The Falkland Islands general election of 1997 was held on Thursday 9 October 1997 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency.
It was the first election to take place after a constitutional amendment came into force, which redistributed the representation in the constituencies, giving an additional seat to Stanley and removing one from Camp. The amendment also modified voter eligibility.[1]
Results edit
Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.
Stanley constituency edit
| Stanley result[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Jan Cheek 
|
627 | 19.2 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Summers
|
559 | 17.1 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Lewis Clifton
|
558 | 17.1 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | John Birmingham
|
472 | 14.5 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Halford
|
450 | 13.8 | +5.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ben Claxton | 292 | 8.9 | +4.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | June Besley-Clark | 166 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | A. Jones | 98 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | W. Davies | 42 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3264 | ||||
Camp constituency edit
| Camp result[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Luxton
|
203 | 28.2 | +5.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Cockwell
|
182 | 25.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Norma Edwards
|
174 | 24.2 | +10.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | Eric Goss | 74 | 10.3 | -4.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Stevens | 87 | 12.1 | -1.5 | |
| Turnout | 720 | ||||
References edit
- ^ The Falkland Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 1997, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1997, retrieved 3 May 2014
- ^ a b "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 10 October 1997.