1997 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Strabane District Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Strabane 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 16 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"|Derg|17.2|1|32.1|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|16.9|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Glenelly|19.5|1|19.3|1|27.7|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|3.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Mourne|30.6|3|bgcolor="#008800"|45.3|bgcolor="#008800"|2|11.6|0|0.0|0|12.5|1|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|22.9|5|33.1|4|23.6|3|14.7|3|5.7|1|16|-|}

District results

Derg

1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Glenelly

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Mourne

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