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1997 Magherafelt District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Magherafelt District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Magherafelt District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Magherafelt District Council election 2001 All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council 9 Sinn Féin 5 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 0 Ulster Unionist Party 3 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 File:Magherafelt 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Magherafelt 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 16 councillors.
Election results
Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmagherafelt.htm Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
5
1
0
1
31.3
36.5
7,309
13.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
0
0
0
31.3
22.6
4,528
10.3
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
1
1
18.8
20.6
4,628
2.6
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
18.8
14.3
2,870
6.0
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.2
250
1.2
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
193
0.9
Independent Labour
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
73
0.4
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
12
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Magherafelt 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="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!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="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Magherafelt Town
|24.9
|1
|23.2
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|11.4
|1
|1.5
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Moyola
|bgcolor="#008800"|34.1
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|19.2
|1
|22.0
|1
|19.9
|1
|4.8
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Sperrin
|bgcolor="#008800"|51.0
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|25.3
|2
|9.9
|0
|12.1
|1
|1.7
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|36.5
|5
|22.6
|5
|20.6
|3
|14.3
|3
|6.0
|0
|16
|-
|}
District results
Magherafelt Town
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Magherafelt Town - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 3 August 2021
4
Democratic Unionist Party
William McCrea*
2,675
37.50%
Sinn Féin
Seamus O'Brien
1,777
24.91%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Kilpatrick*
1,149
16.11%
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul McLean*
107
1.50%
1,551.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph McBride*
499
7.00%
499.62
1,184.76
Ulster Unionist Party
George Shiels
816
11.44%
1,007.58
1,008.15
1,514.25
Independent Labour
Harry Hutchinson
73
1.02%
78.58
101.95
114.25
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Marian Donnelly
37
0.52%
38.24
80.42
81.92
4
10,104
7,133 (70.60%)
89
1,019
7,222 (71.48%)
Moyola
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Moyola - 5 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Margaret McKenna*
1,180
18.91%
Sinn Féin
Paul Henry
949
15.21%
1,067.25
Ulster Unionist Party
John Junkin*
882
14.13%
882
922
922
1,231
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Catherwood*
829
13.28%
829.11
913.11
913.11
980.11
1,106.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McErlean*
727
11.65%
733.49
753.49
771.73
771.73
774.65
774.65
1,218.65
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Wilson*
541
8.67%
541
592
592
641
699.4
762.88
763.88
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis Kearney
468
7.50%
470.2
477.42
485.28
485.28
487.47
488.39
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Montgomery
362
5.80%
362
431
431
Independent Unionist
James Mulholland
250
4.01%
250
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Patrick Scullion
53
0.85%
53.66
8
8,175
6,241 (76.34%)
135
1,041
6,376 (77.99%)
Sperrin
1993: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Sperrin - 5 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Patrick Groogan*
1,801
27.00%
Sinn Féin
John Kelly
1,602
24.01%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kathleen Lagan*
1,170
17.54%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis McKendry
515
7.72%
1,059.62
1,416.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Montgomery*
810
12.14%
810
810
810.87
851.45
Democratic Unionist Party
Rodney Mitchell
658
9.86%
658
658
658.87
701.41
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Francis Donnelly
103
1.54%
218.71
328.33
444.04
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Judith Stephens
12
0.18%
34.62
53.76
72.9
5
8,541
6,671 (78.11%)
102
1,112
6,773 (79.30%)
References
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