1997 North Down Borough Council election

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

All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP Alliance UK Unionist
Seats won663
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 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party DUP NI Conservatives PUP
Seats won222
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
 
Party Independent Ind. Unionist UPUP
Seats won220
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North Down 1997 election.svg
Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to North Down 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 25 councillors.

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Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UUP 600Steady2.svg024.022.44,216Increase2.svg3.7
  Alliance 610Increase2.svg124.022.14,152Decrease2.svg0.6
  UK Unionist 330Increase2.svg312.09.31,798New
  Ind. Unionist 201Decrease2.svg18.012.52,349Increase2.svg0.1
  Independent 211Steady2.svg08.012.12,284Decrease2.svg0.9
  DUP 212Decrease2.svg18.09.41,762Decrease2.svg6.8
  NI Conservatives 202Decrease2.svg28.08.61,372Decrease2.svg3.8
  PUP 220Increase2.svg28.04.2783Increase2.svg4.2
  Ulster Democratic 000Steady2.svg00.00.6131New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance UKUP DUP Conservative PUP Others
Abbey20.6116.5116.5112.0115.218.7110.506
Ballyholme and Groomsport 21.2220.817.816.508.810.0034.927
Bangor West 25.1221.029.519.302.108.2124.817
Holywood 22.3131.024.1010.814.300.0027.515
Total22.4622.169.339.427.324.2225.3425

Districts results

Abbey

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)

Abbey - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Alliance Stephen Farry *16.53%650      
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan*16.53%650      
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson*15.18%597      
DUP Ivy Cooling*11.98%471474.06 498.42 503.7 528.44 610.44 
UUP Roberta Dunlop12.26%482495.86 516.58 525.1 532.24 587.24 
PUP Stewart Currie8.75%344352.46 357.92 359.9 417.26 483.96 505.96
UUP Karl McLean8.34%328339.34 354.74 363.44 386.52 446.3 465.3
Ind. Unionist Cecil Braniff*4.20%165176.7 186.78 190.08 198.42   
Independent William Gordon2.92%115147.58 151.36 152.8 155.66   
Ulster Democratic Richard McCullough3.33%131134.06 137.84 138.92    
Electorate: 13,415  Valid: 3,933 (29.32%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 562  Turnout: 4,026 (30.01%)  

    Ballyholme and Groomsport

    1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
    1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP
    1993-1997 Change: UKUP gain from DUP

    Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Ind. Unionist Alan Chambers *21.59%1,218       
    Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons*13.65%770       
    UUP Leslie Cree *13.38%755       
    Ind. Unionist Austen Lennon*13.10%739       
    UK Unionist Elizabeth Roche7.80%440516.93 517.89 519.39 523.74 534.44 556.02 714.7
    UUP Ian Henry*3.16%178232.39 234.15 240.69 242.89 338.96 515.62 709.27
    NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan*8.83%498568.56 572.96 575.96 580.11 601.74 618.19 652.24
    Alliance Gavin Walker7.20%406479.99 529.75 530.83 532.13 546.44 557.33 564.49
    DUP Marie Cree6.65%375464.67 465.23 470.15 472.3 485.14 502.06  
    UUP Ronald Dorrian1.88%106193.71 194.99 218.39 220.89 272.64   
    UUP James Kingan2.77%156209.9 211.02 214.5 217.45    
    Electorate: 16,947  Valid: 5,641 (33.29%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 706  Turnout: 5,740 (33.87%)  

      Bangor West

      1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
      1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
      1993-1997 Change: UKUP, PUP and Independent gain from DUP, Conservative and Independent Unionist

      Bangor West - 7 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Independent Brian Wilson *20.32%1,090           
      UUP Roy Bradford *13.03%699           
      Alliance Eileen Bell *12.34%662700.61          
      Alliance Anne Wilson7.21%387661.56 668.73 679.23        
      UUP Marion Smith8.56%459480.45 481.45 481.45 485.97 490.95 510.32 517.18 657.86 788.86  
      UK Unionist William Keery9.49%509528.11 528.11 529.01 530.89 536.61 550.73 564.2 585.85 640.36 662.36 663.86
      PUP Ernest Steele8.18%439444.46 444.46 444.76 445.4 451.08 458.42 468.42 480.74 502.9 527.9 530.3
      DUP Robert Gordon5.74%308310.73 311.73 311.73 312.89 312.89 317.28 466.96 490.35 508.76 523.76 523.76
      Ind. Unionist Ian Sinclair*4.23%227246.11 246.5 247.1 247.62 268.22 300.12 304.2 324.05    
      UUP Royston Davies3.54%190201.7 202.7 203 220.32 229.5 246.48 249.48     
      DUP Alan Graham3.56%191195.68 196.07 196.07 196.47 196.77 197.77      
      NI Conservatives Julian Robertson2.09%112116.68 118.07 118.37 119.05 125.03       
      Alliance Derek Bell1.42%7685.75 87.75 103.65 103.93        
      Independent Robert Mooney0.28%1518.12           
      Electorate: 15,442  Valid: 5,364 (34.74%)  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 671  Turnout: 5,480 (35.49%)  

        Holywood

        1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
        1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
        1993-1997 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from Conservative and Independent

        Holywood - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        UUP Ellie McKay*22.31%863     
        Alliance Susan O'Brien*19.82%767     
        Independent Dennis Ogborn*14.09%545594.66 608.26 630.3 677.5 
        DUP Gordon Dunne 10.78%417474.72 477.12 570.44 644.08 694.08
        Alliance Richard Good11.22%434449.08 544.92 560.42 607.8 643.48
        Independent James White*7.21%279297.2 300.4 309.18 317.72 442.62
        Independent Bobby Irvine6.20%240248.58 251.3 259.3 274.38  
        NI Conservatives Jennifer Cumming4.26%165199.58 201.5 233.88   
        UK Unionist Jeffrey Dudgeon 4.11%159187.6 188.24    
        Electorate: 10,434  Valid: 3,869 (37.08%)  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 645  Turnout: 3,921 (37.58%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "North Down Council Elections 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.