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All 30 seats toLisburn Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections toLisburn Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 13 | 0 | 3 | 43.3 | 36.6 | 11,799 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 4,427 | |||
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 4,188 | |||
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 4,239 | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 1,859 | |||
| Ulster Democratic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 1,615 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1,068 | |||
| NI Conservatives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 935 | |||
| Protestant Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 671 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 502 | |||
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 209 | New | ||
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 192 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | DUP | SDLP | UDP | Conservative | Others | ||||||||||
| Downshire | 39.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 28.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 20.0 | 1 | 50.1 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 47.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Lisburn Town North | 33.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.3 | 1 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.6 | 2 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town South | 54.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.4 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 36.6 | 13 | 13.7 | 4 | 13.0 | 3 | 13.2 | 2 | 5.8 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 9.8 | 3 | 30 |
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative
1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | William Falloon* | 25.06% | 1,328 | ||||
| DUP | Edwin Poots | 19.65% | 1,041 | ||||
| Alliance | Elizabeth Campbell | 17.02% | 902 | ||||
| NI Conservatives | William Bleakes* | 15.97% | 846 | 784.9 | |||
| UUP | Kenneth Hull | 6.64% | 352 | 637.6 | 647.05 | 945.05 | |
| DUP | Jonathan Craig | 8.32% | 441 | 457.66 | 567.16 | 608.16 | |
| UUP | William Moore | 7.34% | 389 | 500.18 | 519.38 | ||
| Electorate: 12,872 Valid: 5,299 (41.17%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,380 (41.80%) | |||||||
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson* | 15.45% | 1,365 | |||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 14.26% | 1,260 | |||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 11.60% | 1,025 | 1,061.86 | 1,146.94 | |||||||||||
| UUP | Billy Bell* | 10.90% | 963 | 963.57 | 963.69 | 966.89 | 1,095.69 | 1,173.69 | ||||||||
| SDLP | William McDonnell* | 10.50% | 928 | 933.89 | 937.73 | 1,006.16 | 1,006.16 | 1,064.35 | 1,066.35 | 1,071.35 | 1,480.35 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Ita Gray | 8.79% | 777 | 982.01 | 1,038.41 | 1,044.41 | 1,045.6 | 1,045.91 | 1,046.91 | 1,046.91 | 1,060.39 | 1,098.39 | 1,139.73 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | Hugh Lewsley* | 5.68% | 502 | 504.85 | 507.01 | 542.01 | 543.01 | 600.01 | 607.01 | 610.01 | 690.94 | 959.94 | 960.24 | 966.3 | ||
| UUP | Frederick Parkinson | 5.36% | 474 | 474 | 474 | 475 | 523 | 545 | 888 | 945 | 948 | 949 | 949 | 949.12 | ||
| SDLP | Mary Rodgers | 5.67% | 501 | 502.52 | 504.08 | 517.46 | 517.46 | 541.46 | 542.46 | 542.46 | ||||||
| UUP | Andrew Park | 3.73% | 330 | 330 | 330.12 | 330.12 | 381.12 | 406.12 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Owen Gawith | 3.21% | 284 | 284.76 | 284.88 | 298.88 | 301 | |||||||||
| DUP | Yvonne Craig | 2.67% | 236 | 236.19 | 236.31 | 236.31 | ||||||||||
| Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 1.88% | 192 | 192.76 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 18,255 Valid: 8,837 (48.41%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 9,031 (49.47%) | ||||||||||||||||
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | Jim Dillon* | 26.23% | 1,432 | ||||
| SDLP | Peter O'Hagan* | 17.05% | 931 | ||||
| DUP | Cecil Calvert* | 16.56% | 904 | 949.72 | |||
| UUP | David Greene* | 10.09% | 551 | 919.64 | |||
| UUP | Kenneth Watson* | 10.82% | 591 | 668.4 | 686.12 | 973.12 | |
| Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 8.96% | 489 | 496.92 | 605.64 | 621.64 | |
| DUP | James Tinsley | 7.55% | 412 | 422.44 | 426.44 | ||
| NI Women's Coalition | Sybil Moses | 2.75% | 150 | 151.44 | |||
| Electorate: 12,966 Valid: 5,460 (42.11%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 911 Turnout: 5,544 (42.76%) | |||||||
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| UUP | William Lewis* | 17.39% | 1,237 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Frazer McCammond* | 13.37% | 951 | |||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Ronnie Crawford* | 11.39% | 810 | 838 | 844.56 | 850.52 | 852.08 | 1,027.08 | ||||
| UUP | William Gardiner-Watson* | 9.17% | 652 | 751.12 | 764.52 | 798.12 | 799.14 | 809.5 | 857.34 | 870.8 | 932.8 | |
| Ulster Democratic | David Adams | 10.52% | 748 | 758.92 | 760.92 | 765.2 | 765.56 | 774.46 | 798.38 | 827.34 | 892.34 | |
| Protestant Unionist | William Beattie* | 9.43% | 671 | 692.28 | 697.56 | 702.12 | 702.3 | 724.04 | 735.08 | 760.92 | 788.74 | |
| UUP | Lorraine Martin* | 5.74% | 408 | 476.32 | 483.32 | 596.52 | 597 | 613.74 | 637.66 | 663.98 | 760.34 | |
| DUP | Eleanor Calvert | 5.64% | 401 | 408.56 | 412.84 | 415.52 | 415.7 | 433.7 | 440.14 | 645.82 | 656.72 | |
| Alliance | William Whitley | 6.96% | 495 | 503.4 | 531.68 | 535.52 | 587.06 | 602.46 | 622.79 | 627.66 | ||
| DUP | James Tinsley | 4.13% | 294 | 304.64 | 307.64 | 313.48 | 313.66 | 318.78 | 321.54 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Anne Blake | 3.63% | 258 | 267.24 | 275.52 | 279.08 | 279.44 | |||||
| UUP | Noel Malcolm | 1.39% | 99 | 172.36 | 181.2 | |||||||
| NI Conservatives | Leonard Jarvis | 1.25% | 89 | 92.92 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 17,508 Valid: 7,113 (40.63%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 890 Turnout: 7,224 (41.26%) | ||||||||||||
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | Ivan Davis* | 26.73% | 1,469 | |||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close* | 19.41% | 1,067 | |||||
| Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael* | 13.65% | 750 | 844.56 | ||||
| UUP | Thomas Archer | 10.52% | 578 | 749.84 | 781.8 | 791.37 | ||
| UUP | George Morrison* | 7.04% | 387 | 565.56 | 612.14 | 634.25 | 757.3 | |
| UUP | Joseph Lockhart* | 8.26% | 454 | 588.88 | 621.18 | 626.79 | 744.02 | |
| DUP | Stuart Deignan | 9.28% | 510 | 549.36 | 552.42 | 554.73 | 599.8 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Bronya Bonar | 1.07% | 59 | 63.32 | 204.08 | 206.06 | ||
| Ulster Democratic | Philip Dean | 2.13% | 117 | 139.56 | 151.12 | 164.32 | ||
| UUP | Margaret Little | 1.91% | 105 | 141 | 152.22 | 155.52 | ||
| Electorate: 13,176 Valid: 5,496 (41.71%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 786 Turnout: 5,601 (42.51%) | ||||||||