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1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Craigavon Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Craigavon Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Craigavon Borough Council election 2001 All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 14 Ulster Unionist Party 11 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 1 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Sinn Féin 2 0 Independent Nationalist 2 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Workers' Party (Ireland) 0 1 File:Craigavon 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.
Election results
Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcraigavon.htm Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
11
0
0
0
42.3
39.7
12,107
1.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
1
0
1
26.9
19.0
5,787
5.9
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
1
1
11.5
14.6
4,439
1.5
Sinn Féin
2
0
0
0
7.7
12.2
3,717
3.0
Independent Nationalist
2
2
0
2
7.7
6.2
1,905
6.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
0
1
1
3.8
4.5
1,366
1.7
Labour Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.7
817
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
1
1
0.0
0.9
281
0.9
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
84
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
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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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Craigavon Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|15.2
|1
|13.8
|1
|13.4
|1
|6.9
|1
|7.1
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Loughside
|7.2
|0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|1.3
|0
|35.3
|1
|0.9
|0
|8.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lurgan
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|64.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|5
|7.6
|1
|17.8
|1
|4.3
|0
|4.9
|0
|0.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Portadown
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|11.0
|1
|22.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|4.6
|0
|23.8
|2
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|39.7
|11
|19.0
|7
|14.6
|3
|12.2
|2
|4.5
|1
|10.0
|2
|26
|-
|}
District results
Craigavon Central
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change
Craigavon Central - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 19 July 2021
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Kenneth Twyble*
1,576
20.15%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Allen*
1,079
13.79%
Sinn Féin
Francis Murray
1,048
13.40%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patricia Mallon*
1,008
12.89%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCammick*
737
9.42%
965
991
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sean Hagan*
541
6.92%
563.42
564.52
565.87
566.96
568.19
708.84
914.04
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Crowe*
722
9.23%
831.82
883.32
883.32
883.32
883.32
890.24
910.03
Ulster Unionist Party
Cyril McLoughlin
377
4.82%
591.7
610.8
610.8
614.8
614.89
625.49
636.44
Labour Coalition
Alan Evans
389
4.97%
395.08
395.68
417.82
425.73
426.63
541.63
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Philip Mallon
182
2.33%
182
182
217.01
224.37
250.86
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Chris Moffat
84
1.07%
88.56
88.76
89.93
90.93
91.17
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Peter Smyth*
55
0.70%
56.14
56.44
60.04
61.67
62.27
Labour Coalition
William McAvoy
25
0.32%
25
25.1
28.07
8
15,325
7,823 (51.05%)
159
978
7,982 (52.08%)
Loughside
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Workers' Party
Loughside - 5 seats
8
Sinn Féin
John O'Dowd*
2,320
35.26%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean McCavanagh*
1,500
22.80%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dolores Kelly*
692
10.52%
926.96
1,019.03
1,021.79
1,030.94
1,077.05
1,134.05
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McAlinden
562
8.54%
830.4
922.2
929.14
942.59
979.61
1,022.58
1,125.58
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kieran McGeown
339
5.15%
755.24
923.18
931
938.03
974.87
1,015.23
1,065.23
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Crozier
471
7.16%
471
471.54
471.54
487.54
566.54
572.54
575.54
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tom French
226
3.44%
358.88
371.3
378.97
391.15
406.95
491.98
Labour Coalition
Hugh Casey*
203
3.09%
258.44
270.86
274.04
279.04
294.83
Labour Coalition
Mark McKavanagh
101
1.54%
161.72
173.33
179.12
186
Democratic Unionist Party
Anne Hanlon
89
1.35%
90.76
90.76
90.76
90.76
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Adrian McKinney
62
0.94%
77.84
80.27
84.15
Labour Coalition
Mary Sheen
14
0.21%
47.44
50.14
8
11,783
6,579 (55.83%)
109
1,097
6,688 (56.76%)
Lurgan
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Lurgan - 7 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Gardiner
1,802
22.45%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Savage
1,371
17.08%
Ulster Unionist Party
Meta Crozier*
691
8.61%
1,034.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Jonathan Bell
655
8.16%
778.64
873.68
877.56
878.56
887.62
980.98
1,069.98
Ulster Unionist Party
Sydney Cairns*
434
5.41%
526.84
619.72
623.97
623.97
630.51
742.26
961.02
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McNally*
614
7.65%
615.76
616.3
634.3
877.3
877.33
953.87
959.29
Democratic Unionist Party
Ruth Allen*
803
10.00%
840.4
866.59
868.86
868.86
870.09
889.36
922.32
Democratic Unionist Party
Frederick Baird
623
7.76%
689.88
719.85
721.56
721.56
722.91
740.31
775.19
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCullough
230
2.86%
335.6
438.74
442.55
444.99
449.46
485.06
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Wilson Freeburn
390
4.86%
399.68
405.62
435.04
442.04
442.13
Sinn Féin
Bernadette O'Hagan
349
4.35%
349.44
349.44
350.44
Labour Coalition
Gillian Kirk
49
0.61%
51.2
53.9
Labour Coalition
James Devlin
17
0.21%
18.32
18.59
8
14,526
8,028 (55.27%)
136
1,004
8,164 (56.20%)
Portadown
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance
Portadown - 7 seats
9
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Carrick*
1,713
21.22%
Independent Nationalist
Breandán Mac Cionnaith
1,493
18.49%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Gillespie*
1,203
14.90%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph Trueman*
919
11.38%
994.85
994.85
996.26
1,053.54
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ignatius Fox*
890
11.02%
891.64
928.76
934.17
934.65
1,025.65
Ulster Unionist Party
Mark Neale
515
6.38%
636.77
636.77
637.18
747.58
830.97
845.61
849.32
1,049.84
Independent Nationalist
Joe Duffy
412
5.10%
413.23
840.43
840.43
840.43
861.27
861.27
870.28
870.28
Ulster Unionist Party
David Thompson
404
5.00%
447.46
447.46
448.46
465.42
566.36
591.68
593.8
820.12
Democratic Unionist Party
John Tate*
132
1.64%
564.96
564.96
566.37
570.05
584.42
586.22
586.75
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Ramsay*
373
4.62%
382.43
387.87
395.19
397.11
Labour Coalition
Carol Lindsay
19
0.24%
20.64
20.96
9
13,916
8,073 (58.01%)
169
1,010
8,242 (59.23%)
References
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