1997 Falkland Islands general election

The Falkland Islands general election of 1997 was held on Thursday 9 October 1997 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency.

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It was the first election to take place after a constitutional amendment came into force, which redistributed the representation in the constituencies, giving an additional seat to Stanley and removing one from Camp. The amendment also modified voter eligibility.[1]

Results

Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in italic were incumbents.

Stanley constituency
Stanley result[2]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Jan Cheek 627 19.2 N/A
Nonpartisan Mike Summers 559 17.1 N/A
Nonpartisan Lewis Clifton 558 17.1 N/A
Nonpartisan John Birmingham 472 14.5 N/A
Nonpartisan Sharon Halford 450 13.8 +5.6
Nonpartisan Ben Claxton 292 8.9 +4.1
Nonpartisan June Besley-Clark 166 5.1 N/A
Nonpartisan A. Jones 98 3.0 N/A
Nonpartisan W. Davies 42 1.3 N/A
Turnout 3264

Camp constituency
Camp result[2]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Nonpartisan Bill Luxton 203 28.2 +5.2
Nonpartisan Richard Cockwell 182 25.3 N/A
Nonpartisan Norma Edwards 174 24.2 +10.5
Nonpartisan Eric Goss 74 10.3 -4.2
Nonpartisan Richard Stevens 87 12.1 -1.5
Turnout 720

References
  1. The Falkland Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 1997, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1997, retrieved 3 May 2014
  2. "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 10 October 1997. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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