1997 Northern Ireland local elections

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1997 Northern Ireland local elections
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  1993 21 May 1997 2001  

All council seats
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Leader David Trimble John Hume Ian Paisley
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won18512091
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 12Decrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 12
Popular vote175,036130,38799,651
Percentage28.1%21.0%16.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.2%Decrease2.svg0.7%Decrease2.svg1.3%

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Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice N/A
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent
Seats won744123
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote106,93441,95223,695
Percentage17.2%6.7%3.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.9%Decrease2.svg0.9%Decrease2.svg0.3%

Northern Ireland local elections, 1997 (Council Control).svg
Colours denote the winning party with outright control[ when defined as? ]

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 21 May 1997, shortly after the 1997 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

Contents

Results

Map showing the party that received the most votes by ward. Northern Ireland local elections, 1997 (by ward).svg
Map showing the party that received the most votes by ward.

Overall

Party [1] CouncillorsVotes
Total+/- % shareTotal
UUP 185—1228175,036
SDLP 120―721130,387
Sinn Féin 74+2317106,934
DUP 91―121699,651
Alliance 41―3741,952
Independent 23+3423,695
PUP 7+6212,051
Ind. Unionist 15―6210,376
Ulster Democratic 4+316,244
NI Women's Coalition 1+113,380
UK Unionist 4+40.52,945
Labour coalition 3+20.42,774
NI Conservatives 3―30.42,634
Ind. Nationalist 3―10.42,450
Workers' Party 0―10.42,348
Independent Community2+20.31,905
Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2+20.21,424
Green (NI) 000.1706
Democratic Left 100.1560
Community Labour000.1464
Upper Bann Labour000.1353
Ulster Independence 000.071
Natural Law 000.067

By council

CouncilCouncil Seats by Party
Total
AP DUP PUP SDLP SF UUP UKUP UDP OthersInd. NInd. U Ind.
Antrim 2341919
Ards 55110223
Armagh 2731022
Ballymena 18310124
Ballymoney 6314216
Banbridge 339217
Belfast 673713131151
Carrickfergus 5342317
Castlereagh 410251123
Coleraine 35310122
Cookstown 2454116
Craigavon 1372112 INC26
Derry 41483130
Down 212261 NIWC 123
Dungannon 34581 DL 122
Fermanagh 24591 PS1123
Larne 1316415
Limavady 171615
Lisburn 321241321 Con 230
Magherafelt 355316
Moyle 331321215
Newry and Mourne 11285430
Newtownabbey 32111014 (2 NR
2 Lab)
325
North Down 622632 Con 1325
Omagh 136641 Lab 21
Strabane 3543116
Total4191712074186441331524582
Change-3-12+6-7+23-11+4+3+3-6 +2 Lab +2 NR +2 INC+1 NIWC +1 PS -3 Con -3 UPUP -1 WP -1 A93
Elected 19934410311275119711321246 Con 3 UPUP 1 Lab 1 DL 1 WP 1 A93

Councils

Antrim

Antrim North West [2]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Bobby Loughran1,115
UUP James Graham1,063
DUP Wilson Clyde 683
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan612
SDLP Donovan McClelland 430
UUP Avril Swann254
Alliance George Picken133
Turnout 4,290
No change
Antrim South East [2]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Roy Thompson 996
SDLP Thomas Burns 963
UUP Edgar Wallace763
UUP Mervyn Rea716
Alliance David Ford 613
DUP Samuel Dunlop495
DUP William Harkness385
PUP Ken Wilkinson358
UUP Roderick Swann180
SDLP Lucia Trowlen177
UUP Roy Stinson150
Turnout 5,796
Roy Thompson joins UUP
Antrim Town [2]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Paddy Marks1,066
DUP Robert McClay642
SDLP Oran Keenan514
SDLP Sean McKee433
UUP Adrian Watson357
UUP Andrew Ritchie287
Alliance Brian McConnell268
UUP Andrew Thompson218
Alliance Mary Wallace159
Independent Stanley Lynn124
Independent S. J. Greer111
Turnout 4,179
No change

Ards

Ards East [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Thomas Benson 882
UUP Ronnie Ferguson676
DUP Hamilton Gregory621
UUP John Shields606
UUP Jeffrey Magill480
Alliance Linda Cleland418
Alliance Larry Thompson352
DUP St Clair McAlister 295
UK Unionist Tom Sheridan269
DUP Hamilton Lawther251
PUP Gina McCrory220
Turnout 5,070
UUP gain from DUP
Ards Peninsula [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Paul Carson1,114
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 1,047
DUP Jim Shannon 993
SDLP Daniel McCarthy770
DUP Robin Drysdale473
Alliance John Smyth221
Alliance Billy Sheldon154
SDLP Iain Bell131
Green (NI) Owen Crawford131
Turnout 4,936
DUP gain from Alliance
Ards West [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Robert Gibson1,103
UUP David McNarry 1,066
Alliance Kathleen Coulter741
DUP David Gilmore635
UUP Margaret Craig572
Alliance Tim McBriar481
DUP Lorraine Gilmore285
Turnout 4,883
No change
Newtownards [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Wilbert Magill914
Alliance Alan McDowell724
UUP David Smyth690
DUP George Ennis 653
UUP Tom Hamilton 565
Ind. Unionist Nancy Orr327
Ind. Unionist Bobby McBride326
DUP John Purdy225
PUP Alfred McCrory221
Ulster Democratic Billy McKeown55
Turnout 4,710
Wilbert Magill leaves DUP

Armagh

Armagh City [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Pat Brannigan1,251
UUP Sylvia McRoberts898
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan845
Sinn Féin Sean McGirr841
UUP Gordon Frazer749
SDLP Anna Brolly547
SDLP Michael Carson531
DUP Noel Donnelly529
Alliance Ryan Williams167
SDLP Ann McKenna146
Turnout 6,504
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Crossmore [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Brian Cunningham1,207
UUP Evelyn Corry1,135
SDLP Tommy Kavanagh1,107
SDLP James McKernan862
UUP William Hamilton747
SDLP Joseph McGleenan534
SDLP James Lennon509
Turnout 6,101
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Cusher [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Eric Speers1,915
DUP Heather Black1,577
SDLP Tom Canavan1,057
UUP Robert Turner872
UUP Sharon McClelland810
UUP James Clayton797
Sinn Féin Thomas Carroll355
Turnout 7,383
No change
The Orchard [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Jim Speers 1,630
DUP Brian Hutchinson1,011
SDLP Joe Campbell882
UUP Charles Rollston836
SDLP Eamon Mcneill629
UUP Olive Whitten613
Sinn Féin Liz Gartland578
Turnout 6,179
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena North [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick McAvoy975
UUP William Wright 953
Ind. Unionist Sam Henry728
UUP Joe McKernan630
DUP Maurice Mills610
UUP James Alexander547
Alliance Jayne Dunlop447
DUP John Stewart417
DUP David Warwick247
Ind. Unionist Herbie Parke235
Turnout 5,789
Sam Henry changes designation from Independent
Ballymena South [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Declan O'Loan 967
UUP James Currie918
DUP Davy Tweed 832
DUP Martin Clarke571
DUP Hubert Nicholl534
UUP Peter Brown377
UUP Malcolm Gilmour365
UUP John Scott357
DUP John Carson315
Ulster PartyAgnes McLeister184
Independent Cowan Balmer86
Turnout 5,506
UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Bannside [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roy Gillespie1,110
DUP Tommy Nicholl1,048
UUP Robert Coulter 1,014
SDLP Seamus Laverty967
UUP Ian Johnston936
DUP Sandy Spence845
Turnout 5,920
No change
Braid [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Margaret Gribben1,042
UUP David Clyde961
UUP Des Armstrong816
UUP Lexie Scott765
DUP Sam Gaston627
DUP Sam Hanna623
DUP David McClintock490
Turnout 5,324
SDLP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Cecil Cousley 493
Independent Bob McComb433
UUP Thomas McKeown333
DUP Samuel McConaghie293
Independent Bill Williamson261
SDLP Joan McCaffrey255
UUP James Simpson242
Independent Colin McVicker233
PUP Jeffrey Balmer180
NI Women's Coalition Mary McCusker31
Turnout 2,754
Independent gain from UUP
Bann Valley [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Joe Gaston 719
SDLP Malachy McCamphill706
DUP Robert Halliday608
Sinn Féin Martin O'Neill508
DUP Robert Wilson441
SDLP Mary McPoland382
DUP John Finlay351
UUP John Watt260
Turnout 3,975
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Bushvale [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Harry Connolly725
DUP Frank Campbell473
DUP Bill Kennedy443
UUP William Logan350
UUP John Ramsay341
UUP William Johnston222
SDLP Frank McCluskey181
NI Women's Coalition Joan Cosgrove35
Turnout 2,770
SDLP gain from UUP

Banbridge

Banbridge Town [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Joan Baird1,438
Independent Jim Walsh809
UUP William Bell602
DUP Cyril Vage581
SDLP Mel Byrne534
Alliance Frank McQuaid423
UUP Derick Bell390
UUP Ian Burns359
Turnout 5,215
Jim Walsh leaves SDLP
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from Alliance
Dromore [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP William McCracken1,358
DUP David Herron770
SDLP Cassie McDermott729
UUP William Martin709
UUP Tom Gribben667
Ind. Unionist Robert Hill289
Alliance Julian Crozier202
Turnout 4,787
No change
Knockiveagh [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP John Ingram1,129
DUP Wilfred McFadden1,103
SDLP Seamus Doyle946
UUP John Hanna799
Independent Malachy McCartan692
UUP Violet Cromie671
SDLP Oliver Moore661
Turnout 6,273
No change

Belfast

Balmoral [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Margaret Crooks2,329
SDLP Carmel Hanna 1,916
SDLP Catherine Molloy1,047
Alliance Tom Ekin 971
Alliance Philip McGarry958
UUP Bob Stoker 949
DUP Harry Smith924
DUP Joan Parkes 654
Ulster Democratic Heather Calvert520
PUP Gordon McCrea397
UUP Gordon Lucy304
NI Women's Coalition Nuala Bradley236
Green (NI) Mary Ringland92
NI Conservatives Hubert Mullan71
Turnout 11,368
SDLP gain from DUP
Castle [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Nigel Dodds 2,081
SDLP Alban Maginness 1,781
Alliance Tom Campbell1,417
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery1,362
UUP David Browne 1,134
UUP Nelson McCausland 1,065
UUP John Carson 1,025
DUP Jim Crothers Jr778
SDLP Jonathan Stephenson 720
Ulster Democratic Raymond Gilliland216
NI Women's Coalition Eileen Calder149
DUP Robert Ferris85
Green (NI) Alan Warren73
Workers' Party Paul Treanor53
Ulster Independence Norman McClelland8
Natural Law Andrea Gribben5
Turnout 11,952
Alliance gain from UUP
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Court [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
PUP Hugh Smyth 3,070
DUP Eric Smyth 1,573
Ulster Democratic Frank McCoubrey 1,200
UUP Fred Cobain 1,048
UUP Chris McGimpsey800
UUP Glenn Bradley513
Ind. Unionist Joe Coggle407
UUP Dennis Robinson237
DUP Margaret Serris208
NI Women's Coalition Linda Walker150
Alliance John Roberts144
Turnout 9,350
UDP gain from Independent Unionist
Laganbank [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,614
Sinn Féin Seán Hayes1,388
UUP Jim Clarke 1,337
Alliance Steve McBride 1,118
UUP Michael McGimpsey 966
SDLP Peter O'Reilly902
PUP Ernie Purves644
DUP Jim Kirkpatrick 473
NI Women's Coalition Anne Campbell406
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn160
Green (NI) Andrew Frew138
Natural Law James Anderson18
Independent Vincent McKenna12
Turnout 9,176
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Lower Falls [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 2,420
Sinn Féin Seán McKnight2,286
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 2,022
Sinn Féin Marie Moore1,810
SDLP Margaret Walsh1,764
Sinn Féin Janice Austin1,274
Workers' Party John Lowry 468
SDLP Mary White227
Alliance Keith Jacques45
Turnout 12,316
No change
Oldpark [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Mick Conlon2,317
Sinn Féin Bobby Lavery2,230
SDLP Martin Morgan 1,941
Sinn Féin Paddy McManus1,773
PUP Billy Hutchinson 1,582
UUP Fred Proctor1,316
UUP Fred Rodgers986
DUP David Smylie659
Ulster Democratic Paddy Bird427
SDLP Dympna O'Hara365
Green (NI) Peter Emerson 245
Alliance Mark Long177
Workers' Party Steven Doran109
Turnout 14,127
PUP gain from UUP
Pottinger [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Sammy Wilson 2,265
UUP Reg Empey 2,309
PUP David Ervine 2,110
Sinn Féin Dominic Corr978
Alliance Mervyn Jones870
UUP Margaret Clarke768
DUP Robert Clelland605
SDLP Marga Foley309
PUP Alexander Gordon262
UUP Andrew Muers251
Ulster Democratic Robert Girvan169
NI Women's Coalition Pearl Sagar 149
DUP Frank Leslie142
Workers' Party Joseph Bell115
Ulster Independence Josephine Challis21
Natural Law David Collins19
Independent Labour Sean McGouran19
Turnout 11,361
PUP gain from DUP
Upper Falls [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Alex Attwood 2,855
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 2,807
Sinn Féin Michael Browne2,580
Sinn Féin Martin Livingstone2,394
Sinn Féin Chrissie McAuley1,738
SDLP Stephen McGowan616
SDLP Patricia Lewsley 596
DUP David McNerlin201
Workers' Party James McAllister110
Alliance Dan McGuinness85
Turnout 13,982
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Victoria [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance David Alderdice 2,419
UUP Ian Adamson 2,367
UUP Jim Rodgers 1,508
DUP Wallace Browne 1,485
DUP Robin Newton 1,036
Alliance Danny Dow1,024
DUP John McQuillan915
Alliance Glyn Roberts553
DUP Margaret McKenzie523
Ind. Unionist Alan Crowe519
NI Conservatives Lesley Donaldson256
UUP Peter Weir 192
Natural Law Thomas Mullins25
Turnout 12,822
Independent Unionist gain from UUP

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Sean Neeson 741
DUP David Hilditch 626
Independent William Hamilton494
UUP Samuel McCamley466
Independent Nicholas Wady233
PUP Samuel Stewart144
Alliance Arthur McQuitty54
Turnout 2,758
Independent gain from Alliance
Kilroot [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist James Brown908
Alliance Janet Crampsey554
Independent Samuel Crowe553
Alliance Robin Cavan531
UUP Eric Ferguson371
UUP Colin McAuley362
DUP William Ashe357
DUP Desmond Robinson261
PUP Billy Donaldson237
Independent Norman Dixon127
Turnout 4,261
James Brown leaves UUP
Samuel Crowe leaves NI Conservatives
DUP gain from Independent
Knockagh Monument [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Stewart Dickson 867
UUP Thomas Creighton754
DUP May Beattie580
Independent Charles Johnston457
UUP Joseph Reid377
DUP William Haggan336
Alliance Noreen McIlwrath209
PUP Carolyn Howarth121
Turnout 3,764
No change

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 2,783
UUP Alan Carson854
Alliance Patrick Mitchell600
UK Unionist Grant Dillon267
SDLP Dominic Marsella224
Alliance Ann Smith134
DUP John Dunn87
DUP John Norris61
UUP Alwyn McClernon23
Turnout 5,033
Grant Dillon joins UKUP
Castlereagh East [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Iris Robinson 2,787
Alliance Peter Osborne677
UUP Sarah Cummings672
Ind. Unionist William Abraham607
Alliance Michael Long466
Ulster Democratic Blakeley McNally303
DUP Thomas Jeffers172
DUP Sandy Geddis160
Independent David Brown115
DUP Kim Morton73
DUP Sarah Seddon16
Turnout 6,048
Thomas Jeffers leaves UPUP
Castlereagh South [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP John Beattie1,219
DUP Myreve Chambers1,146
SDLP Arthur Hegney864
Alliance Geraldine Rice628
Alliance Margaret Marshall556
UUP Michael Henderson325
DUP Andrew Ramsey205
Turnout 4,943
SDLP gain from Alliance
Castlereagh West [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Clulow952
UUP Cecil Hall744
Alliance Sara Duncan697
SDLP Rosaleen Hughes619
DUP Simon Robinson607
PUP Samuel Johnston367
UUP Marie Luney274
Ind. Unionist Ernest Harper267
DUP Thomas Scott142
Alliance Malcolm Gilmore140
Turnout 4,809
SDLP gain from UUP

Coleraine

Bann [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Dallat 1,234
UUP Olive Church1,023
UUP Jim Watt990
UUP William King855
DUP Robert Bolton 658
SDLP Eamon Mullan642
DUP James McCloskey522
Alliance Ian McEwan152
Turnout 6,076
No change
Coleraine Central [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP David McClarty 1,255
DUP James McClure 941
SDLP Gerald McLaughlin729
UUP David Barbour529
UUP Elizabeth Johnston438
Alliance Eamon O'Hara300
UUP Daniel Christie291
DUP Marie McAllister277
Alliance Yvonne Boyle214
NI Women's Coalition Averil Watson58
Turnout 5,032
No change
Coleraine East [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Maurice Bradley 833
UUP Elizabeth Black606
DUP William Creelman464
Alliance Bill Matthews413
UUP Robert McPherson355
Independent David Gilmour283
Independent Martin Hunter201
UUP Gary Wolfe161
Independent Trevor Cooke125
Turnout 3,441
Alliance gain from UUP
The Skerries [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Pauline Armitage 841
Independent Christine Alexander784
SDLP Patricia Farren486
UUP Norman Hillis 470
DUP Robert Stewart 447
UUP Samuel Kane425
Alliance Barbara Dempsey359
Alliance Patrick McGowan300
DUP James Milliken259
Independent Thomas Mackay46
Turnout 4,417
Independent gain from UUP

Cookstown

Ballinderry [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patsy McGlone 1,555
Sinn Féin Pearse McAleer1,518
DUP Anne McCrea976
UUP William Armstrong 735
UUP Walter Greer618
DUP Samuel McCartney519
SDLP Mary Baker497
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell497
Ind. Nationalist Francis Rocks53
Turnout 6,968
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Cookstown Central [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Trevor Wilson1,427
Sinn Féin Sean Begley1,172
DUP William John Larmour863
SDLP Denis Haughey 855
SDLP Peggy Laverty487
UUP William Joseph Larmour221
DUP Raymond McGarvey189
Turnout 5,214
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Drum Manor [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Sean Begley1,446
UUP Samuel Glasgow1,173
Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke741
SDLP James McGarvey696
DUP William Cuddy686
SDLP Peter Cassidy376
Sinn Féin John McNamee293
Turnout 5,411
Sinn Fein gain from DUP

Craigavon

Craigavon Central [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Kenneth Twyble1,576
DUP William Allen1,079
Sinn Féin Francis Murray1,048
SDLP Pat Mallon1,008
UUP James McCammick737
UUP Frederick Crowe722
Alliance Sean Hagan541
Community LabourAlan Evans389
UUP Cyril McLoughlin377
SDLP Philip Mallon182
NI Women's Coalition Chris Moffat84
Workers' Party Peter Smyth55
Community LabourWilliam McAvoy25
Turnout 7,823
No change
Loughside [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin John O'Dowd 2,320
SDLP Sean McKavanagh1,499
SDLP Dolores Kelly 692
SDLP Mary McAlinden562
UUP John Crozier471
SDLP Kieran McGeown339
Workers' Party Tom French 226
Upper Bann Labour Hugh Casey 203
Upper Bann LabourMark McKavanagh101
DUP Anne Hanlon89
Alliance Adrian McKinney62
Community LabourMary Sheen14
Turnout 6,578
SDLP gain from Workers' Party
Lurgan [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Sam Gardiner 1,802
UUP George Savage 1,371
DUP Ruth Allen803
UUP Meta Crozier691
UUP Jonathan Bell 655
DUP Frederick Baird623
SDLP Mary McNally614
UUP Sydney Cairns434
Alliance Wilson Freeburn390
Sinn Féin Bernadette O'Hagan349
UUP William McCullough230
Upper Bann LabourGillian Kirk49
Community LabourJames Devlin17
Turnout 8,028
Sydney Cairns joins UUP
Portadown [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Mervyn Carrick 1,713
Ind. Nationalist Breandan MacCionnaith1,493
UUP James Gillespie1,203
UUP Joe Trueman919
SDLP Ignatius Fox890
UUP Mark Neale515
Ind. Nationalist Joe Duffy412
UUP David Thompson404
Alliance William Ramsay373
DUP John Tate132
Community LabourCarol Lindsay19
Turnout 8,073
Independent Nationalist gain from DUP and Alliance

Derry

Cityside [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Cathal Crumley1,333
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 1,307
SDLP James Clifford969
Sinn Féin Peter Anderson952
SDLP Patrick Devine829
SDLP Pat Ramsey 822
NI Women's Coalition Margaret Logue255
Turnout 6,467
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Northland [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Mark Durkan 1,679
Sinn Féin Mary Nelis 1,564
Sinn Féin Marian Hutcheon1,128
SDLP Martin Bradley1,115
SDLP John Tierney 1,096
SDLP Kathleen McCloskey854
SDLP John Kerr850
Sinn Féin Pious McNaught572
Independent Alister Simpson532
NI Women's Coalition Patricia McAdams290
Labour Tony Martin50
Labour Geraldine O'Neill46
Turnout 9,776
No change
Rural [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Annie Courtney 1,220
DUP William Hay 1,105
SDLP Seamus McNickle976
UUP Andrew Davidson833
DUP Maurice Devenney 741
SDLP George Peoples739
DUP Ernie Hamilton730
Sinn Féin Paul Fleming707
SDLP Jim McKeever549
NI Women's Coalition Catherine Cooke180
Independent David Hawthorne48
Turnout 7,828
UUP gain from DUP
Shantallow [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Mary Bradley 1,826
Sinn Féin Tony Hasson1,290
Sinn Féin Gearoid O'Heara1,134
SDLP William O'Connell1,027
SDLP Shaun Gallagher872
SDLP Margaret McCartney779
Sinn Féin Bernadette McDaid504
Labour Charles McDaid195
NI Women's Coalition Diane Greer165
DUP William Dougherty134
Labour Robert Lindsay41
Labour Patrick Muldowney16
Turnout 7,983
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Waterside [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Richard Dallas1,535
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,497
SDLP Philip Kelly1,051
Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming903
SDLP Wilfred White759
DUP Joe Miller749
Ind. Unionist James Guy671
DUP Mildred Garfield517
UUP May Hamilton497
DUP Bill Irwin443
Ulster Democratic David Nicholl276
NI Women's Coalition Helena Schlindwein146
Independent Ken Adams86
Independent Gerry Toland22
Turnout 9,152
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Down

Ballynahinch [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Billy Alexander1,362
SDLP Patrick Toman1,197
UUP Harvey Bicker 990
SDLP Anne McAleenan951
SDLP Frances Casement409
UUP John Reid325
Sinn Féin John Smyth234
Turnout 5,468
SDLP gain from UUP
Downpatrick [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Doris991
SDLP Peter Craig918
UUP Jack McIlheron802
SDLP Dermot Curran748
Sinn Féin Patrick McGreevy659
SDLP Owen Adams477
Alliance Michael Healy431
SDLP Gerard Mahon417
Labour Patrick O'Connor251
SDLP John Irvine189
Green (NI) Keith Bradford113
Workers' Party Desmond O'Hagan 57
Labour Edna Furey41
Labour Michael Kearney35
Turnout 6,129
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Newcastle [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 913
Sinn Féin Frank McDowell831
UUP Gerald Douglas773
SDLP Carmel O'Boyle715
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick706
DUP Stanley Priestly552
NI Women's Coalition Anne Carr430
SDLP Frances Flynn422
UUP Ronald Richie259
Alliance Adrienne Healy167
Workers' Party Edward O'Hagan75
Turnout 5,843
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Women's Coalition gain from DUP
Rowallane [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 1,044
UUP Samuel Osborne846
UUP Albert Colmer817
DUP William Dick810
UUP William Biggerstaff695
Ind. Unionist Billy Walker521
SDLP Laurence Moffat384
Alliance Barry Corscadden252
Turnout 5,369
No change

Dungannon

Blackwater [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patsy Daly950
Sinn Féin Michelle Gildernew 920
UUP Jim Hamilton905
UUP Derek Irwin858
UUP Jim Brady799
DUP James Ewing596
DUP Robert McFarland453
DUP Anthony Fox447
Turnout 5,928
No change
Clogher Valley [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Noel Mulligan1,097
SDLP Anthony McGonnell1,083
Sinn Féin Seamus Flanagan1,028
DUP Johnston McIlwrath989
UUP Robert Mulligan857
SDLP Margaret Monaghan499
Sinn Féin Brian Kilpatrick339
Turnout 5,892
No change
Dungannon Town [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Vincent Kelly1,065
DUP Maurice Morrow 955
UUP Joan Carson 940
UUP John Reilly777
SDLP Vincent Currie651
Democratic Left Gerry Cullen412
Sinn Féin Edward Devlin291
Alliance Ephrem Bogues269
SDLP Peggy Devlin170
Turnout 5,530
No change
Torrent [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 1,407
UUP Norman Badger1,212
Ind. Nationalist Jim Canning1,183
Sinn Féin Michael Gillespie1,017
SDLP Jim Cavanagh832
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris822
Sinn Féin Jim O'Donnell493
SDLP Joe Gervin283
Turnout 7,249
No change

Fermanagh

Enniskillen [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Samuel Foster 2,055
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 1,313
SDLP Eamon Flanagan927
UUP Raymond Ferguson 769
UUP Basil Johnston685
Progressive SocialistDavid Kettyles581
DUP Joe Dodds 581
SDLP John Rooney267
UUP Ethel Gregg175
DUP Robert Irvine160
Alliance John Haslett156
NI Women's Coalition Margaret McCaffrey143
Turnout 7,812
No change
Erne East [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Harold Andrews1,149
Sinn Féin Ruth Lynch 1,073
UUP Cecil Noble932
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey918
Ind. Nationalist Tony McPhillips909
SDLP Fergus McQuillan897
UUP Jean McVitty886
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly 694
DUP Paul Robinson369
SDLP Marie O'Neill355
Turnout 8,182
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Erne North [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Caldwell McClaughry998
DUP Bert Johnston951
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 933
UUP Bertie Kerr917
UUP Thomas Elliott 848
Sinn Féin Geraldine Cassidy730
SDLP John Dolan526
Alliance Neville McElderry98
DUP Jean Jackson62
Turnout 6,063
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Erne West [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Wilson Elliott1,616
Independent Patrick McCaffrey1,250
Sinn Féin Robin Martin1,179
SDLP Gerard Gallagher1,071
Sinn Féin Stephen Huggett863
UUP Derrick Nixon612
NI Women's Coalition Amelda Maguire176
Turnout 6,767
No change

Larne

Coast Road [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Thomas Robinson 527
Ind. Nationalist William Cunning502
UUP Joan Drummond473
SDLP Daniel O'Connor 409
Alliance Amelia Kelly317
DUP Winston Fulton314
DUP Rachel Rea313
DUP Trevor Robinson155
Independent Norman McCann73
Turnout 3,083
SDLP gain from Alliance
Larne Lough [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Roy Beggs 1,043
Alliance John Mathews526
DUP Bobby McKee 369
DUP Samuel McAllister300
UUP John Hall297
UUP David Fleck265
UUP Alexander Hunter240
DUP Sharon Gardiner174
PUP George Ferguson116
Turnout 3,330
Alliance gain from DUP
Larne Town [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Desmond Nixon698
DUP Jack McKee 663
UUP Rosalie Armstrong485
Independent Lindsay Mason 462
Independent Roy Craig352
Alliance Patricia Kay336
UUP Mary Steele202
DUP Gregg McKeen91
Turnout 3,289
Independent gain from UUP and Alliance

Limavady

Bellarena [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Stanley Gault839
SDLP Michael Carten814
SDLP Arthur Doherty 798
UUP Ian Grant765
SDLP John McKinney714
DUP Robert Glass453
Turnout 4,383
No change
Benbradagh [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Boyd Douglas 1,072
SDLP Michael Coyle 1,013
Sinn Féin Malachy O'Kane876
SDLP John Lynch442
UUP Max Gault409
Sinn Féin Eddie Lynn368
Turnout 4,180
No change
Limavady Town [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Robinson 837
SDLP Desmond Lowry759
SDLP Barry Doherty739
UUP Jack Dolan738
UUP Ronald Cartwright729
UUP Norman Reynolds484
DUP Victor Wilson157
NI Women's Coalition Paula Taylor88
Turnout 4,531
No change

Lisburn

Downshire [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Edmund Falloon1,328
DUP Charles Poots 1,041
Alliance Betty Campbell902
NI Conservatives William Bleakes 846
DUP David Craig441
UUP William Moore389
UUP Ken Hull352
Turnout 5,299
Alliance gain from UUP
Dunmurry Cross [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 1,365
Sinn Féin Paul Butler 1,260
Sinn Féin Sue Ramsey 1,025
UUP Billy Bell 963
SDLP William McDonnell928
Sinn Féin Maria Gray777
Ind. Nationalist Hugh Lewsley502
SDLP Geraldine Rodgers501
UUP Frederick Parkinson474
UUP Andrew Park330
Alliance Owen Gawith284
DUP Yvonne Craig236
Workers' Party Frances McCarthy192
Turnout 8,837
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Hugh Lewsley leaves SDLP
Killultagh [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Jim Dillon1,432
SDLP Peter O'Hagan 931
DUP Cecil Calvert 904
UUP Kenneth Watson591
UUP David Greene551
Alliance Trevor Lunn 489
DUP James Tinsley412
NI Women's Coalition Sybil Moses150
Turnout 5,460
No change
Lisburn Town North [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP William Lewis1,237
Alliance Fraser McCammond951
Ind. Unionist Ronnie Crawford810
Ulster Democratic David Adams 748
Protestant Unionist William Beattie 671
UUP William Gardiner-Watson652
Alliance William Whitley495
UUP Lorraine Martin408
DUP Eleanor Calvert401
DUP James Tinsley294
Ind. Unionist Anne Blake258
UUP Noel Malcolm99
NI Conservatives Leonard Jarvis89
Turnout 7,113
UDP gain from UUP
William Beattie leaves DUP
Lisburn Town South [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Ivan Davis 1,469
Alliance Seamus Close 1,067
Ulster Democratic Gary McMichael 750
UUP David Archer578
DUP Stuart Deignan510
UUP Joseph Lockhart454
UUP George Morrison 387
Ulster Democratic Philip Dean117
UUP Margaret Little105
NI Women's Coalition Bronya Bonar59
Turnout 5,496
No change

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,675
Sinn Féin Seamus O'Brien1,777
SDLP Patrick Kilpatrick1,149
UUP George Shiels816
SDLP Joseph McBride499
DUP Paul McLean107
Labour Harry Hutchinson73
Workers' Party Marian Donnelly 37
Turnout 7,133
No change
Moyola [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Margaret McKenna1,180
Sinn Féin Paul Henry949
UUP John Junkin 882
DUP Thomas Catherwood829
SDLP Patrick McErlean727
DUP James Wilson541
SDLP Francis Kearney468
UUP Norman Montgomery362
Ind. Unionist James Mulholland250
Workers' Party Patrick Scullion53
Turnout 6,241
Sinn Fein gain from DUP
Sperrin [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 1,801
Sinn Féin John Kelly 1,602
SDLP Kathleen Lagan1,170
UUP Robert Montgomery810
DUP Rodney Mitchell658
SDLP Francis McKendry515
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly103
Green (NI) Jude Stephens12
Turnout 6,671
No change

Moyle

Ballycastle [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Seamus Blaney551
SDLP Richard Kerr483
DUP Gardiner Kane 356
UUP Helen Harding283
Independent Christopher McCaughan221
DUP Elizabeth Brennan14
Turnout 1,908
No change
Giant's Causeway [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy484
DUP David McAllister278
UUP William Graham263
DUP George Hartin237
UUP Robert McIlroy176
UUP Raymond Rodgers126
DUP Alan Mulholland93
ChristianThomas Palmer22
Turnout 1,679
Robert McIlroy joins Ulster Unionists
The Glens [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Republican Oliver McMullan 711
Sinn Féin James McCarry454
SDLP Malachy McSparran404
SDLP Archie McIntosh316
Ind. Nationalist Randal McDonnell223
DUP Thomas Brennan218
SDLP Anna Edwards162
Turnout 2,488
No change

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Peadar Bradley1,503
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy 1,423
SDLP Hugh Carr 975
UUP Gordon Heslip893
Independent Anthony Williamson861
SDLP Josephine O'Hare762
Independent Ciaran Mussen752
SDLP Jim McCart716
SDLP Marietta Farrell 356
Alliance Lindsay Whitcroft219
Turnout 8,460
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Newry Town [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 1,095
Independent Jackie Patterson1,030
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran1,000
Independent Eugene Markey929
SDLP Patrick McElroy807
SDLP Frank Feely 774
UUP William McCaigue727
Sinn Féin Anne-Marie Willis529
SDLP Arthur Ruddy528
SDLP Mary McKeown491
Alliance Peter Whitcroft181
Turnout 8,091
Independent gain from SDLP
Slieve Gullion [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Fee 1,412
Sinn Féin Patrick Brennan1,148
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald1,114
Sinn Féin Pat McNamee 1,108
SDLP Pat Toner845
SDLP Dessie McDonnell647
Turnout 6,274
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Fews [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Danny Kennedy 1,610
Sinn Féin Brendan Lewis1,103
SDLP Stephen McGinn1,018
SDLP Charles Smyth975
UUP William Moffett952
Sinn Féin Jimmy McCreesh883
SDLP James Savage690
Turnout 7,231
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Mournes [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Isaac Hanna1,595
UUP Henry Reilly 1,303
SDLP Emmett Haughian1,196
DUP William Burns907
SDLP Michael Cunningham895
Sinn Féin Paul Lawless471
Alliance Anne Cunningham353
Independent Ewan Atkinson102
Workers' Party Henry Cunningham78
Turnout 6,900
No change

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Tommy McTeague1,500
UUP Edward Crilly1,329
UUP Arthur Kell752
DUP Liz Snoddy647
UUP Ivan Hunter536
Alliance James Rooney493
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association John Blair 462
Ind. Unionist Arthur Templeton442
Ulster Democratic Billy Blair382
Alliance Tommy Frazer336
Turnout 6,875
UUP gain from Independent Unionist
NRA gain from Alliance
Ballyclare [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Jim Bingham847
DUP Paul Girvan 705
Alliance Pat McCudden586
UUP Vera McWilliams477
UUP Ed Turkington362
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron262
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Etta Mann259
PUP Norman Lavery225
Ulster Democratic Dave Burgess137
Ind. Unionist Thomas Porter95
Turnout 3,955
Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
Macedon [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Newtownabbey Labour Party Mark Langhammer 1,103
Ind. Unionist Andrew Beattie595
UUP David Hollis539
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Billy Webb477
DUP Billy Snoddy 470
Ulster Democratic Tommy Kirkham 442
Newtownabbey Labour Party Robert Kidd393
PUP Bob Gourley372
UUP Richard Walker278
UK Unionist Norman Boyd 225
Independent George Reynolds169
Alliance Julie Greaves119
Turnout 5,182
Andrew Beattie leaves UUP
Newtownabbey Labour Party gain from Alliance
NRA gain from DUP
University [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Fraser Agnew 878
UUP Ken Robinson 706
Ind. Unionist George Herron633
UUP Bill Johnston499
UUP Barbara Gilliland490
Alliance Lynn Frazer461
PUP William Greer448
UK Unionist William Boyd426
Ulster Democratic Harry Speers371
Alliance William McKimmon369
DUP Tony Lough333
DUP Alan Hewitt299
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Samuel Neill226
Newtownabbey Labour Party William McClinton212
PUP Alexander Knell131
Ind. Unionist Jack McDonald86
UUP Louie Robinson78
Turnout 6,646
George Herron leaves UUP
PUP gain from DUP

North Down

Abbey [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Stephen Farry 650
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan650
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson597
UUP Roberta Dunlop482
DUP Ruby Cooling471
PUP Stewart Currie344
UUP Karl McLean328
Ind. Unionist Cecil Braniff165
Ulster Democratic Norman McCullough131
Independent Raymond Gordon115
Turnout 3,933
Valerie Kinghan leaves UPUP
PUP gain from Independent Unionist
Ballyholme and Groomsport [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Alan Chambers 1,218
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons770
UUP Leslie Cree 755
Independent Austen Lennon739
NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan498
UK Unionist Elizabeth Roche440
Alliance Gavin Walker406
DUP Marie Cree375
UUP Ian Henry178
UUP James Kingan156
UUP Ronald Dorian106
Turnout 5,641
UKUP gain from DUP
Bangor West [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Brian Wilson 1,090
UUP Roy Bradford 699
Alliance Eileen Bell 662
UK Unionist William Keery509
UUP Marion Smith459
PUP Ernest Steele439
Alliance Anne Wilson387
DUP John Gordon308
Ind. Unionist Ian Sinclair227
DUP Alan Graham191
UUP Roy Davies190
NI Conservatives Julian Robertson112
Alliance Derek Bell76
Independent Bob Mooney15
Turnout 5,364
Brian Wilson leaves Alliance
PUP gain from DUP
UKUP gain from NI Conservatives
Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
Holywood [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Ellie McKay863
Alliance Susan O'Brien767
Independent Dennis Ogborn545
Alliance Richard Good434
DUP Gordon Dunne 417
Independent Jimmy White279
Independent Bobby Irvine240
NI Conservatives Jennifer Cumming165
UK Unionist Jeffrey Dudgeon 159
Turnout 3,869
DUP gain from NI Conservatives
Alliance gain from Independent

Omagh

Mid Tyrone [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick McMahon1,375
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke1,129
UUP Desmond Anderson1,026
Sinn Féin Michael McAnespie980
SDLP Joe Byrne 807
SDLP Seamus Shields741
Ind. Nationalist Brian McGrath554
DUP Drew Baxter543
Sinn Féin Barney McAleer382
DUP Jim Patterson284
UUP John Anderson174
Democratic Left Patrick McClean148
Alliance Paul Gallagher57
Turnout 8,200
SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist
Omagh Town [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Francis Mackey1,096
SDLP Paddy McGowan 1,080
DUP Oliver Gibson 747
Independent Johnny McLaughlin570
UUP Reuben McKelvey567
UUP Ronald Oldcroft486
Alliance Ann Gormley471
DUP Harry Cairns375
SDLP Vincent Campbell362
SDLP Stephen McKenna309
Sinn Féin Patrick O'Hagan204
DUP Keith Mosgrove196
Ulster Independence Sandra Jones42
Turnout 6,505
No change
West Tyrone [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Crawford McFarland1,243
Sinn Féin Kevin McGrade1,105
DUP Thomas Buchanan 820
SDLP Liam McQuaid803
Sinn Féin Cathal Quinn753
UUP Alan Rainey727
SDLP Pat McDonnell655
SDLP James Connolly426
Workers' Party Tommy Owens387
DUP Walter McFarland294
Alliance George Kerr216
Labour Amanda McLaughlin141
Workers' Party Tony Winters70
Turnout 7,640
No change

Strabane

Derg [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh1,440
UUP Derek Hussey 1,247
UUP Edward Turner838
DUP Thomas Kerrigan596
SDLP Thomas Murtagh550
Sinn Féin Sean Elliott545
SDLP Bernadette McNamee513
DUP Sarah Anderson447
Turnout 6,176
Derek Hussey joins UUP
Glenelly [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Thomas McBride1,155
Sinn Féin Martin Conway1,144
DUP Allan Bresland 1,101
UUP James Emery1,021
DUP John Donnell677
UUP Wilfred Sinclair616
Independent John Gallagher114
Alliance Elizabeth McCaffrey87
Turnout 5,915
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Mourne [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr1,959
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty1,276
SDLP Eugene Mullen1,124
UUP John Cummings825
Independent James O'Kane801
SDLP Eugene McMenamin 756
SDLP Ann Bell308
Alliance Marie Wallace95
Turnout 7,144
Sinn Fein gain from UUP

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