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1997 Armagh City and District Council election

Elections to Armagh City and 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.

Elections to Armagh City and 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.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
10	0	0		45.5	42.0	11,002	2.5
7	0	2	2	31.8	30.8	8,055	4.8
3	2	0	2	13.6	14.6	3,826	6.2
2	0	0		9.1	11.9	3,117	0.4
0	0	0		0.0	0.7	167	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	19.23%	1,251
	SDLP	Anna Brolly*	8.41%	547	792.7	938.32
	UUP	Sylvia McRoberts*	13.81%	898	900.34	949.34
	UUP	Gordon Frazer*	11.52%	749	750.04	774.04	1,279.04
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan*	12.99%	845	851.5	858.8	858.8	859.8
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGirr	12.93%	841	847.24	857.02	858.02	858.02
	SDLP	Michael Carson	8.16%	531	572.08	639.98	642.98	699.98
	DUP	Noel Donnelly	8.13%	529	529.52	532.52
	Alliance	Ryan Williams	2.57%	167	171.68
	SDLP	Ann McKenna	2.24%	146	157.44
Electorate: 10,035 Valid: 6,504 (64.81%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 930 Turnout: 6,633 (66.10%)

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Sinn Féin	Brian Cunningham	19.78%	1,207
	UUP	Evelyn Corry	18.60%	1,135
	SDLP	Thomas Kavanagh*	18.14%	1,107
	SDLP	James McGleenan*	8.75%	534	608.36	608.66	654.66	1,070.66
	SDLP	James McKernan*	14.13%	862	902.48	903.58	908.78	1,029.36
	UUP	William Hamilton	12.24%	747	748.98	859.18	859.42	863.06
	SDLP	James Lennon*	8.34%	509	577.64	577.84	610.64
Electorate: 8,121 Valid: 6,101 (75.13%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 6,194 (76.27%)

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	Eric Speers*	25.94%	1,915
	DUP	Margaret Black*	21.36%	1,577
	SDLP	Thomas Canavan*	14.32%	1,057
	UUP	Robert Turner*	11.81%	872	1,266.2
	UUP	Sharon McClelland	10.97%	810	1,129.05
	UUP	James Clayton*	10.80%	797	929.3	1,438.9
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	4.80%	355	355.45	357.05
Electorate: 10,774 Valid: 7,383 (68.53%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 7,467 (69.31%)

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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	Jim Speers*	26.38%	1,630
	DUP	Brian Hutchinson*	16.36%	1,011	1,119.78
	UUP	Charles Rollston*	13.53%	836	1,061.33
	UUP	Olive Whitten*	9.92%	613	873.85	960.3
	SDLP	John Campbell	14.27%	882	883.11	883.46	1,205.46
	SDLP	Eamon McNeill	10.18%	629	631.22	632.62	717.62
	Sinn Féin	Elizabeth Gartland	9.35%	578	578	578
Electorate: 8,976 Valid: 6,179 (68.84%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,259 (69.73%)

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