1997 Fermanagh District Council election
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Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39.1 | 40.4 | 11,642 | 0.9 | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21.7 | 23.5 | 6,770 | 6.4 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21.7 | 17.3 | 4,976 | 2.0 | |
Independent Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 2,159 | 1.9 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 2,123 | 2.1 | |
Independent Socialist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 581 | 1.3 | |
NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 319 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 254 | 0.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Enniskillen | 47.2 | 3 | 16.8 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 7 |
Erne East | 36.3 | 2 | 32.8 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 6 |
Erne North | 45.6 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 24.1 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 5 |
Erne West | 32.9 | 2 | 30.2 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 40.4 | 9 | 23.5 | 5 | 17.3 | 4 | 7.4 | 2 | 11.4 | 3 | 23 |
District results[edit]
Enniskillen[edit]
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 26.31% | 2,055 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Gerry McHugh* | 16.81% | 1,313 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Raymond Ferguson* | 9.84% | 769 | 1,325.4 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Basil Johnston | 8.77% | 685 | 866.48 | 982.64 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Eamon Flanagan* | 11.87% | 927 | 928.56 | 930.16 | 1,030.48 | |||||
Independent Socialist | Davy Kettyles* | 7.44% | 581 | 588.8 | 594.24 | 672.78 | 679.81 | 732.88 | 811.38 | 1,002.38 | |
Democratic Unionist | Joseph Dodds* | 7.44% | 581 | 664.72 | 700.24 | 700.24 | 700.24 | 702.24 | 829.64 | 833.53 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ethel Gregg | 2.24% | 175 | 379.88 | 546.92 | 546.92 | 547.11 | 596.71 | 643.79 | 660.02 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | John Rooney | 3.42% | 267 | 267.52 | 267.84 | 381.69 | 420.64 | 438.34 | 514.05 | ||
NI Women's Coalition | Margaret McCaffrey | 1.83% | 143 | 144.04 | 144.36 | 180 | 183.99 | 215.99 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Robert Irvine | 2.05% | 160 | 175.6 | 186.48 | 186.48 | 186.48 | 187.48 | |||
Alliance | John Haslett | 2.00% | 156 | 164.32 | 166.88 | 170.18 | 170.94 | ||||
Electorate: 12,960 Valid: 7,812 (60.28%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 977 Turnout: 7,929 (61.18%) |
Erne East[edit]
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Harold Andrews | 14.04% | 1,149 | 1,150 | 1,281 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey | 11.22% | 918 | 944 | 946 | 1,385 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ruth Lynch | 13.11% | 1,073 | 1,078 | 1,078 | 1,246 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Fergus McQuillan* | 10.96% | 897 | 1,149 | 1,150 | 1,193 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | Tony McPhillips* | 11.11% | 909 | 961 | 963 | 1,000 | 1,137 | 1,137 | 1,194 | |
Ulster Unionist | Cecil Noble* | 11.39% | 932 | 932 | 1,071 | 1,071 | 1,071 | 1,104.3 | 1,104.3 | |
Ulster Unionist | Jean McVitty* | 10.83% | 886 | 888 | 962 | 963 | 964 | 1,042.3 | 1,043.3 | |
Sinn Féin | Hugh O'Reilly | 8.48% | 694 | 699 | 699 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Paul Robinson | 4.51% | 369 | 371 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Marie O'Neill | 4.34% | 355 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,446 Valid: 8,182 (78.33%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,169 Turnout: 8,323 (79.68%) |
Erne North[edit]
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Caldwell McClaughry* | 16.46% | 998 | 1,028 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Tommy Gallagher* | 15.39% | 933 | 958 | 1,400 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Bert Johnston* | 15.69% | 951 | 1,001 | 1,001 | 1,002 | |
Sinn Féin | Geraldine Cassidy | 12.04% | 730 | 731 | 783 | 966 | |
Ulster Unionist | Bertie Kerr* | 15.12% | 917 | 937 | 939 | 959 | |
Ulster Unionist | Tom Elliott | 13.99% | 848 | 863 | 866 | 868 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | John Dolan | 8.68% | 526 | 537 | |||
Alliance | Neville McElderry | 1.62% | 98 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Jean Jackson | 1.02% | 62 | ||||
Electorate: 8,516 Valid: 6,063 (71.20%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,011 Turnout: 6,161 (72.35%) |
Erne West[edit]
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Wilson Elliott* | 23.88% | 1,616 | |||||
Independent Nationalist | Patrick McCaffrey* | 18.47% | 1,250 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Robin Martin* | 17.42% | 1,179 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Gerry Gallagher* | 15.83% | 1,071 | 1,077.6 | 1,183.6 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Derrick Nixon* | 9.04% | 612 | 1,078.8 | 1,088.2 | 1,100.6 | 1,113.6 | |
Sinn Féin | Stephen Huggett | 12.75% | 863 | 863.9 | 892.2 | 996.8 | 1,025.8 | |
NI Women's Coalition | Imelda Maguire | 2.60% | 176 | 180.2 | ||||
Electorate: 8,872 Valid: 6,767 (76.27%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 1,128 Turnout: 6,916 (77.95%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Fermanagh Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 16 August 2021.