1997 Falkland Islands general election

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The Falkland Islands general election of 1997 was held on Thursday 9 October 1997 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency.

Contents

It was the first election to take place after a constitutional amendment came into force, which redistributed the representation in the constituencies, giving an additional seat to Stanley and removing one from Camp. The amendment also modified voter eligibility. [1]

Results

Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.

Stanley constituency

Stanley result [2]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Nonpartisan Jan Cheek Symbol confirmed.svg 62719.2N/A
Nonpartisan Mike Summers Symbol confirmed.svg 55917.1N/A
Nonpartisan Lewis Clifton Symbol confirmed.svg 55817.1N/A
Nonpartisan John Birmingham Symbol confirmed.svg 47214.5N/A
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford Symbol confirmed.svg 45013.8+5.6
Nonpartisan Ben Claxton2928.9+4.1
Nonpartisan June Besley-Clark1665.1N/A
Nonpartisan A. Jones983.0N/A
Nonpartisan W. Davies421.3N/A
Turnout 3264

Camp constituency

Camp result [2]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton Symbol confirmed.svg 20328.2+5.2
Nonpartisan Richard Cockwell Symbol confirmed.svg 18225.3N/A
Nonpartisan Norma Edwards Symbol confirmed.svg 17424.2+10.5
Nonpartisan Eric Goss7410.3-4.2
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens 8712.1-1.5
Turnout 720

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References

  1. The Falkland Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 1997, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1997, retrieved 3 May 2014
  2. 1 2 "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 10 October 1997.