Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
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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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SDLP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 5,279 | 0.0 | |
UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 38.5 | 5,036 | 1.4 | |
DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 11.1 | 1,447 | 0.3 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 1,244 | 0.5 | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 88 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
Cllrs |
% |
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% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
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Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Bellarena | 53.1 | 3 | 36.6 | 2 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Benbradagh | 34.8 | 2 | 35.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Limavady Town | 33.1 | 2 | 43.1 | 2 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 40.3 | 7 | 38.5 | 6 | 11.1 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 15 |
District results
editBellarena
edit1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Stanley Gault* | 19.14% | 839 | |||
SDLP | Michael Carten | 18.57% | 814 | |||
SDLP | Arthur Doherty* | 18.21% | 798 | |||
UUP | Robert Grant* | 17.45% | 765 | |||
SDLP | John McKinney* | 16.29% | 714 | 714.7 | 793.1 | |
DUP | Robert Glass | 10.34% | 453 | 556.18 | 556.48 | |
Electorate: 6,868 Valid: 4,383 (63.82%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 731 Turnout: 4,425 (64.43%) |
Benbradagh
edit1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Boyd Douglas | 25.65% | 1,072 | |||
SDLP | Michael Coyle* | 24.23% | 1,013 | |||
Sinn Féin | Malachy O'Kane | 20.96% | 876 | |||
UUP | Max Gault* | 9.78% | 409 | 777.55 | ||
SDLP | Gerard Lynch* | 10.57% | 442 | 443.05 | 739.06 | |
Sinn Féin | Eddie-Jo Lynn | 8.80% | 368 | 368 | 384.5 | |
Electorate: 6,447 Valid: 4,180 (64.84%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 697 Turnout: 4,256 (66.02%) |
Limavady Town
edit1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
DUP | George Robinson* | 18.47% | 837 | ||
SDLP | Desmond Lowry* | 16.75% | 759 | ||
UUP | Ronald Cartwright* | 16.09% | 729 | 800 | |
UUP | John Dolan* | 16.29% | 738 | 782 | |
SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 16.31% | 739 | 779 | |
UUP | Norman Reynolds | 10.68% | 484 | 549 | |
DUP | Victor Wilson | 3.47% | 157 | ||
NI Women's Coalition | Paula Taylor | 1.94% | 88 | ||
Electorate: 7,113 Valid: 4,531 (63.70%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 756 Turnout: 4,606 (64.75%) |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.