1997 Craigavon Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 11 7 3
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist Alliance
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Workers' Party
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 26 councillors.

Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 11 0 0 Steady0 42.3 39.7 12,107 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 7 1 0 Increase1 26.9 19.0 5,787 Decrease5.9
  DUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 11.5 14.6 4,439 Decrease1.5
  Sinn Féin 2 0 0 Steady0 7.7 12.2 3,717 Increase3.0
  Ind. Nationalist 2 2 0 Increase2 7.7 6.2 1,905 Increase6.2
  Alliance 1 0 1 Decrease1 3.8 4.5 1,366 Decrease1.7
  Labour Coalition 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.7 817 New
  Workers' Party 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 0.9 281 Decrease0.9
  NI Women's Coalition 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 84 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Sinn Féin Alliance Others
Craigavon Central 43.6 3 15.2 1 13.8 1 13.4 1 6.9 1 7.1 0 7
Loughside 7.2 0 47.0 4 1.3 0 35.3 1 0.9 0 8.3 0 5
Lurgan 64.6 5 7.6 1 17.8 1 4.3 0 4.9 0 0.8 0 7
Portadown 37.7 3 11.0 1 22.9 1 0.0 0 4.6 0 23.8 2 7
Total 39.7 11 19.0 7 14.6 3 12.2 2 4.5 1 10.0 2 26

District results

Craigavon Central

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change

Craigavon Central - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Kenneth Twyble* 20.15% 1,576              
DUP William Allen* 13.79% 1,079              
Sinn Féin Francis Murray 13.40% 1,048              
SDLP Patricia Mallon* 12.89% 1,008              
UUP Samuel McCammick* 9.42% 737 965 991          
Alliance Sean Hagan* 6.92% 541 563.42 564.52 565.87 566.96 568.19 708.84 914.04
UUP Frederick Crowe* 9.23% 722 831.82 883.32 883.32 883.32 883.32 890.24 910.03
UUP Cyril McLoughlin 4.82% 377 591.7 610.8 610.8 614.8 614.89 625.49 636.44
Labour Coalition Alan Evans 4.97% 389 395.08 395.68 417.82 425.73 426.63 541.63  
SDLP Philip Mallon 2.33% 182 182 182 217.01 224.37 250.86    
NI Women's Coalition Chris Moffat 1.07% 84 88.56 88.76 89.93 90.93 91.17    
Workers' Party Peter Smyth* 0.70% 55 56.14 56.44 60.04 61.67 62.27    
Labour Coalition William McAvoy 0.32% 25 25 25.1 28.07        
Electorate: 15,325   Valid: 7,823 (51.05%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 978   Turnout: 7,982 (52.08%)  

Loughside

1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Workers' Party

Loughside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin John O'Dowd* 35.26% 2,320              
SDLP Sean McCavanagh* 22.80% 1,500              
SDLP Dolores Kelly* 10.52% 692 926.96 1,019.03 1,021.79 1,030.94 1,077.05 1,134.05  
SDLP Mary McAlinden 8.54% 562 830.4 922.2 929.14 942.59 979.61 1,022.58 1,125.58
SDLP Kieran McGeown 5.15% 339 755.24 923.18 931 938.03 974.87 1,015.23 1,065.23
UUP Thomas Crozier 7.16% 471 471 471.54 471.54 487.54 566.54 572.54 575.54
Workers' Party Tom French 3.44% 226 358.88 371.3 378.97 391.15 406.95 491.98  
Labour Coalition Hugh Casey* 3.09% 203 258.44 270.86 274.04 279.04 294.83    
Labour Coalition Mark McKavanagh 1.54% 101 161.72 173.33 179.12 186      
DUP Anne Hanlon 1.35% 89 90.76 90.76 90.76 90.76      
Alliance Adrian McKinney 0.94% 62 77.84 80.27 84.15        
Labour Coalition Mary Sheen 0.21% 14 47.44 50.14          
Electorate: 11,783   Valid: 6,579 (55.83%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 6,688 (56.76%)  

Lurgan

1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Samuel Gardiner 22.45% 1,802              
UUP George Savage 17.08% 1,371              
UUP Meta Crozier* 8.61% 691 1,034.2            
UUP Jonathan Bell 8.16% 655 778.64 873.68 877.56 878.56 887.62 980.98 1,069.98
UUP Sydney Cairns* 5.41% 434 526.84 619.72 623.97 623.97 630.51 742.26 961.02
SDLP Mary McNally* 7.65% 614 615.76 616.3 634.3 877.3 877.33 953.87 959.29
DUP Ruth Allen* 10.00% 803 840.4 866.59 868.86 868.86 870.09 889.36 922.32
DUP Frederick Baird 7.76% 623 689.88 719.85 721.56 721.56 722.91 740.31 775.19
UUP William McCullough 2.86% 230 335.6 438.74 442.55 444.99 449.46 485.06  
Alliance Wilson Freeburn 4.86% 390 399.68 405.62 435.04 442.04 442.13    
Sinn Féin Bernadette O'Hagan 4.35% 349 349.44 349.44 350.44        
Labour Coalition Gillian Kirk 0.61% 49 51.2 53.9          
Labour Coalition James Devlin 0.21% 17 18.32 18.59          
Electorate: 14,526   Valid: 8,028 (55.27%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,004   Turnout: 8,164 (56.20%)  

Portadown

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance

Portadown - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Mervyn Carrick* 21.22% 1,713                
Ind. Nationalist Breandán Mac Cionnaith 18.49% 1,493                
UUP James Gillespie* 14.90% 1,203                
UUP Joseph Trueman* 11.38% 919 994.85 994.85 996.26 1,053.54        
SDLP Ignatius Fox* 11.02% 890 891.64 928.76 934.17 934.65 1,025.65      
UUP Mark Neale 6.38% 515 636.77 636.77 637.18 747.58 830.97 845.61 849.32 1,049.84
Ind. Nationalist Joe Duffy 5.10% 412 413.23 840.43 840.43 840.43 861.27 861.27 870.28 870.28
UUP David Thompson 5.00% 404 447.46 447.46 448.46 465.42 566.36 591.68 593.8 820.12
DUP John Tate* 1.64% 132 564.96 564.96 566.37 570.05 584.42 586.22 586.75  
Alliance William Ramsay* 4.62% 373 382.43 387.87 395.19 397.11        
Labour Coalition Carol Lindsay 0.24% 19 20.64 20.96            
Electorate: 13,916   Valid: 8,073 (58.01%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 8,242 (59.23%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.