1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic and Labour | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 39.5 | 14,590 | 8.4 | |
Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 9,874 | 8.6 | |
Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 19.2 | 7,080 | 1.7 | |
Independent Nationalist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 2,542 | 1.4 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1,132 | 0.5 | |
Democratic Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 907 | 0.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 753 | 2.0 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 78 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Crotlieve | 51.0 | 4 | 16.8 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.6 | 2 | 7 |
Newry Town | 32.1 | 2 | 32.4 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 26.4 | 2 | 7 |
Slieve Gullion | 46.3 | 2 | 53.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
The Fews | 37.1 | 2 | 27.5 | 2 | 35.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
The Mournes | 30.4 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 42.0 | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 39.5 | 12 | 26.7 | 8 | 19.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 12.1 | 4 | 30 |
District results[edit]
Crotlieve[edit]
1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | P. J. Bradley* | 17.77% | 1,503 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy | 16.82% | 1,423 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Hugh Carr* | 11.52% | 975 | 1,154.4 | ||||||
Independent Nationalist | Anthony Williamson* | 10.18% | 861 | 873.6 | 965.67 | 1,034.45 | 1,116.45 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Josephine O'Hare | 9.01% | 762 | 837.6 | 891.85 | 914.54 | 1,058.97 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Jim McCart* | 8.46% | 716 | 775.7 | 817.86 | 852.06 | 1,059.15 | |||
Independent Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen* | 8.89% | 752 | 770.3 | 857.1 | 885.49 | 909.15 | 955.65 | 977.65 | |
Ulster Unionist | Gordon Heslip* | 10.56% | 893 | 894.2 | 895.13 | 920.75 | 925.35 | 930.75 | 932.75 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Marietta Farrell | 4.21% | 356 | 437.3 | 503.02 | 536.97 | ||||
Alliance | Lindsay Whitcroft | 2.59% | 219 | 226.2 | 239.22 | |||||
Electorate: 14,584 Valid: 8,460 (58.01%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 1,058 Turnout: 8,670 (59.45%) |
Newry Town[edit]
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland* | 13.53% | 1,095 | |||||
Independent | Jack Patterson* | 12.73% | 1,030 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 12.36% | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,024.93 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Frank Feely* | 9.57% | 774 | 795 | 796.05 | 1,034.05 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 11.48% | 929 | 948 | 951.5 | 976.78 | 1,061.78 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick McElroy* | 9.97% | 807 | 830 | 833.15 | 979.22 | 1,012.22 | |
Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 8.99% | 727 | 763 | 763.35 | 768.35 | 771.98 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Arthur Ruddy* | 6.53% | 528 | 555 | 556.05 | 633.26 | 654.13 | |
Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Willis | 6.54% | 529 | 530 | 572.7 | 578.98 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary McKeown | 6.07% | 491 | 521 | 522.33 | |||
Alliance | Pete Whitcroft | 2.24% | 181 | |||||
Electorate: 14,036 Valid: 8,091 (57.64%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 8,304 (59.16%) |
Slieve Gullion[edit]
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Fee* | 22.51% | 1,412 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Brennan | 18.30% | 1,148 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald* | 17.76% | 1,114 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McNamee | 17.66% | 1,108 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Toner* | 13.47% | 845 | 1,043.8 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Dessie McDonnell | 10.31% | 647 | 804.36 | |
Electorate: 9,847 Valid: 6,274 (63.71%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,046 Turnout: 6,448 (65.48%) |
The Fews[edit]
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 22.27% | 1,610 | |||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis | 15.25% | 1,103 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett | 13.17% | 952 | 1,510.72 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Stephen McGinn* | 14.08% | 1,018 | 1,022.68 | 1,055.8 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Charlie Smyth* | 13.48% | 975 | 976.44 | 1,035.84 | |
Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 12.21% | 883 | 884.08 | 885.52 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | James Savage* | 6.69% | 690 | 691.44 | 746.88 | |
Electorate: 10,907 Valid: 7,231 (66.30%) Spoilt: 219 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 7,450 (68.30%) |
The Mournes[edit]
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Isaac Hanna* | 23.12% | 1,595 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Henry Reilly* | 18.88% | 1,303 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Emmett Haughian* | 17.33% | 1,196 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | William Burns* | 13.14% | 907 | 1,266.89 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Michael Cunningham | 12.97% | 895 | 898.48 | 901.47 | 903.99 | 931.28 | 939.18 | 1,193.18 | |
Alliance | Anne Marie Cunningham | 5.12% | 353 | 390.7 | 423.82 | 449.65 | 470.61 | 569.66 | 657.95 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Lawless | 6.83% | 471 | 471.58 | 471.58 | 471.58 | 481.58 | 482.58 | ||
Independent | Cecil Atkinson | 1.48% | 102 | 133.9 | 238.09 | 321.25 | 326.95 | |||
Workers' Party | Charles Cunningham | 1.13% | 78 | 81.77 | 89.59 | 93.37 | ||||
Electorate: 10,084 Valid: 6,900 (68.43%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 7,027 (69.68%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.