Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 39.5 | 14,590 | 8.4 | |
Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 9,874 | 8.6 | |
UUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 19.2 | 7,080 | 1.7 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 2,542 | 1.4 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1,132 | 0.5 | |
DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 907 | 0.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 753 | 2.0 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 78 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Crotlieve | 51.0 | 4 | 16.8 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.6 | 2 | 7 |
Newry Town | 32.1 | 2 | 32.4 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 26.4 | 2 | 7 |
Slieve Gullion | 46.3 | 2 | 53.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
The Fews | 37.1 | 2 | 27.5 | 2 | 35.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
The Mournes | 30.4 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 42.0 | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 39.5 | 12 | 26.7 | 8 | 19.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 12.1 | 4 | 30 |
District results
editCrotlieve
edit1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | P. J. Bradley* | 17.77% | 1,503 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy | 16.82% | 1,423 | |||||||
SDLP | Hugh Carr* | 11.52% | 975 | 1,154.4 | ||||||
Ind. Nationalist | Anthony Williamson* | 10.18% | 861 | 873.6 | 965.67 | 1,034.45 | 1,116.45 | |||
SDLP | Josephine O'Hare | 9.01% | 762 | 837.6 | 891.85 | 914.54 | 1,058.97 | |||
SDLP | Jim McCart* | 8.46% | 716 | 775.7 | 817.86 | 852.06 | 1,059.15 | |||
Ind. Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen* | 8.89% | 752 | 770.3 | 857.1 | 885.49 | 909.15 | 955.65 | 977.65 | |
UUP | Gordon Heslip* | 10.56% | 893 | 894.2 | 895.13 | 920.75 | 925.35 | 930.75 | 932.75 | |
SDLP | Marietta Farrell | 4.21% | 356 | 437.3 | 503.02 | 536.97 | ||||
Alliance | Lindsay Whitcroft | 2.59% | 219 | 226.2 | 239.22 | |||||
Electorate: 14,584 Valid: 8,460 (58.01%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 1,058 Turnout: 8,670 (59.45%) |
Newry Town
edit1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland* | 13.53% | 1,095 | |||||
Independent | Jack Patterson* | 12.73% | 1,030 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 12.36% | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,024.93 | |||
SDLP | Frank Feely* | 9.57% | 774 | 795 | 796.05 | 1,034.05 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 11.48% | 929 | 948 | 951.5 | 976.78 | 1,061.78 | |
SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 9.97% | 807 | 830 | 833.15 | 979.22 | 1,012.22 | |
UUP | William McCaigue* | 8.99% | 727 | 763 | 763.35 | 768.35 | 771.98 | |
SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 6.53% | 528 | 555 | 556.05 | 633.26 | 654.13 | |
Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Willis | 6.54% | 529 | 530 | 572.7 | 578.98 | ||
SDLP | Mary McKeown | 6.07% | 491 | 521 | 522.33 | |||
Alliance | Pete Whitcroft | 2.24% | 181 | |||||
Electorate: 14,036 Valid: 8,091 (57.64%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 8,304 (59.16%) |
Slieve Gullion
edit1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
SDLP | John Fee* | 22.51% | 1,412 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Brennan | 18.30% | 1,148 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald* | 17.76% | 1,114 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McNamee | 17.66% | 1,108 | ||
SDLP | Pat Toner* | 13.47% | 845 | 1,043.8 | |
SDLP | Dessie McDonnell | 10.31% | 647 | 804.36 | |
Electorate: 9,847 Valid: 6,274 (63.71%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,046 Turnout: 6,448 (65.48%) |
The Fews
edit1993: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Danny Kennedy* | 22.27% | 1,610 | |||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis | 15.25% | 1,103 | |||
UUP | Andy Moffett | 13.17% | 952 | 1,510.72 | ||
SDLP | Stephen McGinn* | 14.08% | 1,018 | 1,022.68 | 1,055.8 | |
SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 13.48% | 975 | 976.44 | 1,035.84 | |
Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 12.21% | 883 | 884.08 | 885.52 | |
SDLP | James Savage* | 6.69% | 690 | 691.44 | 746.88 | |
Electorate: 10,907 Valid: 7,231 (66.30%) Spoilt: 219 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 7,450 (68.30%) |
The Mournes
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 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Isaac Hanna* | 23.12% | 1,595 | |||||||
UUP | Henry Reilly* | 18.88% | 1,303 | |||||||
SDLP | Emmett Haughian* | 17.33% | 1,196 | |||||||
DUP | William Burns* | 13.14% | 907 | 1,266.89 | ||||||
SDLP | Michael Cunningham | 12.97% | 895 | 898.48 | 901.47 | 903.99 | 931.28 | 939.18 | 1,193.18 | |
Alliance | Anne Marie Cunningham | 5.12% | 353 | 390.7 | 423.82 | 449.65 | 470.61 | 569.66 | 657.95 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Lawless | 6.83% | 471 | 471.58 | 471.58 | 471.58 | 481.58 | 482.58 | ||
Independent | Cecil Atkinson | 1.48% | 102 | 133.9 | 238.09 | 321.25 | 326.95 | |||
Workers' Party | Charles Cunningham | 1.13% | 78 | 81.77 | 89.59 | 93.37 | ||||
Electorate: 10,084 Valid: 6,900 (68.43%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 7,027 (69.68%) |
References
edit- ^ a b "Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.