1997 North Down Borough Council election
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All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Alliance UK Unionist
Seats won 6 6 3
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP NI Conservatives PUP
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase 2
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Independent Ind. Unionist UPUP
Seats won 2 2 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Decrease 2

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.

Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 6 0 0 Steady0 24.0 22.4 4,216 Increase3.7
  Alliance 6 1 0 Increase1 24.0 22.1 4,152 Decrease0.6
  UK Unionist 3 3 0 Increase3 12.0 9.3 1,798 New
  Ind. Unionist 2 0 1 Decrease1 8.0 12.5 2,349 Increase0.1
  Independent 2 1 1 Steady0 8.0 12.1 2,284 Decrease0.9
  DUP 2 1 2 Decrease1 8.0 9.4 1,762 Decrease6.8
  NI Conservatives 2 0 2 Decrease2 8.0 8.6 1,372 Decrease3.8
  PUP 2 2 0 Increase2 8.0 4.2 783 Increase4.2
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 131 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance UKUP DUP Conservative PUP Others
Abbey 20.6 1 16.5 1 16.5 1 12.0 1 15.2 1 8.7 1 10.5 0 6
Ballyholme and Groomsport 21.2 2 20.8 1 7.8 1 6.5 0 8.8 1 0.0 0 34.9 2 7
Bangor West 25.1 2 21.0 2 9.5 1 9.3 0 2.1 0 8.2 1 24.8 1 7
Holywood 22.3 1 31.0 2 4.1 0 10.8 1 4.3 0 0.0 0 27.5 1 5
Total 22.4 6 22.1 6 9.3 3 9.4 2 7.3 2 4.2 2 25.3 4 25

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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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% 471 474.06 498.42 503.7 528.44 610.44  
Ulster Unionist Roberta Dunlop 12.26% 482 495.86 516.58 525.1 532.24 587.24  
PUP Stewart Currie 8.75% 344 352.46 357.92 359.9 417.26 483.96 505.96
Ulster Unionist Karl McLean 8.34% 328 339.34 354.74 363.44 386.52 446.3 465.3
Ind. Unionist Cecil Braniff* 4.20% 165 176.7 186.78 190.08 198.42    
Independent William Gordon 2.92% 115 147.58 151.36 152.8 155.66    
Ulster Democratic Richard McCullough 3.33% 131 134.06 137.84 138.92      
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ind. Unionist Alan Chambers* 21.59% 1,218              
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons* 13.65% 770              
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree* 13.38% 755              
Ind. Unionist Austen Lennon* 13.10% 739              
UK Unionist Elizabeth Roche 7.80% 440 516.93 517.89 519.39 523.74 534.44 556.02 714.7
Ulster Unionist Ian Henry* 3.16% 178 232.39 234.15 240.69 242.89 338.96 515.62 709.27
NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan* 8.83% 498 568.56 572.96 575.96 580.11 601.74 618.19 652.24
Alliance Gavin Walker 7.20% 406 479.99 529.75 530.83 532.13 546.44 557.33 564.49
DUP Marie Cree 6.65% 375 464.67 465.23 470.15 472.3 485.14 502.06  
Ulster Unionist Ronald Dorrian 1.88% 106 193.71 194.99 218.39 220.89 272.64    
Ulster Unionist James Kingan 2.77% 156 209.9 211.02 214.5 217.45      
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Independent Brian Wilson* 20.32% 1,090                      
Ulster Unionist Roy Bradford* 13.03% 699                      
Alliance Eileen Bell* 12.34% 662 700.61                    
Alliance Anne Wilson 7.21% 387 661.56 668.73 679.23                
Ulster Unionist Marion Smith 8.56% 459 480.45 481.45 481.45 485.97 490.95 510.32 517.18 657.86 788.86    
UK Unionist William Keery 9.49% 509 528.11 528.11 529.01 530.89 536.61 550.73 564.2 585.85 640.36 662.36 663.86
PUP Ernest Steele 8.18% 439 444.46 444.46 444.76 445.4 451.08 458.42 468.42 480.74 502.9 527.9 530.3
DUP Robert Gordon 5.74% 308 310.73 311.73 311.73 312.89 312.89 317.28 466.96 490.35 508.76 523.76 523.76
Ind. Unionist Ian Sinclair* 4.23% 227 246.11 246.5 247.1 247.62 268.22 300.12 304.2 324.05      
Ulster Unionist Royston Davies 3.54% 190 201.7 202.7 203 220.32 229.5 246.48 249.48        
DUP Alan Graham 3.56% 191 195.68 196.07 196.07 196.47 196.77 197.77          
NI Conservatives Julian Robertson 2.09% 112 116.68 118.07 118.37 119.05 125.03            
Alliance Derek Bell 1.42% 76 85.75 87.75 103.65 103.93              
Independent Robert Mooney 0.28% 15 18.12                    
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay* 22.31% 863          
Alliance Susan O'Brien* 19.82% 767          
Independent Dennis Ogborn* 14.09% 545 594.66 608.26 630.3 677.5  
DUP Gordon Dunne 10.78% 417 474.72 477.12 570.44 644.08 694.08
Alliance Richard Good 11.22% 434 449.08 544.92 560.42 607.8 643.48
Independent James White* 7.21% 279 297.2 300.4 309.18 317.72 442.62
Independent Bobby Irvine 6.20% 240 248.58 251.3 259.3 274.38  
NI Conservatives Jennifer Cumming 4.26% 165 199.58 201.5 233.88    
UK Unionist Jeffrey Dudgeon 4.11% 159 187.6 188.24      
Electorate: 10,434   Valid: 3,869 (37.08%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 645   Turnout: 3,921 (37.58%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "North Down Council Elections 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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