1997_Craigavon_Borough_Council_election

1997 Craigavon Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

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.

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District results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	11	0	0	0	42.3	39.7	12,107	1.4
SDLP	7	1	0	1	26.9	19.0	5,787	5.9
DUP	3	0	1	1	11.5	14.6	4,439	1.5
Sinn Féin	2	0	0	0	7.7	12.2	3,717	3.0
Independent Nationalist	2	2	0	2	7.7	6.2	1,905	6.2
Alliance	1	0	1	1	3.8	4.5	1,366	1.7
Labour Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	817	New
Workers' Party	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.9	281	0.9
NI Women's Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	84	New

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Crowe*	9.23%	722	831.82	883.32	883.32	883.32	883.32	890.24	910.03
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Gardiner	22.45%	1,802
	Ulster Unionist	George Savage	17.08%	1,371
	Ulster Unionist	Meta Crozier*	8.61%	691	1,034.2
	Ulster Unionist	Jonathan Bell	8.16%	655	778.64	873.68	877.56	878.56	887.62	980.98	1,069.98
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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 - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Mervyn Carrick*	21.22%	1,713
	Independent Nationalist	Breandán Mac Cionnaith	18.49%	1,493
	Ulster Unionist	James Gillespie*	14.90%	1,203
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	Mark Neale	6.38%	515	636.77	636.77	637.18	747.58	830.97	845.61	849.32	1,049.84
	Independent Nationalist	Joe Duffy	5.10%	412	413.23	840.43	840.43	840.43	861.27	861.27	870.28	870.28
	Ulster Unionist	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%)