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All 16 seats toMagherafelt District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections toMagherafelt District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31.3 | 36.5 | 7,309 | |||
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 22.6 | 4,528 | |||
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 4,628 | |||
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 14.3 | 2,870 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 250 | |||
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 193 | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 73 | |||
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
| Magherafelt Town | 24.9 | 1 | 23.2 | 2 | 39.0 | 2 | 11.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Moyola | 34.1 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 51.0 | 2 | 25.3 | 2 | 9.9 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 36.5 | 5 | 22.6 | 5 | 20.6 | 3 | 14.3 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 |
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | William McCrea* | 37.50% | 2,675 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Seamus O'Brien | 24.91% | 1,777 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 16.11% | 1,149 | ||||
| DUP | Paul McLean* | 1.50% | 107 | 1,551.6 | |||
| SDLP | Joseph McBride* | 7.00% | 499 | 499.62 | 1,184.76 | ||
| UUP | George Shiels | 11.44% | 816 | 1,007.58 | 1,008.15 | 1,514.25 | |
| Independent Labour | Harry Hutchinson | 1.02% | 73 | 78.58 | 101.95 | 114.25 | |
| Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 0.52% | 37 | 38.24 | 80.42 | 81.92 | |
| Electorate: 10,104 Valid: 7,133 (70.60%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 7,222 (71.48%) | |||||||
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 18.91% | 1,180 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 15.21% | 949 | 1,067.25 | |||||||
| UUP | John Junkin* | 14.13% | 882 | 882 | 922 | 922 | 1,231 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 13.28% | 829 | 829.11 | 913.11 | 913.11 | 980.11 | 1,106.4 | |||
| SDLP | Patrick McErlean* | 11.65% | 727 | 733.49 | 753.49 | 771.73 | 771.73 | 774.65 | 774.65 | 1,218.65 | |
| DUP | Thomas Wilson* | 8.67% | 541 | 541 | 592 | 592 | 641 | 699.4 | 762.88 | 763.88 | |
| SDLP | Francis Kearney | 7.50% | 468 | 470.2 | 477.42 | 485.28 | 485.28 | 487.47 | 488.39 | ||
| UUP | Norman Montgomery | 5.80% | 362 | 362 | 431 | 431 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | James Mulholland | 4.01% | 250 | 250 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 0.85% | 53 | 53.66 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,175 Valid: 6,241 (76.34%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 6,376 (77.99%) | |||||||||||
1993: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan* | 27.00% | 1,801 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | John Kelly | 24.01% | 1,602 | |||||
| SDLP | Kathleen Lagan* | 17.54% | 1,170 | |||||
| SDLP | Francis McKendry | 7.72% | 515 | 1,059.62 | 1,416.32 | |||
| UUP | Robert Montgomery* | 12.14% | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810.87 | 851.45 | |
| DUP | Rodney Mitchell | 9.86% | 658 | 658 | 658 | 658.87 | 701.41 | |
| Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 1.54% | 103 | 218.71 | 328.33 | 444.04 | ||
| Green (NI) | Judith Stephens | 0.18% | 12 | 34.62 | 53.76 | 72.9 | ||
| Electorate: 8,541 Valid: 6,671 (78.11%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 6,773 (79.30%) | ||||||||