1997 Derry City Council election
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All 30 seats to Derry City Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Derry City Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46.7 | 43.7 | 18,012 | 3.2 | |
Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 11,394 | 7.5 | |
Democratic Unionist | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 5,186 | 0.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 3,595 | 0.5 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1,203 | 0.1 | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,036 | New | |
Labour Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 434 | New | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 176 | 0.5 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 48 | 1.9 | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Cityside | 40.6 | 2 | 55.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 |
Northland | 57.2 | 5 | 33.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 7 |
Rural | 44.5 | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 23.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 6 |
Shantallow | 56.4 | 3 | 36.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 5 |
Waterside | 19.8 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 35.0 | 3 | 22.2 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 7 |
Total | 43.7 | 14 | 27.7 | 8 | 12.6 | 4 | 8.7 | 3 | 7.3 | 1 | 30 |
District results[edit]
Cityside[edit]
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Cathal Crumley | 20.61% | 1,333 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin* | 20.21% | 1,307 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Peter Anderson | 14.72% | 952 | 979 | 1,213.27 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Jim Clifford* | 14.98% | 969 | 1,042 | 1,047.7 | 1,115.64 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Ramsey* | 12.71% | 822 | 883 | 884.33 | 972.81 | 976.8 | 989.55 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Devine* | 12.82% | 829 | 881 | 884.42 | 955.52 | 961.41 | 986.16 | |
NI Women's Coalition | Margaret Logue | 3.94% | 255 | ||||||
Electorate: 9,432 Valid: 6,467 (68.56%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,078 Turnout: 6,661 (70.62%) |
Northland[edit]
1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mark Durkan* | 17.17% | 1,679 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis* | 16.00% | 1,564 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Martin Bradley* | 11.41% | 1,115 | 1,272.14 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Marion Hutcheon | 11.54% | 1,128 | 1,134.75 | 1,318.67 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Tierney* | 11.21% | 1,096 | 1,147.03 | 1,161.99 | 1,163.42 | 1,172.06 | 1,246.06 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Kerr* | 8.69% | 850 | 1,012 | 1,018.82 | 1,019.59 | 1,045.75 | 1,132.75 | 1,252.1 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Kathleen McCloskey* | 8.74% | 854 | 896.39 | 901.67 | 902.44 | 910.04 | 968.04 | 1,040.04 | |
Sinn Féin | Pius McNaught | 5.85% | 572 | 577.94 | 691.24 | 779.35 | 780.23 | 822.23 | 827.23 | |
Ind. Unionist | Alexander Simpson | 5.44% | 532 | 533.89 | 533.89 | 533.89 | 533.89 | 567.89 | ||
NI Women's Coalition | Patricia McAdams | 2.97% | 290 | 303.23 | 308.51 | 309.06 | 310.5 | |||
Labour Coalition | Anthony Martin | 0.51% | 50 | 52.97 | 54.51 | 54.62 | 54.94 | |||
Labour Coalition | Geraldine O'Neill | 0.47% | 46 | 48.7 | 50.24 | 50.46 | 50.7 | |||
Electorate: 16,075 Valid: 9,776 (60.81%) Spoilt: 207 Quota: 1,223 Turnout: 9,983 (62.10%) |
Rural[edit]
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Annie Courtney* | 15.59% | 1,220 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | William Hay* | 14.12% | 1,105 | 1,121 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John McNickle* | 12.47% | 976 | 991 | 1,421 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | George Peoples* | 9.44% | 739 | 760 | 871 | 1,168.84 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Davidson | 10.64% | 833 | 887 | 890 | 890 | 901.31 | 905.87 | 1,212.87 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton | 9.33% | 730 | 751 | 751 | 751 | 754.19 | 757.23 | 1,048.15 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming | 9.03% | 707 | 719 | 748 | 749.46 | 833.56 | 874.6 | 874.6 | |
Democratic Unionist | Maurice Devenney | 9.47% | 741 | 749 | 749 | 749 | 750.74 | 751.5 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Jim McKeever | 7.01% | 549 | 600 | ||||||
NI Women's Coalition | Catherine Cooke | 2.30% | 180 | |||||||
Independent | David Hawthorne | 0.61% | 48 | |||||||
Electorate: 13,468 Valid: 7,828 (58.12%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,119 Turnout: 7,992 (59.34%) |
Shantallow[edit]
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary Bradley* | 22.87% | 1,826 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Tony Hassan | 16.16% | 1,290 | 1,304.84 | 1,306.84 | 1,307.84 | 1,325.68 | 1,658.68 | ||
Sinn Féin | Gearóid Ó hEára* | 14.21% | 1,134 | 1,154.44 | 1,157.44 | 1,157.44 | 1,199.66 | 1,333.56 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Shaun Gallagher* | 10.92% | 872 | 1,190.92 | 1,202.2 | 1,221.88 | 1,298.64 | 1,311.2 | 1,325.2 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | William O'Connell* | 12.86% | 1,027 | 1,088.32 | 1,091.32 | 1,104.32 | 1,171.56 | 1,181.96 | 1,187.96 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Margaret McCartney* | 9.76% | 779 | 833.6 | 841.88 | 869.16 | 989.96 | 1,000.8 | 1,011.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Bernadette McDaid | 6.31% | 504 | 508.2 | 509.32 | 509.32 | 522.88 | |||
Labour Coalition | Charles McDaid | 2.44% | 195 | 197.8 | 222.8 | 232.8 | ||||
NI Women's Coalition | Diane Greer | 2.07% | 165 | 177.04 | 179.32 | 204.32 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William Dougherty | 1.68% | 134 | 136.24 | 137.24 | |||||
Labour Coalition | Robert Lindsay | 0.51% | 41 | 43.24 | ||||||
Labour Coalition | Patrick Muldowney | 0.20% | 16 | 16.56 | ||||||
Electorate: 13,598 Valid: 7,983 (58.71%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 1,331 Turnout: 8,171 (60.09%) |
Waterside[edit]
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Richard Dallas* | 16.77% | 1,535 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Gregory Campbell* | 16.36% | 1,497 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Philip Kelly | 11.48% | 1,051 | 1,051.25 | 1,051.73 | 1,124.73 | 1,127.73 | 1,128.21 | 1,815.21 | ||
Sinn Féin | Lynn Fleming | 9.87% | 903 | 903.25 | 904.21 | 925.21 | 925.21 | 926.45 | 967.45 | 1,120.45 | |
Democratic Unionist | Joe Miller* | 8.18% | 749 | 789.75 | 851.91 | 862.13 | 946.17 | 1,098.86 | 1,100.86 | 1,106.86 | |
Ind. Unionist | James Guy* | 7.33% | 671 | 717.25 | 762.37 | 815.35 | 850.26 | 877.66 | 905.66 | 1,082.66 | |
Democratic Unionist | Mildred Garfield | 5.65% | 517 | 544.5 | 680.1 | 691.54 | 736.97 | 1,056.75 | 1,060.75 | 1,061.75 | |
Ulster Unionist | Mary Hamilton | 5.43% | 497 | 722 | 757.04 | 770.03 | 821.72 | 850.56 | 850.56 | 850.56 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Wilfred White* | 8.29% | 759 | 759 | 759 | 795 | 798 | 799 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Bill Irwin* | 4.84% | 443 | 464.5 | 517.06 | 519.06 | 560.99 | ||||
Ulster Democratic | David Nicholl | 3.02% | 276 | 290 | 304.88 | 318.87 | |||||
NI Women's Coalition | Helena Schlindwein | 1.60% | 146 | 146.5 | 147.22 | ||||||
Labour Coalition | Kenneth Adams | 0.94% | 86 | 89.75 | 93.11 | ||||||
Independent Nationalist | Gerald Toland* | 0.24% | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
Electorate: 15,408 Valid: 9,152 (59.40%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 9,338 (60.60%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Derry City Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.