1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymoney Borough 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.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Democratic Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 32.7 | 3,102 | 1.8 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37.5 | 26.0 | 2,467 | 7.5 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.8 | 23.7 | 2,249 | 4.8 | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 927 | 1.9 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 508 | 2.1 | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 180 | New | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 66 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Ballymoney Town | 28.5 | 2 | 20.9 | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 41.4 | 2 | 5 |
Bann Valley | 35.2 | 2 | 24.6 | 2 | 27.4 | 1 | 12.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Bushvale | 33.1 | 2 | 33.0 | 1 | 32.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 32.7 | 6 | 26.0 | 6 | 23.7 | 3 | 5.3 | 1 | 12.3 | 2 | 16 |
Districts results[edit]
Ballymoney Town[edit]
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Cecil Cousley* | 17.90% | 493 | |||||
Independent | Robert McComb* | 15.72% | 433 | 435 | 469 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Tom McKeown* | 12.09% | 333 | 334 | 370 | 422 | 438 | |
Independent | Bill Williamson | 9.48% | 261 | 265 | 274 | 340 | 413 | |
Democratic Unionist | Samuel McConaghie* | 10.64% | 293 | 293 | 326 | 344 | 346 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Simpson* | 8.79% | 242 | 242 | 263 | 326 | 336 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Joan McCaffrey | 9.26% | 255 | 269 | 272 | 294 | ||
Independent | Colin McVicker | 8.46% | 233 | 239 | 260 | |||
PUP | Jeffrey Balmer | 6.54% | 180 | 181 | ||||
NI Women's Coalition | Mary McCusker | 1.13% | 31 | |||||
Electorate: 5,905 Valid: 2,754 (46.64%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 460 Turnout: 2,807 (47.54%) |
Bann Valley[edit]
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Joe Gaston* | 18.09% | 719 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Malachy McCamphill* | 17.76% | 706 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Robert Halliday* | 15.30% | 608 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Robert Wilson* | 11.09% | 441 | 454.44 | 454.63 | 482.35 | 743.35 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Watt* | 6.54% | 260 | 382.85 | 382.85 | 385.07 | 463.49 | 578.49 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin O'Neill | 12.78% | 508 | 508.21 | 519.42 | 519.42 | 519.42 | 519.42 | 519.42 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary McPoland | 9.61% | 382 | 382 | 502.27 | 502.27 | 503.27 | 503.27 | 504.27 | |
Democratic Unionist | John Finlay | 8.83% | 351 | 361.29 | 361.29 | 367.11 | ||||
Electorate: 6,991 Valid: 3,975 (56.86%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 568 Turnout: 4,055 (58.00%) |
Bushvale[edit]
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Harry Connolly* | 26.17% | 725 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Frank Campbell* | 17.08% | 473 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Bill Kennedy* | 15.99% | 443 | 443.38 | 450.5 | 455.52 | 491.52 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William Logan* | 12.64% | 350 | 351.52 | 351.98 | 356.76 | 456.68 | 473.68 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis McCluskey | 6.53% | 181 | 429.14 | 429.16 | 445.96 | 445.98 | 445.98 | 445.98 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Ramsay* | 12.31% | 341 | 341 | 341.56 | 346.56 | 425.28 | 433.28 | 444.92 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Johnston | 8.01% | 222 | 222.76 | 223.88 | 225.88 | ||||
NI Women's Coalition | Joan Cosgrove | 1.26% | 35 | 42.6 | 42.64 | |||||
Electorate: 5,387 Valid: 2,770 (51.42%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 462 Turnout: 2,819 (52.33%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.