1997 Ballymena Borough Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 11 8 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Alliance Ind. Unionist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 11 1 0 Increase1 45.8 38.3 8,639 Decrease0.4
  DUP 8 0 1 Decrease1 33.3 36.7 8,639 Increase5.0
  SDLP 3 1 0 Increase1 12.5 17.5 3,951 Increase5.6
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 1 Decrease1 4.2 5.5 1,233 Increase0.2
  Alliance 1 0 0 Steady0 4.2 2.0 447 Decrease3.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Others
Ballymena North 36.8 3 22.0 1 16.8 1 7.8 1 16.6 1 7
Ballymena South 36.6 3 40.9 3 17.6 1 0.0 0 4.9 0 7
Bannside 32.9 2 50.7 3 16.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Braid 47.7 3 32.7 1 19.6 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
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 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Patrick McAvoy* 16.84% 975          
UUP
William Wright
* 		16.46% 953          
Ind. Unionist Samuel Henry* 12.58% 728          
UUP Joseph McKernan* 10.88% 630 669.9 785.34      
UUP James Alexander* 9.45% 547 551.8 620.92 675.52 778.52  
DUP Maurice Mills* 10.54% 610 610.3 624.46 626.15 650.28 768.28
Alliance Jayne Dunlop 7.72% 447 641.4 645 645.91 700.61 703.09
DUP John Stewart 7.20% 417 417.3 428.1 429.4 439.14 562.22
DUP David Warwick 4.27% 247 247.3 253.78 253.91 269.15  
Ind. Unionist Herbert Park 4.06% 235 242.2 246.28 247.58    
Electorate: 12,239   Valid: 5,789 (47.30%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 724   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 17.56% 967                
UUP James Currie* 16.67% 918                
DUP David Tweed 15.11% 832                
DUP Martin Clarke* 10.37% 571 576.6 581.02 604.99 614.81 655.29 896.29    
DUP Hubert Nicholl 9.70% 534 535.68 544 575.45 585 622.43 714.87    
UUP Peter Brown 6.85% 377 425.72 478.24 481.64 524.27 548.93 559.69 583.69 586.41
UUP Malcolm Gilmour 6.63% 365 390.76 472.66 479.63 495.69 538.51 556.29 577.29 580.86
UUP John Scott* 6.48% 357 410.2 473.9 479.51 499.95 534.81 546.52 565.52 567.56
DUP John Carson 5.72% 315 316.68 320.84 369.63 379.16 397.12      
Ind. Unionist Agnes McLeister 3.34% 184 196.32 203.6 219.75 240.93        
Ind. Unionist Samuel Balmer 1.56% 86 210.32 214.74 216.1          
Electorate: 12,043   Valid: 5,506 (45.72%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 689   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Roy Gillespie* 18.75% 1,110        
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 17.70% 1,048        
UUP Robert Coulter* 17.13% 1,014        
DUP Sandy Spence* 14.27% 845 949.28 1,004.6    
UUP Ian Johnston* 15.81% 936 948.43 953.71 972.89 987.89
SDLP Seamus Laverty 16.33% 967 967.33 967.39 967.55 967.67
Electorate: 9,931   Valid: 5,920 (59.61%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 987   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Margaret Gribben 19.57% 1,042        
UUP David Clyde* 18.05% 961        
UUP Desmond Armstrong* 15.33% 816 919.48      
DUP Samuel Hanna* 11.70% 623 632.36 1,029.36    
UUP Lexie Scott 14.37% 765 794.12 812.2 814.72 878.48
DUP Samuel Gaston 11.78% 627 629.08 690.72 826.8 833.92
DUP David McClintock* 9.20% 490 497.8      
Electorate: 9,081   Valid: 5,324 (58.63%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 888   Turnout: 5,415 (59.63%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Ballymena Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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