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Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 9 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
47.4 | 43.0 | 6,050 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
21.1 | 26.0 | 3,632 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
15.8 | 16.0 | 2,205 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
10.5 | 8.2 | 1,173 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5.3 | 4.3 | 612 | ![]() | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.5 | 358 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
Antrim North West | 30.7 | 1 | 36.0 | 2 | 15.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Antrim South East | 48.4 | 4 | 19.6 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 7 |
Antrim Town | 46.1 | 4 | 22.7 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 43.0 | 9 | 26.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 3 | 8.2 | 2 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 19 |
Districts results
[edit]Antrim North West
[edit]1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 25.99% | 1,115 | |||||
UUP | James Graham* | 24.78% | 1,063 | |||||
SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 10.02% | 430 | 774.1 | ||||
DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 15.92% | 683 | 685.96 | 767.14 | |||
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan* | 14.27% | 612 | 644.56 | 644.56 | 655.41 | 708.21 | |
UUP | Avril Swann | 5.92% | 254 | 257.7 | 508.5 | 594.46 | 597.32 | |
Alliance | George Picken | 3.10% | 133 | 147.8 | 159.02 | |||
Electorate: 8,059 Valid: 4,290 (53.23%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 716 Turnout: 4,380 (54.35%) |
Antrim South East
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Roy Thompson* | 17.18% | 996 | |||||||||
SDLP | Thomas Burns | 16.61% | 963 | |||||||||
UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 13.16% | 763 | |||||||||
UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 12.35% | 716 | 818.87 | ||||||||
Alliance | David Ford* | 10.58% | 613 | 621.91 | 642.91 | 643.69 | 656.02 | 659.62 | 693.73 | 796.73 | ||
DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 8.54% | 495 | 509.85 | 512.35 | 517.03 | 526.5 | 530.1 | 613.56 | 617.56 | 621.56 | |
UUP | Roderick Swann | 3.11% | 180 | 242.37 | 242.37 | 270.45 | 433.17 | 458.47 | 547.18 | 558.18 | 565.18 | |
DUP | William Harkness | 6.64% | 385 | 416.59 | 417.84 | 433.96 | 441.95 | 444.15 | 508.29 | 517.79 | 519.79 | |
SDLP | Lucia Trowlen | 3.05% | 177 | 178.08 | 386.08 | 386.34 | 386.34 | 386.34 | 392.34 | |||
PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 6.18% | 358 | 367.99 | 368.99 | 371.85 | 380.64 | 381.54 | ||||
UUP | Roy Stinson | 2.59% | 150 | 181.86 | 182.11 | 221.89 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,301 Valid: 5,796 (47.12%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 725 Turnout: 5,872 (47.74%) |
Antrim Town
[edit]1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 25.51% | 1,066 | |||||||||
DUP | Robert McClay | 15.36% | 642 | |||||||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie* | 6.87% | 287 | 646.04 | ||||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 12.30% | 514 | 516.04 | 516.04 | 516.24 | 520.75 | 531.75 | ||||
UUP | Andrew Thompson* | 5.22% | 218 | 314.39 | 410.95 | 479.55 | 495.72 | 504.18 | 562.18 | |||
UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson | 8.54% | 357 | 410.04 | 427.38 | 464.38 | 474.03 | 485.18 | 524.24 | |||
Alliance | James McConnell* | 6.41% | 268 | 279.73 | 281.09 | 282.69 | 292.4 | 412.2 | 458.8 | 467.8 | 470.71 | |
SDLP | Sean McKee | 10.36% | 433 | 436.06 | 436.23 | 436.43 | 437.43 | 446.43 | 458.43 | 460.43 | 466.25 | |
Independent | Maurice Lynn | 2.97% | 124 | 126.55 | 127.06 | 130.06 | 193.19 | 202.1 | ||||
Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.80% | 159 | 167.16 | 169.03 | 170.63 | 178.05 | |||||
Independent | Samuel Greer | 2.66% | 111 | 115.59 | 116.44 | 121.24 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,780 Valid: 4,179 (35.48%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 523 Turnout: 4,271 (36.26%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.