1997 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Elections to Lisburn Borough 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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Ulster Unionist | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 43.3 | 36.6 | 11,799 | 2.5 | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 4,427 | 4.4 | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 4,188 | 0.7 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 4,239 | 2.6 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 1,859 | 2.1 | |
Ulster Democratic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 1,615 | 0.2 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1,068 | 0.8 | |
NI Conservatives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 935 | 1.2 | |
Protestant Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 671 | 2.1 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 502 | 1.6 | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 209 | New | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 192 | 1.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
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UUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | DUP | SDLP | UDP | Conservative | Others | ||||||||||
Downshire | 39.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 28.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Dunmurry Cross | 20.0 | 1 | 50.1 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.9 | 1 | 7 |
Killultagh | 47.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 5 |
Lisburn Town North | 33.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.3 | 1 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.6 | 2 | 7 |
Lisburn Town South | 54.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.4 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 36.6 | 13 | 13.7 | 4 | 13.0 | 3 | 13.2 | 2 | 5.8 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 9.8 | 3 | 30 |
Districts results[edit]
Downshire[edit]
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative
1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Falloon* | 25.06% | 1,328 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Edwin Poots | 19.65% | 1,041 | ||||
Alliance | Elizabeth Campbell | 17.02% | 902 | ||||
NI Conservatives | William Bleakes* | 15.97% | 846 | 784.9 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Kenneth Hull | 6.64% | 352 | 637.6 | 647.05 | 945.05 | |
Democratic Unionist | Jonathan Craig | 8.32% | 441 | 457.66 | 567.16 | 608.16 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Moore | 7.34% | 389 | 500.18 | 519.38 | ||
Electorate: 12,872 Valid: 5,299 (41.17%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,380 (41.80%) |
Dunmurry Cross[edit]
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson* | 15.45% | 1,365 | |||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 14.26% | 1,260 | |||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 11.60% | 1,025 | 1,061.86 | 1,146.94 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Billy Bell* | 10.90% | 963 | 963.57 | 963.69 | 966.89 | 1,095.69 | 1,173.69 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | William McDonnell* | 10.50% | 928 | 933.89 | 937.73 | 1,006.16 | 1,006.16 | 1,064.35 | 1,066.35 | 1,071.35 | 1,480.35 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Ita Gray | 8.79% | 777 | 982.01 | 1,038.41 | 1,044.41 | 1,045.6 | 1,045.91 | 1,046.91 | 1,046.91 | 1,060.39 | 1,098.39 | 1,139.73 | |||
Independent Nationalist | Hugh Lewsley* | 5.68% | 502 | 504.85 | 507.01 | 542.01 | 543.01 | 600.01 | 607.01 | 610.01 | 690.94 | 959.94 | 960.24 | 966.3 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Parkinson | 5.36% | 474 | 474 | 474 | 475 | 523 | 545 | 888 | 945 | 948 | 949 | 949 | 949.12 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary Rodgers | 5.67% | 501 | 502.52 | 504.08 | 517.46 | 517.46 | 541.46 | 542.46 | 542.46 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Park | 3.73% | 330 | 330 | 330.12 | 330.12 | 381.12 | 406.12 | ||||||||
Alliance | Owen Gawith | 3.21% | 284 | 284.76 | 284.88 | 298.88 | 301 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Yvonne Craig | 2.67% | 236 | 236.19 | 236.31 | 236.31 | ||||||||||
Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 1.88% | 192 | 192.76 | 193 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 18,255 Valid: 8,837 (48.41%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 9,031 (49.47%) |
Killultagh[edit]
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Dillon* | 26.23% | 1,432 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter O'Hagan* | 17.05% | 931 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Cecil Calvert* | 16.56% | 904 | 949.72 | |||
Ulster Unionist | David Greene* | 10.09% | 551 | 919.64 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Kenneth Watson* | 10.82% | 591 | 668.4 | 686.12 | 973.12 | |
Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 8.96% | 489 | 496.92 | 605.64 | 621.64 | |
Democratic Unionist | James Tinsley | 7.55% | 412 | 422.44 | 426.44 | ||
NI Women's Coalition | Sybil Moses | 2.75% | 150 | 151.44 | |||
Electorate: 12,966 Valid: 5,460 (42.11%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 911 Turnout: 5,544 (42.76%) |
Lisburn Town North[edit]
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Lewis* | 17.39% | 1,237 | |||||||||
Alliance | Frazer McCammond* | 13.37% | 951 | |||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Ronnie Crawford* | 11.39% | 810 | 838 | 844.56 | 850.52 | 852.08 | 1,027.08 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Gardiner-Watson* | 9.17% | 652 | 751.12 | 764.52 | 798.12 | 799.14 | 809.5 | 857.34 | 870.8 | 932.8 | |
Ulster Democratic | David Adams | 10.52% | 748 | 758.92 | 760.92 | 765.2 | 765.56 | 774.46 | 798.38 | 827.34 | 892.34 | |
Protestant Unionist | William Beattie* | 9.43% | 671 | 692.28 | 697.56 | 702.12 | 702.3 | 724.04 | 735.08 | 760.92 | 788.74 | |
Ulster Unionist | Lorraine Martin* | 5.74% | 408 | 476.32 | 483.32 | 596.52 | 597 | 613.74 | 637.66 | 663.98 | 760.34 | |
Democratic Unionist | Eleanor Calvert | 5.64% | 401 | 408.56 | 412.84 | 415.52 | 415.7 | 433.7 | 440.14 | 645.82 | 656.72 | |
Alliance | William Whitley | 6.96% | 495 | 503.4 | 531.68 | 535.52 | 587.06 | 602.46 | 622.79 | 627.66 | ||
Democratic Unionist | James Tinsley | 4.13% | 294 | 304.64 | 307.64 | 313.48 | 313.66 | 318.78 | 321.54 | |||
Ind. Unionist | Anne Blake | 3.63% | 258 | 267.24 | 275.52 | 279.08 | 279.44 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Noel Malcolm | 1.39% | 99 | 172.36 | 181.2 | |||||||
NI Conservatives | Leonard Jarvis | 1.25% | 89 | 92.92 | ||||||||
Electorate: 17,508 Valid: 7,113 (40.63%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 890 Turnout: 7,224 (41.26%) |
Lisburn Town South[edit]
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Davis* | 26.73% | 1,469 | |||||
Alliance | Seamus Close* | 19.41% | 1,067 | |||||
Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael* | 13.65% | 750 | 844.56 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Archer | 10.52% | 578 | 749.84 | 781.8 | 791.37 | ||
Ulster Unionist | George Morrison* | 7.04% | 387 | 565.56 | 612.14 | 634.25 | 757.3 | |
Ulster Unionist | Joseph Lockhart* | 8.26% | 454 | 588.88 | 621.18 | 626.79 | 744.02 | |
Democratic Unionist | Stuart Deignan | 9.28% | 510 | 549.36 | 552.42 | 554.73 | 599.8 | |
NI Women's Coalition | Bronya Bonar | 1.07% | 59 | 63.32 | 204.08 | 206.06 | ||
Ulster Democratic | Philip Dean | 2.13% | 117 | 139.56 | 151.12 | 164.32 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Margaret Little | 1.91% | 105 | 141 | 152.22 | 155.52 | ||
Electorate: 13,176 Valid: 5,496 (41.71%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 786 Turnout: 5,601 (42.51%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Lisburn Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.