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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.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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.
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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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