Local govt election in Northern Ireland
1997 Strabane District Council election
Elections to Strabane 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 .
Election results
Strabane District Council Election Result 1997[ 1]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
SDLP
5
0
0
0
31.3
22.9
4,406
4.4
Sinn Féin
4
2
0
2
25.0
33.1
6,364
12.0
UUP
3
1
2
1
18.8
23.6
4,547
3.7
DUP
3
0
0
0
18.8
14.7
2,821
5.2
Ind. Nationalist
1
0
0
0
6.3
4.8
915
0.5
Alliance
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
182
1.3
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1997 by district[ 1]
Ward
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total Cllrs
SDLP
Sinn Féin
UUP
DUP
Others
Derg
17.2
1
32.1
1
33.8
2
16.9
1
0.0
0
5
Glenelly
19.5
1
19.3
1
27.7
1
30.1
2
3.4
0
5
Mourne
30.6
3
45.3
2
11.6
0
0.0
0
12.5
1
6
Total
22.9
5
33.1
4
23.6
3
14.7
3
5.7
1
16
District results
Derg
1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Derg - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Sinn Féin
Charles McHugh *
23.32%
1,440
UUP
Derek Hussey *
20.19%
1,247
UUP
Edward Turner *
13.57%
838
838.58
988.35
1,047.73
DUP
Thomas Kerrigan *
9.65%
596
596.29
647.8
1,034.7
SDLP
Tomás Murtagh
8.91%
550
583.06
584.08
584.08
1,022.08
Sinn Féin
Sean Elliott
8.82%
545
886.62
886.79
887.96
944.53
SDLP
Bernadette McNamee
8.31%
513
543.16
543.84
544.84
DUP
Sarah Anderson
7.24%
447
447.29
454.94
Electorate: 8,241 Valid: 6,176 (74.94%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,304 (76.50%)
Glenelly
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Glenelly - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
SDLP
Tom McBride
19.53%
1,155
Sinn Féin
Martin Conway
19.34%
1,144
DUP
Allan Bresland *
18.61%
1,101
UUP
James Emery *
13.84%
1,021
DUP
John Donnell *
11.45%
677
677.42
680.72
781.82
805.61
822.73
UUP
Wilfred Sinclair
10.41%
616
616.63
617.95
624.75
633.8
708.62
Alliance
Elizabeth McCaffrey
1.47%
87
196.62
281.76
281.76
350.45
Ind. Nationalist
John Gallagher*
1.93%
114
166.92
230.61
231.91
Electorate: 7,727 Valid: 5,915 (76.55%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 986 Turnout: 6,014 (77.83%)
Mourne
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Mourne - 6 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sinn Féin
Ivan Barr *
27.42%
1,959
Sinn Féin
Jarlath McNulty
17.86%
1,276
SDLP
Thomas Mullen
15.73%
1,124
Ind. Nationalist
James O'Kane *
11.21%
801
1,224.28
SDLP
Eugene McMenamin
10.58%
756
1,091.96
SDLP
Ann Bell *
4.31%
308
471.54
701.94
740.82
940.57
1,039.9
UUP
John Cummings*
11.55%
825
830.92
842.12
878.86
882.26
882.81
Alliance
Marie Wallace
1.33%
95
98.7
109.1
Electorate: 10,298 Valid: 7,144 (69.37%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%)
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