1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
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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.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 11 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 42.3 | 39.7 | 12,107 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 7 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 26.9 | 19.0 | 5,787 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 11.5 | 14.6 | 4,439 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 7.7 | 12.2 | 3,717 | ![]() | |
Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 7.7 | 6.2 | 1,905 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 3.8 | 4.5 | 1,366 | ![]() | |
Labour Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.7 | 817 | New | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.9 | 281 | ![]() | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.3 | 84 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Others | ||||||||
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 |
District results
[edit]Craigavon Central
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | 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 | ||||||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | Frederick Crowe* | 9.23% | 722 | 831.82 | 883.32 | 883.32 | 883.32 | 883.32 | 890.24 | 910.03 | |
UUP | 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%) |
Loughside
[edit]1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Workers' Party
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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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 | |
UUP | 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%) |
Lurgan
[edit]1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Gardiner | 22.45% | 1,802 | ||||||||
UUP | George Savage | 17.08% | 1,371 | ||||||||
UUP | Meta Crozier* | 8.61% | 691 | 1,034.2 | |||||||
UUP | Jonathan Bell | 8.16% | 655 | 778.64 | 873.68 | 877.56 | 878.56 | 887.62 | 980.98 | 1,069.98 | |
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | Mervyn Carrick* | 21.22% | 1,713 | |||||||||
Ind. Nationalist | Breandán Mac Cionnaith | 18.49% | 1,493 | |||||||||
UUP | James Gillespie* | 14.90% | 1,203 | |||||||||
UUP | 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 | ||||
UUP | Mark Neale | 6.38% | 515 | 636.77 | 636.77 | 637.18 | 747.58 | 830.97 | 845.61 | 849.32 | 1,049.84 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Joe Duffy | 5.10% | 412 | 413.23 | 840.43 | 840.43 | 840.43 | 861.27 | 861.27 | 870.28 | 870.28 | |
UUP | 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%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.