1997 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 11 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
45.8 | 38.3 | 8,639 | ![]() | |
DUP | 8 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
33.3 | 36.7 | 8,639 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
12.5 | 17.5 | 3,951 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
4.2 | 5.5 | 1,233 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4.2 | 2.0 | 447 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
Ballymena North | 36.8 | 3 | 22.0 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 16.6 | 1 | 7 |
Ballymena South | 36.6 | 3 | 40.9 | 3 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 7 |
Bannside | 32.9 | 2 | 50.7 | 3 | 16.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Braid | 47.7 | 3 | 32.7 | 1 | 19.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 38.3 | 11 | 36.7 | 8 | 17.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | 24 |
Districts results
[edit]Ballymena North
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 16.84% | 975 | ||||||
UUP | William Wright* | 16.46% | 953 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 12.58% | 728 | ||||||
UUP | Joseph McKernan* | 10.88% | 630 | 669.9 | 785.34 | ||||
UUP | James Alexander* | 9.45% | 547 | 551.8 | 620.92 | 675.52 | 778.52 | ||
DUP | Maurice Mills* | 10.54% | 610 | 610.3 | 624.46 | 626.15 | 650.28 | 768.28 | |
Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 7.72% | 447 | 641.4 | 645 | 645.91 | 700.61 | 703.09 | |
DUP | John Stewart | 7.20% | 417 | 417.3 | 428.1 | 429.4 | 439.14 | 562.22 | |
DUP | David Warwick | 4.27% | 247 | 247.3 | 253.78 | 253.91 | 269.15 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Herbert Park | 4.06% | 235 | 242.2 | 246.28 | 247.58 | |||
Electorate: 12,239 Valid: 5,789 (47.30%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 724 Turnout: 5,870 (47.96%) |
Ballymena South
[edit]1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | Declan O'Loan* | 17.56% | 967 | |||||||||
UUP | James Currie* | 16.67% | 918 | |||||||||
DUP | David Tweed | 15.11% | 832 | |||||||||
DUP | Martin Clarke* | 10.37% | 571 | 576.6 | 581.02 | 604.99 | 614.81 | 655.29 | 896.29 | |||
DUP | Hubert Nicholl | 9.70% | 534 | 535.68 | 544 | 575.45 | 585 | 622.43 | 714.87 | |||
UUP | Peter Brown | 6.85% | 377 | 425.72 | 478.24 | 481.64 | 524.27 | 548.93 | 559.69 | 583.69 | 586.41 | |
UUP | Malcolm Gilmour | 6.63% | 365 | 390.76 | 472.66 | 479.63 | 495.69 | 538.51 | 556.29 | 577.29 | 580.86 | |
UUP | John Scott* | 6.48% | 357 | 410.2 | 473.9 | 479.51 | 499.95 | 534.81 | 546.52 | 565.52 | 567.56 | |
DUP | John Carson | 5.72% | 315 | 316.68 | 320.84 | 369.63 | 379.16 | 397.12 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Agnes McLeister | 3.34% | 184 | 196.32 | 203.6 | 219.75 | 240.93 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Balmer | 1.56% | 86 | 210.32 | 214.74 | 216.1 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,043 Valid: 5,506 (45.72%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 689 Turnout: 5,622 (46.68%) |
Bannside
[edit]1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 18.75% | 1,110 | |||||
DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 17.70% | 1,048 | |||||
UUP | Robert Coulter* | 17.13% | 1,014 | |||||
DUP | Sandy Spence* | 14.27% | 845 | 949.28 | 1,004.6 | |||
UUP | Ian Johnston* | 15.81% | 936 | 948.43 | 953.71 | 972.89 | 987.89 | |
SDLP | Seamus Laverty | 16.33% | 967 | 967.33 | 967.39 | 967.55 | 967.67 | |
Electorate: 9,931 Valid: 5,920 (59.61%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 987 Turnout: 6,035 (60.77%) |
Braid
[edit]1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Gribben | 19.57% | 1,042 | |||||
UUP | David Clyde* | 18.05% | 961 | |||||
UUP | Desmond Armstrong* | 15.33% | 816 | 919.48 | ||||
DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 11.70% | 623 | 632.36 | 1,029.36 | |||
UUP | Lexie Scott | 14.37% | 765 | 794.12 | 812.2 | 814.72 | 878.48 | |
DUP | Samuel Gaston | 11.78% | 627 | 629.08 | 690.72 | 826.8 | 833.92 | |
DUP | David McClintock* | 9.20% | 490 | 497.8 | ||||
Electorate: 9,081 Valid: 5,324 (58.63%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 888 Turnout: 5,415 (59.63%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ballymena Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.