1997 Ards Borough Council election
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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.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 43.5 | 39.6 | 7,754 | ![]() | |
DUP | 5 | 1 | 2 | ![]() | 21.7 | 22.6 | 4,431 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 5 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 21.7 | 21.1 | 4,138 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 8.7 | 6.3 | 1,240 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 4.3 | 3.9 | 901 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.6 | 337 | ![]() | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.3 | 441 | ![]() | |
UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.4 | 269 | New | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.3 | 55 | New | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.2 | 33 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
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 |
Districts results
[edit]Ards East
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Thomas Benson* | 17.40% | 882 | ||||||||
UUP | Ronald Ferguson* | 13.33% | 676 | 762.4 | |||||||
DUP | Hamilton Gregory | 12.25% | 621 | 628.2 | 629.53 | 656.71 | 811.71 | ||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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%) |
Ards West
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Robert Gibson* | 22.59% | 1,103 | ||||||
UUP | David McNarry | 21.83% | 1,066 | ||||||
Alliance | Kathleen Coulter* | 15.18% | 741 | ||||||
UUP | 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%) |
Newtownards
[edit]1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Wilbert Magill* | 19.41% | 914 | |||||||||
Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 15.37% | 724 | |||||||||
UUP | David Smyth* | 14.65% | 690 | |||||||||
DUP | George Ennis* | 10.89% | 653 | 692.44 | ||||||||
UUP | 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
[edit]1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | 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%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ards Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.