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1997 Limavady Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Limavady Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Limavady Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Limavady Borough Council election 2001 All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 0 Ulster Unionist Party 6 0 Democratic Unionist Party 1 0 Sinn Féin 1 0 File:Limavady 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Limavady Borough 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 15 councillors.
There was no change from the prior election.
Election results
Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglimavady.htm Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
0
0
0
46.7
40.3
5,279
0.0
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
0
0
40.0
38.5
5,036
1.4
Democratic Unionist Party
1
0
0
0
6.7
11.1
1,447
0.3
Sinn Féin
1
0
0
0
6.7
9.5
1,244
0.5
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
88
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Limavady Borough 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Bellarena
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|36.6
|2
|10.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Benbradagh
|34.8
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|0.0
|0
|29.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Limavady Town
|33.1
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|21.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|1.9
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|40.3
|7
|38.5
|6
|11.1
|1
|9.5
|1
|0.6
|0
|15
|-
|}
District results
Bellarena
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Bellarena - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 17 July 2021
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Stanley Gault*
839
19.14%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Carten
814
18.57%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Arthur Doherty*
798
18.21%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Grant*
765
17.45%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McKinney*
714
16.29%
714.7
793.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Glass
453
10.34%
556.18
556.48
3
6,868
4,383 (63.82%)
42
731
4,425 (64.43%)
Benbradagh
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change
Benbradagh - 5 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Boyd Douglas
1,072
25.65%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Coyle*
1,013
24.23%
Sinn Féin
Malachy O'Kane
876
20.96%
Ulster Unionist Party
Max Gault*
409
9.78%
777.55
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerard Lynch*
442
10.57%
443.05
739.06
Sinn Féin
Eddie-Jo Lynn
368
8.80%
368
384.5
3
6,447
4,180 (64.84%)
76
697
4,256 (66.02%)
Limavady Town
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
Limavady Town - 5 seats
2
Democratic Unionist Party
George Robinson*
837
18.47%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Desmond Lowry*
759
16.75%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Cartwright*
729
16.09%
800
Ulster Unionist Party
John Dolan*
738
16.29%
782
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Barry Doherty*
739
16.31%
779
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Reynolds
484
10.68%
549
Democratic Unionist Party
Victor Wilson
157
3.47%
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Paula Taylor
88
1.94%
2
7,113
4,531 (63.70%)
75
756
4,606 (64.75%)
References
Category:Limavady Borough Council elections
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