1997 Magherafelt District Council election

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1997 Magherafelt District Council election
  1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001  

All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP UUP
Seats won553
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth party
 
Party DUP
Seats won3
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1

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

Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

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Election results

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 510Increase2.svg131.336.57,309Increase2.svg13.0
  SDLP 500Steady2.svg031.322.64,528Decrease2.svg10.3
  DUP 301Decrease2.svg118.820.64,628Increase2.svg2.6
  UUP 300Steady2.svg018.814.32,870Decrease2.svg6.0
  Ind. Unionist 000Steady2.svg00.01.2250Increase2.svg1.2
  Workers' Party 000Steady2.svg00.01.0193Decrease2.svg0.9
  Independent Labour 000Steady2.svg00.00.473Increase2.svg0.4
  Green (NI) 000Steady2.svg00.00.112Increase2.svg0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP DUP UUP Others
Magherafelt Town 24.9123.2239.0211.411.506
Moyola34.1219.2122.0119.914.805
Sperrin51.0225.329.9012.111.705
Total36.5522.6520.6314.336.0016

District results

Magherafelt Town

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Magherafelt Town - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
DUP William McCrea *37.50%2,675   
Sinn Féin Seamus O'Brien24.91%1,777   
SDLP Patrick Kilpatrick*16.11%1,149   
DUP Paul McLean*1.50%1071,551.6  
SDLP Joseph McBride*7.00%499499.62 1,184.76 
UUP George Shiels11.44%8161,007.58 1,008.15 1,514.25
Independent Labour Harry Hutchinson1.02%7378.58 101.95 114.25
Workers' Party Marian Donnelly0.52%3738.24 80.42 81.92
Electorate: 10,104  Valid: 7,133 (70.60%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,019  Turnout: 7,222 (71.48%)  

    Moyola

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

    Moyola - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Sinn Féin Margaret McKenna*18.91%1,180       
    Sinn Féin Paul Henry15.21%9491,067.25      
    UUP John Junkin *14.13%882882 922 922 1,231   
    DUP Thomas Catherwood*13.28%829829.11 913.11 913.11 980.11 1,106.4  
    SDLP Patrick McErlean*11.65%727733.49 753.49 771.73 771.73 774.65 774.65 1,218.65
    DUP Thomas Wilson*8.67%541541 592 592 641 699.4 762.88 763.88
    SDLP Francis Kearney7.50%468470.2 477.42 485.28 485.28 487.47 488.39  
    UUP Norman Montgomery5.80%362362 431 431     
    Ind. Unionist James Mulholland4.01%250250       
    Workers' Party Patrick Scullion0.85%5353.66       
    Electorate: 8,175  Valid: 6,241 (76.34%)  Spoilt: 135  Quota: 1,041  Turnout: 6,376 (77.99%)  

      Sperrin

      1993: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
      1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
      1993-1997 Change: No change

      Sperrin - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan *27.00%1,801    
      Sinn Féin John Kelly 24.01%1,602    
      SDLP Kathleen Lagan*17.54%1,170    
      SDLP Francis McKendry7.72%5151,059.62 1,416.32  
      UUP Robert Montgomery*12.14%810810 810 810.87 851.45
      DUP Rodney Mitchell9.86%658658 658 658.87 701.41
      Workers' Party Francis Donnelly1.54%103218.71 328.33 444.04  
      Green (NI) Judith Stephens0.18%1234.62 53.76 72.9  
      Electorate: 8,541  Valid: 6,671 (78.11%)  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,112  Turnout: 6,773 (79.30%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.