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1997 Larne Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Larne Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Larne Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Larne Borough Council election 2001 All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 Ulster Unionist Party 6 1 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Independent (politician) 2 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 Independent Nationalist 1 0 File:Larne 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Larne 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.
Election results
Larne Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglarne.htm Larne Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
1
1
40.0
36.4
3,532
9.2
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
1
1
20.0
24.5
2,379
3.0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
2
1
6.7
12.2
1,179
3.2
Independent (politician)
2
2
0
2
13.3
11.6
1,123
2.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
1
6.7
4.2
409
4.2
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
0
6.7
5.2
502
1.1
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
6.7
4.8
462
1.3
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.2
116
1.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!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="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"|Coast Road
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|25.4
|1
|10.3
|0
|13.3
|1
|18.6
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Larne Lough
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|25.3
|1
|15.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|3.5
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Larne Town
|20.9
|1
|22.9
|1
|10.2
|0
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|46.0
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|36.4
|6
|24.5
|3
|12.2
|1
|4.2
|2
|22.7
|4
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Coast Road
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Coast Road - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 8 July 2021
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Robinson*
527
17.09%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joan Drummond*
473
15.34%
522
Independent Nationalist
William Cunning*
502
16.28%
506
506.21
573.21
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Danny O'Connor
409
13.27%
414
414.3
530.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Rachel Rea
313
10.15%
388
398.2
423.98
428.98
Democratic Unionist Party
Winston Fulton*
314
10.18%
365
370.58
394.87
401.87
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Amelia Kelly*
317
10.28%
347
351.38
Democratic Unionist Party
George Robinson
155
5.03%
Independent (politician)
Norman McCann
73
2.37%
5
7,255
3,083 (42.49%)
82
514
3,165 (43.63%)
Larne Lough
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Roy Beggs*
1,043
31.32%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Fleck
265
7.96%
480.73
527.83
655.83
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Mathews
526
15.80%
536.81
554.22
566.22
Ulster Unionist Party
John Hall
297
8.92%
344
362.76
488.79
576.09
Democratic Unionist Party
Bobby McKee*
369
11.08%
405.19
497.77
521.76
523.56
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McAllister*
300
9.01%
330.55
440.19
480
489.9
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander Hunter*
240
7.21%
339.17
358.34
Democratic Unionist Party
Sharon Gardiner
174
5.23%
197.03
Progressive Unionist Party
George Ferguson
116
3.48%
133.39
5
7,838
3,330 (42.49%)
95
556
3,425 (43.70%)
Larne Town
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Independent (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
Larne Town - 5 seats
5
Independent (politician)
John Nixon
698
21.22%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jack McKee*
663
20.16%
Ulster Unionist Party
Rosalie Armstrong*
485
14.75%
500.18
531.72
670.72
Independent (politician)
Roy Craig
352
10.70%
413.38
426.04
468.42
525.42
Independent Unionist
Lindsay Mason*
462
14.05%
488.4
496.62
508.94
517.94
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patricia Kay*
336
10.22%
364.38
364.82
375.8
394.8
Ulster Unionist Party
May Steele
202
6.14%
213.88
236.54
Democratic Unionist Party
Gregg McKeen
91
2.77%
95.62
5
7,785
3,289 (42.25%)
59
549
3,348 (43.01%)
References
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