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1997 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Ards Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Ards Borough Council election 2001 All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 10 1 Democratic Unionist Party 5 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 1 Independent Unionist 2 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 File:Ards 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Ards Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
1
0
1
43.5
39.6
7,754
4.9
Democratic Unionist Party
5
1
2
1
21.7
22.6
4,431
5.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
5
0
1
1
21.7
21.1
4,138
2.3
Independent Unionist
2
1
0
1
8.7
6.3
1,240
0.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
1
0
1
4.3
3.9
901
New
Independent (politician)
0
0
1
1
0.0
1.6
337
1.8
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
441
2.3
UK Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.4
269
New
Ulster Democratic Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
55
New
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
33
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
! %
!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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards East
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|23.0
|1
|15.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|9.6
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|18.8
|1
|25.1
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|26.6
|2
|18.6
|1
|15.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|39.4
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
|6
|-
|align="left"|Peninsula
|22.6
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|28.8
|1
|18.2
|1
|0.7
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|39.6
|10
|22.6
|5
|21.1
|5
|4.6
|1
|12.1
|0
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ards East
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Ards East - 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
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Benson*
882
17.40%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Ferguson*
676
13.33%
762.4
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Gregory
621
12.25%
628.2
629.53
656.71
811.71
Ulster Unionist Party
John Shields*
606
11.95%
618.24
622.44
656.62
668.05
668.64
752.64
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Linda Cleland
418
8.24%
422.32
422.53
437.71
441.71
442.89
462.07
792.07
Ulster Unionist Party
Jeffrey Magill*
480
9.47%
508.98
533.69
582.23
616.56
621.87
680.76
694.05
Democratic Unionist Party
St Clair McAlister*
295
5.82%
299.32
299.95
309.95
369.2
447.67
509.28
518.64
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Laurence Thompson*
352
6.94%
355.06
355.48
363.48
363.48
363.48
378.66
UK Unionist Party
Thomas Sheridan
269
5.31%
271.16
271.93
283.93
287.93
287.93
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Lawther
251
4.95%
254.96
255.87
274.87
Progressive Unionist Party
Georgina McCrory
220
4.34%
221.26
221.33
8
14,904
5,070 (34.02%)
114
725
5,184 (34.78%)
Ards West
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Ards West - 6 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Gibson*
1,103
22.59%
Ulster Unionist Party
David McNarry
1,066
21.83%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kathleen Coulter*
741
15.18%
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Craig*
572
11.71%
871.52
Democratic Unionist Party
David Gilmore
635
13.00%
683.75
877.19
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
481
9.85%
511.03
595.27
599.43
654.81
693.81
Democratic Unionist Party
Lorraine Gilmore
285
5.84%
311.13
398.49
552.93
649.26
650.58
6
12,917
4,883 (37.80%)
70
698
4,953 (38.34%)
Newtownards
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP
Newtownards - 6 seats
9
Independent Unionist
Wilbert Magill*
914
19.41%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell*
724
15.37%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth*
690
14.65%
Democratic Unionist Party
George Ennis*
653
10.89%
692.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hamilton*
565
12.00%
628.22
635.8
651.6
656.36
666.68
728.68
Independent Unionist
Bobby McBride
326
6.92%
377.33
382.33
388.83
391.38
391.78
426.07
507.6
534.6
Independent Unionist
Nancy Orr*
337
7.15%
393.26
407.42
430.62
433.68
434.68
461.61
503.67
510.67
Democratic Unionist Party
John Purdy
225
4.78%
238.63
245.08
246.28
253.76
254.62
305.39
Progressive Unionist Party
Alfred McCrory
221
4.69%
231.15
245.15
249.45
250.47
250.73
Ulster Democratic Party
Billy McKeown
55
1.17%
59.93
9
12,942
4,710 (36.39%)
120
673
4,830 (37.32%)
Peninsula
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent
Peninsula - 5 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Paul Carson
1,114
22.57%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy*
1,047
21.21%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Shannon*
993
20.12%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Drysdale
473
10.25%
687.21
696.01
849.01
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Daniel McCarthy
770
15.60%
777.44
808.9
810.52
930.52
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Sheldon*
154
3.12%
202.98
315.62
325.16
346.72
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Smyth
221
4.48%
227.82
279.3
281.82
296.02
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Iain Bell
131
2.65%
131
141.12
141.48
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Owen Crawford
33
0.67%
40.75
44.49
45.75
5
11,165
4,936 (44.21%)
101
824
5,037 (45.11%)
References
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