1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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Elections to Castlereagh Borough 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 23 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
43.5 | 44.2 | 9,214 | ![]() | |
UUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
21.7 | 19.6 | 4,088 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
17.4 | 18.7 | 3,898 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
8.7 | 8.2 | 1,707 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
4.3 | 4.2 | 874 | ![]() | |
UK Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 1.3 | 267 | New | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.8 | 367 | ![]() | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.5 | 303 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 0.6 | 115 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | UKUP | Others | ||||||||
Castlereagh Central | 58.7 | 3 | 17.0 | 1 | 14.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Castlereagh East | 53.0 | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 7 |
Castlereagh South | 27.4 | 1 | 31.2 | 2 | 23.9 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Castlereagh West | 35.4 | 2 | 21.2 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 44.2 | 10 | 19.6 | 5 | 18.7 | 4 | 8.2 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 23 |
Districts results
[edit]Castlereagh Central
[edit]1993: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UKUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Peter Robinson* | 55.30% | 2,783 | ||||||
UUP | Alan Carson* | 16.97% | 854 | ||||||
DUP | John Norris* | 1.21% | 61 | 950.2 | |||||
Alliance | Patrick Mitchell* | 11.92% | 600 | 623.56 | 626.96 | 644.3 | 966.3 | ||
DUP | John Dunn | 1.73% | 87 | 593.92 | 662.12 | 684.05 | 689.12 | 698.12 | |
UK Unionist | Grant Dillon* | 5.30% | 267 | 516.28 | 528.28 | 591.69 | 609.59 | 684.59 | |
DUP | Alwyn McClernon | 0.46% | 23 | 372.6 | 512.4 | 527.53 | 541.35 | 548.35 | |
SDLP | Dominic Marsella | 4.45% | 224 | 225.52 | 225.52 | 225.69 | |||
Alliance | Ann Smith | 2.66% | 134 | 161.36 | 162.76 | 171.94 | |||
Electorate: 11,033 Valid: 5,033 (45.62%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 720 Turnout: 5,181 (46.96%) |
Castlereagh East
[edit]1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UPUP joins DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Iris Robinson* | 46.08% | 2,787 | ||||||
DUP | Tommy Jeffers* | 2.84% | 172 | 799.52 | |||||
UUP | Sarah Cummings | 11.11% | 672 | 768.2 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 10.04% | 607 | 721.7 | 757.4 | ||||
DUP | Sandy Geddis* | 2.65% | 160 | 643.96 | 663.92 | 733.56 | 810.56 | ||
Alliance | Peter Osborne* | 11.19% | 677 | 709.56 | 721.3 | 728.48 | 757.18 | ||
DUP | Kim Morton | 1.21% | 73 | 400.82 | 411.56 | 555.72 | 624.32 | 663.32 | |
Alliance | Michael Long | 7.71% | 466 | 486.72 | 504.2 | 505.68 | 539.12 | 545.12 | |
Ulster Democratic | Stephen McNally | 5.01% | 303 | 365.16 | 387.12 | 401.44 | |||
DUP | Sarah Seddon | 0.26% | 16 | 246.14 | 248.88 | ||||
Independent | David Brown | 1.90% | 115 | 130.54 | |||||
Electorate: 15,542 Valid: 6,048 (38.91%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 757 Turnout: 6,178 (39.75%) |
Castlereagh South
[edit]1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | John Beattie* | 24.66% | 1,219 | ||||||
DUP | Myreve Chambers* | 23.18% | 1,146 | ||||||
SDLP | Arthur Hegney | 17.48% | 864 | ||||||
UUP | Michael Henderson | 6.57% | 325 | 681.4 | 705.2 | 862.2 | |||
Alliance | Geraldine Rice* | 12.70% | 628 | 634.27 | 639.31 | 675.55 | 697.4 | 714.45 | |
Alliance | Margaret Marshall* | 11.25% | 556 | 564.91 | 569.67 | 647.48 | 664.53 | 685.43 | |
DUP | Andrew Ramsey | 4.95% | 205 | 224.8 | 505.36 | ||||
Electorate: 11,873 Valid: 4,943 (41.63%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,010 (42.20%) |
Castlereagh West
[edit]1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | William Clulow* | 19.80% | 952 | |||||||||
Alliance | Sara Duncan | 14.49% | 697 | 700.45 | 816.45 | |||||||
DUP | Mark Robinson | 12.62% | 607 | 698.5 | 701.5 | 815.5 | ||||||
UUP | Cecil Hall | 15.47% | 744 | 759.15 | 763.3 | 777.85 | 781.3 | 788.5 | 1,024.5 | |||
SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes* | 12.87% | 619 | 619.3 | 625.3 | 626.45 | 631.85 | 631.85 | 631.85 | 637.85 | 659.6 | |
PUP | Samuel Johnston | 7.63% | 367 | 371.8 | 373.8 | 378.15 | 380.4 | 382 | 404.9 | 448.9 | 651.25 | |
Ind. Unionist | Ernest Harper* | 5.55% | 267 | 279.6 | 281.75 | 289.15 | 291.55 | 294.15 | 313.5 | 418.5 | ||
UUP | Marie Luney | 5.70% | 274 | 276.25 | 277.25 | 284.3 | 285.2 | 287.2 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Scott | 2.95% | 142 | 153.4 | 153.4 | |||||||
Alliance | Malcolm Gilmore | 2.91% | 140 | 140.3 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,140 Valid: 4,809 (43.17%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 802 Turnout: 4,896 (43.95%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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