1997 Strabane District Council election

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1997 Strabane District Council election
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All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Nationalist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 3 1 0
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady0 31.3 22.9 4,406 Decrease4.4
  Sinn Féin 4 2 0 Increase2 25.0 33.1 6,364 Increase12.0
  Ulster Unionist 3 1 2 Decrease1 18.8 23.6 4,547 Increase3.7
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 14.7 2,821 Decrease5.2
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 4.8 915 Decrease0.5
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.9 182 Decrease1.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin UUP DUP Others
Derg 17.2 1 32.1 1 33.8 2 16.9 1 0.0 0 5
Glenelly 19.5 1 19.3 1 27.7 1 30.1 2 3.4 0 5
Mourne 30.6 3 45.3 2 11.6 0 0.0 0 12.5 1 6
Total 22.9 5 33.1 4 23.6 3 14.7 3 5.7 1 16

District results

Derg

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

Derg - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh* 23.32% 1,440        
Ulster Unionist Derek Hussey* 20.19% 1,247        
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner* 13.57% 838 838.58 988.35 1,047.73  
DUP Thomas Kerrigan* 9.65% 596 596.29 647.8 1,034.7  
SDLP Tomás Murtagh 8.91% 550 583.06 584.08 584.08 1,022.08
Sinn Féin Sean Elliott 8.82% 545 886.62 886.79 887.96 944.53
SDLP Bernadette McNamee 8.31% 513 543.16 543.84 544.84  
DUP Sarah Anderson 7.24% 447 447.29 454.94    
Electorate: 8,241   Valid: 6,176 (74.94%)   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,030   Turnout: 6,304 (76.50%)  

Glenelly

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

Glenelly - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Tom McBride 19.53% 1,155          
Sinn Féin Martin Conway 19.34% 1,144          
DUP Allan Bresland* 18.61% 1,101          
Ulster Unionist James Emery* 13.84% 1,021          
DUP John Donnell* 11.45% 677 677.42 680.72 781.82 805.61 822.73
Ulster Unionist Wilfred Sinclair 10.41% 616 616.63 617.95 624.75 633.8 708.62
Alliance Elizabeth McCaffrey 1.47% 87 196.62 281.76 281.76 350.45  
Independent Nationalist John Gallagher* 1.93% 114 166.92 230.61 231.91    
Electorate: 7,727   Valid: 5,915 (76.55%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 986   Turnout: 6,014 (77.83%)  

Mourne

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

Mourne - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 27.42% 1,959          
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty 17.86% 1,276          
SDLP Thomas Mullen 15.73% 1,124          
Independent Nationalist James O'Kane* 11.21% 801 1,224.28        
SDLP Eugene McMenamin 10.58% 756 1,091.96        
SDLP Ann Bell* 4.31% 308 471.54 701.94 740.82 940.57 1,039.9
Ulster Unionist John Cummings* 11.55% 825 830.92 842.12 878.86 882.26 882.81
Alliance Marie Wallace 1.33% 95 98.7 109.1      
Electorate: 10,298   Valid: 7,144 (69.37%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%)  

References

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