1997_Ards_Borough_Council_election

1997 Ards Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	10	1	0	1	43.5	39.6	7,754	4.9
DUP	5	1	2	1	21.7	22.6	4,431	5.7
Alliance	5	0	1	1	21.7	21.1	4,138	2.3
Ind. Unionist	2	1	0	1	8.7	6.3	1,240	0.4
SDLP	1	1	0	1	4.3	3.9	901	New
Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.6	337	1.8
PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	441	2.3
UK Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	269	New
Ulster Democratic	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	55	New
Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	33	New

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		Alliance		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Ards East	52.1	4	23.0	1	15.3	1	0.0	0	9.6	0	6
Ards West	56.1	3	18.8	1	25.1	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	6
Newtownards	26.6	2	18.6	1	15.4	1	0.0	0	39.4	2	6
Peninsula	22.6	1	29.7	2	28.8	1	18.2	1	0.7	0	5
Total	39.6	10	22.6	5	21.1	5	4.6	1	12.1	0	23

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Benson*	17.40%	882
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Ferguson*	13.33%	676	762.4
	DUP	Hamilton Gregory	12.25%	621	628.2	629.53	656.71	811.71
	Ulster Unionist	John Shields*	11.95%	606	618.24	622.44	656.62	668.05	668.64	752.64
	Alliance	Linda Cleland	8.24%	418	422.32	422.53	437.71	441.71	442.89	462.07	792.07
	Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Magill*	9.47%	480	508.98	533.69	582.23	616.56	621.87	680.76	694.05
	DUP	St Clair McAlister*	5.82%	295	299.32	299.95	309.95	369.2	447.67	509.28	518.64
	Alliance	Laurence Thompson*	6.94%	352	355.06	355.48	363.48	363.48	363.48	378.66
	UK Unionist	Thomas Sheridan	5.31%	269	271.16	271.93	283.93	287.93	287.93
	DUP	Hamilton Lawther	4.95%	251	254.96	255.87	274.87
	PUP	Georgina McCrory	4.34%	220	221.26	221.33
Electorate: 14,904 Valid: 5,070 (34.02%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 725 Turnout: 5,184 (34.78%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Gibson*	22.59%	1,103
	Ulster Unionist	David McNarry	21.83%	1,066
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter*	15.18%	741
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Craig*	11.71%	572	871.52
	DUP	David Gilmore	13.00%	635	683.75	877.19
	Alliance	Jim McBriar*	9.85%	481	511.03	595.27	599.43	654.81	693.81
	DUP	Lorraine Gilmore	5.84%	285	311.13	398.49	552.93	649.26	650.58
Electorate: 12,917 Valid: 4,883 (37.80%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 698 Turnout: 4,953 (38.34%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ind. Unionist	Wilbert Magill*	19.41%	914
	Alliance	Alan McDowell*	15.37%	724
	Ulster Unionist	David Smyth*	14.65%	690
	DUP	George Ennis*	10.89%	653	692.44
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Hamilton*	12.00%	565	628.22	635.8	651.6	656.36	666.68	728.68
	Ind. Unionist	Bobby McBride	6.92%	326	377.33	382.33	388.83	391.38	391.78	426.07	507.6	534.6
	Ind. Unionist	Nancy Orr*	7.15%	337	393.26	407.42	430.62	433.68	434.68	461.61	503.67	510.67
	DUP	John Purdy	4.78%	225	238.63	245.08	246.28	253.76	254.62	305.39
	PUP	Alfred McCrory	4.69%	221	231.15	245.15	249.45	250.47	250.73
	Ulster Democratic	Billy McKeown	1.17%	55	59.93
Electorate: 12,942 Valid: 4,710 (36.39%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,830 (37.32%)

Peninsula - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	Paul Carson	22.57%	1,114
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	21.21%	1,047
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	20.12%	993
	DUP	Robert Drysdale	10.25%	473	687.21	696.01	849.01
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy	15.60%	770	777.44	808.9	810.52	930.52
	Alliance	William Sheldon*	3.12%	154	202.98	315.62	325.16	346.72
	Alliance	John Smyth	4.48%	221	227.82	279.3	281.82	296.02
	SDLP	Iain Bell	2.65%	131	131	141.12	141.48
	Green (NI)	Owen Crawford	0.67%	33	40.75	44.49	45.75
Electorate: 11,165 Valid: 4,936 (44.21%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%)