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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 21 May 1997, shortly after the 1997 general election across the entire United Kingdom.
Results[]
Map showing the party that received the most votes by ward.
Overall[]
Party[1]
|
Councillors
|
Votes
|
Total
|
+/-
|
% share
|
Total
|
|
UUP
|
185
|
-12
|
28
|
175,036
|
|
SDLP
|
120
|
-7
|
21
|
130,387
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
74
|
+23
|
17
|
106,934
|
|
DUP
|
91
|
-12
|
16
|
99,651
|
|
Alliance
|
41
|
-3
|
7
|
41,952
|
|
Independent
|
23
|
+3
|
4
|
23,695
|
|
PUP
|
7
|
+6
|
2
|
12,051
|
|
Ind U
|
15
|
-6
|
2
|
10,376
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
4
|
+3
|
1
|
6,244
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
1
|
+1
|
1
|
3,380
|
|
UK Unionist
|
4
|
+4
|
0.5
|
2,945
|
|
Labour coalition
|
3
|
+2
|
0.4
|
2,774
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
3
|
-3
|
0.4
|
2,634
|
|
Independent Nationalist
|
3
|
-1
|
0.4
|
2,450
|
|
Workers' Party
|
0
|
-1
|
0.4
|
2,348
|
|
Independent Community
|
2
|
+2
|
0.3
|
1,905
|
|
Newtownabbey Ratepayers
|
2
|
+2
|
0.2
|
1,424
|
|
Green (NI)
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
706
|
|
Democratic Left
|
1
|
0
|
0.1
|
560
|
|
Community Labour
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
464
|
|
Upper Bann Labour
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
353
|
|
Ulster Independence
|
0
|
0
|
0.0
|
71
|
|
Natural Law
|
0
|
0
|
0.0
|
67
|
By council[]
Antrim[]
[2]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Bobby Loughran
|
1,115
|
|
UUP
|
James Graham
|
1,063
|
|
DUP
|
Wilson Clyde
|
683
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Henry Cushinan
|
612
|
|
SDLP
|
Donovan McClelland
|
430
|
|
UUP
|
Avril Swann
|
254
|
|
Alliance
|
George Picken
|
133
|
Turnout
|
4,290
|
No change
|
[2]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Roy Thompson
|
996
|
|
SDLP
|
Thomas Burns
|
963
|
|
UUP
|
Edgar Wallace
|
763
|
|
UUP
|
Mervyn Rea
|
716
|
|
Alliance
|
David Ford
|
613
|
|
DUP
|
Samuel Dunlop
|
495
|
|
DUP
|
William Harkness
|
385
|
|
PUP
|
Ken Wilkinson
|
358
|
|
UUP
|
Roderick Swann
|
180
|
|
SDLP
|
Lucia Trowlen
|
177
|
|
UUP
|
Roy Stinson
|
150
|
Turnout
|
5,796
|
|
Roy Thompson joins Ulster Unionist
|
[2]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Paddy Marks
|
1,066
|
|
DUP
|
Robert McClay
|
642
|
|
SDLP
|
Oran Keenan
|
514
|
|
SDLP
|
Sean McKee
|
433
|
|
UUP
|
Adrian Watson
|
357
|
|
UUP
|
Andrew Ritchie
|
287
|
|
Alliance
|
Brian McConnell
|
268
|
|
UUP
|
Andrew Thompson
|
218
|
|
Alliance
|
Mary Wallace
|
159
|
|
Independent
|
Stanley Lynn
|
124
|
|
Independent
|
S. J. Greer
|
111
|
Turnout
|
4,179
|
No change
|
Ards[]
[3]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Thomas Benson
|
882
|
|
UUP
|
Ronnie Ferguson
|
676
|
|
DUP
|
Hamilton Gregory
|
621
|
|
UUP
|
John Shields
|
606
|
|
UUP
|
Jeffrey Magill
|
480
|
|
Alliance
|
Linda Cleland
|
418
|
|
Alliance
|
Larry Thompson
|
352
|
|
DUP
|
St Clair McAlister
|
295
|
|
UK Unionist
|
Tom Sheridan
|
269
|
|
DUP
|
Hamilton Lawther
|
251
|
|
PUP
|
Gina McCrory
|
220
|
Turnout
|
5,070
|
|
Ulster Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[3]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Paul Carson
|
1,114
|
|
Alliance
|
Kieran McCarthy
|
1,047
|
|
DUP
|
Jim Shannon
|
993
|
|
SDLP
|
Daniel McCarthy
|
770
|
|
DUP
|
Robin Drysdale
|
473
|
|
Alliance
|
John Smyth
|
221
|
|
Alliance
|
Billy Sheldon
|
154
|
|
SDLP
|
Iain Bell
|
131
|
|
Green (NI)
|
Owen Crawford
|
131
|
Turnout
|
4,936
|
|
Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance
|
[3]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Robert Gibson
|
1,103
|
|
UUP
|
David McNarry
|
1,066
|
|
Alliance
|
Kathleen Coulter
|
741
|
|
DUP
|
David Gilmore
|
635
|
|
UUP
|
Margaret Craig
|
572
|
|
Alliance
|
Tim McBriar
|
481
|
|
DUP
|
Lorraine Gilmore
|
285
|
Turnout
|
4,883
|
No change
|
[3]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Ind U
|
Wilbert Magill
|
914
|
|
Alliance
|
Alan McDowell
|
724
|
|
UUP
|
David Smyth
|
690
|
|
DUP
|
George Ennis
|
653
|
|
UUP
|
Tom Hamilton
|
565
|
|
Ind U
|
Nancy Orr
|
327
|
|
Ind U
|
Bobby McBride
|
326
|
|
DUP
|
John Purdy
|
225
|
|
PUP
|
Alfred McCrory
|
221
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Billy McKeown
|
55
|
Turnout
|
4,710
|
|
Wilbert Magill leaves Democratic Unionist
|
Armagh[]
[4]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Pat Brannigan
|
1,251
|
|
UUP
|
Sylvia McRoberts
|
898
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Noel Sheridan
|
845
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sean McGirr
|
841
|
|
UUP
|
Gordon Frazer
|
749
|
|
SDLP
|
Anna Brolly
|
547
|
|
SDLP
|
Michael Carson
|
531
|
|
DUP
|
Noel Donnelly
|
529
|
|
Alliance
|
Ryan Williams
|
167
|
|
SDLP
|
Ann McKenna
|
146
|
Turnout
|
6,504
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[4]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Brian Cunningham
|
1,207
|
|
UUP
|
Evelyn Corry
|
1,135
|
|
SDLP
|
Tommy Kavanagh
|
1,107
|
|
SDLP
|
James McKernan
|
862
|
|
UUP
|
William Hamilton
|
747
|
|
SDLP
|
Joseph McGleenan
|
534
|
|
SDLP
|
James Lennon
|
509
|
Turnout
|
6,101
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[4]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Eric Speers
|
1,915
|
|
DUP
|
Heather Black
|
1,577
|
|
SDLP
|
Tom Canavan
|
1,057
|
|
UUP
|
Robert Turner
|
872
|
|
UUP
|
Sharon McClelland
|
810
|
|
UUP
|
James Clayton
|
797
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Thomas Carroll
|
355
|
Turnout
|
7,383
|
No change
|
[4]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Speers
|
1,630
|
|
DUP
|
Brian Hutchinson
|
1,011
|
|
SDLP
|
Joe Campbell
|
882
|
|
UUP
|
Charles Rollston
|
836
|
|
SDLP
|
Eamon Mcneill
|
629
|
|
UUP
|
Olive Whitten
|
613
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Liz Gartland
|
578
|
Turnout
|
6,179
|
No change
|
Ballymena[]
[5]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Patrick McAvoy
|
975
|
|
UUP
|
William Wright
|
953
|
|
Ind U
|
Sam Henry
|
728
|
|
UUP
|
Joe McKernan
|
630
|
|
DUP
|
Maurice Mills
|
610
|
|
UUP
|
James Alexander
|
547
|
|
Alliance
|
Jayne Dunlop
|
447
|
|
DUP
|
John Stewart
|
417
|
|
DUP
|
David Warwick
|
247
|
|
Ind U
|
Herbie Parke
|
235
|
Turnout
|
5,789
|
|
Sam Henry changes designation from independent
|
[5]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Declan O'Loan
|
967
|
|
UUP
|
James Currie
|
918
|
|
DUP
|
Davy Tweed
|
832
|
|
DUP
|
Martin Clarke
|
571
|
|
DUP
|
Hubert Nicholl
|
534
|
|
UUP
|
Peter Brown
|
377
|
|
UUP
|
Malcolm Gilmour
|
365
|
|
UUP
|
John Scott
|
357
|
|
DUP
|
John Carson
|
315
|
|
Ulster Party
|
Agnes McLeister
|
184
|
|
Independent
|
Cowan Balmer
|
86
|
Turnout
|
5,506
|
|
Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Unionist
|
[5]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Roy Gillespie
|
1,110
|
|
DUP
|
Tommy Nicholl
|
1,048
|
|
UUP
|
Robert Coulter
|
1,014
|
|
SDLP
|
Seamus Laverty
|
967
|
|
UUP
|
Ian Johnston
|
936
|
|
DUP
|
Sandy Spence
|
845
|
Turnout
|
5,920
|
No change
|
[5]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Margaret Gribben
|
1,042
|
|
UUP
|
David Clyde
|
961
|
|
UUP
|
Des Armstrong
|
816
|
|
UUP
|
Lexie Scott
|
765
|
|
DUP
|
Sam Gaston
|
627
|
|
DUP
|
Sam Hanna
|
623
|
|
DUP
|
David McClintock
|
490
|
Turnout
|
5,324
|
|
Sam Hanna joins Ulster Unionists from Ulster Democratic
|
|
SDLP gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Ballymoney[]
[6]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Cecil Cousley
|
493
|
|
Independent
|
Bob McComb
|
433
|
|
UUP
|
Thomas McKeown
|
333
|
|
DUP
|
Samuel McConaghie
|
293
|
|
Independent
|
Bill Williamson
|
261
|
|
SDLP
|
Joan McCaffrey
|
255
|
|
UUP
|
James Simpson
|
242
|
|
Independent
|
Colin McVicker
|
233
|
|
PUP
|
Jeffrey Balmer
|
180
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Mary McCusker
|
31
|
Turnout
|
2,754
|
|
Independent gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[6]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Joe Gaston
|
719
|
|
SDLP
|
Malachy McCamphill
|
706
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Halliday
|
608
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Martin O'Neill
|
508
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Wilson
|
441
|
|
SDLP
|
Mary McPoland
|
382
|
|
DUP
|
John Finlay
|
351
|
|
UUP
|
John Watt
|
260
|
Turnout
|
3,975
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[6]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Harry Connolly
|
725
|
|
DUP
|
Frank Campbell
|
473
|
|
DUP
|
Bill Kennedy
|
443
|
|
UUP
|
William Logan
|
350
|
|
UUP
|
John Ramsay
|
341
|
|
UUP
|
William Johnston
|
222
|
|
SDLP
|
Frank McCluskey
|
181
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Joan Cosgrove
|
35
|
Turnout
|
2,770
|
|
SDLP gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Banbridge[]
[7]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Joan Baird
|
1,438
|
|
Independent
|
Jim Walsh
|
809
|
|
UUP
|
William Bell
|
602
|
|
DUP
|
Cyril Vage
|
581
|
|
SDLP
|
Mel Byrne
|
534
|
|
Alliance
|
Frank McQuaid
|
423
|
|
UUP
|
Derick Bell
|
390
|
|
UUP
|
Ian Burns
|
359
|
Turnout
|
5,215
|
|
Jim Walsh leaves SDLP
|
SDLP and Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist and Alliance
|
[7]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
William McCracken
|
1,358
|
|
DUP
|
David Herron
|
770
|
|
SDLP
|
Cassie McDermott
|
729
|
|
UUP
|
William Martin
|
709
|
|
UUP
|
Tom Gribben
|
667
|
|
Ind U
|
Robert Hill
|
289
|
|
Alliance
|
Julian Crozier
|
202
|
Turnout
|
4,787
|
No change
|
[7]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
John Ingram
|
1,129
|
|
DUP
|
Wilfred McFadden
|
1,103
|
|
SDLP
|
Seamus Doyle
|
946
|
|
UUP
|
John Hanna
|
799
|
|
Independent
|
Malachy McCartan
|
692
|
|
UUP
|
Violet Cromie
|
671
|
|
SDLP
|
Oliver Moore
|
661
|
Turnout
|
6,273
|
No change
|
Belfast[]
Court[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
PUP
|
Hugh Smyth
|
3,070
|
|
DUP
|
Eric Smyth
|
1,573
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Frank McCoubrey
|
1,200
|
|
UUP
|
Fred Cobain
|
1,048
|
|
UUP
|
Chris McGimpsey
|
800
|
|
UUP
|
Glenn Bradley
|
513
|
|
Ind U
|
Joe Coggle
|
407
|
|
UUP
|
Dennis Robinson
|
237
|
|
DUP
|
Margaret Serris
|
208
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Linda Walker
|
150
|
|
Alliance
|
John Roberts
|
144
|
Turnout
|
9,350
|
|
Ulster Democratic gain from Independent Unionist
|
Pottinger[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Sammy Wilson
|
2,265
|
|
UUP
|
Reg Empey
|
2,309
|
|
PUP
|
David Ervine
|
2,110
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Dominic Corr
|
978
|
|
Alliance
|
Mervyn Jones
|
870
|
|
UUP
|
Margaret Clarke
|
768
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Clelland
|
605
|
|
SDLP
|
Marga Foley
|
309
|
|
PUP
|
Alexander Gordon
|
262
|
|
UUP
|
Andrew Muers
|
251
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Robert Girvan
|
169
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Pearl Sagar
|
149
|
|
DUP
|
Frank Leslie
|
142
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Joseph Bell
|
115
|
|
Ulster Independence
|
Josephine Challis
|
21
|
|
Natural Law
|
David Collins
|
19
|
|
Independent Labour
|
Sean McGouran
|
19
|
Turnout
|
11,361
|
|
Progressive Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist
|
Victoria[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Alliance
|
David Alderdice
|
2,419
|
|
UUP
|
Ian Adamson
|
2,367
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Rodgers
|
1,508
|
|
DUP
|
Wallace Browne
|
1,485
|
|
DUP
|
Robin Newton
|
1,036
|
|
Alliance
|
Danny Dow
|
1,024
|
|
DUP
|
John McQuillan
|
915
|
|
Alliance
|
Glyn Roberts
|
553
|
|
DUP
|
Margaret McKenzie
|
523
|
|
Ind U
|
Alan Crowe
|
519
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Lesley Donaldson
|
256
|
|
UUP
|
Peter Weir
|
192
|
|
Natural Law
|
Thomas Mullins
|
25
|
Turnout
|
12,822
|
|
Independent Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Balmoral[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Margaret Crooks
|
2,329
|
|
SDLP
|
Carmel Hanna
|
1,916
|
|
SDLP
|
Catherine Molloy
|
1,047
|
|
Alliance
|
Tom Ekin
|
971
|
|
Alliance
|
Philip McGarry
|
958
|
|
UUP
|
Bob Stoker
|
949
|
|
DUP
|
Harry Smith
|
924
|
|
DUP
|
Joan Parkes
|
654
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Heather Calvert
|
520
|
|
PUP
|
Gordon McCrea
|
397
|
|
UUP
|
Gordon Lucy
|
304
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Nuala Bradley
|
236
|
|
Green (NI)
|
Mary Ringland
|
92
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Hubert Mullan
|
71
|
Turnout
|
11,368
|
|
Social Democratic and Labour gain from Democratic Unionist
|
Castle[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Nigel Dodds
|
2,081
|
|
SDLP
|
Alban Maginness
|
1,781
|
|
Alliance
|
Tom Campbell
|
1,417
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Danny Lavery
|
1,362
|
|
UUP
|
David Browne
|
1,134
|
|
UUP
|
Nelson McCausland
|
1,065
|
|
UUP
|
John Carson
|
1,025
|
|
DUP
|
Jim Crothers Jr
|
778
|
|
SDLP
|
Jonathan Stephenson
|
720
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Raymond Gilliland
|
216
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Eileen Calder
|
149
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Ferris
|
85
|
|
Green (NI)
|
Alan Warren
|
73
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Paul Treanor
|
53
|
|
Ulster Independence
|
Norman McClelland
|
8
|
|
Natural Law
|
Andrea Gribben
|
5
|
Turnout
|
11,952
|
|
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
|
|
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
|
Oldpark[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Mick Conlon
|
2,317
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Bobby Lavery
|
2,230
|
|
SDLP
|
Martin Morgan
|
1,941
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Paddy McManus
|
1,773
|
|
PUP
|
Billy Hutchinson
|
1,582
|
|
UUP
|
Fred Proctor
|
1,316
|
|
UUP
|
Fred Rodgers
|
986
|
|
DUP
|
David Smylie
|
659
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Paddy Bird
|
427
|
|
SDLP
|
Dympna O'Hara
|
365
|
|
Green (NI)
|
Peter Emerson
|
245
|
|
Alliance
|
Mark Long
|
177
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Steven Doran
|
109
|
Turnout
|
14,127
|
|
Progressive Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Laganbank[8]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Alasdair McDonnell
|
1,614
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Seán Hayes
|
1,388
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Clarke
|
1,337
|
|
Alliance
|
Steve McBride
|
1,118
|
|
UUP
|
Michael McGimpsey
|
966
|
|
SDLP
|
Peter O'Reilly
|
902
|
|
PUP
|
Ernie Purves
|
644
|
|
DUP
|
Jim Kirkpatrick
|
473
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Anne Campbell
|
406
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Patrick Lynn
|
160
|
|
Green (NI)
|
Andrew Frew
|
138
|
|
Natural Law
|
James Anderson
|
18
|
|
Independent
|
Vincent McKenna
|
12
|
Turnout
|
9,176
|
|
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
|
Carrickfergus[]
[9]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Alliance
|
Sean Neeson
|
741
|
|
DUP
|
David Hilditch
|
626
|
|
Independent
|
William Hamilton
|
494
|
|
UUP
|
Samuel McCamley
|
466
|
|
Independent
|
Nicholas Wady
|
233
|
|
PUP
|
Samuel Stewart
|
144
|
|
Alliance
|
Arthur McQuitty
|
54
|
Turnout
|
2,758
|
|
Independent gain from Alliance
|
[9]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Ind U
|
James Brown
|
908
|
|
Alliance
|
Janet Crampsey
|
554
|
|
Independent
|
Samuel Crowe
|
553
|
|
Alliance
|
Robin Cavan
|
531
|
|
UUP
|
Eric Ferguson
|
371
|
|
UUP
|
Colin McAuley
|
362
|
|
DUP
|
William Ashe
|
357
|
|
DUP
|
Desmond Robinson
|
261
|
|
PUP
|
Billy Donaldson
|
237
|
|
Independent
|
Norman Dixon
|
127
|
Turnout
|
4,261
|
|
James Brown leaves Ulster Unionist
|
|
Samuel Crowe leaves NI Conservatives
|
|
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
|
[9]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Alliance
|
Stewart Dickson
|
867
|
|
UUP
|
Thomas Creighton
|
754
|
|
DUP
|
May Beattie
|
580
|
|
Independent
|
Charles Johnston
|
457
|
|
UUP
|
Joseph Reid
|
377
|
|
DUP
|
William Haggan
|
336
|
|
Alliance
|
Noreen McIlwrath
|
209
|
|
PUP
|
Carolyn Howarth
|
121
|
Turnout
|
3,764
|
No change
|
Castlereagh[]
[10]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Peter Robinson
|
2,783
|
|
UUP
|
Alan Carson
|
854
|
|
Alliance
|
Patrick Mitchell
|
600
|
|
UK Unionist
|
Grant Dillon
|
267
|
|
SDLP
|
Dominic Marsella
|
224
|
|
Alliance
|
Ann Smith
|
134
|
|
DUP
|
John Dunn
|
87
|
|
DUP
|
John Norris
|
61
|
|
UUP
|
Alwyn McClernon
|
23
|
Turnout
|
5,033
|
|
Grant Dillon joins UK Unionist
|
[10]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Iris Robinson
|
2,787
|
|
Alliance
|
Peter Osborne
|
677
|
|
UUP
|
Sarah Cummings
|
672
|
|
Ind U
|
William Abraham
|
607
|
|
Alliance
|
Michael Long
|
466
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Blakeley McNally
|
303
|
|
DUP
|
Thomas Jeffers
|
172
|
|
DUP
|
Sandy Geddis
|
160
|
|
Independent
|
David Brown
|
115
|
|
DUP
|
Kim Morton
|
73
|
|
DUP
|
Sarah Seddon
|
16
|
Turnout
|
6,048
|
|
Thomas Jeffers joins Democratic Unionist from Ulster Popular Unionist
|
[10]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
John Beattie
|
1,219
|
|
DUP
|
Myreve Chambers
|
1,146
|
|
SDLP
|
Arthur Hegney
|
864
|
|
Alliance
|
Geraldine Rice
|
628
|
|
Alliance
|
Margaret Marshall
|
556
|
|
UUP
|
Michael Henderson
|
325
|
|
DUP
|
Andrew Ramsey
|
205
|
Turnout
|
4,943
|
|
SDLP gain from Alliance
|
[10]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
William Clulow
|
952
|
|
UUP
|
Cecil Hall
|
744
|
|
Alliance
|
Sara Duncan
|
697
|
|
SDLP
|
Rosaleen Hughes
|
619
|
|
DUP
|
Simon Robinson
|
607
|
|
PUP
|
Samuel Johnston
|
367
|
|
UUP
|
Marie Luney
|
274
|
|
Ind U
|
Ernest Harper
|
267
|
|
DUP
|
Thomas Scott
|
142
|
|
Alliance
|
Malcolm Gilmore
|
140
|
Turnout
|
4,809
|
|
SDLP gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Coleraine[]
[11]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
John Dallat
|
1,234
|
|
UUP
|
Olive Church
|
1,023
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Watt
|
990
|
|
UUP
|
William King
|
855
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Bolton
|
658
|
|
SDLP
|
Eamon Mullan
|
642
|
|
DUP
|
James McCloskey
|
522
|
|
Alliance
|
Ian McEwan
|
152
|
Turnout
|
6,076
|
No change
|
[11]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
David McClarty
|
1,255
|
|
DUP
|
James McClure
|
941
|
|
SDLP
|
Gerald McLaughlin
|
729
|
|
UUP
|
David Barbour
|
529
|
|
UUP
|
Elizabeth Johnston
|
438
|
|
Alliance
|
Eamon O'Hara
|
300
|
|
UUP
|
Daniel Christie
|
291
|
|
DUP
|
Marie McAllister
|
277
|
|
Alliance
|
Yvonne Boyle
|
214
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Averil Watson
|
58
|
Turnout
|
5,032
|
No change
|
[11]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Maurice Bradley
|
833
|
|
UUP
|
Elizabeth Black
|
606
|
|
DUP
|
William Creelman
|
464
|
|
Alliance
|
Bill Matthews
|
413
|
|
UUP
|
Robert McPherson
|
355
|
|
Independent
|
David Gilmour
|
283
|
|
Independent
|
Martin Hunter
|
201
|
|
UUP
|
Gary Wolfe
|
161
|
|
Independent
|
Trevor Cooke
|
125
|
Turnout
|
3,441
|
|
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[11]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Pauline Armitage
|
841
|
|
Independent
|
Christine Alexander
|
784
|
|
SDLP
|
Patricia Farren
|
486
|
|
UUP
|
Norman Hillis
|
470
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Stewart
|
447
|
|
UUP
|
Samuel Kane
|
425
|
|
Alliance
|
Barbara Dempsey
|
359
|
|
Alliance
|
Patrick McGowan
|
300
|
|
DUP
|
James Milliken
|
259
|
|
Independent
|
Thomas Mackay
|
46
|
Turnout
|
4,417
|
|
Independent gain from Ulster Unionist
|
Cookstown[]
[12]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Patsy McGlone
|
1,555
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Pearse McAleer
|
1,518
|
|
DUP
|
Anne McCrea
|
976
|
|
UUP
|
William Armstrong
|
735
|
|
UUP
|
Walter Greer
|
618
|
|
DUP
|
Samuel McCartney
|
519
|
|
SDLP
|
Mary Baker
|
497
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Seamus Campbell
|
497
|
|
Independent Nationalist
|
Francis Rocks
|
53
|
Turnout
|
6,968
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[12]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Trevor Wilson
|
1,427
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sean Begley
|
1,172
|
|
DUP
|
William John Larmour
|
863
|
|
SDLP
|
Denis Haughey
|
855
|
|
SDLP
|
Peggy Laverty
|
487
|
|
UUP
|
William Joseph Larmour
|
221
|
|
DUP
|
Raymond McGarvey
|
189
|
Turnout
|
5,214
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[12]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sean Begley
|
1,446
|
|
UUP
|
Samuel Glasgow
|
1,173
|
|
Ind U
|
Samuel Parke
|
741
|
|
SDLP
|
James McGarvey
|
696
|
|
DUP
|
William Cuddy
|
686
|
|
SDLP
|
Peter Cassidy
|
376
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
John McNamee
|
293
|
Turnout
|
5,411
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Democratic Unionist
|
Craigavon[]
[13]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Kenneth Twyble
|
1,576
|
|
DUP
|
William Allen
|
1,079
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Francis Murray
|
1,048
|
|
SDLP
|
Pat Mallon
|
1,008
|
|
UUP
|
James McCammick
|
737
|
|
UUP
|
Frederick Crowe
|
722
|
|
Alliance
|
Sean Hagan
|
541
|
|
Community Labour
|
Alan Evans
|
389
|
|
UUP
|
Cyril McLoughlin
|
377
|
|
SDLP
|
Philip Mallon
|
182
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Chris Moffat
|
84
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Peter Smyth
|
55
|
|
Community Labour
|
William McAvoy
|
25
|
Turnout
|
7,823
|
No change
|
[13]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
John O'Dowd
|
2,320
|
|
SDLP
|
Sean McKavanagh
|
1,499
|
|
SDLP
|
Dolores Kelly
|
692
|
|
SDLP
|
Mary McAlinden
|
562
|
|
UUP
|
John Crozier
|
471
|
|
SDLP
|
Kieran McGeown
|
339
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Tom French
|
226
|
|
Upper Bann Labour
|
Hugh Casey
|
203
|
|
Upper Bann Labour
|
Mark McKavanagh
|
101
|
|
DUP
|
Anne Hanlon
|
89
|
|
Alliance
|
Adrian McKinney
|
62
|
|
Community Labour
|
Mary Sheen
|
14
|
Turnout
|
6,578
|
|
SDLP gain from Workers' Party
|
[13]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Sam Gardiner
|
1,802
|
|
UUP
|
George Savage
|
1,371
|
|
DUP
|
Ruth Allen
|
803
|
|
UUP
|
Meta Crozier
|
691
|
|
UUP
|
Jonathan Bell
|
655
|
|
DUP
|
Frederick Baird
|
623
|
|
SDLP
|
Mary McNally
|
614
|
|
UUP
|
Sydney Cairns
|
434
|
|
Alliance
|
Wilson Freeburn
|
390
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Bernadette O'Hagan
|
349
|
|
UUP
|
William McCullough
|
230
|
|
Upper Bann Labour
|
Gillian Kirk
|
49
|
|
Community Labour
|
James Devlin
|
17
|
Turnout
|
8,028
|
|
Sydney Cairns joins Ulster Unionist
|
Derry[]
[14]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Cathal Crumley
|
1,333
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Mitchel McLaughlin
|
1,307
|
|
SDLP
|
James Clifford
|
969
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Peter Anderson
|
952
|
|
SDLP
|
Patrick Devine
|
829
|
|
SDLP
|
Pat Ramsey
|
822
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Margaret Logue
|
255
|
Turnout
|
6,467
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[14]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Mark Durkan
|
1,679
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Mary Nelis
|
1,564
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Marian Hutcheon
|
1,128
|
|
SDLP
|
Martin Bradley
|
1,115
|
|
SDLP
|
John Tierney
|
1,096
|
|
SDLP
|
Kathleen McCloskey
|
854
|
|
SDLP
|
John Kerr
|
850
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Pious McNaught
|
572
|
|
Independent
|
Alister Simpson
|
532
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Patricia McAdams
|
290
|
|
Labour
|
Tony Martin
|
50
|
|
Labour
|
Geraldine O'Neill
|
46
|
Turnout
|
9,776
|
No change
|
[14]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Annie Courtney
|
1,220
|
|
DUP
|
William Hay
|
1,105
|
|
SDLP
|
Seamus McNickle
|
976
|
|
UUP
|
Andrew Davidson
|
833
|
|
DUP
|
Maurice Devenney
|
741
|
|
SDLP
|
George Peoples
|
739
|
|
DUP
|
Ernie Hamilton
|
730
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Paul Fleming
|
707
|
|
SDLP
|
Jim McKeever
|
549
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Catherine Cooke
|
180
|
|
Independent
|
David Hawthorne
|
48
|
Turnout
|
7,828
|
|
Ulster Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[14]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Mary Bradley
|
1,826
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Tony Hasson
|
1,290
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Gearoid O'Heara
|
1,134
|
|
SDLP
|
William O'Connell
|
1,027
|
|
SDLP
|
Shaun Gallagher
|
872
|
|
SDLP
|
Margaret McCartney
|
779
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Bernadette McDaid
|
504
|
|
Labour
|
Charles McDaid
|
195
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Diane Greer
|
165
|
|
DUP
|
William Dougherty
|
134
|
|
Labour
|
Robert Lindsay
|
41
|
|
Labour
|
Patrick Muldowney
|
16
|
Turnout
|
7,983
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[14]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Richard Dallas
|
1,535
|
|
DUP
|
Gregory Campbell
|
1,497
|
|
SDLP
|
Philip Kelly
|
1,051
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Lynn Fleming
|
903
|
|
SDLP
|
Wilfred White
|
759
|
|
DUP
|
Joe Miller
|
749
|
|
Ind U
|
James Guy
|
671
|
|
DUP
|
Mildred Garfield
|
517
|
|
UUP
|
May Hamilton
|
497
|
|
DUP
|
Bill Irwin
|
443
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
David Nicholl
|
276
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Helena Schlindwein
|
146
|
|
Independent
|
Ken Adams
|
86
|
|
Independent
|
Gerry Toland
|
22
|
Turnout
|
9,152
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
Down[]
[15]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
Billy Alexander
|
1,362
|
|
SDLP
|
Patrick Toman
|
1,197
|
|
UUP
|
Harvey Bicker
|
990
|
|
SDLP
|
Anne McAleenan
|
951
|
|
SDLP
|
Frances Casement
|
409
|
|
UUP
|
John Reid
|
325
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
John Smyth
|
234
|
Turnout
|
5,468
|
|
SDLP gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[15]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
John Doris
|
991
|
|
SDLP
|
Peter Craig
|
918
|
|
UUP
|
Jack McIlheron
|
802
|
|
SDLP
|
Dermot Curran
|
748
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Patrick McGreevy
|
659
|
|
SDLP
|
Owen Adams
|
477
|
|
Alliance
|
Michael Healy
|
431
|
|
SDLP
|
Gerard Mahon
|
417
|
|
Labour
|
Patrick O'Connor
|
251
|
|
SDLP
|
John Irvine
|
189
|
|
Green (NI)
|
Keith Bradford
|
113
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Desmond O'Hagan
|
57
|
|
Labour
|
Edna Furey
|
41
|
|
Labour
|
Michael Kearney
|
35
|
Turnout
|
6,129
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[15]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Eamon O'Neill
|
913
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Frank McDowell
|
831
|
|
UUP
|
Gerald Douglas
|
773
|
|
SDLP
|
Carmel O'Boyle
|
715
|
|
SDLP
|
Peter Fitzpatrick
|
706
|
|
DUP
|
Stanley Priestly
|
552
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Anne Carr
|
430
|
|
SDLP
|
Frances Flynn
|
422
|
|
UUP
|
Ronald Richie
|
259
|
|
Alliance
|
Adrienne Healy
|
167
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Edward O'Hagan
|
75
|
Turnout
|
5,843
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
|
NIWC gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[15]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Margaret Ritchie
|
1,044
|
|
UUP
|
Samuel Osborne
|
846
|
|
UUP
|
Albert Colmer
|
817
|
|
DUP
|
William Dick
|
810
|
|
UUP
|
William Biggerstaff
|
695
|
|
Ind U
|
Billy Walker
|
521
|
|
SDLP
|
Laurence Moffat
|
384
|
|
Alliance
|
Barry Corscadden
|
252
|
Turnout
|
5,369
|
No change
|
Dungannon[]
[16]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Patsy Daly
|
950
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Michelle Gildernew
|
920
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Hamilton
|
905
|
|
UUP
|
Derek Irwin
|
858
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Brady
|
799
|
|
DUP
|
James Ewing
|
596
|
|
DUP
|
Robert McFarland
|
453
|
|
DUP
|
Anthony Fox
|
447
|
Turnout
|
5,928
|
No change
|
[16]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Noel Mulligan
|
1,097
|
|
SDLP
|
Anthony McGonnell
|
1,083
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Seamus Flanagan
|
1,028
|
|
DUP
|
Johnston McIlwrath
|
989
|
|
UUP
|
Robert Mulligan
|
857
|
|
SDLP
|
Margaret Monaghan
|
499
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Brian Kilpatrick
|
339
|
Turnout
|
5,892
|
No change
|
[16]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Vincent Kelly
|
1,065
|
|
DUP
|
Maurice Morrow
|
955
|
|
UUP
|
John Carson
|
940
|
|
UUP
|
John Reilly
|
777
|
|
SDLP
|
Vincent Currie
|
651
|
|
Democratic Left
|
Gerry Cullen
|
412
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Edward Devlin
|
291
|
|
Alliance
|
Ephrem Bogues
|
269
|
|
SDLP
|
Peggy Devlin
|
170
|
Turnout
|
5,530
|
No change
|
[16]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Francie Molloy
|
1,407
|
|
UUP
|
Norman Badger
|
1,212
|
|
Independent
|
Jim Canning
|
1,183
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Michael Gillespie
|
1,017
|
|
SDLP
|
Jim Cavanagh
|
832
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Brendan Doris
|
822
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Jim O'Donnell
|
493
|
|
SDLP
|
Joe Gervin
|
283
|
Turnout
|
7,249
|
No change
|
Fermanagh[]
[17]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Sammy Foster
|
2,055
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Gerry McHugh
|
1,313
|
|
SDLP
|
Eamon Flanagan
|
927
|
|
UUP
|
Raymond Ferguson
|
769
|
|
UUP
|
Basil Johnston
|
685
|
|
Progressive Socialist
|
David Kettyles
|
581
|
|
DUP
|
Joe Dodds
|
581
|
|
SDLP
|
John Rooney
|
267
|
|
UUP
|
Ethel Gregg
|
175
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Irvine
|
160
|
|
Alliance
|
John Haslett
|
156
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Margaret McCaffrey
|
143
|
Turnout
|
7,812
|
No change
|
[17]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Harold Andrews
|
1,149
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Ruth Lynch
|
1,073
|
|
UUP
|
Cecil Noble
|
932
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Brian McCaffrey
|
918
|
|
Independent Nationalist
|
Tony McPhillips
|
909
|
|
SDLP
|
Fergus McQuillan
|
897
|
|
UUP
|
Jean McVitty
|
886
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Thomas O'Reilly
|
694
|
|
DUP
|
Paul Robinson
|
369
|
|
SDLP
|
Marie O'Neill
|
355
|
Turnout
|
8,182
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[17]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Caldwell McClaughry
|
998
|
|
DUP
|
Bert Johnston
|
951
|
|
SDLP
|
Tommy Gallagher
|
933
|
|
UUP
|
Bertie Kerr
|
917
|
|
UUP
|
Thomas Elliott
|
848
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Geraldine Cassidy
|
730
|
|
SDLP
|
John Dolan
|
526
|
|
Alliance
|
Neville McElderry
|
98
|
|
DUP
|
Jean Jackson
|
62
|
Turnout
|
6,063
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[17]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Wilson Elliott
|
1,616
|
|
Independent
|
Patrick McCaffrey
|
1,250
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Robin Martin
|
1,179
|
|
SDLP
|
Gerard Gallagher
|
1,071
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Stephen Huggett
|
863
|
|
UUP
|
Derrick Nixon
|
612
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Amelda Maguire
|
176
|
Turnout
|
6,767
|
No change
|
Larne[]
[18]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Thomas Robinson
|
527
|
|
Independent
|
William Cunning
|
502
|
|
UUP
|
Joan Drummond
|
473
|
|
SDLP
|
Daniel O'Connor
|
409
|
|
Alliance
|
Amelia Kelly
|
317
|
|
DUP
|
Winston Fulton
|
314
|
|
DUP
|
Rachel Rea
|
313
|
|
DUP
|
Trevor Robinson
|
155
|
|
Independent
|
Norman McCann
|
73
|
Turnout
|
3,083
|
|
SDLP gain from Alliance
|
[18]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Roy Beggs
|
1,043
|
|
Alliance
|
John Mathews
|
526
|
|
DUP
|
Bobby McKee
|
369
|
|
DUP
|
Samuel McAllister
|
300
|
|
UUP
|
John Hall
|
297
|
|
UUP
|
David Fleck
|
265
|
|
UUP
|
Alexander Hunter
|
240
|
|
DUP
|
Sharon Gardiner
|
174
|
|
PUP
|
George Ferguson
|
116
|
Turnout
|
3,330
|
|
Alliance gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[18]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Independent
|
Desmond Nixon
|
698
|
|
DUP
|
Jack McKee
|
663
|
|
UUP
|
Rosalie Armstrong
|
485
|
|
Independent
|
Lindsay Mason
|
462
|
|
Independent
|
Roy Craig
|
352
|
|
Alliance
|
Patricia Kay
|
336
|
|
UUP
|
Mary Steele
|
202
|
|
DUP
|
Gregg McKeen
|
91
|
Turnout
|
3,289
|
|
Independent gain from Ulster Unionist and Alliance
|
Limavady[]
[19]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Stanley Gault
|
839
|
|
SDLP
|
Michael Carten
|
814
|
|
SDLP
|
Arthur Doherty
|
798
|
|
UUP
|
Ian Grant
|
765
|
|
SDLP
|
John McKinney
|
714
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Glass
|
453
|
Turnout
|
4,383
|
No change
|
[19]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Boyd Douglas
|
1,072
|
|
SDLP
|
Michael Coyle
|
1,013
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Malachy O'Kane
|
876
|
|
SDLP
|
John Lynch
|
442
|
|
UUP
|
Max Gault
|
409
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Eddie Lynn
|
368
|
Turnout
|
4,180
|
No change
|
[19]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
George Robinson
|
837
|
|
SDLP
|
Desmond Lowry
|
759
|
|
SDLP
|
Barry Doherty
|
739
|
|
UUP
|
Jack Dolan
|
738
|
|
UUP
|
Ronald Cartwright
|
729
|
|
UUP
|
Norman Reynolds
|
484
|
|
DUP
|
Victor Wilson
|
157
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Paula Taylor
|
88
|
Turnout
|
4,531
|
No change
|
Lisburn[]
[20]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Edmund Falloon
|
1,328
|
|
DUP
|
Charles Poots
|
1,041
|
|
Alliance
|
Betty Campbell
|
902
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
William Bleakes
|
846
|
|
DUP
|
David Craig
|
441
|
|
UUP
|
William Moore
|
389
|
|
UUP
|
Ken Hull
|
352
|
Turnout
|
5,299
|
|
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[20]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Michael Ferguson
|
1,365
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Paul Butler
|
1,260
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sue Ramsey
|
1,025
|
|
UUP
|
Billy Bell
|
963
|
|
SDLP
|
William McDonnell
|
928
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Maria Gray
|
777
|
|
Independent
|
Hugh Lewsley
|
502
|
|
SDLP
|
Geraldine Rodgers
|
501
|
|
UUP
|
Frederick Parkinson
|
474
|
|
UUP
|
Andrew Park
|
330
|
|
Alliance
|
Owen Gawith
|
284
|
|
DUP
|
Yvonne Craig
|
236
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Frances McCarthy
|
192
|
Turnout
|
8,837
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
|
Independent gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[20]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
William Dillon
|
1,432
|
|
SDLP
|
Peter O'Hagan
|
931
|
|
DUP
|
Cecil Calvert
|
904
|
|
UUP
|
Kenneth Watson
|
591
|
|
UUP
|
David Greene
|
551
|
|
Alliance
|
Trevor Lunn
|
489
|
|
DUP
|
James Tinsley
|
412
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Sybil Moses
|
150
|
Turnout
|
5,460
|
No change
|
[20]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
William Lewis
|
1,237
|
|
Alliance
|
Fraser McCammond
|
951
|
|
Ind U
|
Ronnie Crawford
|
810
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
David Adams
|
748
|
|
Protestant Unionist
|
William Beattie
|
671
|
|
UUP
|
William Gardiner-Watson
|
652
|
|
Alliance
|
William Whitley
|
495
|
|
UUP
|
Lorraine Martin
|
408
|
|
DUP
|
Eleanor Calvert
|
401
|
|
DUP
|
James Tinsley
|
294
|
|
Ind U
|
Anne Blake
|
258
|
|
UUP
|
Noel Malcolm
|
99
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Leonard Jarvis
|
89
|
Turnout
|
7,113
|
|
Ulster Democratic gain from Ulster Unionist
|
|
William Beattie leaves Democratic Unionist
|
[20]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Ivan Davis
|
1,469
|
|
Alliance
|
Seamus Close
|
1,067
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Gary McMichael
|
750
|
|
UUP
|
David Archer
|
578
|
|
DUP
|
Stuart Deignan
|
510
|
|
UUP
|
Joseph Lockhart
|
454
|
|
UUP
|
George Morrison
|
387
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Philip Dean
|
117
|
|
UUP
|
Margaret Little
|
105
|
|
NI Women's Coalition
|
Bronya Bonar
|
59
|
Turnout
|
5,496
|
No change
|
Magherafelt[]
[21]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
DUP
|
William McCrea
|
2,675
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Seamus O'Brien
|
1,777
|
|
SDLP
|
Patrick Kilpatrick
|
1,149
|
|
UUP
|
George Shiels
|
816
|
|
SDLP
|
Joseph McBride
|
499
|
|
DUP
|
Paul McLean
|
107
|
|
Labour
|
Harry Hutchinson
|
73
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Marian Donnelly
|
37
|
Turnout
|
7,133
|
No change
|
[21]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Margaret McKenna
|
1,180
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Paul Henry
|
949
|
|
UUP
|
John Junkin
|
882
|
|
DUP
|
Thomas Catherwood
|
829
|
|
SDLP
|
Patrick McErlean
|
727
|
|
DUP
|
James Wilson
|
541
|
|
SDLP
|
Francis Kearney
|
468
|
|
UUP
|
Norman Montgomery
|
362
|
|
Ind U
|
James Mulholland
|
250
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Patrick Scullion
|
53
|
Turnout
|
6,241
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[21]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Patrick Groogan
|
1,801
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
John Kelly
|
1,602
|
|
SDLP
|
Kathleen Lagan
|
1,170
|
|
UUP
|
Robert Montgomery
|
810
|
|
DUP
|
Rodney Mitchell
|
658
|
|
SDLP
|
Francis McKendry
|
515
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Francis Donnelly
|
103
|
|
Green (NI)
|
|
12
|
Turnout
|
6,671
|
No change
|
Moyle[]
[22]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Independent
|
Seamus Blaney
|
551
|
|
SDLP
|
Richard Kerr
|
483
|
|
DUP
|
Gardiner Kane
|
356
|
|
UUP
|
Helen Harding
|
283
|
|
Independent
|
Christopher McCaughan
|
221
|
|
DUP
|
Elizabeth Brennan
|
14
|
Turnout
|
1,908
|
No change
|
[22]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Ind U
|
Price McConaghy
|
484
|
|
DUP
|
David McAllister
|
278
|
|
UUP
|
William Graham
|
263
|
|
DUP
|
George Hartin
|
237
|
|
UUP
|
Robert McIlroy
|
176
|
|
UUP
|
Raymond Rodgers
|
126
|
|
DUP
|
Alan Mulholland
|
93
|
|
Christian
|
Thomas Palmer
|
22
|
Turnout
|
1,679
|
Robert McIlroy joins Ulster Unionist
|
Newry and Mourne[]
[23]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Peadar Bradley
|
1,503
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Mick Murphy
|
1,423
|
|
SDLP
|
Hugh Carr
|
975
|
|
UUP
|
Gordon Heslip
|
893
|
|
Independent
|
Anthony Williamson
|
861
|
|
SDLP
|
Josephine O'Hare
|
762
|
|
Independent
|
Ciaran Mussen
|
752
|
|
SDLP
|
Jim McCart
|
716
|
|
SDLP
|
Marietta Farrell
|
356
|
|
Alliance
|
Lindsay Whitcroft
|
219
|
Turnout
|
8,460
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[23]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Davy Hyland
|
1,095
|
|
Independent
|
Jackie Patterson
|
1,030
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Brendan Curran
|
1,000
|
|
Independent
|
Eugene Markey
|
929
|
|
SDLP
|
Patrick McElroy
|
807
|
|
SDLP
|
Frank Feely
|
774
|
|
UUP
|
William McCaigue
|
727
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Anne-Marie Willis
|
529
|
|
SDLP
|
Arthur Ruddy
|
528
|
|
SDLP
|
Mary McKeown
|
491
|
|
Alliance
|
Peter Whitcroft
|
181
|
Turnout
|
8,091
|
|
Independent gain from SDLP
|
[23]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
John Fee
|
1,412
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Patrick Brennan
|
1,148
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Patrick McDonald
|
1,114
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Pat McNamee
|
1,108
|
|
SDLP
|
Pat Toner
|
845
|
|
SDLP
|
Dessie McDonnell
|
647
|
Turnout
|
6,274
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[23]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Danny Kennedy
|
1,610
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Brendan Lewis
|
1,103
|
|
SDLP
|
Stephen McGinn
|
1,018
|
|
SDLP
|
Charles Smyth
|
975
|
|
UUP
|
William Moffett
|
952
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Jimmy McCreesh
|
883
|
|
SDLP
|
James Savage
|
690
|
Turnout
|
7,231
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
|
[23]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Isaac Hanna
|
1,595
|
|
UUP
|
Henry Reilly
|
1,303
|
|
SDLP
|
Emmett Haughian
|
1,196
|
|
DUP
|
William Burns
|
907
|
|
SDLP
|
Michael Cunningham
|
895
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Paul Lawless
|
471
|
|
Alliance
|
Anne Cunningham
|
353
|
|
Independent
|
Ewan Atkinson
|
102
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Henry Cunningham
|
78
|
Turnout
|
6,900
|
No change
|
Newtownabbey[]
[24]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Jim Bingham
|
847
|
|
DUP
|
Paul Girvan
|
705
|
|
Alliance
|
Pat McCudden
|
586
|
|
UUP
|
Vera McWilliams
|
477
|
|
UUP
|
Ed Turkington
|
362
|
|
Ind U
|
Sidney Cameron
|
262
|
|
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
|
Etta Mann
|
259
|
|
PUP
|
Norman Lavery
|
225
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Dave Burgess
|
137
|
|
Ind U
|
Thomas Porter
|
95
|
Turnout
|
3,955
|
|
Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
|
[24]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Newtownabbey Labour Party
|
Mark Langhammer
|
1,103
|
|
Ind U
|
Andrew Beattie
|
595
|
|
UUP
|
David Hollis
|
539
|
|
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
|
Billy Webb
|
477
|
|
DUP
|
Billy Snoddy
|
470
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Tommy Kirkham
|
442
|
|
Newtownabbey Labour Party
|
Robert Kidd
|
393
|
|
PUP
|
Bob Gourley
|
372
|
|
UUP
|
Richard Walker
|
278
|
|
UK Unionist
|
Norman Boyd
|
225
|
|
Independent
|
George Reynolds
|
169
|
|
Alliance
|
Julie Greaves
|
119
|
Turnout
|
5,182
|
|
Andrew Beattie leaves Ulster Unionist
|
|
Newtownabbey Labour Party gain from Alliance
|
|
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[24]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Ind U
|
Fraser Agnew
|
878
|
|
UUP
|
Ken Robinson
|
706
|
|
Ind U
|
George Herron
|
633
|
|
UUP
|
Bill Johnston
|
499
|
|
UUP
|
Barbara Gilliland
|
490
|
|
Alliance
|
Lynn Frazer
|
461
|
|
PUP
|
William Greer
|
448
|
|
UK Unionist
|
William Boyd
|
426
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Harry Speers
|
371
|
|
Alliance
|
William McKimmon
|
369
|
|
DUP
|
Tony Lough
|
333
|
|
DUP
|
Alan Hewitt
|
299
|
|
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
|
Samuel Neill
|
226
|
|
Newtownabbey Labour Party
|
William McClinton
|
212
|
|
PUP
|
Alexander Knell
|
131
|
|
Ind U
|
Jack McDonald
|
86
|
|
UUP
|
Louie Robinson
|
78
|
Turnout
|
6,646
|
|
George Heron leaves Ulster Unionist
|
|
Progressive Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist
|
North Down[]
[25]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Alliance
|
Stephen Farry
|
650
|
|
UK Unionist
|
Valerie Kinghan
|
650
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Ann Thompson
|
597
|
|
UUP
|
Roberta Dunlop
|
482
|
|
DUP
|
Ruby Cooling
|
471
|
|
PUP
|
Stewart Currie
|
344
|
|
UUP
|
Karl McLean
|
328
|
|
Ind U
|
Cecil Braniff
|
165
|
|
Ulster Democratic
|
Norman McCullough
|
131
|
|
Independent
|
Raymond Gordon
|
115
|
Turnout
|
3,933
|
|
Valerie Kinghan leaves Ulster Popular Unionist
|
|
Progressive Unionist gain from Independent Unionist
|
[25]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Ind U
|
Alan Chambers
|
1,218
|
|
Alliance
|
Marsden Fitzsimons
|
770
|
|
UUP
|
Leslie Cree
|
755
|
|
Independent
|
Austin Lennon
|
739
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Bruce Mulligan
|
498
|
|
UK Unionist
|
Elizabeth Roche
|
440
|
|
Alliance
|
Gavin Walker
|
406
|
|
DUP
|
Marie Cree
|
375
|
|
UUP
|
Ian Henry
|
178
|
|
UUP
|
James Kingan
|
156
|
|
UUP
|
Ronald Dorian
|
106
|
Turnout
|
5,641
|
|
UK Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist
|
[25]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Independent
|
Brian Wilson
|
1,090
|
|
UUP
|
Roy Bradford
|
699
|
|
Alliance
|
Eileen Bell
|
662
|
|
UK Unionist
|
William Keery
|
509
|
|
UUP
|
Marian Smith
|
459
|
|
PUP
|
Ernest Steele
|
439
|
|
Alliance
|
Anne Wilson
|
387
|
|
DUP
|
John Gordon
|
308
|
|
Ind U
|
Ian Sinclair
|
227
|
|
DUP
|
Alan Graham
|
191
|
|
UUP
|
Roy Davies
|
190
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Julian Robertson
|
112
|
|
Alliance
|
Derek Bell
|
76
|
|
Independent
|
Bob Mooney
|
15
|
Turnout
|
5,364
|
Progressive Unionist, UK Unionist and Independent gain from NI Conservatives, Democratic Unionist and Independent Unionist
|
[25]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Ellie McKay
|
863
|
|
Alliance
|
Susan O'Brien
|
767
|
|
Independent
|
Dennis Ogborn
|
545
|
|
Alliance
|
Richard Good
|
434
|
|
DUP
|
Gordon Dunne
|
417
|
|
Independent
|
Jimmy White
|
279
|
|
Independent
|
Bobby Irvine
|
240
|
|
NI Conservatives
|
Jennifer Cumming
|
165
|
|
UK Unionist
|
Jeffrey Dudgeon
|
159
|
Turnout
|
3,869
|
|
Democratic Unionist gain from NI Conservatives
|
|
Alliance gain from Independent
|
Omagh[]
[26]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Patrick McMahon
|
1,375
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sean Clarke
|
1,129
|
|
UUP
|
Desmond Anderson
|
1,026
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Michael McAnespie
|
980
|
|
SDLP
|
Joe Byrne
|
807
|
|
SDLP
|
Seamus Shields
|
741
|
|
Independent Nationalist
|
Brian McGrath
|
554
|
|
DUP
|
Drew Baxter
|
543
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Barney McAleer
|
382
|
|
DUP
|
Jim Patterson
|
284
|
|
UUP
|
John Anderson
|
174
|
|
Democratic Left
|
Patrick McClean
|
148
|
|
Alliance
|
Paul Gallagher
|
57
|
Turnout
|
8,200
|
|
SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist
|
[26]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Francis Mackey
|
1,096
|
|
SDLP
|
Paddy McGowan
|
1,080
|
|
DUP
|
Oliver Gibson
|
747
|
|
Independent
|
Johnny McLaughlin
|
570
|
|
UUP
|
Reuben McKelvey
|
567
|
|
UUP
|
Ronald Oldcroft
|
486
|
|
Alliance
|
Ann Gormley
|
471
|
|
DUP
|
Harry Cairns
|
375
|
|
SDLP
|
Vincent Campbell
|
362
|
|
SDLP
|
Stephen McKenna
|
309
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Patrick O'Hagan
|
204
|
|
DUP
|
Keith Mosgrove
|
196
|
|
Ulster Independence
|
Sandra Jones
|
42
|
Turnout
|
6,505
|
No change
|
[26]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
UUP
|
Crawford McFarland
|
1,243
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Kevin McGrade
|
1,105
|
|
DUP
|
Thomas Buchanan
|
820
|
|
SDLP
|
Liam McQuaid
|
803
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Cathal Quinn
|
753
|
|
UUP
|
Alan Rainey
|
727
|
|
SDLP
|
Pat McDonnell
|
655
|
|
SDLP
|
James Connolly
|
426
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Tommy Owens
|
387
|
|
DUP
|
Walter McFarland
|
294
|
|
Alliance
|
George Kerr
|
216
|
|
Labour
|
Amanda McLaughlin
|
141
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Tony Winters
|
70
|
Turnout
|
7,640
|
No change
|
Strabane[]
[27]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Charles McHugh
|
1,440
|
|
UUP
|
Derek Hussey
|
1,247
|
|
UUP
|
Edward Turner
|
838
|
|
DUP
|
Thomas Kerrigan
|
596
|
|
SDLP
|
Thomas Murtagh
|
550
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sean Elliott
|
545
|
|
SDLP
|
Bernadette McNamee
|
513
|
|
DUP
|
Sarah Anderson
|
447
|
Turnout
|
6,176
|
|
Derek Hussey joins Ulster Unionist
|
[27]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
SDLP
|
Thomas McBride
|
1,155
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Martin Conway
|
1,144
|
|
DUP
|
Allan Bresland
|
1,101
|
|
UUP
|
James Emery
|
1,021
|
|
DUP
|
John Donnell
|
677
|
|
UUP
|
Wilfred Sinclair
|
616
|
|
Independent
|
John Gallagher
|
114
|
|
Alliance
|
Elizabeth McCaffrey
|
87
|
Turnout
|
5,915
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
|
[27]
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
1st Pref
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Ivan Barr
|
1,959
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Jarlath McNulty
|
1,276
|
|
SDLP
|
Eugene Mullen
|
1,124
|
|
UUP
|
John Cummings
|
825
|
|
Independent
|
James O'Kane
|
801
|
|
SDLP
|
Eugene McMenamin
|
756
|
|
SDLP
|
Ann Bell
|
308
|
|
Alliance
|
Marie Wallace
|
95
|
Turnout
|
7,144
|
|
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
|
References[]
- ^ Local Government Elections 1997, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Ballymena District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Ballymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Banbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Castlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Coleraine District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d e Derry District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d e Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d e Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
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