1997 Dungannon District Council election

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1997 Dungannon District Council election

21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)
All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Seats won 8 5 4 Seat change 0 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Democratic Unionist Democratic Left Independent Nationalist Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change 0 0 0

Elections to Dungannon District 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 22 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1997

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	8	0	0	0	36.4	30.3	7,445	1.5
	Sinn Féin	5	0	0	0	22.7	30.0	7,382	5.9
	Social Democratic and Labour	4	0	0	0	18.2	18.2	4,468	2.2
	Democratic Unionist	3	0	0	0	13.6	14.0	3,440	0.8
	Independent Nationalist	1	0	0	0	4.5	4.8	1,183	1.5
	Democratic Left	1	0	0	0	4.5	1.7	412	0.2
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	269	1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1997
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		DL		Others
Blackwater	43.2	3	15.6	0	16.0	1	25.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Clogher Valley	33.2	2	23.2	1	26.8	1	16.8	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Dungannon Town	31.0	2	24.5	1	14.8	1	17.3	1	7.5	1	4.9	0	6
Torrent	16.7	1	51.6	3	15.4	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	16.3	1	6
Total	30.3	8	30.0	5	18.2	4	14.0	3	1.7	1	5.8	1	22

District results

Blackwater

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

Blackwater - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Democratic Unionist	James Ewing*	10.05%	596	910	1,284
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Hamilton*	15.27%	905	955	980	1,066
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Brady*	13.48%	799	847	877	1,001
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Irwin*	14.47%	858	864	908	964	1,039.51
	Social Democratic and Labour	Patrick Daly*	16.03%	950	953	953	953	953.91	978.48
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	15.52%	920	920	920	920	920	920
	Democratic Unionist	Robert McFarland	7.64%	453	478
	Democratic Unionist	Roger Burton	7.54%	447
Electorate: 7,802   Valid: 5,928 (75.98%)   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 989   Turnout: 6,008 (77.01%)

Clogher Valley

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Clogher Valley - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Noel Mulligan*	18.62%	1,097
	Social Democratic and Labour	Anthony McGonnell*	18.38%	1,083
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Flanagan	17.45%	1,028
	Democratic Unionist	William McIlwrath*	16.79%	989
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Mulligan*	14.54%	857	963.9	963.9
	Social Democratic and Labour	Margaret Monaghan	8.47%	499	500.7	562.7
	Sinn Féin	Brian Kilpatrick	5.75%	339
Electorate: 7,503   Valid: 5,892 (78.53%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 983   Turnout: 5,983 (79.74%)

Dungannon Town

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1993-1997 Change: No change

Dungannon Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Kelly*	19.26%	1,065
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Carson	17.00%	940
	Democratic Unionist	Maurice Morrow*	17.27%	955
	Ulster Unionist	John Reilly	14.05%	777	777	909.94
	Social Democratic and Labour	Vincent Currie*	11.77%	651	661.92	663.11	678.06	802.06
	Democratic Left	Gerry Cullen*	7.45%	412	420.32	437.83	500.85	518.23	696.77	753.89
	Sinn Féin	Edward Devlin	5.26%	291	524.74	524.74	524.97	540.35	582.74	583.25
	Alliance	Ephrem Bogues	4.86%	269	276.02	279.93	343.87	359.44
	Social Democratic and Labour	Peggy Devlin	3.07%	170	180.14	180.14	186.81
Electorate: 8,715   Valid: 5,530 (63.45%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 791   Turnout: 5,609 (64.36%)

Torrent

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	19.41%	1,407
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger*	16.72%	1,212
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning*	16.32%	1,183
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie	14.03%	1,017	1,045.6
	Social Democratic and Labour	Jim Cavanagh*	11.48%	832	844.48	1,078.48
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	11.34%	822	955.64	970.98	990.98
	Sinn Féin	Jim O'Donnell	6.80%	493	670.58	687.88	695.88
	Social Democratic and Labour	Joseph Gervin	3.90%	283	288.46
Electorate: 9,730   Valid: 7,249 (74.50%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,036   Turnout: 7,408 (76.14%)