1997_Armagh_City_and_District_Council_election

1997 Armagh City and District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Armagh City and District 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 22 councillors.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	10	0	0		45.5	42.0	11,002	2.5
SDLP	7	0	2	2	31.8	30.8	8,055	4.8
Sinn Féin	3	2	0	2	13.6	14.6	3,826	6.2
DUP	2	0	0		9.1	11.9	3,117	0.4
Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	167	0.7

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Armagh City	25.3	2	38.1	2	25.9	2	8.1	0	2.6	0	6
Crossmore	30.8	1	49.4	3	19.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Cusher	59.5	4	14.3	1	4.8	0	21.4	1	0.0	0	6
The Orchard	49.7	3	24.5	1	9.4	0	16.4	1	0.0	0	5
Total	42.0	10	30.8	7	14.6	3	11.9	2	0.7	0	22

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	19.23%	1,251
	SDLP	Anna Brolly*	8.41%	547	792.7	938.32
	Ulster Unionist	Sylvia McRoberts*	13.81%	898	900.34	949.34
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Frazer*	11.52%	749	750.04	774.04	1,279.04
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan*	12.99%	845	851.5	858.8	858.8	859.8
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGirr	12.93%	841	847.24	857.02	858.02	858.02
	SDLP	Michael Carson	8.16%	531	572.08	639.98	642.98	699.98
	DUP	Noel Donnelly	8.13%	529	529.52	532.52
	Alliance	Ryan Williams	2.57%	167	171.68
	SDLP	Ann McKenna	2.24%	146	157.44
Electorate: 10,035 Valid: 6,504 (64.81%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 930 Turnout: 6,633 (66.10%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Brian Cunningham	19.78%	1,207
	Ulster Unionist	Evelyn Corry	18.60%	1,135
	SDLP	Thomas Kavanagh*	18.14%	1,107
	SDLP	James McGleenan*	8.75%	534	608.36	608.66	654.66	1,070.66
	SDLP	James McKernan*	14.13%	862	902.48	903.58	908.78	1,029.36
	Ulster Unionist	William Hamilton	12.24%	747	748.98	859.18	859.42	863.06
	SDLP	James Lennon*	8.34%	509	577.64	577.84	610.64
Electorate: 8,121 Valid: 6,101 (75.13%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 6,194 (76.27%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Speers*	25.94%	1,915
	DUP	Margaret Black*	21.36%	1,577
	SDLP	Thomas Canavan*	14.32%	1,057
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Turner*	11.81%	872	1,266.2
	Ulster Unionist	Sharon McClelland	10.97%	810	1,129.05
	Ulster Unionist	James Clayton*	10.80%	797	929.3	1,438.9
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	4.80%	355	355.45	357.05
Electorate: 10,774 Valid: 7,383 (68.53%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 7,467 (69.31%)

The Orchard - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers*	26.38%	1,630
	DUP	Brian Hutchinson*	16.36%	1,011	1,119.78
	Ulster Unionist	Charles Rollston*	13.53%	836	1,061.33
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Whitten*	9.92%	613	873.85	960.3
	SDLP	John Campbell	14.27%	882	883.11	883.46	1,205.46
	SDLP	Eamon McNeill	10.18%	629	631.22	632.62	717.62
	Sinn Féin	Elizabeth Gartland	9.35%	578	578	578
Electorate: 8,976 Valid: 6,179 (68.84%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,259 (69.73%)