1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to
Castlereagh Borough Council

12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won 10 5 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP UK Unionist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party UPUP
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 10 1 0 Increase1 43.5 44.2 9,214 Increase0.1
  Ulster Unionist 5 0 1 Decrease1 21.7 19.6 4,088 Decrease2.3
  Alliance 4 0 1 Decrease1 17.4 18.7 3,898 Decrease3.2
  SDLP 2 0 0 Increase2 8.7 8.2 1,707 Increase8.2
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 1 Decrease1 4.3 4.2 874 Increase0.4
  UK Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 1.3 267 New
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.8 367 Increase1.9
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.5 303 New
 
Independent
 0 0 0 Steady0 4.3 0.6 115 Increase0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP UKUP Others
Castlereagh Central 58.7 3 17.0 1 14.6 1 4.4 0 5.3 1 0.0 0 6
Castlereagh East 53.0 4 11.1 1 18.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 17.0 1 7
Castlereagh South 27.4 1 31.2 2 23.9 1 17.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Castlereagh West 35.4 2 21.2 1 17.4 1 12.9 1 0.0 0 13.1 0 5
Total 44.2 10 19.6 5 18.7 4 8.2 2 1.3 1 8.0 1 23

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

1993: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UKUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Peter Robinson* 55.30% 2,783          
Ulster Unionist Alan Carson* 16.97% 854          
DUP John Norris* 1.21% 61 950.2        
Alliance Patrick Mitchell* 11.92% 600 623.56 626.96 644.3 966.3  
DUP John Dunn 1.73% 87 593.92 662.12 684.05 689.12 698.12
UK Unionist Grant Dillon* 5.30% 267 516.28 528.28 591.69 609.59 684.59
DUP Alwyn McClernon 0.46% 23 372.6 512.4 527.53 541.35 548.35
SDLP Dominic Marsella 4.45% 224 225.52 225.52 225.69    
Alliance Ann Smith 2.66% 134 161.36 162.76 171.94    
Electorate: 11,033   Valid: 5,033 (45.62%)   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 720   Turnout: 5,181 (46.96%)  

Castlereagh East

1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UPUP joins DUP

Castlereagh East - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Iris Robinson* 46.08% 2,787          
DUP Tommy Jeffers* 2.84% 172 799.52        
Ulster Unionist Sarah Cummings 11.11% 672 768.2        
Ind. Unionist William Abraham* 10.04% 607 721.7 757.4      
DUP Sandy Geddis* 2.65% 160 643.96 663.92 733.56 810.56  
Alliance Peter Osborne* 11.19% 677 709.56 721.3 728.48 757.18  
DUP Kim Morton 1.21% 73 400.82 411.56 555.72 624.32 663.32
Alliance Michael Long 7.71% 466 486.72 504.2 505.68 539.12 545.12
Ulster Democratic Stephen McNally 5.01% 303 365.16 387.12 401.44    
DUP Sarah Seddon 0.26% 16 246.14 248.88      
Independent
 David Brown 1.90% 115 130.54        
Electorate: 15,542   Valid: 6,048 (38.91%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 757   Turnout: 6,178 (39.75%)  

Castlereagh South

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist John Beattie* 24.66% 1,219          
DUP Myreve Chambers* 23.18% 1,146          
SDLP Arthur Hegney 17.48% 864          
Ulster Unionist Michael Henderson 6.57% 325 681.4 705.2 862.2    
Alliance Geraldine Rice* 12.70% 628 634.27 639.31 675.55 697.4 714.45
Alliance Margaret Marshall* 11.25% 556 564.91 569.67 647.48 664.53 685.43
DUP Andrew Ramsey 4.95% 205 224.8 505.36      
Electorate: 11,873   Valid: 4,943 (41.63%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 824   Turnout: 5,010 (42.20%)  

Castlereagh West

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Castlereagh West - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP William Clulow* 19.80% 952                
Alliance Sara Duncan 14.49% 697 700.45 816.45            
DUP Mark Robinson 12.62% 607 698.5 701.5 815.5          
Ulster Unionist Cecil Hall 15.47% 744 759.15 763.3 777.85 781.3 788.5 1,024.5    
SDLP Rosaleen Hughes* 12.87% 619 619.3 625.3 626.45 631.85 631.85 631.85 637.85 659.6
PUP Samuel Johnston 7.63% 367 371.8 373.8 378.15 380.4 382 404.9 448.9 651.25
Ind. Unionist Ernest Harper* 5.55% 267 279.6 281.75 289.15 291.55 294.15 313.5 418.5  
Ulster Unionist Marie Luney 5.70% 274 276.25 277.25 284.3 285.2 287.2      
DUP Thomas Scott 2.95% 142 153.4 153.4            
Alliance Malcolm Gilmore 2.91% 140 140.3              
Electorate: 11,140   Valid: 4,809 (43.17%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 802   Turnout: 4,896 (43.95%)  

References

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