1997 Derry City Council election

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1997 Derry City Council election
  1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001  

All 30 seats to Derry City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin DUP
Seats won1484
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party UUP Ind. Unionist
Seats won31
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

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

Elections to Derry City 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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Election results

Derry City Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDLP 1403Decrease2.svg346.743.718,012Decrease2.svg3.2
  Sinn Féin 830Increase2.svg326.727.711,394Increase2.svg7.5
  DUP 401Decrease2.svg113.312.65,186Decrease2.svg0.7
  UUP 310Increase2.svg110.08.73,595Decrease2.svg0.5
  Ind. Unionist 100Steady2.svg03.32.81,203Increase2.svg0.1
  NI Women's Coalition 000Steady2.svg00.02.51,036New
  Labour Coalition 000Steady2.svg00.01.1434New
  Ulster Democratic 000Steady2.svg00.00.7176Decrease2.svg0.5
  Independent 000Steady2.svg00.00.148Decrease2.svg1.9
  Ind. Nationalist 000Steady2.svg00.00.122Increase2.svg0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Derry City Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin DUP UUP Others
Cityside40.6255.530.000.003.905
Northland57.2533.420.000.009.407
Rural44.539.0023.6120.012.906
Shantallow56.4336.721.700.005.205
Waterside19.819.9135.0322.2113.117
Total43.71427.7812.648.737.3130

District results

Cityside

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cityside - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Sinn Féin Cathal Crumley20.61%1,333     
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin *20.21%1,307     
Sinn Féin Peter Anderson14.72%952979 1,213.27   
SDLP Jim Clifford*14.98%9691,042 1,047.7 1,115.64  
SDLP Pat Ramsey *12.71%822883 884.33 972.81 976.8 989.55
SDLP Patrick Devine*12.82%829881 884.42 955.52 961.41 986.16
NI Women's Coalition Margaret Logue3.94%255     
Electorate: 9,432  Valid: 6,467 (68.56%)  Spoilt: 194  Quota: 1,078  Turnout: 6,661 (70.62%)  

    Northland

    1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
    1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
    1993-1997 Change: No change

    Northland - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SDLP Mark Durkan *17.17%1,679      
    Sinn Féin Mary Nelis *16.00%1,564      
    SDLP Martin Bradley*11.41%1,1151,272.14     
    Sinn Féin Marion Hutcheon11.54%1,1281,134.75 1,318.67    
    SDLP John Tierney *11.21%1,0961,147.03 1,161.99 1,163.42 1,172.06 1,246.06 
    SDLP John Kerr*8.69%8501,012 1,018.82 1,019.59 1,045.75 1,132.75 1,252.1
    SDLP Kathleen McCloskey*8.74%854896.39 901.67 902.44 910.04 968.04 1,040.04
    Sinn Féin Pius McNaught5.85%572577.94 691.24 779.35 780.23 822.23 827.23
    Ind. Unionist Alexander Simpson5.44%532533.89 533.89 533.89 533.89 567.89  
    NI Women's Coalition Patricia McAdams2.97%290303.23 308.51 309.06 310.5   
    Labour Coalition Anthony Martin0.51%5052.97 54.51 54.62 54.94   
    Labour Coalition Geraldine O'Neill0.47%4648.7 50.24 50.46 50.7   
    Electorate: 16,075  Valid: 9,776 (60.81%)  Spoilt: 207  Quota: 1,223  Turnout: 9,983 (62.10%)  

      Rural

      1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
      1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
      1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP

      Rural - 6 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SDLP Annie Courtney *15.59%1,220      
      DUP William Hay *14.12%1,1051,121     
      SDLP John McNickle*12.47%976991 1,421    
      SDLP George Peoples*9.44%739760 871 1,168.84   
      UUP Andrew Davidson10.64%833887 890 890 901.31 905.87 1,212.87
      UUP Ernest Hamilton9.33%730751 751 751 754.19 757.23 1,048.15
      Sinn Féin Paul Fleming9.03%707719 748 749.46 833.56 874.6 874.6
      DUP Maurice Devenney 9.47%741749 749 749 750.74 751.5  
      SDLP Jim McKeever7.01%549600      
      NI Women's Coalition Catherine Cooke2.30%180      
      Independent David Hawthorne0.61%48      
      Electorate: 13,468  Valid: 7,828 (58.12%)  Spoilt: 164  Quota: 1,119  Turnout: 7,992 (59.34%)  

        Shantallow

        1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
        1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
        1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

        Shantallow - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SDLP Mary Bradley *22.87%1,826      
        Sinn Féin Tony Hassan16.16%1,2901,304.84 1,306.84 1,307.84 1,325.68 1,658.68 
        Sinn Féin Gearóid Ó hEára*14.21%1,1341,154.44 1,157.44 1,157.44 1,199.66 1,333.56 
        SDLP Shaun Gallagher*10.92%8721,190.92 1,202.2 1,221.88 1,298.64 1,311.2 1,325.2
        SDLP William O'Connell*12.86%1,0271,088.32 1,091.32 1,104.32 1,171.56 1,181.96 1,187.96
        SDLP Margaret McCartney*9.76%779833.6 841.88 869.16 989.96 1,000.8 1,011.8
        Sinn Féin Bernadette McDaid6.31%504508.2 509.32 509.32 522.88   
        Labour Coalition Charles McDaid2.44%195197.8 222.8 232.8    
        NI Women's Coalition Diane Greer2.07%165177.04 179.32 204.32    
        DUP William Dougherty1.68%134136.24 137.24     
        Labour Coalition Robert Lindsay0.51%4143.24      
        Labour Coalition Patrick Muldowney0.20%1616.56      
        Electorate: 13,598  Valid: 7,983 (58.71%)  Spoilt: 188  Quota: 1,331  Turnout: 8,171 (60.09%)  

          Waterside

          1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
          1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
          1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

          Waterside - 7 seats [2]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          UUP Richard Dallas*16.77%1,535       
          DUP Gregory Campbell *16.36%1,497       
          SDLP Philip Kelly11.48%1,0511,051.25 1,051.73 1,124.73 1,127.73 1,128.21 1,815.21 
          Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming9.87%903903.25 904.21 925.21 925.21 926.45 967.45 1,120.45
          DUP Joe Miller*8.18%749789.75 851.91 862.13 946.17 1,098.86 1,100.86 1,106.86
          Ind. Unionist James Guy*7.33%671717.25 762.37 815.35 850.26 877.66 905.66 1,082.66
          DUP Mildred Garfield5.65%517544.5 680.1 691.54 736.97 1,056.75 1,060.75 1,061.75
          UUP Mary Hamilton5.43%497722 757.04 770.03 821.72 850.56 850.56 850.56
          SDLP Wilfred White*8.29%759759 759 795 798 799   
          DUP Bill Irwin*4.84%443464.5 517.06 519.06 560.99    
          Ulster Democratic David Nicholl3.02%276290 304.88 318.87     
          NI Women's Coalition Helena Schlindwein1.60%146146.5 147.22      
          Labour Coalition Kenneth Adams0.94%8689.75 93.11      
          Ind. Nationalist Gerald Toland*0.24%2222 22      
          Electorate: 15,408  Valid: 9,152 (59.40%)  Spoilt: 186  Quota: 1,145  Turnout: 9,338 (60.60%)  

            References

            1. 1 2 "Derry City Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
            2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.