1997 Lisburn Borough Council election

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21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)

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All 30 seats to Lisburn Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	UUP	Sinn Féin	Alliance
Seats won	13	4	3
Seat change	3	1	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DUP	SDLP	Ulster Democratic
Seats won	2	2	2
Seat change	1	1	1

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	NI Conservatives	Others
Seats won	1	3
Seat change	0	2

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

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1997^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	13	0	3	3	43.3	36.6	11,799	2.5
Sinn Féin	4	1	0	1	13.3	13.7	4,427	4.4
Alliance	3	0	0	1	10.0	13.0	4,188	0.7
DUP	2	0	1	1	6.7	13.2	4,239	2.6
SDLP	2	0	1	1	6.7	5.8	1,859	2.1
Ulster Democratic	2	1	0	1	6.7	5.0	1,615	0.2
Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	3.3	3.3	1,068	0.8
NI Conservatives	1	0	0	0	3.3	2.9	935	1.2
Protestant Unionist	1	1	0	1	3.3	2.1	671	2.1
Ind. Nationalist	1	1	0	1	3.3	1.6	502	1.6
NI Women's Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	209	New
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	192	1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1997
by district
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

Districts results

Downshire

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

Downshire - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Dunmurry Cross

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

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Killultagh

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

Killultagh - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Lisburn Town North

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

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Lisburn Town South

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

Lisburn Town South - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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1997 Lisburn Borough Council election

Districts summary

Districts results

Downshire

Dunmurry Cross

Killultagh

Lisburn Town North

Lisburn Town South

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