Elections to Banbridge 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 17 councillors.
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All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52.9 | 52.4 | 8,408 | 5.2 | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 2,870 | 4.8 | |
DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 2,454 | 1.8 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 | 9.3 | 1,501 | 4.9 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 822 | 3.3 | |
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 289 | 1.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
Banbridge Town | 54.3 | 3 | 10.4 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 6 |
Dromore | 57.8 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 16.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 5 |
Knockiveagh | 43.3 | 3 | 26.8 | 1 | 18.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.5 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 52.4 | 9 | 17.9 | 3 | 15.3 | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 9.3 | 2 | 17 |
Districts results
editBanbridge Town
edit1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: DUP and Independent Nationalist gain from UUP and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Joan Baird* | 28.00% | 1,438 | ||||||
Ind. Nationalist | James Walsh* | 15.75% | 809 | ||||||
UUP | William Bell | 11.72% | 602 | 773.99 | |||||
UUP | Derick Bell | 7.59% | 390 | 729.08 | 730.88 | 752.44 | |||
SDLP | Mel Byrne | 10.40% | 534 | 536.94 | 577.34 | 577.45 | 577.45 | 771.45 | |
DUP | Cyril Vage | 11.31% | 581 | 639.31 | 641.41 | 644.6 | 646.3 | 675.26 | |
UUP | Ian Burns* | 6.99% | 359 | 460.92 | 462.02 | 472.47 | 487.47 | 571.21 | |
Alliance | Frank McQuaid* | 8.24% | 423 | 444.56 | 469.96 | 472.05 | 473.15 | ||
Electorate: 10,351 Valid: 5,136 (49.62%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 734 Turnout: 5,215 (50.38%) |
Dromore
edit1993: 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 | ||||
UUP | William McCracken* | 28.77% | 1,358 | ||||
UUP | Thomas Gribben | 14.13% | 667 | 919.84 | |||
UUP | William Martin* | 15.02% | 709 | 876.16 | |||
DUP | David Herron* | 16.31% | 770 | 836.36 | |||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 15.44% | 729 | 732.78 | 735.98 | 816.98 | |
Ind. Unionist | Robert Hill | 6.06% | 286 | 349 | 467.8 | 539.36 | |
Alliance | Julian Crozier | 4.28% | 202 | 209.98 | 218.78 | ||
Electorate: 8,457 Valid: 4,721 (55.82%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,787 (56.60%) |
Knockiveagh
edit1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | John Ingram* | 18.22% | 1,129 | |||||
DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 17.80% | 1,103 | |||||
SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 15.26% | 946 | |||||
UUP | John Hanna* | 12.89% | 799 | 862.14 | 900.14 | |||
UUP | Violet Cromie* | 10.83% | 671 | 844.14 | 880.78 | 1,082.03 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | Malachy McCartan | 11.16% | 692 | 694.42 | 769.64 | 781.64 | 799.64 | |
SDLP | Oliver Moore | 10.66% | 661 | 661.22 | 692.22 | 694.22 | 697.72 | |
Alliance | Mary Cook | 3.18% | 197 | 200.52 | ||||
Electorate: 9,460 Valid: 6,198 (65.52%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 886 Turnout: 6,273 (66.31%) |
References
edit- ^ a b "Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.