Northern Ireland local elections, 1997

21 May 1997

All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	UUP	SDLP	DUP
Seats won	185	120	91
Seat change	12	7	12

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Alliance	Independent
Seats won	74	41	23
Seat change	23	3	3

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Northern Ireland 1973–98

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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

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
Party^[1]		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
	Independent 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
	Independent Nationalist	3	-1	0.4	2,450
	Workers' Party	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

Belfast

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
	Independent 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
	Ulster Democratic gain from Independent Unionist

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	Joseph Bell	115
	Ulster Independence	Josephine Challis	21
	Natural Law	David Collins	19
	Independent Labour	Sean McGouran	19
Turnout			11,361
	Progressive Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist

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
	Independent Unionist	Alan Crowe	519
	NI Conservatives	Lesley Donaldson	256
	UUP	Peter Weir	192
	Natural Law	Thomas Mullins	25
Turnout			12,822
	Independent Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

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
	Social Democratic and Labour gain from Democratic Unionist

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	Paul Treanor	53
	Ulster Independence	Norman McClelland	8
	Natural Law	Andrea Gribben	5
Turnout			11,952
	Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
	Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

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	Steven Doran	109
Turnout			14,127
	Progressive Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

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	Patrick Lynn	160
	Green (NI)	Andrew Frew	138
	Natural Law	James Anderson	18
	Independent	Vincent McKenna	12
Turnout			9,176
	Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

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	James McAllister	110
	Alliance	Dan McGuinness	85
Turnout			13,982
	Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

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	John Lowry	468
	SDLP	Mary White	227
	Alliance	Keith Jacques	45
Turnout			12,316
No change

References

↑ Local Government Elections 1997, Northern Ireland Elections
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