1997_Down_District_Council_election

1997 Down District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Down 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 23 councillors.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	12	2	1	1	52.2	46.0	10,481	5.2
Ulster Unionist	6	0	1	1	26.1	24.1	5,507	4.4
DUP	2	0	1	1	8.7	11.9	2,724	2.0
Sinn Féin	2	2	0	2	8.7	7.6	1,724	4.4
NI Women's Coalition	1	1	0	1	4.3	1.9	430	New
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.7	850	0.1
Ind. Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	521	2.3
Labour Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	327	New
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	132	0.0
Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	113	0.5

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Sinn Féin		NIWC		Others		Total Cllrs
Ballynahinch	46.8	3	24.0	1	24.9	1	4.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Downpatrick	61.0	5	13.2	1	0.0	0	10.8	1	0.0	0	15.0	0	7
Newcastle	47.2	3	17.6	1	9.4	0	14.2	1	7.4	1	4.2	0	6
Rowallane	26.6	1	43.9	3	15.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	14.4	0	5
Total	46.0	12	24.1	6	11.9	2	7.6	2	1.9	1	8.5	0	23

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Alexander*	24.91%	1,362
	SDLP	Patrick Toman*	21.89%	1,197
	Ulster Unionist	Harvey Bicker	18.11%	990
	SDLP	Anne Marie McAleenan*	17.39%	951
	SDLP	Francis Casement	7.48%	409	413.2	672.64	821.91	823.11	856.51
	Ulster Unionist	John Reid	5.94%	325	769.5	772.62	776.86	851.5	852.06
	Sinn Féin	John Smyth	4.28%	234	234.7	249.58
Electorate: 9,536 Valid: 5,468 (57.34%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 912 Turnout: 5,578 (58.49%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	John Doris*	16.17%	991
	SDLP	Peter Craig	14.98%	918
	Ulster Unionist	Jack McIlheron*	13.09%	802
	SDLP	Dermot Curran*	12.20%	748	841.15
	SDLP	Owen Adams*	7.78%	477	534.5	580.91	622.71	623.31	626.13	657.29	764.52	806.52
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McGreevy	10.75%	659	664.29	668.88	670.4	670.4	674.1	700.09	712.23	757.15
	SDLP	Gerard Mahon	6.80%	417	431.03	455.17	465.24	465.78	469.03	476.89	623.69	654.46
	Alliance	Michael Healy	7.03%	431	437.44	444.41	448.02	472.62	476.25	536.88	542.1	594.88
	Labour Coalition	Patrick O'Connor	4.10%	251	253.53	255.23	255.99	256.83	269.39	323.38	329.61
	SDLP	John Irvine	3.08%	189	225.34	277.87	291.36	291.66	293.29	307.26
	Green (NI)	Keith Bradford	1.84%	113	116.45	118.49	119.82	122.76	123.22
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	0.93%	57	57.92	59.28	59.47	59.65	59.88
	Labour Coalition	Edna Furey	0.67%	41	41.92	43.62	44.19	47.49	53.72
	Labour Coalition	Michael Kearney	0.57%	35	37.53	43.14	43.71	44.07
Electorate: 12,631 Valid: 6,129 (48.52%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 767 Turnout: 6,209 (49.16%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill*	15.63%	913
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell	14.22%	831	837
	Ulster Unionist	Gerald Douglas*	13.23%	773	775	792	1,009
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle	12.24%	715	733	755	758	758.99	1,006.99
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	12.08%	706	711	723	723	724.98	870.98
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Carr	7.36%	430	451	532	540	565.74	605.73	672.73	748.13	779.13
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	9.45%	552	552	554	588	729.57	731.56	732.56	733.08	734.08
	SDLP	Frances Flynn*	7.22%	422	431	456	459	461.97
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Richey	4.43%	259	259	271
	Alliance	Adrienne Healy	2.86%	167	175
	Workers' Party	Edward O'Hagan	1.28%	75
Electorate: 10,884 Valid: 5,843 (53.68%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 835 Turnout: 5,958 (54.74%)

Rowallane - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie*	19.44%	1,044
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Osborne*	15.76%	846	847.96	888.24	1,105.24
	DUP	William Dick*	15.09%	810	810.56	819.56	963.56
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Colmer*	15.22%	817	817.84	865.26	899.26
	Ulster Unionist	William Biggerstaff*	12.94%	695	695.28	734.28	801.56	925.56
	SDLP	John Moffat	7.15%	384	516.58	584.82	602.52	605.52
	Ind. Unionist	William Walker	9.70%	521	522.82	543.96
	Alliance	Barry Corscadden	4.69%	252	255.5
Electorate: 10,036 Valid: 5,369 (53.50%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,447 (54.27%)