1997 Strabane District Council election
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All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Nationalist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 3 1 0
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Decrease 1

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.

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady0 31.3 22.9 4,406 Decrease4.4
  Sinn Féin 4 2 0 Increase2 25.0 33.1 6,364 Increase12.0
  Ulster Unionist 3 1 2 Decrease1 18.8 23.6 4,547 Increase3.7
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 14.7 2,821 Decrease5.2
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 4.8 915 Decrease0.5
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.9 182 Decrease1.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin UUP DUP Others
Derg 17.2 1 32.1 1 33.8 2 16.9 1 0.0 0 5
Glenelly 19.5 1 19.3 1 27.7 1 30.1 2 3.4 0 5
Mourne 30.6 3 45.3 2 11.6 0 0.0 0 12.5 1 6
Total 22.9 5 33.1 4 23.6 3 14.7 3 5.7 1 16

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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh* 23.32% 1,440        
Ulster Unionist Derek Hussey* 20.19% 1,247        
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner* 13.57% 838 838.58 988.35 1,047.73  
DUP Thomas Kerrigan* 9.65% 596 596.29 647.8 1,034.7  
SDLP Tomás Murtagh 8.91% 550 583.06 584.08 584.08 1,022.08
Sinn Féin Sean Elliott 8.82% 545 886.62 886.79 887.96 944.53
SDLP Bernadette McNamee 8.31% 513 543.16 543.84 544.84  
DUP Sarah Anderson 7.24% 447 447.29 454.94    
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Tom McBride 19.53% 1,155          
Sinn Féin Martin Conway 19.34% 1,144          
DUP Allan Bresland* 18.61% 1,101          
Ulster Unionist James Emery* 13.84% 1,021          
DUP John Donnell* 11.45% 677 677.42 680.72 781.82 805.61 822.73
Ulster Unionist Wilfred Sinclair 10.41% 616 616.63 617.95 624.75 633.8 708.62
Alliance Elizabeth McCaffrey 1.47% 87 196.62 281.76 281.76 350.45  
Independent Nationalist John Gallagher* 1.93% 114 166.92 230.61 231.91    
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 27.42% 1,959          
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty 17.86% 1,276          
SDLP Thomas Mullen 15.73% 1,124          
Independent Nationalist James O'Kane* 11.21% 801 1,224.28        
SDLP Eugene McMenamin 10.58% 756 1,091.96        
SDLP Ann Bell* 4.31% 308 471.54 701.94 740.82 940.57 1,039.9
Ulster Unionist John Cummings* 11.55% 825 830.92 842.12 878.86 882.26 882.81
Alliance Marie Wallace 1.33% 95 98.7 109.1      
Electorate: 10,298   Valid: 7,144 (69.37%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%)  

References

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