1997 Limavady Borough Council election

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1997 Limavady Borough Council election

21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)
All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP UUP DUP Seats won 7 6 1 Seat change 0 0 0   Fourth party   Party Sinn Féin Seats won 1 Seat change 0

Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.

Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1997

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	7	0	0	0	46.7	40.3	5,279	0.0
	UUP	6	0	0	0	40.0	38.5	5,036	1.4
	DUP	1	0	0	0	6.7	11.1	1,447	0.3
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	6.7	9.5	1,244	0.5
	NI Women's Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	88	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1997
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Bellarena	53.1	3	36.6	2	10.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Benbradagh	34.8	2	35.4	2	0.0	0	29.8	1	0.0	0	5
Limavady Town	33.1	2	43.1	2	21.9	1	0.0	0	1.9	0	5
Total	40.3	7	38.5	6	11.1	1	9.5	1	0.6	0	15

District results

Bellarena

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Bellarena - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Stanley Gault*	19.14%	839
	SDLP	Michael Carten	18.57%	814
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty*	18.21%	798
	UUP	Robert Grant*	17.45%	765
	SDLP	John McKinney*	16.29%	714	714.7	793.1
	DUP	Robert Glass	10.34%	453	556.18	556.48
Electorate: 6,868   Valid: 4,383 (63.82%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 731   Turnout: 4,425 (64.43%)

Benbradagh

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change

Benbradagh - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Boyd Douglas	25.65%	1,072
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	24.23%	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	20.96%	876
	UUP	Max Gault*	9.78%	409	777.55
	SDLP	Gerard Lynch*	10.57%	442	443.05	739.06
	Sinn Féin	Eddie-Jo Lynn	8.80%	368	368	384.5
Electorate: 6,447   Valid: 4,180 (64.84%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 697   Turnout: 4,256 (66.02%)

Limavady Town

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Limavady Town - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	DUP	George Robinson*	18.47%	837
	SDLP	Desmond Lowry*	16.75%	759
	UUP	Ronald Cartwright*	16.09%	729	800
	UUP	John Dolan*	16.29%	738	782
	SDLP	Barry Doherty*	16.31%	739	779
	UUP	Norman Reynolds	10.68%	484	549
	DUP	Victor Wilson	3.47%	157
	NI Women's Coalition	Paula Taylor	1.94%	88
Electorate: 7,113   Valid: 4,531 (63.70%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 756   Turnout: 4,606 (64.75%)