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 edit
Party | 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 | |
Independent 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 edit
Ward | % |
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% |
Cllrs |
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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 edit
Banbridge Town edit
1993: 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 | ||||||
Independent 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 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 | ||||
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 edit
1993: 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 | ||
Independent 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.