1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
  1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001  

All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won1054
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party SDLP UK Unionist Ind. Unionist
Seats won211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

 Seventh party
 
Party UPUP
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1

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

Elections to Castlereagh Borough 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 23 councillors.

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Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1010Increase2.svg143.544.29,214Increase2.svg0.1
  UUP 501Decrease2.svg121.719.64,088Decrease2.svg2.3
  Alliance 401Decrease2.svg117.418.73,898Decrease2.svg3.2
  SDLP 200Increase2.svg28.78.21,707Increase2.svg8.2
  Ind. Unionist 101Decrease2.svg14.34.2874Increase2.svg0.4
  UK Unionist 110Increase2.svg14.31.3267New
  PUP 000Steady2.svg00.01.8367Increase2.svg1.9
  Ulster Democratic 000Steady2.svg00.01.5303New
  Independent 000Steady2.svg04.30.6115Increase2.svg0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP UKUP Others
Castlereagh Central58.7317.0114.614.405.310.006
Castlereagh East53.0411.1118.910.000.0017.017
Castlereagh South27.4131.2223.9117.510.000.005
Castlereagh West35.4221.2117.4112.910.0013.105
Total44.21019.6518.748.221.318.0123

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

1993: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UKUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
DUP Peter Robinson *55.30%2,783     
UUP Alan Carson*16.97%854     
DUP John Norris*1.21%61950.2    
Alliance Patrick Mitchell*11.92%600623.56 626.96 644.3 966.3 
DUP John Dunn1.73%87593.92 662.12 684.05 689.12 698.12
UK Unionist Grant Dillon*5.30%267516.28 528.28 591.69 609.59 684.59
DUP Alwyn McClernon0.46%23372.6 512.4 527.53 541.35 548.35
SDLP Dominic Marsella4.45%224225.52 225.52 225.69   
Alliance Ann Smith2.66%134161.36 162.76 171.94   
Electorate: 11,033  Valid: 5,033 (45.62%)  Spoilt: 148  Quota: 720  Turnout: 5,181 (46.96%)  

    Castlereagh East

    1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
    1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
    1993-1997 Change: UPUP joins DUP

    Castlereagh East - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    DUP Iris Robinson *46.08%2,787     
    DUP Tommy Jeffers*2.84%172799.52    
    UUP Sarah Cummings11.11%672768.2    
    Ind. Unionist William Abraham*10.04%607721.7 757.4   
    DUP Sandy Geddis*2.65%160643.96 663.92 733.56 810.56 
    Alliance Peter Osborne*11.19%677709.56 721.3 728.48 757.18 
    DUP Kim Morton1.21%73400.82 411.56 555.72 624.32 663.32
    Alliance Michael Long 7.71%466486.72 504.2 505.68 539.12 545.12
    Ulster Democratic Stephen McNally5.01%303365.16 387.12 401.44   
    DUP Sarah Seddon0.26%16246.14 248.88    
    Independent David Brown1.90%115130.54     
    Electorate: 15,542  Valid: 6,048 (38.91%)  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 757  Turnout: 6,178 (39.75%)  

      Castlereagh South

      1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
      1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
      1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

      Castlereagh South - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      UUP John Beattie*24.66%1,219     
      DUP Myreve Chambers*23.18%1,146     
      SDLP Arthur Hegney17.48%864     
      UUP Michael Henderson6.57%325681.4 705.2 862.2  
      Alliance Geraldine Rice*12.70%628634.27 639.31 675.55 697.4 714.45
      Alliance Margaret Marshall*11.25%556564.91 569.67 647.48 664.53 685.43
      DUP Andrew Ramsey4.95%205224.8 505.36    
      Electorate: 11,873  Valid: 4,943 (41.63%)  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 824  Turnout: 5,010 (42.20%)  

        Castlereagh West

        1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
        1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
        1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

        Castlereagh West - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        DUP William Clulow*19.80%952        
        Alliance Sara Duncan14.49%697700.45 816.45      
        DUP Mark Robinson 12.62%607698.5 701.5 815.5     
        UUP Cecil Hall15.47%744759.15 763.3 777.85 781.3 788.5 1,024.5  
        SDLP Rosaleen Hughes*12.87%619619.3 625.3 626.45 631.85 631.85 631.85 637.85 659.6
        PUP Samuel Johnston7.63%367371.8 373.8 378.15 380.4 382 404.9 448.9 651.25
        Ind. Unionist Ernest Harper*5.55%267279.6 281.75 289.15 291.55 294.15 313.5 418.5  
        UUP Marie Luney5.70%274276.25 277.25 284.3 285.2 287.2    
        DUP Thomas Scott2.95%142153.4 153.4       
        Alliance Malcolm Gilmore2.91%140140.3        
        Electorate: 11,140  Valid: 4,809 (43.17%)  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 802  Turnout: 4,896 (43.95%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.