1997 Armagh City and District Council election

Main article: 1997 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections to Armagh City and 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 22 councillors.

1997 Armagh City and District Council election

21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)
All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP Sinn Féin Seats won 10 7 3 Seat change 2 2   Fourth party   Party DUP Seats won 2 Seat change

Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 1997

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	10	0	0		45.5	42.0	11,002	2.5
	SDLP	7	0	2	2	31.8	30.8	8,055	4.8
	Sinn Féin	3	2	0	2	13.6	14.6	3,826	6.2
	DUP	2	0	0		9.1	11.9	3,117	0.4
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	167	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 1997
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		Others
Armagh City	25.3	2	38.1	2	25.9	2	8.1	0	2.6	0	6
Crossmore	30.8	1	49.4	3	19.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Cusher	59.5	4	14.3	1	4.8	0	21.4	1	0.0	0	6
The Orchard	49.7	3	24.5	1	9.4	0	16.4	1	0.0	0	5
Total	42.0	10	30.8	7	14.6	3	11.9	2	0.7	0	22

Districts results

Armagh City

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Armagh City - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	19.23%	1,251
	SDLP	Anna Brolly*	8.41%	547	792.7	938.32
	UUP	Sylvia McRoberts*	13.81%	898	900.34	949.34
	UUP	Gordon Frazer*	11.52%	749	750.04	774.04	1,279.04
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan*	12.99%	845	851.5	858.8	858.8	859.8
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGirr	12.93%	841	847.24	857.02	858.02	858.02
	SDLP	Michael Carson	8.16%	531	572.08	639.98	642.98	699.98
	DUP	Noel Donnelly	8.13%	529	529.52	532.52
	Alliance	Ryan Williams	2.57%	167	171.68
	SDLP	Ann McKenna	2.24%	146	157.44
Electorate: 10,035   Valid: 6,504 (64.81%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 930   Turnout: 6,633 (66.10%)

Crossmore

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Crossmore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Brian Cunningham	19.78%	1,207
	UUP	Evelyn Corry	18.60%	1,135
	SDLP	Thomas Kavanagh*	18.14%	1,107
	SDLP	James McGleenan*	8.75%	534	608.36	608.66	654.66	1,070.66
	SDLP	James McKernan*	14.13%	862	902.48	903.58	908.78	1,029.36
	UUP	William Hamilton	12.24%	747	748.98	859.18	859.42	863.06
	SDLP	James Lennon*	8.34%	509	577.64	577.84	610.64
Electorate: 8,121   Valid: 6,101 (75.13%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,017   Turnout: 6,194 (76.27%)

Cusher

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Cusher - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Eric Speers*	25.94%	1,915
	DUP	Margaret Black*	21.36%	1,577
	SDLP	Thomas Canavan*	14.32%	1,057
	UUP	Robert Turner*	11.81%	872	1,266.2
	UUP	Sharon McClelland	10.97%	810	1,129.05
	UUP	James Clayton*	10.80%	797	929.3	1,438.9
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	4.80%	355	355.45	357.05
Electorate: 10,774   Valid: 7,383 (68.53%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,055   Turnout: 7,467 (69.31%)

The Orchard

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

The Orchard - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Jim Speers*	26.38%	1,630
	DUP	Brian Hutchinson*	16.36%	1,011	1,119.78
	UUP	Charles Rollston*	13.53%	836	1,061.33
	UUP	Olive Whitten*	9.92%	613	873.85	960.3
	SDLP	John Campbell	14.27%	882	883.11	883.46	1,205.46
	SDLP	Eamon McNeill	10.18%	629	631.22	632.62	717.62
	Sinn Féin	Elizabeth Gartland	9.35%	578	578	578
Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 6,179 (68.84%)   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,030   Turnout: 6,259 (69.73%)