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1997 Dungannon District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Dungannon District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Dungannon District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election 2001 All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 8 0 Sinn Féin 5 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Democratic Left (Ireland) 1 0 Independent Nationalist 1 0 File:Dungannon 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Dungannon 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 22 councillors.
There was no change from the prior election.
Election results
Dungannon District Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdungannon.htm Dungannon Borough Council, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
0
0
36.4
30.3
7,445
1.5
Sinn Féin
5
0
0
0
22.7
30.0
7,382
5.9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
0
0
0
18.2
18.2
4,468
2.2
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
13.6
14.0
3,440
0.8
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
0
4.5
4.8
1,183
1.5
Democratic Left (Ireland)
1
0
0
0
4.5
1.7
412
0.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
269
1.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Dungannon District 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
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!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="Democratic Left (Ireland)" | DL
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Blackwater
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|15.6
|0
|16.0
|1
|25.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Clogher Valley
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|23.2
|1
|26.8
|1
|16.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Dungannon Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|24.5
|1
|14.8
|1
|17.3
|1
|7.5
|1
|4.9
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Torrent
|16.7
|1
|bgcolor="#008800"|51.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|15.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|16.3
|1
|6
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|30.3
|8
|30.0
|5
|18.2
|4
|14.0
|3
|1.7
|1
|5.8
|1
|22
|-
|}
District results
Blackwater
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Blackwater - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 8 August 2021
6
Democratic Unionist Party
James Ewing*
596
10.05%
910
1,284
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Hamilton*
905
15.27%
955
980
1,066
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Brady*
799
13.48%
847
877
1,001
Ulster Unionist Party
Derek Irwin*
858
14.47%
864
908
964
1,039.51
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Daly*
950
16.03%
953
953
953
953.91
978.48
Sinn Féin
Michelle Gildernew
920
15.52%
920
920
920
920
920
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert McFarland
453
7.64%
478
Democratic Unionist Party
Roger Burton
447
7.54%
6
7,802
5,928 (75.98%)
80
989
6,008 (77.01%)
Clogher Valley
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Clogher Valley - 5 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Noel Mulligan*
1,097
18.62%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anthony McGonnell*
1,083
18.38%
Sinn Féin
Seamus Flanagan
1,028
17.45%
Democratic Unionist Party
William McIlwrath*
989
16.79%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Mulligan*
857
14.54%
963.9
963.9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Monaghan
499
8.47%
500.7
562.7
Sinn Féin
Brian Kilpatrick
339
5.75%
3
7,503
5,892 (78.53%)
91
983
5,983 (79.74%)
Dungannon Town
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1993-1997 Change: No change
Dungannon Town - 6 seats
7
Sinn Féin
Vincent Kelly*
1,065
19.26%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joan Carson
940
17.00%
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Morrow*
955
17.27%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Reilly
777
14.05%
777
909.94
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Vincent Currie*
651
11.77%
661.92
663.11
678.06
802.06
Democratic Left (Ireland)
Gerry Cullen*
412
7.45%
420.32
437.83
500.85
518.23
696.77
753.89
Sinn Féin
Edward Devlin
291
5.26%
524.74
524.74
524.97
540.35
582.74
583.25
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Ephrem Bogues
269
4.86%
276.02
279.93
343.87
359.44
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peggy Devlin
170
3.07%
180.14
180.14
186.81
7
8,715
5,530 (63.45%)
79
791
5,609 (64.36%)
Torrent
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Torrent - 6 seats
4
Sinn Féin
Francie Molloy*
1,407
19.41%
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Badger*
1,212
16.72%
Independent Nationalist
Jim Canning*
1,183
16.32%
Sinn Féin
Michael Gillespie
1,017
14.03%
1,045.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Cavanagh*
832
11.48%
844.48
1,078.48
Sinn Féin
Brendan Doris*
822
11.34%
955.64
970.98
990.98
Sinn Féin
Jim O'Donnell
493
6.80%
670.58
687.88
695.88
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph Gervin
283
3.90%
288.46
4
9,730
7,249 (74.50%)
159
1,036
7,408 (76.14%)
References
Category:Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council elections
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