1997 Coleraine Borough Council election

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1997 Coleraine Borough Council election
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All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP
Seats won 10 5 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Alliance
Independent
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 0 2 Decrease2 45.5 43.4 8,239 Decrease7.0
  DUP 5 0 0 Steady0 22.7 23.2 4,401 Increase1.4
  SDLP 3 0 0 Steady0 13.6 16.3 3,091 Increase3.6
  Alliance 3 1 0 Increase1 13.6 9.2 1,738 Decrease2.6
 
Independent
 1 1 0 Increase1 4.5 4.8 909 Increase2.8
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.8 530 Increase2.8
  NI Women's Coalition 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 58 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Others
Bann 47.2 3 19.4 1 30.9 2 2.5 0 0.0 0 6
Coleraine Central 49.9 3 24.2 1 14.5 1 10.2 1 1.2 0 6
Coleraine East 32.6 2 37.7 2 0.0 0 12.0 1 17.7 0 5
The Skerries 39.3 2 16.0 1 11.0 0 14.9 1 18.8 1 5
Total 43.4 10 23.2 5 16.3 3 9.2 3 7.9 1 22

District results

Bann

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Bann - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP John Dallat* 20.31% 1,234          
Ulster Unionist Olive Church* 16.84% 1,023          
Ulster Unionist William Watt* 16.29% 990          
SDLP Eamon Mullan 10.57% 642 990.6        
Ulster Unionist William King* 14.07% 855 856.8 963.75      
DUP Robert Bolton* 10.83% 658 659.2 685.75 708.25 716.05 785.07
DUP James McCloskey 8.59% 522 524.1 533.7 554 566 613.09
Alliance Ian McEwan 2.50% 152 157.4 161      
Electorate: 9,982   Valid: 6,076 (60.87%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 869   Turnout: 6,188 (61.99%)  

Coleraine Central

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change

Coleraine Central - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist David McClarty* 24.94% 1,255              
DUP James McClure* 18.70% 941              
SDLP Gerry McLaughlin* 14.49% 729              
Ulster Unionist David Barbour 10.51% 529 702.8 714.8 724.8        
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Johnston* 8.70% 438 627.64 644.68 668.92 871.92      
Alliance Eamon O'Hara 5.96% 300 327.72 328.2 542.36 591.44 631.44 640.48 644.32
DUP Marie McAllister* 5.50% 277 324.96 498.24 502.92 555.72 639.72 640 641.92
Ulster Unionist Daniel Christie 5.78% 291 367.56 378.36 389.24        
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 4.25% 214 226.76 227.48          
NI Women's Coalition Avril Watson 1.15% 58 63.76 64.68          
Electorate: 10,971   Valid: 5,032 (45.87%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 719   Turnout: 5,107 (46.55%)  

Coleraine East

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Coleraine East - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Maurice Bradley 24.21% 833            
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Black* 17.61% 606            
DUP William Creelman* 13.48% 464 658.06          
Ulster Unionist Robert McPherson 10.32% 355 366.16 389.74 413.1 513.38 554.12 572.32
Alliance William Mathews* 12.00% 413 416.72 419.42 456.42 462.42 497.02 499.47
Ind. Unionist David Gilmour* 8.22% 283 303.77 329.87 360.59 391.64 474.71 480.81
Ind. Unionist Martin Hunter 5.84% 201 214.33 229.81 234.99 259.69    
Ulster Unionist Gary Wolfe 4.68% 161 168.44 179.06 191.37      
Independent
 Trevor Cooke 3.63% 125 126.55 128.17        
Electorate: 8,639   Valid: 3,441 (39.83%)   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 574   Turnout: 3,510 (40.63%)  

The Skerries

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP

The Skerries - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Pauline Armitage* 19.04% 841              
Independent
 Christine Alexander 17.75% 784              
Ulster Unionist Norman Hillis* 10.64% 470 477 534.6 543.12 570.26 586.4 876.4  
DUP Robert Stewart* 10.12% 447 450 453.84 457.68 662.52 666.06 786.06  
Alliance Barbara Dempsey 8.13% 359 362 368.84 379.04 383.34 603.66 625.92 672.92
SDLP Patricia Farren 11.00% 486 486 486.24 492.36 493.48 537.5 539.8 540.8
Ulster Unionist Samuel Kane* 9.62% 425 444 462.6 468.36 489.08 501.44    
Alliance Patrick McGowan* 6.79% 300 300 304.68 308.76 309.76      
DUP James Milliken 5.86% 259 264 268.68 271.02        
Ind. Unionist Thomas Mackay 1.04% 46              
Electorate: 8,975   Valid: 4,417 (49.21%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 737   Turnout: 4,509 (50.24%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Coleraine Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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