1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election
# 1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 39.5 | 14,590 | 8.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 9,874 | 8.6 |
| Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 19.2 | 7,080 | 1.7 |
| Independent Nationalist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 2,542 | 1.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1,132 | 0.5 |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 907 | 0.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 753 | 2.0 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 78 | 0.8 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1997 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 51.0 | 4 | 16.8 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.6 | 2 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 32.1 | 2 | 32.4 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 26.4 | 2 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 46.3 | 2 | 53.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 37.1 | 2 | 27.5 | 2 | 35.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 30.4 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 42.0 | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.5 | 12 | 26.7 | 8 | 19.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 12.1 | 4 | 30 |

## District results

### Crotlieve

1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP 1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

### Newry Town

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

### Slieve Gullion

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

### The Fews

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

### The Mournes

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

