1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	12
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Nationalist
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Crotlieve|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|16.8|1|10.6|0|0.0|0|21.6|2|7|-|align="left"|Newry Town|32.1|2|bgcolor="#008800"|32.4|bgcolor="#008800"|2|9.1|1|0.0|0|26.4|2|7|-|align="left"|Slieve Gullion|46.3|2|bgcolor="#008800"|53.7|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|The Fews|bgcolor="#99FF66"|37.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|27.5|2|35.4|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|The Mournes|30.4|2|6.8|0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|13.1|1|7.7|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.5|12|26.7|8|19.2|5|2.5|1|12.1|4|30|-|}

District results

Crotlieve

1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Newry Town

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993–1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Slieve Gullion

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993–1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Fews

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

The Mournes

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993–1997 Change: No change