1997 Moyle District Council election

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21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)

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All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	SDLP	DUP	UUP
Seats won	3	3	3
Seat change	0	0	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	Sinn Féin	Ind. Republican
Seats won	2	1	1
Seat change	0	0	0

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	Ind. Nationalist	Ind. Unionist
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	0	1

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

Elections to Moyle District 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.

Moyle District Council Election Result 1997^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	3	0	0	0	20.0	22.5	1,365	3.3
DUP	3	0	0	0	20.0	19.7	1,196	1.3
UUP	3	1	0	1	20.0	14.0	848	6.5
Independent	2	0	0	0	13.3	13.1	794	1.0
Ind. Republican	1	0	0	0	6.7	11.7	711	3.5
Ind. Unionist	1	0	1	1	13.3	8.0	484	5.7
Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	6.7	7.5	454	0.8
Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	3.7	223	1.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1997
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
SDLP	DUP	UUP	Sinn Féin	Others
Ballycastle	25.3	1	19.4	1	14.8	1	0.0	0	40.5	2	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	36.2	2	33.7	2	0.0	0	30.1	1	5
The Glens	35.5	2	8.8	0	0.0	0	18.2	1	37.5	2	5
Total	22.5	3	19.7	3	14.0	3	7.5	1	36.3	5	15

Districts results

Ballycastle

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Independent	Seamus Blaney*	28.88%	551
	SDLP	Richard Kerr*	25.31%	483
	DUP	Gardiner Kane*	18.66%	356
	Independent	Christopher McCaughan*	11.58%	221	418.88
	UUP	Helen Harding*	14.83%	283	311.05	439.05
	DUP	Elizabeth Brennan	0.73%	14	16.04	25.04
Electorate: 3,770 Valid: 1,908 (50.61%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 319 Turnout: 1,944 (51.56%)

Giant's Causeway

1993: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy*	28.83%	484
	UUP	William Graham	15.66%	263	308.54
	DUP	David McAllister*	16.56%	278	297.32
	DUP	George Hartin	14.12%	237	244.82	245.82	303.82
	UUP	Robert McIlroy*	10.48%	176	231.66	237.04	246.34	261.04	272.04
	UUP	Raymond Rodgers	7.50%	126	180.74	190.42	213.56	226.86	237.86
	DUP	Allan Mulholland	5.54%	93	101.74	105.66
	Independent	Thomas Palmer	1.31%	22	31.2
Electorate: 3,189 Valid: 1,679 (52.65%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 280 Turnout: 1,737 (54.47%)

The Glens

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change

The Glens - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ind. Republican	Oliver McMullan*	28.58%	711
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry*	18.25%	454
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran*	16.24%	404	488.15
	SDLP	Archie McIntosh	10.22%	316	392.05	419.05
	Ind. Nationalist	Randal McDonnell*	8.96%	223	331	364.3	383.22	464.22
	DUP	Thomas Brennan	8.76%	218	219.35	220.7	220.81	222.81
	SDLP	Anna Edwards	6.51%	162	182.25	188.1	205.15
Electorate: 4,032 Valid: 2,488 (61.71%) Spoilt: 32 Quota: 415 Turnout: 2,520 (62.50%)

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