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1997 Fermanagh District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Fermanagh District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Fermanagh District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Fermanagh District Council election 2001 All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 9 1 Sinn Féin 5 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 0 Independent Nationalist 2 0 Independent Socialist 1 0 File:Fermanagh 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Fermanagh District 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgfermanagh.htm Fermanagh Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
0
1
1
39.1
40.4
11,642
0.9
Sinn Féin
5
2
0
2
21.7
23.5
6,770
6.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
0
1
1
21.7
17.3
4,976
2.0
Independent Nationalist
2
0
0
0
0.0
7.5
2,159
1.9
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
0
0
8.7
7.4
2,123
2.1
Independent Socialist
1
0
0
0
0.0
2.0
581
1.3
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
319
New
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
254
0.9
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Fermanagh 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!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="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Enniskillen
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|16.8
|1
|15.3
|1
|9.5
|1
|11.2
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Erne East
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|32.8
|2
|15.3
|1
|4.5
|0
|11.1
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Erne North
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|12.0
|1
|24.1
|1
|16.7
|1
|1.6
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Erne West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|30.2
|1
|15.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|21.1
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|40.4
|9
|23.5
|5
|17.3
|4
|7.4
|2
|11.4
|3
|23
|-
|}
District results
Enniskillen
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Enniskillen - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 16 August 2021
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Foster*
2,055
26.31%
Sinn Féin
Gerry McHugh*
1,313
16.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Raymond Ferguson*
769
9.84%
1,325.4
Ulster Unionist Party
Basil Johnston
685
8.77%
866.48
982.64
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eamon Flanagan*
927
11.87%
928.56
930.16
1,030.48
Independent Socialist
Davy Kettyles*
581
7.44%
588.8
594.24
672.78
679.81
732.88
811.38
1,002.38
Democratic Unionist Party
Joseph Dodds*
581
7.44%
664.72
700.24
700.24
700.24
702.24
829.64
833.53
Ulster Unionist Party
Ethel Gregg
175
2.24%
379.88
546.92
546.92
547.11
596.71
643.79
660.02
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Rooney
267
3.42%
267.52
267.84
381.69
420.64
438.34
514.05
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Margaret McCaffrey
143
1.83%
144.04
144.36
180
183.99
215.99
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Irvine
160
2.05%
175.6
186.48
186.48
186.48
187.48
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Haslett
156
2.00%
164.32
166.88
170.18
170.94
8
12,960
7,812 (60.28%)
117
977
7,929 (61.18%)
Erne East
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Erne East - 6 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Harold Andrews
1,149
14.04%
1,150
1,281
Sinn Féin
Brian McCaffrey
918
11.22%
944
946
1,385
Sinn Féin
Ruth Lynch
1,073
13.11%
1,078
1,078
1,246
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Fergus McQuillan*
897
10.96%
1,149
1,150
1,193
Independent Nationalist
Tony McPhillips*
909
11.11%
961
963
1,000
1,137
1,137
1,194
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Noble*
932
11.39%
932
1,071
1,071
1,071
1,104.3
1,104.3
Ulster Unionist Party
Jean McVitty*
886
10.83%
888
962
963
964
1,042.3
1,043.3
Sinn Féin
Hugh O'Reilly
694
8.48%
699
699
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul Robinson
369
4.51%
371
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Marie O'Neill
355
4.34%
7
10,446
8,182 (78.33%)
141
1,169
8,323 (79.68%)
Erne North
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Erne North - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Caldwell McClaughry*
998
16.46%
1,028
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tommy Gallagher*
933
15.39%
958
1,400
Democratic Unionist Party
Bert Johnston*
951
15.69%
1,001
1,001
1,002
Sinn Féin
Geraldine Cassidy
730
12.04%
731
783
966
Ulster Unionist Party
Bertie Kerr*
917
15.12%
937
939
959
Ulster Unionist Party
Tom Elliott
848
13.99%
863
866
868
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Dolan
526
8.68%
537
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Neville McElderry
98
1.62%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jean Jackson
62
1.02%
4
8,516
6,063 (71.20%)
98
1,011
6,161 (72.35%)
Erne West
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Erne West - 5 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilson Elliott*
1,616
23.88%
Independent Nationalist
Patrick McCaffrey*
1,250
18.47%
Sinn Féin
Robin Martin*
1,179
17.42%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry Gallagher*
1,071
15.83%
1,077.6
1,183.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Derrick Nixon*
612
9.04%
1,078.8
1,088.2
1,100.6
1,113.6
Sinn Féin
Stephen Huggett
863
12.75%
863.9
892.2
996.8
1,025.8
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Imelda Maguire
176
2.60%
180.2
5
8,872
6,767 (76.27%)
149
1,128
6,916 (77.95%)
References
Fermanagh District Council elections
District Council election, 1997
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