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Elections to Derry City 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 | +/− | |
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SDLP | 14 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
46.7 | 43.7 | 18,012 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
26.7 | 27.7 | 11,394 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
13.3 | 12.6 | 5,186 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
10.0 | 8.7 | 3,595 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
3.3 | 2.8 | 1,203 | ![]() | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.5 | 1,036 | New | |
Labour Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.1 | 434 | New | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 176 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 48 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 22 | ![]() |
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 | 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
[edit]Cityside
[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 | 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
[edit]1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | ||||
UUP | Andrew Davidson | 10.64% | 833 | 887 | 890 | 890 | 901.31 | 905.87 | 1,212.87 | |
UUP | 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
[edit]1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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
[edit]- ^ a b "Derry City Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.