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Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
← 1993 21 May 1997 2001 →
All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 185 120 91
Seat change Decrease 12 Decrease 7 Decrease 12
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent
Seats won 74 41 23
Seat change Increase 23 Decrease 3 Increase 3
Colours denote the winning party with outright control[when defined as?]
Politics of Northern Ireland
Interim bodies
Elections
Members
See also

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 21 May 1997, shortly after the 1997 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

Results

Overall

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #aadfff;" data-sort-value="Independent Unionist" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cd5c5c;" data-sort-value="Labour coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cdffab;" data-sort-value="Independent Nationalist" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C700C7;" data-sort-value="Democratic Left (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: darkgray;" data-sort-value="Ulster Independence Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" |
Party[1] Councillors Votes
Total +/- % share Total
UUP 185 -12 28 175,036
SDLP 120 -7 21 130,387
Sinn Féin 74 +23 17 106,934
DUP 91 -12 16 99,651
Alliance 41 -3 7 41,952
Independent 23 +3 4 23,695
PUP 7 +6 2 12,051
Ind. Unionist 15 -6 2 10,376
NI Women's Coalition 1 +1 1 3,380
UK Unionist 4 +4 0.5 2,945
Labour coalition 3 +2 0.4 2,774
NI Conservatives 3 -3 0.4 2,634
Ind. Nationalist 3 -1 0.4 2,450
Workers' Party of Ireland 0 -1 0.4 2,348
Independent Community 2 +2 0.3 1,905
Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2 +2 0.2 1,424
Green (NI) 0 0 0.1 706
Democratic Left 1 0 0.1 560
Community Labour 0 0 0.1 464
Upper Bann Labour 0 0 0.1 353
Ulster Independence 0 0 0.0 71
Natural Law 0 0 0.0 67

By council

Antrim

Ards

Armagh

Ballymena

Banbridge

Belfast

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #aadfff;" data-sort-value="Independent Unionist" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" |
Court[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
PUP Hugh Smyth 3,070
DUP Eric Smyth 1,573
Ulster Democratic Frank McCoubrey 1,200
UUP Fred Cobain 1,048
UUP Chris McGimpsey 800
UUP Glenn Bradley 513
Ind. Unionist Joe Coggle 407
UUP Dennis Robinson 237
DUP Margaret Serris 208
NI Women's Coalition Linda Walker 150
Alliance John Roberts 144
Turnout 9,350
bgcolor=Template:Ulster Democratic Party/meta/color| Ulster Democratic gain from Independent Unionist
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: darkgray;" data-sort-value="Ulster Independence Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFBBBB;" data-sort-value="Independent Labour" |
Pottinger[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Sammy Wilson 2,265
UUP Reg Empey 2,309
PUP David Ervine 2,110
Sinn Féin Dominic Corr 978
Alliance Mervyn Jones 870
UUP Margaret Clarke 768
DUP Robert Clelland 605
SDLP Marga Foley 309
PUP Alexander Gordon 262
UUP Andrew Muers 251
Ulster Democratic Robert Girvan 169
NI Women's Coalition Pearl Sagar 149
DUP Frank Leslie 142
Workers' Party of Ireland Joseph Bell 115
Ulster Independence Josephine Challis 21
Natural Law David Collins 19
Independent Labour Sean McGouran 19
Turnout 11,361
bgcolor=Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color| Progressive Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #aadfff;" data-sort-value="Independent Unionist" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" |
Victoria[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance David Alderdice 2,419
UUP Ian Adamson 2,367
UUP Jim Rodgers 1,508
DUP Wallace Browne 1,485
DUP Robin Newton 1,036
Alliance Danny Dow 1,024
DUP John McQuillan 915
Alliance Glyn Roberts 553
DUP Margaret McKenzie 523
Ind. Unionist Alan Crowe 519
NI Conservatives Lesley Donaldson 256
UUP Peter Weir 192
Natural Law Thomas Mullins 25
Turnout 12,822
bgcolor=Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color| Independent Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Conservatives" |
Balmoral[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Margaret Crooks 2,329
SDLP Carmel Hanna 1,916
SDLP Catherine Molloy 1,047
Alliance Tom Ekin 971
Alliance Philip McGarry 958
UUP Bob Stoker 949
DUP Harry Smith 924
DUP Joan Parkes 654
Ulster Democratic Heather Calvert 520
PUP Gordon McCrea 397
UUP Gordon Lucy 304
NI Women's Coalition Nuala Bradley 236
Green (NI) Mary Ringland 92
NI Conservatives Hubert Mullan 71
Turnout 11,368
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color| Social Democratic and Labour gain from Democratic Unionist
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: darkgray;" data-sort-value="Ulster Independence Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" |
Castle[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Nigel Dodds 2,081
SDLP Alban Maginness 1,781
Alliance Tom Campbell 1,417
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery 1,362
UUP David Browne 1,134
UUP Nelson McCausland 1,065
UUP John Carson 1,025
DUP Jim Crothers Jr 778
SDLP Jonathan Stephenson 720
Ulster Democratic Raymond Gilliland 216
NI Women's Coalition Eileen Calder 149
DUP Robert Ferris 85
Green (NI) Alan Warren 73
Workers' Party of Ireland Paul Treanor 53
Ulster Independence Norman McClelland 8
Natural Law Andrea Gribben 5
Turnout 11,952
bgcolor=Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color| Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
bgcolor=Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color| Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" |
Oldpark[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Mick Conlon 2,317
Sinn Féin Bobby Lavery 2,230
SDLP Martin Morgan 1,941
Sinn Féin Paddy McManus 1,773
PUP Billy Hutchinson 1,582
UUP Fred Proctor 1,316
UUP Fred Rodgers 986
DUP David Smylie 659
Ulster Democratic Paddy Baird 427
SDLP Dympna O'Hara 365
Green (NI) Peter Emerson 245
Alliance Mark Long 177
Workers' Party of Ireland Steven Doran 109
Turnout 14,127
bgcolor=Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color| Progressive Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |
Laganbank[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,614
Sinn Féin Seán Hayes 1,388
UUP Jim Clarke 1,337
Alliance Steve McBride 1,118
UUP Michael McGimpsey 966
SDLP Peter O'Reilly 902
PUP Ernie Purves 644
DUP Jim Kirkpatrick 473
NI Women's Coalition Anne Campbell 406
Workers' Party of Ireland Patrick Lynn 160
Green (NI) Andrew Frew 138
Natural Law James Anderson 18
Independent Vincent McKenna 12
Turnout 9,176
bgcolor=Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color| Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" |
Upper Falls[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Alex Attwood 2,855
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 2,807
Sinn Féin Michael Browne 2,580
Sinn Féin Martin Livingstone 2,394
Sinn Féin Chrissie McAuley 1,738
SDLP Stephen McGowan 616
SDLP Patricia Lewsley 596
DUP David McNerlin 201
Workers' Party of Ireland James McAllister 110
Alliance Dan McGuinness 85
Turnout 13,982
bgcolor=Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color| Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" |
Lower Falls[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 2,420
Sinn Féin Seán McKnight 2,286
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 2,022
Sinn Féin Marie Moore 1,810
SDLP Margaret Walsh 1,764
Sinn Féin Janice Austin 1,274
Workers' Party of Ireland John Lowry 468
SDLP Mary White 227
Alliance Keith Jacques 45
Turnout 12,316
No change

Carrickfergus

Castlereagh

Coleraine

Cookstown

Craigavon

Derry

Down

Dungannon

Fermanagh

Larne

Limavady

Lisburn

Magherafelt

Moyle

Newry and Mourne

Newtownabbey

North Down

Omagh

Strabane

References

  1. ^ Local Government Elections 1997, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

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