# 1997 Moyle District Council election

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.

## Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1997 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| 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.

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1997 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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 |

## Districts results
### Ballycastle

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
Ballycastle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||

### Giant's Causeway

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
Giant's Causeway - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||

### The Glens

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
The Glens - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||