1997_Ballymena_Borough_Council_election

1997 Ballymena Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	11	1	0	1	45.8	38.3	8,639	0.4
DUP	8	0	1	1	33.3	36.7	8,639	5.0
SDLP	3	1	0	1	12.5	17.5	3,951	5.6
Ind. Unionist	1	0	1	1	4.2	5.5	1,233	0.2
Alliance	1	0	0	0	4.2	2.0	447	3.4

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Ballymena North	36.8	3	22.0	1	16.8	1	7.8	1	16.6	1	7
Ballymena South	36.6	3	40.9	3	17.6	1	0.0	0	4.9	0	7
Bannside	32.9	2	50.7	3	16.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Braid	47.7	3	32.7	1	19.6	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Total	38.3	11	36.7	8	17.5	3	2.0	1	5.5	1	24

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy*	16.84%	975
	Ulster Unionist	William Wright*	16.46%	953
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Henry*	12.58%	728
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph McKernan*	10.88%	630	669.9	785.34
	Ulster Unionist	James Alexander*	9.45%	547	551.8	620.92	675.52	778.52
	DUP	Maurice Mills*	10.54%	610	610.3	624.46	626.15	650.28	768.28
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	7.72%	447	641.4	645	645.91	700.61	703.09
	DUP	John Stewart	7.20%	417	417.3	428.1	429.4	439.14	562.22
	DUP	David Warwick	4.27%	247	247.3	253.78	253.91	269.15
	Ind. Unionist	Herbert Park	4.06%	235	242.2	246.28	247.58
Electorate: 12,239 Valid: 5,789 (47.30%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 724 Turnout: 5,870 (47.96%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan*	17.56%	967
	Ulster Unionist	James Currie*	16.67%	918
	DUP	David Tweed	15.11%	832
	DUP	Martin Clarke*	10.37%	571	576.6	581.02	604.99	614.81	655.29	896.29
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	9.70%	534	535.68	544	575.45	585	622.43	714.87
	Ulster Unionist	Peter Brown	6.85%	377	425.72	478.24	481.64	524.27	548.93	559.69	583.69	586.41
	Ulster Unionist	Malcolm Gilmour	6.63%	365	390.76	472.66	479.63	495.69	538.51	556.29	577.29	580.86
	Ulster Unionist	John Scott*	6.48%	357	410.2	473.9	479.51	499.95	534.81	546.52	565.52	567.56
	DUP	John Carson	5.72%	315	316.68	320.84	369.63	379.16	397.12
	Ind. Unionist	Agnes McLeister	3.34%	184	196.32	203.6	219.75	240.93
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Balmer	1.56%	86	210.32	214.74	216.1
Electorate: 12,043 Valid: 5,506 (45.72%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 689 Turnout: 5,622 (46.68%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	18.75%	1,110
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	17.70%	1,048
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Coulter*	17.13%	1,014
	DUP	Sandy Spence*	14.27%	845	949.28	1,004.6
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Johnston*	15.81%	936	948.43	953.71	972.89	987.89
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty	16.33%	967	967.33	967.39	967.55	967.67
Electorate: 9,931 Valid: 5,920 (59.61%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 987 Turnout: 6,035 (60.77%)

Braid - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben	19.57%	1,042
	Ulster Unionist	David Clyde*	18.05%	961
	Ulster Unionist	Desmond Armstrong*	15.33%	816	919.48
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	11.70%	623	632.36	1,029.36
	Ulster Unionist	Lexie Scott	14.37%	765	794.12	812.2	814.72	878.48
	DUP	Samuel Gaston	11.78%	627	629.08	690.72	826.8	833.92
	DUP	David McClintock*	9.20%	490	497.8
Electorate: 9,081 Valid: 5,324 (58.63%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 888 Turnout: 5,415 (59.63%)