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Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 12 | 0 | 3 |  3 | 40.0 | 39.5 | 14,590 | 8.4 | |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 |  3 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 9,874 | 8.6 | |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 19.2 | 7,080 | 1.7 | |
| Ind. Nationalist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 2,542 | 1.4 | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1,132 | 0.5 | |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 907 | 0.2 | |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 753 | 2.0 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 78 | 0.8 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
| Crotlieve | 51.0 | 4 | 16.8 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.6 | 2 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 32.1 | 2 | 32.4 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 26.4 | 2 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 46.3 | 2 | 53.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 37.1 | 2 | 27.5 | 2 | 35.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 30.4 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 42.0 | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.5 | 12 | 26.7 | 8 | 19.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 12.1 | 4 | 30 |
1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SDLP | P. J. Bradley * | 17.77% | 1,503 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy | 16.82% | 1,423 | |||||||
| SDLP | Hugh Carr* | 11.52% | 975 | 1,154.4 | ||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Anthony Williamson* | 10.18% | 861 | 873.6 | 965.67 | 1,034.45 | 1,116.45 | |||
| SDLP | Josephine O'Hare | 9.01% | 762 | 837.6 | 891.85 | 914.54 | 1,058.97 | |||
| SDLP | Jim McCart* | 8.46% | 716 | 775.7 | 817.86 | 852.06 | 1,059.15 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen* | 8.89% | 752 | 770.3 | 857.1 | 885.49 | 909.15 | 955.65 | 977.65 | |
| UUP | Gordon Heslip* | 10.56% | 893 | 894.2 | 895.13 | 920.75 | 925.35 | 930.75 | 932.75 | |
| SDLP | Marietta Farrell | 4.21% | 356 | 437.3 | 503.02 | 536.97 | ||||
| Alliance | Lindsay Whitcroft | 2.59% | 219 | 226.2 | 239.22 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,584 Valid: 8,460 (58.01%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 1,058 Turnout: 8,670 (59.45%) | ||||||||||
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993–1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland * | 13.53% | 1,095 | |||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson* | 12.73% | 1,030 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 12.36% | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,024.93 | |||
| SDLP | Frank Feely * | 9.57% | 774 | 795 | 796.05 | 1,034.05 | ||
| Ind. Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 11.48% | 929 | 948 | 951.5 | 976.78 | 1,061.78 | |
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 9.97% | 807 | 830 | 833.15 | 979.22 | 1,012.22 | |
| UUP | William McCaigue* | 8.99% | 727 | 763 | 763.35 | 768.35 | 771.98 | |
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 6.53% | 528 | 555 | 556.05 | 633.26 | 654.13 | |
| Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Willis | 6.54% | 529 | 530 | 572.7 | 578.98 | ||
| SDLP | Mary McKeown | 6.07% | 491 | 521 | 522.33 | |||
| Alliance | Pete Whitcroft | 2.24% | 181 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,036 Valid: 8,091 (57.64%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 8,304 (59.16%) | ||||||||
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| SDLP | John Fee * | 22.51% | 1,412 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Brennan | 18.30% | 1,148 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald* | 17.76% | 1,114 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McNamee | 17.66% | 1,108 | ||
| SDLP | Pat Toner* | 13.47% | 845 | 1,043.8 | |
| SDLP | Dessie McDonnell | 10.31% | 647 | 804.36 | |
| Electorate: 9,847 Valid: 6,274 (63.71%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,046 Turnout: 6,448 (65.48%) | |||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | Danny Kennedy * | 22.27% | 1,610 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis | 15.25% | 1,103 | |||
| UUP | Andy Moffett | 13.17% | 952 | 1,510.72 | ||
| SDLP | Stephen McGinn* | 14.08% | 1,018 | 1,022.68 | 1,055.8 | |
| SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 13.48% | 975 | 976.44 | 1,035.84 | |
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 12.21% | 883 | 884.08 | 885.52 | |
| SDLP | James Savage* | 6.69% | 690 | 691.44 | 746.88 | |
| Electorate: 10,907 Valid: 7,231 (66.30%) Spoilt: 219 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 7,450 (68.30%) | ||||||
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993–1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | Isaac Hanna* | 23.12% | 1,595 | |||||||
| UUP | Henry Reilly * | 18.88% | 1,303 | |||||||
| SDLP | Emmett Haughian* | 17.33% | 1,196 | |||||||
| DUP | William Burns* | 13.14% | 907 | 1,266.89 | ||||||
| SDLP | Michael Cunningham | 12.97% | 895 | 898.48 | 901.47 | 903.99 | 931.28 | 939.18 | 1,193.18 | |
| Alliance | Anne Marie Cunningham | 5.12% | 353 | 390.7 | 423.82 | 449.65 | 470.61 | 569.66 | 657.95 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Lawless | 6.83% | 471 | 471.58 | 471.58 | 471.58 | 481.58 | 482.58 | ||
| Independent | Cecil Atkinson | 1.48% | 102 | 133.9 | 238.09 | 321.25 | 326.95 | |||
| Workers' Party | Charles Cunningham | 1.13% | 78 | 81.77 | 89.59 | 93.37 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,084 Valid: 6,900 (68.43%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 7,027 (69.68%) | ||||||||||
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