1997 Derry City Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Derry City Council election
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All 30 seats to Derry City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin DUP
Seats won 14 8 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Derry City Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 14 0 3 Decrease3 46.7 43.7 18,012 Decrease3.2
  Sinn Féin 8 3 0 Increase3 26.7 27.7 11,394 Increase7.5
  DUP 4 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 12.6 5,186 Decrease0.7
  Ulster Unionist 3 1 0 Increase1 10.0 8.7 3,595 Decrease0.5
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 3.3 2.8 1,203 Increase0.1
  NI Women's Coalition 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.5 1,036 New
 
Labour Coalition
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 434 New
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 176 Decrease0.5
 
Independent
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 48 Decrease1.9
  Independent Nationalist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 22 Increase0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Derry City Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin DUP UUP Others
Cityside 40.6 2 55.5 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.9 0 5
Northland 57.2 5 33.4 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 9.4 0 7
Rural 44.5 3 9.0 0 23.6 1 20.0 1 2.9 0 6
Shantallow 56.4 3 36.7 2 1.7 0 0.0 0 5.2 0 5
Waterside 19.8 1 9.9 1 35.0 3 22.2 1 13.1 1 7
Total 43.7 14 27.7 8 12.6 4 8.7 3 7.3 1 30

District results

Cityside

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cityside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Cathal Crumley 20.61% 1,333          
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin* 20.21% 1,307          
Sinn Féin Peter Anderson 14.72% 952 979 1,213.27      
SDLP Jim Clifford* 14.98% 969 1,042 1,047.7 1,115.64    
SDLP Pat Ramsey* 12.71% 822 883 884.33 972.81 976.8 989.55
SDLP Patrick Devine* 12.82% 829 881 884.42 955.52 961.41 986.16
NI Women's Coalition Margaret Logue 3.94% 255          
Electorate: 9,432   Valid: 6,467 (68.56%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,078   Turnout: 6,661 (70.62%)  

Northland

1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change

Northland - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Mark Durkan* 17.17% 1,679            
Sinn Féin Mary Nelis* 16.00% 1,564            
SDLP Martin Bradley* 11.41% 1,115 1,272.14          
Sinn Féin Marion Hutcheon 11.54% 1,128 1,134.75 1,318.67        
SDLP John Tierney* 11.21% 1,096 1,147.03 1,161.99 1,163.42 1,172.06 1,246.06  
SDLP John Kerr* 8.69% 850 1,012 1,018.82 1,019.59 1,045.75 1,132.75 1,252.1
SDLP Kathleen McCloskey* 8.74% 854 896.39 901.67 902.44 910.04 968.04 1,040.04
Sinn Féin Pius McNaught 5.85% 572 577.94 691.24 779.35 780.23 822.23 827.23
Ind. Unionist Alexander Simpson 5.44% 532 533.89 533.89 533.89 533.89 567.89  
NI Women's Coalition Patricia McAdams 2.97% 290 303.23 308.51 309.06 310.5    
Labour Coalition
 Anthony Martin 0.51% 50 52.97 54.51 54.62 54.94    
Labour Coalition
 Geraldine O'Neill 0.47% 46 48.7 50.24 50.46 50.7    
Electorate: 16,075   Valid: 9,776 (60.81%)   Spoilt: 207   Quota: 1,223   Turnout: 9,983 (62.10%)  

Rural

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

Rural - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Annie Courtney* 15.59% 1,220            
DUP
William Hay
* 		14.12% 1,105 1,121          
SDLP John McNickle* 12.47% 976 991 1,421        
SDLP George Peoples* 9.44% 739 760 871 1,168.84      
Ulster Unionist Andrew Davidson 10.64% 833 887 890 890 901.31 905.87 1,212.87
Ulster Unionist Ernest Hamilton 9.33% 730 751 751 751 754.19 757.23 1,048.15
Sinn Féin Paul Fleming 9.03% 707 719 748 749.46 833.56 874.6 874.6
DUP Maurice Devenney 9.47% 741 749 749 749 750.74 751.5  
SDLP Jim McKeever 7.01% 549 600          
NI Women's Coalition Catherine Cooke 2.30% 180            
Independent
 David Hawthorne 0.61% 48            
Electorate: 13,468   Valid: 7,828 (58.12%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,119   Turnout: 7,992 (59.34%)  

Shantallow

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Shantallow - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Mary Bradley* 22.87% 1,826            
Sinn Féin Tony Hassan 16.16% 1,290 1,304.84 1,306.84 1,307.84 1,325.68 1,658.68  
Sinn Féin Gearóid Ó hEára* 14.21% 1,134 1,154.44 1,157.44 1,157.44 1,199.66 1,333.56  
SDLP Shaun Gallagher* 10.92% 872 1,190.92 1,202.2 1,221.88 1,298.64 1,311.2 1,325.2
SDLP William O'Connell* 12.86% 1,027 1,088.32 1,091.32 1,104.32 1,171.56 1,181.96 1,187.96
SDLP Margaret McCartney* 9.76% 779 833.6 841.88 869.16 989.96 1,000.8 1,011.8
Sinn Féin Bernadette McDaid 6.31% 504 508.2 509.32 509.32 522.88    
Labour Coalition
 Charles McDaid 2.44% 195 197.8 222.8 232.8      
NI Women's Coalition Diane Greer 2.07% 165 177.04 179.32 204.32      
DUP William Dougherty 1.68% 134 136.24 137.24        
Labour Coalition
 Robert Lindsay 0.51% 41 43.24          
Labour Coalition
 Patrick Muldowney 0.20% 16 16.56          
Electorate: 13,598   Valid: 7,983 (58.71%)   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 1,331   Turnout: 8,171 (60.09%)  

Waterside

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Waterside - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Richard Dallas* 16.77% 1,535              
DUP Gregory Campbell* 16.36% 1,497              
SDLP Philip Kelly 11.48% 1,051 1,051.25 1,051.73 1,124.73 1,127.73 1,128.21 1,815.21  
Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming 9.87% 903 903.25 904.21 925.21 925.21 926.45 967.45 1,120.45
DUP Joe Miller* 8.18% 749 789.75 851.91 862.13 946.17 1,098.86 1,100.86 1,106.86
Ind. Unionist James Guy* 7.33% 671 717.25 762.37 815.35 850.26 877.66 905.66 1,082.66
DUP Mildred Garfield 5.65% 517 544.5 680.1 691.54 736.97 1,056.75 1,060.75 1,061.75
Ulster Unionist Mary Hamilton 5.43% 497 722 757.04 770.03 821.72 850.56 850.56 850.56
SDLP Wilfred White* 8.29% 759 759 759 795 798 799    
DUP Bill Irwin* 4.84% 443 464.5 517.06 519.06 560.99      
Ulster Democratic David Nicholl 3.02% 276 290 304.88 318.87        
NI Women's Coalition Helena Schlindwein 1.60% 146 146.5 147.22          
Labour Coalition
 Kenneth Adams 0.94% 86 89.75 93.11          
Independent Nationalist Gerald Toland* 0.24% 22 22 22          
Electorate: 15,408   Valid: 9,152 (59.40%)   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,145   Turnout: 9,338 (60.60%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Derry City Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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