1997 Dungannon District Council election
# 1997 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon 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 22 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.

## Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 | 30.3 | 7,445 | 1.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 30.0 | 7,382 | 5.9 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 4,468 | 2.2 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 3,440 | 0.8 |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 1,183 | 1.5 |
| Democratic Left | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 412 | 0.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 269 | 1.1 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1997 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | DL | DL | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Blackwater | 43.2 | 3 | 15.6 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 25.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clogher Valley | 33.2 | 2 | 23.2 | 1 | 26.8 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dungannon Town | 31.0 | 2 | 24.5 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 17.3 | 1 | 7.5 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Torrent | 16.7 | 1 | 51.6 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.3 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 30.3 | 8 | 30.0 | 5 | 18.2 | 4 | 14.0 | 3 | 1.7 | 1 | 5.8 | 1 | 22 |

## District results

### Blackwater

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: No change

### Clogher Valley

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

### Dungannon Town

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left 1993-1997 Change: No change

### Torrent

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: No change

