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All 23 seats toFermanagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections toFermanagh District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 39.1 | 40.4 | 11,642 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21.7 | 23.5 | 6,770 | |||
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 17.3 | 4,976 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 2,159 | |||
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 2,123 | |||
| Ind. Socialist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 581 | |||
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 319 | New | ||
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 254 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | Others | |||||||
| Enniskillen | 47.2 | 3 | 16.8 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 7 |
| Erne East | 36.3 | 2 | 32.8 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 6 |
| Erne North | 45.6 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 24.1 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 32.9 | 2 | 30.2 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 40.4 | 9 | 23.5 | 5 | 17.3 | 4 | 7.4 | 2 | 11.4 | 3 | 23 |
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | Samuel Foster* | 26.31% | 2,055 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry McHugh* | 16.81% | 1,313 | ||||||||
| UUP | Raymond Ferguson* | 9.84% | 769 | 1,325.4 | |||||||
| UUP | Basil Johnston | 8.77% | 685 | 866.48 | 982.64 | ||||||
| SDLP | Eamon Flanagan* | 11.87% | 927 | 928.56 | 930.16 | 1,030.48 | |||||
| Ind. Socialist | Davy Kettyles* | 7.44% | 581 | 588.8 | 594.24 | 672.78 | 679.81 | 732.88 | 811.38 | 1,002.38 | |
| DUP | Joseph Dodds* | 7.44% | 581 | 664.72 | 700.24 | 700.24 | 700.24 | 702.24 | 829.64 | 833.53 | |
| UUP | Ethel Gregg | 2.24% | 175 | 379.88 | 546.92 | 546.92 | 547.11 | 596.71 | 643.79 | 660.02 | |
| SDLP | John Rooney | 3.42% | 267 | 267.52 | 267.84 | 381.69 | 420.64 | 438.34 | 514.05 | ||
| NI Women's Coalition | Margaret McCaffrey | 1.83% | 143 | 144.04 | 144.36 | 180 | 183.99 | 215.99 | |||
| DUP | Robert Irvine | 2.05% | 160 | 175.6 | 186.48 | 186.48 | 186.48 | 187.48 | |||
| Alliance | John Haslett | 2.00% | 156 | 164.32 | 166.88 | 170.18 | 170.94 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,960 Valid: 7,812 (60.28%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 977 Turnout: 7,929 (61.18%) | |||||||||||
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | Harold Andrews | 14.04% | 1,149 | 1,150 | 1,281 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey | 11.22% | 918 | 944 | 946 | 1,385 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Ruth Lynch | 13.11% | 1,073 | 1,078 | 1,078 | 1,246 | ||||
| SDLP | Fergus McQuillan* | 10.96% | 897 | 1,149 | 1,150 | 1,193 | ||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Tony McPhillips* | 11.11% | 909 | 961 | 963 | 1,000 | 1,137 | 1,137 | 1,194 | |
| UUP | Cecil Noble* | 11.39% | 932 | 932 | 1,071 | 1,071 | 1,071 | 1,104.3 | 1,104.3 | |
| UUP | Jean McVitty* | 10.83% | 886 | 888 | 962 | 963 | 964 | 1,042.3 | 1,043.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | Hugh O'Reilly | 8.48% | 694 | 699 | 699 | |||||
| DUP | Paul Robinson | 4.51% | 369 | 371 | ||||||
| SDLP | Marie O'Neill | 4.34% | 355 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,446 Valid: 8,182 (78.33%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,169 Turnout: 8,323 (79.68%) | ||||||||||
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | Caldwell McClaughry* | 16.46% | 998 | 1,028 | |||
| SDLP | Tommy Gallagher* | 15.39% | 933 | 958 | 1,400 | ||
| DUP | Bert Johnston* | 15.69% | 951 | 1,001 | 1,001 | 1,002 | |
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine Cassidy | 12.04% | 730 | 731 | 783 | 966 | |
| UUP | Bertie Kerr* | 15.12% | 917 | 937 | 939 | 959 | |
| UUP | Tom Elliott | 13.99% | 848 | 863 | 866 | 868 | |
| SDLP | John Dolan | 8.68% | 526 | 537 | |||
| Alliance | Neville McElderry | 1.62% | 98 | ||||
| DUP | Jean Jackson | 1.02% | 62 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,516 Valid: 6,063 (71.20%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,011 Turnout: 6,161 (72.35%) | |||||||
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 23.88% | 1,616 | |||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Patrick McCaffrey* | 18.47% | 1,250 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Robin Martin* | 17.42% | 1,179 | |||||
| SDLP | Gerry Gallagher* | 15.83% | 1,071 | 1,077.6 | 1,183.6 | |||
| UUP | Derrick Nixon* | 9.04% | 612 | 1,078.8 | 1,088.2 | 1,100.6 | 1,113.6 | |
| Sinn Féin | Stephen Huggett | 12.75% | 863 | 863.9 | 892.2 | 996.8 | 1,025.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Imelda Maguire | 2.60% | 176 | 180.2 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,872 Valid: 6,767 (76.27%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 1,128 Turnout: 6,916 (77.95%) | ||||||||