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1997 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Ballymena Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Ballymena Borough Council election 2001 All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 11 1 Democratic Unionist Party 8 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 Independent Unionist 1 1 File:Ballymena 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.
Election results
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymena.htm Ballymena Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
11
1
0
1
45.8
38.3
8,639
0.4
Democratic Unionist Party
8
0
1
1
33.3
36.7
8,639
5.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
1
0
1
12.5
17.5
3,951
5.6
Independent Unionist
1
0
1
1
4.2
5.5
1,233
0.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
0
0
0
4.2
2.0
447
3.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena North
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|22.0
|1
|16.8
|1
|7.8
|1
|16.6
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena South
|36.6
|3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.9
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|17.6
|1
|0.0
|0
|4.9
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Bannside
|32.9
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|16.4
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Braid
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|32.7
|1
|19.6
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|38.3
|11
|36.7
|8
|17.5
|3
|2.0
|1
|5.5
|1
|24
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballymena North
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Ballymena North - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 7 July 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAvoy*
975
16.84%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Wright*
953
16.46%
Independent Unionist
Samuel Henry*
728
12.58%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph McKernan*
630
10.88%
669.9
785.34
Ulster Unionist Party
James Alexander*
547
9.45%
551.8
620.92
675.52
778.52
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills*
610
10.54%
610.3
624.46
626.15
650.28
768.28
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jayne Dunlop
447
7.72%
641.4
645
645.91
700.61
703.09
Democratic Unionist Party
John Stewart
417
7.20%
417.3
428.1
429.4
439.14
562.22
Democratic Unionist Party
David Warwick
247
4.27%
247.3
253.78
253.91
269.15
Independent Unionist
Herbert Park
235
4.06%
242.2
246.28
247.58
6
12,239
5,789 (47.30%)
81
724
5,870 (47.96%)
Ballymena South
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Ballymena South - 7 seats 9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Declan O'Loan*
967
17.56%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Currie*
918
16.67%
Democratic Unionist Party
David Tweed
832
15.11%
Democratic Unionist Party
Martin Clarke*
571
10.37%
576.6
581.02
604.99
614.81
655.29
896.29
Democratic Unionist Party
Hubert Nicholl
534
9.70%
535.68
544
575.45
585
622.43
714.87
Ulster Unionist Party
Peter Brown
377
6.85%
425.72
478.24
481.64
524.27
548.93
559.69
583.69
586.41
Ulster Unionist Party
Malcolm Gilmour
365
6.63%
390.76
472.66
479.63
495.69
538.51
556.29
577.29
580.86
Ulster Unionist Party
John Scott*
357
6.48%
410.2
473.9
479.51
499.95
534.81
546.52
565.52
567.56
Democratic Unionist Party
John Carson
315
5.72%
316.68
320.84
369.63
379.16
397.12
Independent Unionist
Agnes McLeister
184
3.34%
196.32
203.6
219.75
240.93
Independent Unionist
Samuel Balmer
86
1.56%
210.32
214.74
216.1
9
12,043
5,506 (45.72%)
116
689
5,622 (46.68%)
Bannside
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Bannside - 5 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie*
1,110
18.75%
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Nicholl*
1,048
17.70%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Coulter*
1,014
17.13%
Democratic Unionist Party
Sandy Spence*
845
14.27%
949.28
1,004.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Johnston*
936
15.81%
948.43
953.71
972.89
987.89
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Laverty
967
16.33%
967.33
967.39
967.55
967.67
5
9,931
5,920 (59.61%)
115
987
6,035 (60.77%)
Braid
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Braid - 5 seats
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Gribben
1,042
19.57%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Clyde*
961
18.05%
Ulster Unionist Party
Desmond Armstrong*
816
15.33%
919.48
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna*
623
11.70%
632.36
1,029.36
Ulster Unionist Party
Lexie Scott
765
14.37%
794.12
812.2
814.72
878.48
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Gaston
627
11.78%
629.08
690.72
826.8
833.92
Democratic Unionist Party
David McClintock*
490
9.20%
497.8
5
9,081
5,324 (58.63%)
91
888
5,415 (59.63%)
References
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