1997 Ards Borough Council election

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1997 Ards Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP Alliance
Seats won 10 5 5
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Ind. Unionist
Independent
Seats won 1 2 0
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 1 0 Increase1 43.5 39.6 7,754 Increase4.9
  DUP 5 1 2 Decrease1 21.7 22.6 4,431 Decrease5.7
  Alliance 5 0 1 Decrease1 21.7 21.1 4,138 Decrease2.3
  Ind. Unionist 2 1 0 Increase1 8.7 6.3 1,240 Increase0.4
  SDLP 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 3.9 901 New
 
Independent
 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.6 337 Decrease1.8
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.3 441 Increase2.3
  UK Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.4 269 New
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 55 New
 
Green (NI)
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 33 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP Alliance SDLP Others
Ards East 52.1 4 23.0 1 15.3 1 0.0 0 9.6 0 6
Ards West 56.1 3 18.8 1 25.1 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
Newtownards 26.6 2 18.6 1 15.4 1 0.0 0 39.4 2 6
Peninsula 22.6 1 29.7 2 28.8 1 18.2 1 0.7 0 5
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 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Thomas Benson* 17.40% 882              
Ulster Unionist Ronald Ferguson* 13.33% 676 762.4            
DUP Hamilton Gregory 12.25% 621 628.2 629.53 656.71 811.71      
Ulster Unionist John Shields* 11.95% 606 618.24 622.44 656.62 668.05 668.64 752.64  
Alliance Linda Cleland 8.24% 418 422.32 422.53 437.71 441.71 442.89 462.07 792.07
Ulster Unionist Jeffrey Magill* 9.47% 480 508.98 533.69 582.23 616.56 621.87 680.76 694.05
DUP St Clair McAlister* 5.82% 295 299.32 299.95 309.95 369.2 447.67 509.28 518.64
Alliance Laurence Thompson* 6.94% 352 355.06 355.48 363.48 363.48 363.48 378.66  
UK Unionist Thomas Sheridan 5.31% 269 271.16 271.93 283.93 287.93 287.93    
DUP Hamilton Lawther 4.95% 251 254.96 255.87 274.87        
PUP Georgina McCrory 4.34% 220 221.26 221.33          
Electorate: 14,904   Valid: 5,070 (34.02%)   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 725   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist Robert Gibson* 22.59% 1,103          
Ulster Unionist David McNarry 21.83% 1,066          
Alliance Kathleen Coulter* 15.18% 741          
Ulster Unionist Margaret Craig* 11.71% 572 871.52        
DUP David Gilmore 13.00% 635 683.75 877.19      
Alliance Jim McBriar* 9.85% 481 511.03 595.27 599.43 654.81 693.81
DUP Lorraine Gilmore 5.84% 285 311.13 398.49 552.93 649.26 650.58
Electorate: 12,917   Valid: 4,883 (37.80%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 698   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ind. Unionist Wilbert Magill* 19.41% 914                
Alliance Alan McDowell* 15.37% 724                
Ulster Unionist David Smyth* 14.65% 690                
DUP George Ennis* 10.89% 653 692.44              
Ulster Unionist Thomas Hamilton* 12.00% 565 628.22 635.8 651.6 656.36 666.68 728.68    
Ind. Unionist Bobby McBride 6.92% 326 377.33 382.33 388.83 391.38 391.78 426.07 507.6 534.6
Ind. Unionist Nancy Orr* 7.15% 337 393.26 407.42 430.62 433.68 434.68 461.61 503.67 510.67
DUP John Purdy 4.78% 225 238.63 245.08 246.28 253.76 254.62 305.39    
PUP Alfred McCrory 4.69% 221 231.15 245.15 249.45 250.47 250.73      
Ulster Democratic Billy McKeown 1.17% 55 59.93              
Electorate: 12,942   Valid: 4,710 (36.39%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 673   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Ulster Unionist Paul Carson 22.57% 1,114        
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 21.21% 1,047        
DUP Jim Shannon* 20.12% 993        
DUP Robert Drysdale 10.25% 473 687.21 696.01 849.01  
SDLP Daniel McCarthy 15.60% 770 777.44 808.9 810.52 930.52
Alliance William Sheldon* 3.12% 154 202.98 315.62 325.16 346.72
Alliance John Smyth 4.48% 221 227.82 279.3 281.82 296.02
SDLP Iain Bell 2.65% 131 131 141.12 141.48  
Green (NI)
 Owen Crawford 0.67% 33 40.75 44.49 45.75  
Electorate: 11,165   Valid: 4,936 (44.21%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 824   Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Ards Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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