1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)

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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority

Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1997^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	6	0	0	0	37.5	32.7	3,102	1.8
UUP	6	0	2	2	37.5	26.0	2,467	7.5
SDLP	3	1	1	0	18.8	23.7	2,249	4.8
Independent	2	1	0	1	12.5	9.8	927	1.9
Sinn Féin	1	0	0	1	6.3	5.3	508	2.1
PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	180	New
NI Women's Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	66	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1997
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
DUP	UUP	SDLP	Sinn Féin	Others
Ballymoney Town	28.5	2	20.9	2	9.2	0	0.0	0	41.4	2	5
Bann Valley	35.2	2	24.6	2	27.4	1	12.8	1	0.0	0	6
Bushvale	33.1	2	33.0	1	32.7	2	0.0	0	1.2	0	5
Total	32.7	6	26.0	6	23.7	3	5.3	1	12.3	2	16

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Cecil Cousley*	17.90%	493
	Independent	Robert McComb*	15.72%	433	435	469
	UUP	Tom McKeown*	12.09%	333	334	370	422	438
	Independent	Bill Williamson	9.48%	261	265	274	340	413
	DUP	Samuel McConaghie*	10.64%	293	293	326	344	346
	UUP	James Simpson*	8.79%	242	242	263	326	336
	SDLP	Joan McCaffrey	9.26%	255	269	272	294
	Independent	Colin McVicker	8.46%	233	239	260
	PUP	Jeffrey Balmer	6.54%	180	181
	NI Women's Coalition	Mary McCusker	1.13%	31
Electorate: 5,905 Valid: 2,754 (46.64%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 460 Turnout: 2,807 (47.54%)

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Joe Gaston*	18.09%	719
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	17.76%	706
	DUP	Robert Halliday*	15.30%	608
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	11.09%	441	454.44	454.63	482.35	743.35
	UUP	John Watt*	6.54%	260	382.85	382.85	385.07	463.49	578.49
	Sinn Féin	Martin O'Neill	12.78%	508	508.21	519.42	519.42	519.42	519.42	519.42
	SDLP	Mary McPoland	9.61%	382	382	502.27	502.27	503.27	503.27	504.27
	DUP	John Finlay	8.83%	351	361.29	361.29	367.11
Electorate: 6,991 Valid: 3,975 (56.86%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 568 Turnout: 4,055 (58.00%)

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Bushvale - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	26.17%	725
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	17.08%	473
	DUP	Bill Kennedy*	15.99%	443	443.38	450.5	455.52	491.52
	UUP	William Logan*	12.64%	350	351.52	351.98	356.76	456.68	473.68
	SDLP	Francis McCluskey	6.53%	181	429.14	429.16	445.96	445.98	445.98	445.98
	UUP	John Ramsay*	12.31%	341	341	341.56	346.56	425.28	433.28	444.92
	UUP	William Johnston	8.01%	222	222.76	223.88	225.88
	NI Women's Coalition	Joan Cosgrove	1.26%	35	42.6	42.64
Electorate: 5,387 Valid: 2,770 (51.42%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 462 Turnout: 2,819 (52.33%)

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