1997 Moyle District Council election

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1997 Moyle District Council election
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All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP DUP Ulster Unionist
Seats won 3 3 3
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party
Independent
 Sinn Féin Independent Republican
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Independent Nationalist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 3 0 0 Steady0 20.0 22.5 1,365 Decrease3.3
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 20.0 19.7 1,196 Increase1.3
  Ulster Unionist 3 1 0 Increase1 20.0 14.0 848 Increase6.5
 
Independent
 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 13.1 794 Increase1.0
  Independent Republican 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 11.7 711 Increase3.5
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 8.0 484 Decrease5.7
  Sinn Féin 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 7.5 454 Decrease0.8
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 3.7 223 Decrease1.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP DUP UUP Sinn Féin Others
Ballycastle 25.3 1 19.4 1 14.8 1 0.0 0 40.5 2 5
Giant's Causeway 0.0 0 36.2 2 33.7 2 0.0 0 30.1 1 5
The Glens 35.5 2 8.8 0 0.0 0 18.2 1 37.5 2 5
Total 22.5 3 19.7 3 14.0 3 7.5 1 36.3 5 15

Districts results

Ballycastle

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Independent
 Seamus Blaney* 28.88% 551    
SDLP Richard Kerr* 25.31% 483    
DUP Gardiner Kane* 18.66% 356    
Independent
 Christopher McCaughan* 11.58% 221 418.88  
Ulster Unionist Helen Harding* 14.83% 283 311.05 439.05
DUP Elizabeth Brennan 0.73% 14 16.04 25.04
Electorate: 3,770   Valid: 1,908 (50.61%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 319   Turnout: 1,944 (51.56%)  

Giant's Causeway

1993: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy* 28.83% 484          
Ulster Unionist William Graham 15.66% 263 308.54        
DUP David McAllister* 16.56% 278 297.32        
DUP George Hartin 14.12% 237 244.82 245.82 303.82    
Ulster Unionist Robert McIlroy* 10.48% 176 231.66 237.04 246.34 261.04 272.04
Ulster Unionist Raymond Rodgers 7.50% 126 180.74 190.42 213.56 226.86 237.86
DUP Allan Mulholland 5.54% 93 101.74 105.66      
Independent
 Thomas Palmer 1.31% 22 31.2        
Electorate: 3,189   Valid: 1,679 (52.65%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 280   Turnout: 1,737 (54.47%)  

The Glens

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change

The Glens - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Republican Oliver McMullan* 28.58% 711        
Sinn Féin James McCarry* 18.25% 454        
SDLP Malachy McSparran* 16.24% 404 488.15      
SDLP Archie McIntosh 10.22% 316 392.05 419.05    
Independent Nationalist Randal McDonnell* 8.96% 223 331 364.3 383.22 464.22
DUP Thomas Brennan 8.76% 218 219.35 220.7 220.81 222.81
SDLP Anna Edwards 6.51% 162 182.25 188.1 205.15  
Electorate: 4,032   Valid: 2,488 (61.71%)   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 415   Turnout: 2,520 (62.50%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Moyle Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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