North Down Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 North Down Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 North Down Borough Council election 2001 All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 6 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6 1 UK Unionist Party 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Northern Ireland Conservatives 2 2 Progressive Unionist Party 2 2 Independent (politician) 2 0 Independent Unionist 2 1 Ulster Popular Unionist Party 0 2 File:North Down 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
Election results
North Down Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnorthdown.htm North Down Council Elections 1997-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
0
0
24.0
22.4
4,216
3.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
6
1
0
1
24.0
22.1
4,152
0.6
UK Unionist Party
3
3
0
3
12.0
9.3
1,798
New
Independent Unionist
2
0
1
1
8.0
12.5
2,349
0.1
Independent (politician)
2
1
1
0
8.0
12.1
2,284
0.9
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1
2
1
8.0
9.4
1,762
6.8
Northern Ireland Conservatives
2
0
2
2
8.0
8.6
1,372
3.8
Progressive Unionist Party
2
2
0
2
8.0
4.2
783
4.2
Ulster Democratic Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
131
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the North Down 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="UK Unionist Party" | UKUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | Conservative
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Progressive Unionist Party" | PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Abbey
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|20.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
|16.5
|1
|16.5
|1
|12.0
|1
|15.2
|1
|8.7
|1
|10.5
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport
|21.2
|2
|20.8
|1
|7.8
|1
|6.5
|0
|8.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|34.9
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|Bangor West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|21.0
|2
|9.5
|1
|9.3
|0
|2.1
|0
|8.2
|1
|24.8
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Holywood
|22.3
|1
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.0
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|4.1
|0
|10.8
|1
|4.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|27.5
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|22.4
|6
|22.1
|6
|9.3
|3
|9.4
|2
|7.3
|2
|4.2
|2
|25.3
|4
|25
|-
|}
Districts results
Abbey
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)
Abbey - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 8 July 2021
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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Stephen Farry*
650
16.53%
UK Unionist Party
Valerie Kinghan*
650
16.53%
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Ann Thompson*
597
15.18%
Democratic Unionist Party
Ivy Cooling*
471
11.98%
474.06
498.42
503.7
528.44
610.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Roberta Dunlop
482
12.26%
495.86
516.58
525.1
532.24
587.24
Progressive Unionist Party
Stewart Currie
344
8.75%
352.46
357.92
359.9
417.26
483.96
505.96
Ulster Unionist Party
Karl McLean
328
8.34%
339.34
354.74
363.44
386.52
446.3
465.3
Independent Unionist
Cecil Braniff*
165
4.20%
176.7
186.78
190.08
198.42
Independent (politician)
William Gordon
115
2.92%
147.58
151.36
152.8
155.66
Ulster Democratic Party
Richard McCullough
131
3.33%
134.06
137.84
138.92
7
13,415
3,933 (29.32%)
93
562
4,026 (30.01%)
Ballyholme and Groomsport
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP
1993-1997 Change: UKUP gain from DUP
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats
8
Independent Unionist
Alan Chambers*
1,218
21.59%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Marsden Fitzsimons*
770
13.65%
Ulster Unionist Party
Leslie Cree*
755
13.38%
Independent Unionist
Austen Lennon*
739
13.10%
UK Unionist Party
Elizabeth Roche
440
7.80%
516.93
517.89
519.39
523.74
534.44
556.02
714.7
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Henry*
178
3.16%
232.39
234.15
240.69
242.89
338.96
515.62
709.27
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Bruce Mulligan*
498
8.83%
568.56
572.96
575.96
580.11
601.74
618.19
652.24
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gavin Walker
406
7.20%
479.99
529.75
530.83
532.13
546.44
557.33
564.49
Democratic Unionist Party
Marie Cree
375
6.65%
464.67
465.23
470.15
472.3
485.14
502.06
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Dorrian
106
1.88%
193.71
194.99
218.39
220.89
272.64
Ulster Unionist Party
James Kingan
156
2.77%
209.9
211.02
214.5
217.45
8
16,947
5,641 (33.29%)
99
706
5,740 (33.87%)
Bangor West
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: UKUP, PUP and Independent gain from DUP, Conservative and Independent Unionist
Bangor West - 7 seats
12
Independent (politician)
Brian Wilson*
1,090
20.32%
Ulster Unionist Party
Roy Bradford*
699
13.03%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eileen Bell*
662
12.34%
700.61
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anne Wilson
387
7.21%
661.56
668.73
679.23
Ulster Unionist Party
Marion Smith
459
8.56%
480.45
481.45
481.45
485.97
490.95
510.32
517.18
657.86
788.86
UK Unionist Party
William Keery
509
9.49%
528.11
528.11
529.01
530.89
536.61
550.73
564.2
585.85
640.36
662.36
663.86
Progressive Unionist Party
Ernest Steele
439
8.18%
444.46
444.46
444.76
445.4
451.08
458.42
468.42
480.74
502.9
527.9
530.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Gordon
308
5.74%
310.73
311.73
311.73
312.89
312.89
317.28
466.96
490.35
508.76
523.76
523.76
Independent Unionist
Ian Sinclair*
227
4.23%
246.11
246.5
247.1
247.62
268.22
300.12
304.2
324.05
Ulster Unionist Party
Royston Davies
190
3.54%
201.7
202.7
203
220.32
229.5
246.48
249.48
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Graham
191
3.56%
195.68
196.07
196.07
196.47
196.77
197.77
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Julian Robertson
112
2.09%
116.68
118.07
118.37
119.05
125.03
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Derek Bell
76
1.42%
85.75
87.75
103.65
103.93
Independent (politician)
Robert Mooney
15
0.28%
18.12
12
15,442
5,364 (34.74%)
116
671
5,480 (35.49%)
Holywood
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from Conservative and Independent
Holywood - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Ellie McKay*
863
22.31%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Susan O'Brien*
767
19.82%
Independent (politician)
Dennis Ogborn*
545
14.09%
594.66
608.26
630.3
677.5
Democratic Unionist Party
Gordon Dunne
417
10.78%
474.72
477.12
570.44
644.08
694.08
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Richard Good
434
11.22%
449.08
544.92
560.42
607.8
643.48
Independent (politician)
James White*
279
7.21%
297.2
300.4
309.18
317.72
442.62
Independent (politician)
Bobby Irvine
240
6.20%
248.58
251.3
259.3
274.38
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Jennifer Cumming
165
4.26%
199.58
201.5
233.88
UK Unionist Party
Jeffrey Dudgeon
159
4.11%
187.6
188.24
6
10,434
3,869 (37.08%)
52
645
3,921 (37.58%)
References
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