1997 Strabane District Council election

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

All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin UUP
Seats won543
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Nationalist Ind. Unionist
Seats won310
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1

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

Elections to Strabane 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

Strabane District Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDLP 500Steady2.svg031.322.94,406Decrease2.svg4.4
  Sinn Féin 420Increase2.svg225.033.16,364Increase2.svg12.0
  UUP 312Decrease2.svg118.823.64,547Increase2.svg3.7
  DUP 300Steady2.svg018.814.72,821Decrease2.svg5.2
  Ind. Nationalist 100Steady2.svg06.34.8915Decrease2.svg0.5
  Alliance 000Steady2.svg00.00.9182Decrease2.svg1.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin UUP DUP Others
Derg17.2132.1133.8216.910.005
Glenelly19.5119.3127.7130.123.405
Mourne30.6345.3211.600.0012.516
Total22.9533.1423.6314.735.7116

District results

Derg

1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Derg - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh*23.32%1,440    
UUP Derek Hussey *20.19%1,247    
UUP Edward Turner*13.57%838838.58 988.35 1,047.73 
DUP Thomas Kerrigan*9.65%596596.29 647.8 1,034.7 
SDLP Tomás Murtagh8.91%550583.06 584.08 584.08 1,022.08
Sinn Féin Sean Elliott8.82%545886.62 886.79 887.96 944.53
SDLP Bernadette McNamee8.31%513543.16 543.84 544.84  
DUP Sarah Anderson7.24%447447.29 454.94   
Electorate: 8,241  Valid: 6,176 (74.94%)  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 1,030  Turnout: 6,304 (76.50%)  

    Glenelly

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

    Glenelly - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SDLP Tom McBride19.53%1,155     
    Sinn Féin Martin Conway19.34%1,144     
    DUP Allan Bresland *18.61%1,101     
    UUP James Emery*13.84%1,021     
    DUP John Donnell*11.45%677677.42 680.72 781.82 805.61 822.73
    UUP Wilfred Sinclair10.41%616616.63 617.95 624.75 633.8 708.62
    Alliance Elizabeth McCaffrey1.47%87196.62 281.76 281.76 350.45  
    Ind. Nationalist John Gallagher*1.93%114166.92 230.61 231.91   
    Electorate: 7,727  Valid: 5,915 (76.55%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 986  Turnout: 6,014 (77.83%)  

      Mourne

      1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

      Mourne - 6 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*27.42%1,959     
      Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty17.86%1,276     
      SDLP Thomas Mullen15.73%1,124     
      Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane*11.21%8011,224.28    
      SDLP Eugene McMenamin 10.58%7561,091.96    
      SDLP Ann Bell*4.31%308471.54 701.94 740.82 940.57 1,039.9
      UUP John Cummings*11.55%825830.92 842.12 878.86 882.26 882.81
      Alliance Marie Wallace1.33%9598.7 109.1    
      Electorate: 10,298  Valid: 7,144 (69.37%)  Spoilt: 125  Quota: 1,021  Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.