Elections to Magherafelt 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 16 councillors.
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All 16 seats to Magherafelt 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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Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 36.5 | 7,309 | 13.0 | |
SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 22.6 | 4,528 | 10.3 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 4,628 | 2.6 | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 14.3 | 2,870 | 6.0 | |
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 250 | 1.2 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 193 | 0.9 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 73 | 0.4 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Magherafelt Town | 24.9 | 1 | 23.2 | 2 | 39.0 | 2 | 11.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
Moyola | 34.1 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 |
Sperrin | 51.0 | 2 | 25.3 | 2 | 9.9 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 36.5 | 5 | 22.6 | 5 | 20.6 | 3 | 14.3 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 |
District results edit
Magherafelt Town edit
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 37.50% | 2,675 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Seamus O'Brien | 24.91% | 1,777 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 16.11% | 1,149 | ||||
DUP | Paul McLean* | 1.50% | 107 | 1,551.6 | |||
SDLP | Joseph McBride* | 7.00% | 499 | 499.62 | 1,184.76 | ||
Ulster Unionist | George Shiels | 11.44% | 816 | 1,007.58 | 1,008.15 | 1,514.25 | |
Independent Labour | Harry Hutchinson | 1.02% | 73 | 78.58 | 101.95 | 114.25 | |
Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 0.52% | 37 | 38.24 | 80.42 | 81.92 | |
Electorate: 10,104 Valid: 7,133 (70.60%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 7,222 (71.48%) |
Moyola edit
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 18.91% | 1,180 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 15.21% | 949 | 1,067.25 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Junkin* | 14.13% | 882 | 882 | 922 | 922 | 1,231 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 13.28% | 829 | 829.11 | 913.11 | 913.11 | 980.11 | 1,106.4 | |||
SDLP | Patrick McErlean* | 11.65% | 727 | 733.49 | 753.49 | 771.73 | 771.73 | 774.65 | 774.65 | 1,218.65 | |
DUP | Thomas Wilson* | 8.67% | 541 | 541 | 592 | 592 | 641 | 699.4 | 762.88 | 763.88 | |
SDLP | Francis Kearney | 7.50% | 468 | 470.2 | 477.42 | 485.28 | 485.28 | 487.47 | 488.39 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Norman Montgomery | 5.80% | 362 | 362 | 431 | 431 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | James Mulholland | 4.01% | 250 | 250 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 0.85% | 53 | 53.66 | |||||||
Electorate: 8,175 Valid: 6,241 (76.34%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 6,376 (77.99%) |
Sperrin edit
1993: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan* | 27.00% | 1,801 | |||||
Sinn Féin | John Kelly | 24.01% | 1,602 | |||||
SDLP | Kathleen Lagan* | 17.54% | 1,170 | |||||
SDLP | Francis McKendry | 7.72% | 515 | 1,059.62 | 1,416.32 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Montgomery* | 12.14% | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810.87 | 851.45 | |
DUP | Rodney Mitchell | 9.86% | 658 | 658 | 658 | 658.87 | 701.41 | |
Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 1.54% | 103 | 218.71 | 328.33 | 444.04 | ||
Green (NI) | Judith Stephens | 0.18% | 12 | 34.62 | 53.76 | 72.9 | ||
Electorate: 8,541 Valid: 6,671 (78.11%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 6,773 (79.30%) |
References edit
- ^ a b "Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.