# 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.

## Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 1997 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | | 45.5 | 42.0 | 11,002 | 2.5 |
| SDLP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31.8 | 30.8 | 8,055 | 4.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 3,826 | 6.2 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 9.1 | 11.9 | 3,117 | 0.4 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | 167 | 0.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 1997 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 25.3 | 2 | 38.1 | 2 | 25.9 | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 30.8 | 1 | 49.4 | 3 | 19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 59.5 | 4 | 14.3 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 21.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 49.7 | 3 | 24.5 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 16.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 42.0 | 10 | 30.8 | 7 | 14.6 | 3 | 11.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Armagh City

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
Armagh City - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | 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%) |||||||||

### Crossmore

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
Crossmore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | 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%) |||||||||

### Cusher

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
Cusher - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | 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%) |||||||

### The Orchard

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
The Orchard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | 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%) ||||||||