# 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 | +/− |
| UUP | 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 |
| Ind. 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
Blackwater - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | James Ewing* | 10.05% | 596 | 910 | 1,284 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Hamilton* | 15.27% | 905 | 955 | 980 | 1,066 | | |
| | UUP | Jim Brady* | 13.48% | 799 | 847 | 877 | 1,001 | | |
| | UUP | Derek Irwin* | 14.47% | 858 | 864 | 908 | 964 | 1,039.51 | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 16.03% | 950 | 953 | 953 | 953 | 953.91 | 978.48 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michelle Gildernew | 15.52% | 920 | 920 | 920 | 920 | 920 | 920 |
| | DUP | Robert McFarland | 7.64% | 453 | 478 | | | | |
| | DUP | Roger Burton | 7.54% | 447 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,802 Valid: 5,928 (75.98%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 989 Turnout: 6,008 (77.01%) ||||||||||

### 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
Clogher Valley - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Noel Mulligan* | 18.62% | 1,097 | | |
| | SDLP | Anthony McGonnell* | 18.38% | 1,083 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Flanagan | 17.45% | 1,028 | | |
| | DUP | William McIlwrath* | 16.79% | 989 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Mulligan* | 14.54% | 857 | 963.9 | 963.9 |
| | SDLP | Margaret Monaghan | 8.47% | 499 | 500.7 | 562.7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Kilpatrick | 5.75% | 339 | | |
| Electorate: 7,503 Valid: 5,892 (78.53%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 983 Turnout: 5,983 (79.74%) |||||||

### 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
Dungannon Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent Kelly* | 19.26% | 1,065 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joan Carson | 17.00% | 940 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Morrow* | 17.27% | 955 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Reilly | 14.05% | 777 | 777 | 909.94 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Vincent Currie* | 11.77% | 651 | 661.92 | 663.11 | 678.06 | 802.06 | | |
| | Democratic Left | Gerry Cullen* | 7.45% | 412 | 420.32 | 437.83 | 500.85 | 518.23 | 696.77 | 753.89 |
| | Sinn Féin | Edward Devlin | 5.26% | 291 | 524.74 | 524.74 | 524.97 | 540.35 | 582.74 | 583.25 |
| | Alliance | Ephrem Bogues | 4.86% | 269 | 276.02 | 279.93 | 343.87 | 359.44 | | |
| | SDLP | Peggy Devlin | 3.07% | 170 | 180.14 | 180.14 | 186.81 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,715 Valid: 5,530 (63.45%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 791 Turnout: 5,609 (64.36%) |||||||||||

### 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
Torrent - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy* | 19.41% | 1,407 | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Badger* | 16.72% | 1,212 | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 16.32% | 1,183 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Gillespie | 14.03% | 1,017 | 1,045.6 | | |
| | SDLP | Jim Cavanagh* | 11.48% | 832 | 844.48 | 1,078.48 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Doris* | 11.34% | 822 | 955.64 | 970.98 | 990.98 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim O'Donnell | 6.80% | 493 | 670.58 | 687.88 | 695.88 |
| | SDLP | Joseph Gervin | 3.90% | 283 | 288.46 | | |
| Electorate: 9,730 Valid: 7,249 (74.50%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 7,408 (76.14%) ||||||||