1997 Armagh City and District Council election

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1997 Armagh City and District Council election
  1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001  

All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won1073
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2

 Fourth party
 
Party DUP
Seats won2
Seat changeSteady2.svg

Armagh 1997 election.svg
Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

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.

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Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UUP 1000Steady2.svg45.542.011,002Decrease2.svg2.5
  SDLP 702Decrease2.svg231.830.88,055Decrease2.svg4.8
  Sinn Féin 320Increase2.svg213.614.63,826Increase2.svg6.2
  DUP 200Steady2.svg9.111.93,117Increase2.svg0.4
  Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.00.7167Increase2.svg0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

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 25.3238.1225.928.102.606
Crossmore30.8149.4319.800.000.005
Cusher59.5414.314.8021.410.006
The Orchard49.7324.519.4016.410.005
Total42.01030.8714.6311.920.7022

District 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 [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
SDLP Pat Brannigan*19.23%1,251    
SDLP Anna Brolly*8.41%547792.7 938.32  
UUP Sylvia McRoberts*13.81%898900.34 949.34  
UUP Gordon Frazer*11.52%749750.04 774.04 1,279.04 
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan*12.99%845851.5 858.8 858.8 859.8
Sinn Féin Seán McGirr12.93%841847.24 857.02 858.02 858.02
SDLP Michael Carson8.16%531572.08 639.98 642.98 699.98
DUP Noel Donnelly8.13%529529.52 532.52   
Alliance Ryan Williams2.57%167171.68    
SDLP Ann McKenna2.24%146157.44    
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 [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Sinn Féin Brian Cunningham19.78%1,207    
    UUP Evelyn Corry18.60%1,135    
    SDLP Thomas Kavanagh*18.14%1,107    
    SDLP James McGleenan*8.75%534608.36 608.66 654.66 1,070.66
    SDLP James McKernan*14.13%862902.48 903.58 908.78 1,029.36
    UUP William Hamilton12.24%747748.98 859.18 859.42 863.06
    SDLP James Lennon*8.34%509577.64 577.84 610.64  
    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 [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      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%8721,266.2 
      UUP Sharon McClelland10.97%8101,129.05 
      UUP James Clayton*10.80%797929.3 1,438.9
      Sinn Féin Thomas Carroll4.80%355355.45 357.05
      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 [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        UUP Jim Speers *26.38%1,630   
        DUP Brian Hutchinson*16.36%1,0111,119.78  
        UUP Charles Rollston*13.53%8361,061.33  
        UUP Olive Whitten*9.92%613873.85 960.3 
        SDLP John Campbell14.27%882883.11 883.46 1,205.46
        SDLP Eamon McNeill10.18%629631.22 632.62 717.62
        Sinn Féin Elizabeth Gartland9.35%578578 578  
        Electorate: 8,976  Valid: 6,179 (68.84%)  Spoilt: 80  Quota: 1,030  Turnout: 6,259 (69.73%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "Armagh District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 24 July 2021.