# 1997 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough 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

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1997 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 43.3 | 36.6 | 11,799 | 2.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 4,427 | 4.4 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 4,188 | 0.7 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 4,239 | 2.6 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 1,859 | 2.1 |
| Ulster Democratic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 1,615 | 0.2 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1,068 | 0.8 |
| NI Conservatives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 935 | 1.2 |
| Protestant Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 671 | 2.1 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 502 | 1.6 |
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 209 | New |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 192 | 1.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1997 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UDP | UDP | Conservative | Conservative | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Downshire | 39.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 28.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 20.0 | 1 | 50.1 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 47.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Lisburn Town North | 33.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.3 | 1 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.6 | 2 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town South | 54.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.4 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 36.6 | 13 | 13.7 | 4 | 13.0 | 3 | 13.2 | 2 | 5.8 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 9.8 | 3 | 30 |

## Districts results
### Downshire

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative 1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Downshire - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | William Falloon* | 25.06% | 1,328 | | | |
| | DUP | Edwin Poots | 19.65% | 1,041 | | | |
| | Alliance | Elizabeth Campbell | 17.02% | 902 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | William Bleakes* | 15.97% | 846 | 784.9 | | |
| | UUP | Kenneth Hull | 6.64% | 352 | 637.6 | 647.05 | 945.05 |
| | DUP | Jonathan Craig | 8.32% | 441 | 457.66 | 567.16 | 608.16 |
| | UUP | William Moore | 7.34% | 389 | 500.18 | 519.38 | |
| Electorate: 12,872 Valid: 5,299 (41.17%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,380 (41.80%) ||||||||

### Dunmurry Cross

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP 1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson* | 15.45% | 1,365 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Butler | 14.26% | 1,260 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | 11.60% | 1,025 | 1,061.86 | 1,146.94 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Billy Bell* | 10.90% | 963 | 963.57 | 963.69 | 966.89 | 1,095.69 | 1,173.69 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell* | 10.50% | 928 | 933.89 | 937.73 | 1,006.16 | 1,006.16 | 1,064.35 | 1,066.35 | 1,071.35 | 1,480.35 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ita Gray | 8.79% | 777 | 982.01 | 1,038.41 | 1,044.41 | 1,045.6 | 1,045.91 | 1,046.91 | 1,046.91 | 1,060.39 | 1,098.39 | 1,139.73 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Hugh Lewsley* | 5.68% | 502 | 504.85 | 507.01 | 542.01 | 543.01 | 600.01 | 607.01 | 610.01 | 690.94 | 959.94 | 960.24 | 966.3 |
| | UUP | Frederick Parkinson | 5.36% | 474 | 474 | 474 | 475 | 523 | 545 | 888 | 945 | 948 | 949 | 949 | 949.12 |
| | SDLP | Mary Rodgers | 5.67% | 501 | 502.52 | 504.08 | 517.46 | 517.46 | 541.46 | 542.46 | 542.46 | | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Park | 3.73% | 330 | 330 | 330.12 | 330.12 | 381.12 | 406.12 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Owen Gawith | 3.21% | 284 | 284.76 | 284.88 | 298.88 | 301 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Yvonne Craig | 2.67% | 236 | 236.19 | 236.31 | 236.31 | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Frances McCarthy | 1.88% | 192 | 192.76 | 193 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,255 Valid: 8,837 (48.41%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 9,031 (49.47%) ||||||||||||||||

### Killultagh

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
Killultagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon* | 26.23% | 1,432 | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Hagan* | 17.05% | 931 | | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Calvert* | 16.56% | 904 | 949.72 | | |
| | UUP | David Greene* | 10.09% | 551 | 919.64 | | |
| | UUP | Kenneth Watson* | 10.82% | 591 | 668.4 | 686.12 | 973.12 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 8.96% | 489 | 496.92 | 605.64 | 621.64 |
| | DUP | James Tinsley | 7.55% | 412 | 422.44 | 426.44 | |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Sybil Moses | 2.75% | 150 | 151.44 | | |
| Electorate: 12,966 Valid: 5,460 (42.11%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 911 Turnout: 5,544 (42.76%) ||||||||

### Lisburn Town North

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist 1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
Lisburn Town North - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | William Lewis* | 17.39% | 1,237 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Frazer McCammond* | 13.37% | 951 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Ronnie Crawford* | 11.39% | 810 | 838 | 844.56 | 850.52 | 852.08 | 1,027.08 | | | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson* | 9.17% | 652 | 751.12 | 764.52 | 798.12 | 799.14 | 809.5 | 857.34 | 870.8 | 932.8 |
| | Ulster Democratic | David Adams | 10.52% | 748 | 758.92 | 760.92 | 765.2 | 765.56 | 774.46 | 798.38 | 827.34 | 892.34 |
| | Protestant Unionist | William Beattie* | 9.43% | 671 | 692.28 | 697.56 | 702.12 | 702.3 | 724.04 | 735.08 | 760.92 | 788.74 |
| | UUP | Lorraine Martin* | 5.74% | 408 | 476.32 | 483.32 | 596.52 | 597 | 613.74 | 637.66 | 663.98 | 760.34 |
| | DUP | Eleanor Calvert | 5.64% | 401 | 408.56 | 412.84 | 415.52 | 415.7 | 433.7 | 440.14 | 645.82 | 656.72 |
| | Alliance | William Whitley | 6.96% | 495 | 503.4 | 531.68 | 535.52 | 587.06 | 602.46 | 622.79 | 627.66 | |
| | DUP | James Tinsley | 4.13% | 294 | 304.64 | 307.64 | 313.48 | 313.66 | 318.78 | 321.54 | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Anne Blake | 3.63% | 258 | 267.24 | 275.52 | 279.08 | 279.44 | | | | |
| | UUP | Noel Malcolm | 1.39% | 99 | 172.36 | 181.2 | | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Leonard Jarvis | 1.25% | 89 | 92.92 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,508 Valid: 7,113 (40.63%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 890 Turnout: 7,224 (41.26%) |||||||||||||

### Lisburn Town South

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP 1993-1997 Change: No change
Lisburn Town South - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Ivan Davis* | 26.73% | 1,469 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 19.41% | 1,067 | | | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael* | 13.65% | 750 | 844.56 | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Archer | 10.52% | 578 | 749.84 | 781.8 | 791.37 | |
| | UUP | George Morrison* | 7.04% | 387 | 565.56 | 612.14 | 634.25 | 757.3 |
| | UUP | Joseph Lockhart* | 8.26% | 454 | 588.88 | 621.18 | 626.79 | 744.02 |
| | DUP | Stuart Deignan | 9.28% | 510 | 549.36 | 552.42 | 554.73 | 599.8 |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Bronya Bonar | 1.07% | 59 | 63.32 | 204.08 | 206.06 | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Philip Dean | 2.13% | 117 | 139.56 | 151.12 | 164.32 | |
| | UUP | Margaret Little | 1.91% | 105 | 141 | 152.22 | 155.52 | |
| Electorate: 13,176 Valid: 5,496 (41.71%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 786 Turnout: 5,601 (42.51%) |||||||||