1997 Craigavon Borough Council election

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1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 11 7 3
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent Nationalist Alliance
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Workers' Party
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 11 0 0 Steady0 42.3 39.7 12,107 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 7 1 0 Increase1 26.9 19.0 5,787 Decrease5.9
  DUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 11.5 14.6 4,439 Decrease1.5
  Sinn Féin 2 0 0 Steady0 7.7 12.2 3,717 Increase3.0
  Independent Nationalist 2 2 0 Increase2 7.7 6.2 1,905 Increase6.2
  Alliance 1 0 1 Decrease1 3.8 4.5 1,366 Decrease1.7
 
Labour Coalition
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.7 817 New
  Workers' Party 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 0.9 281 Decrease0.9
  NI Women's Coalition 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 84 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Sinn Féin Alliance Others
Craigavon Central
 43.6 3 15.2 1 13.8 1 13.4 1 6.9 1 7.1 0 7
Loughside 7.2 0 47.0 4 1.3 0 35.3 1 0.9 0 8.3 0 5
Lurgan 64.6 5 7.6 1 17.8 1 4.3 0 4.9 0 0.8 0 7
Portadown 37.7 3 11.0 1 22.9 1 0.0 0 4.6 0 23.8 2 7
Total 39.7 11 19.0 7 14.6 3 12.2 2 4.5 1 10.0 2 26

District results

Craigavon Central

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

Craigavon Central - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Twyble* 20.15% 1,576              
DUP William Allen* 13.79% 1,079              
Sinn Féin Francis Murray 13.40% 1,048              
SDLP Patricia Mallon* 12.89% 1,008              
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCammick* 9.42% 737 965 991          
Alliance Sean Hagan* 6.92% 541 563.42 564.52 565.87 566.96 568.19 708.84 914.04
Ulster Unionist Frederick Crowe* 9.23% 722 831.82 883.32 883.32 883.32 883.32 890.24 910.03
Ulster Unionist Cyril McLoughlin 4.82% 377 591.7 610.8 610.8 614.8 614.89 625.49 636.44
Labour Coalition
 Alan Evans 4.97% 389 395.08 395.68 417.82 425.73 426.63 541.63  
SDLP Philip Mallon 2.33% 182 182 182 217.01 224.37 250.86    
NI Women's Coalition Chris Moffat 1.07% 84 88.56 88.76 89.93 90.93 91.17    
Workers' Party Peter Smyth* 0.70% 55 56.14 56.44 60.04 61.67 62.27    
Labour Coalition
 William McAvoy 0.32% 25 25 25.1 28.07        
Electorate: 15,325   Valid: 7,823 (51.05%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 978   Turnout: 7,982 (52.08%)  

Loughside

1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Workers' Party

Loughside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin John O'Dowd* 35.26% 2,320              
SDLP Sean McCavanagh* 22.80% 1,500              
SDLP Dolores Kelly* 10.52% 692 926.96 1,019.03 1,021.79 1,030.94 1,077.05 1,134.05  
SDLP Mary McAlinden 8.54% 562 830.4 922.2 929.14 942.59 979.61 1,022.58 1,125.58
SDLP Kieran McGeown 5.15% 339 755.24 923.18 931 938.03 974.87 1,015.23 1,065.23
Ulster Unionist Thomas Crozier 7.16% 471 471 471.54 471.54 487.54 566.54 572.54 575.54
Workers' Party Tom French 3.44% 226 358.88 371.3 378.97 391.15 406.95 491.98  
Labour Coalition
 Hugh Casey* 3.09% 203 258.44 270.86 274.04 279.04 294.83    
Labour Coalition
 Mark McKavanagh 1.54% 101 161.72 173.33 179.12 186      
DUP Anne Hanlon 1.35% 89 90.76 90.76 90.76 90.76      
Alliance Adrian McKinney 0.94% 62 77.84 80.27 84.15        
Labour Coalition
 Mary Sheen 0.21% 14 47.44 50.14          
Electorate: 11,783   Valid: 6,579 (55.83%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 6,688 (56.76%)  

Lurgan

1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Samuel Gardiner 22.45% 1,802              
Ulster Unionist George Savage 17.08% 1,371              
Ulster Unionist Meta Crozier* 8.61% 691 1,034.2            
Ulster Unionist Jonathan Bell 8.16% 655 778.64 873.68 877.56 878.56 887.62 980.98 1,069.98
Ulster Unionist Sydney Cairns* 5.41% 434 526.84 619.72 623.97 623.97 630.51 742.26 961.02
SDLP Mary McNally* 7.65% 614 615.76 616.3 634.3 877.3 877.33 953.87 959.29
DUP Ruth Allen* 10.00% 803 840.4 866.59 868.86 868.86 870.09 889.36 922.32
DUP Frederick Baird 7.76% 623 689.88 719.85 721.56 721.56 722.91 740.31 775.19
Ulster Unionist William McCullough 2.86% 230 335.6 438.74 442.55 444.99 449.46 485.06  
Alliance Wilson Freeburn 4.86% 390 399.68 405.62 435.04 442.04 442.13    
Sinn Féin Bernadette O'Hagan 4.35% 349 349.44 349.44 350.44        
Labour Coalition
 Gillian Kirk 0.61% 49 51.2 53.9          
Labour Coalition
 James Devlin 0.21% 17 18.32 18.59          
Electorate: 14,526   Valid: 8,028 (55.27%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,004   Turnout: 8,164 (56.20%)  

Portadown

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance

Portadown - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Mervyn Carrick* 21.22% 1,713                
Independent Nationalist Breandán Mac Cionnaith 18.49% 1,493                
Ulster Unionist James Gillespie* 14.90% 1,203                
Ulster Unionist Joseph Trueman* 11.38% 919 994.85 994.85 996.26 1,053.54        
SDLP Ignatius Fox* 11.02% 890 891.64 928.76 934.17 934.65 1,025.65      
Ulster Unionist Mark Neale 6.38% 515 636.77 636.77 637.18 747.58 830.97 845.61 849.32 1,049.84
Independent Nationalist Joe Duffy 5.10% 412 413.23 840.43 840.43 840.43 861.27 861.27 870.28 870.28
Ulster Unionist David Thompson 5.00% 404 447.46 447.46 448.46 465.42 566.36 591.68 593.8 820.12
DUP John Tate* 1.64% 132 564.96 564.96 566.37 570.05 584.42 586.22 586.75  
Alliance William Ramsay* 4.62% 373 382.43 387.87 395.19 397.11        
Labour Coalition
 Carol Lindsay 0.24% 19 20.64 20.96            
Electorate: 13,916   Valid: 8,073 (58.01%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 8,242 (59.23%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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