Elections to Dungannon 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.
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All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There was no change from the prior election.[1]
Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 | 30.3 | 7,445 | 1.5 | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 30.0 | 7,382 | 5.9 | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 4,468 | 2.2 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 3,440 | 0.8 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 1,183 | 1.5 | |
Democratic Left | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 412 | 0.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 269 | 1.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | DL | Others | ||||||||
Blackwater | 43.2 | 3 | 15.6 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 25.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Clogher Valley | 33.2 | 2 | 23.2 | 1 | 26.8 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Dungannon Town | 31.0 | 2 | 24.5 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 17.3 | 1 | 7.5 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 6 |
Torrent | 16.7 | 1 | 51.6 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.3 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 30.3 | 8 | 30.0 | 5 | 18.2 | 4 | 14.0 | 3 | 1.7 | 1 | 5.8 | 1 | 22 |
District results
editBlackwater
edit1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 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 | ||||
DUP | James Ewing* | 10.05% | 596 | 910 | 1,284 | ||||
UUP | Jim Hamilton* | 15.27% | 905 | 955 | 980 | 1,066 | |||
UUP | Jim Brady* | 13.48% | 799 | 847 | 877 | 1,001 | |||
UUP | Derek Irwin* | 14.47% | 858 | 864 | 908 | 964 | 1,039.51 | ||
SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 16.03% | 950 | 953 | 953 | 953 | 953.91 | 978.48 | |
Sinn Féin | Michelle Gildernew | 15.52% | 920 | 920 | 920 | 920 | 920 | 920 | |
DUP | Robert McFarland | 7.64% | 453 | 478 | |||||
DUP | Roger Burton | 7.54% | 447 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,802 Valid: 5,928 (75.98%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 989 Turnout: 6,008 (77.01%) |
Clogher Valley
edit1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Noel Mulligan* | 18.62% | 1,097 | |||
SDLP | Anthony McGonnell* | 18.38% | 1,083 | |||
Sinn Féin | Seamus Flanagan | 17.45% | 1,028 | |||
DUP | William McIlwrath* | 16.79% | 989 | |||
UUP | Robert Mulligan* | 14.54% | 857 | 963.9 | 963.9 | |
SDLP | Margaret Monaghan | 8.47% | 499 | 500.7 | 562.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Brian Kilpatrick | 5.75% | 339 | |||
Electorate: 7,503 Valid: 5,892 (78.53%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 983 Turnout: 5,983 (79.74%) |
Dungannon Town
edit1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Vincent Kelly* | 19.26% | 1,065 | |||||||
UUP | Joan Carson | 17.00% | 940 | |||||||
DUP | Maurice Morrow* | 17.27% | 955 | |||||||
UUP | John Reilly | 14.05% | 777 | 777 | 909.94 | |||||
SDLP | Vincent Currie* | 11.77% | 651 | 661.92 | 663.11 | 678.06 | 802.06 | |||
Democratic Left | Gerry Cullen* | 7.45% | 412 | 420.32 | 437.83 | 500.85 | 518.23 | 696.77 | 753.89 | |
Sinn Féin | Edward Devlin | 5.26% | 291 | 524.74 | 524.74 | 524.97 | 540.35 | 582.74 | 583.25 | |
Alliance | Ephrem Bogues | 4.86% | 269 | 276.02 | 279.93 | 343.87 | 359.44 | |||
SDLP | Peggy Devlin | 3.07% | 170 | 180.14 | 180.14 | 186.81 | ||||
Electorate: 8,715 Valid: 5,530 (63.45%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 791 Turnout: 5,609 (64.36%) |
Torrent
edit1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy* | 19.41% | 1,407 | ||||
UUP | Norman Badger* | 16.72% | 1,212 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 16.32% | 1,183 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Gillespie | 14.03% | 1,017 | 1,045.6 | |||
SDLP | Jim Cavanagh* | 11.48% | 832 | 844.48 | 1,078.48 | ||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Doris* | 11.34% | 822 | 955.64 | 970.98 | 990.98 | |
Sinn Féin | Jim O'Donnell | 6.80% | 493 | 670.58 | 687.88 | 695.88 | |
SDLP | Joseph Gervin | 3.90% | 283 | 288.46 | |||
Electorate: 9,730 Valid: 7,249 (74.50%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 7,408 (76.14%) |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Dungannon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.