1997 Antrim Borough Council election
# 1997 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim Borough 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 19 councillors.

## Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.4 | 43.0 | 6,050 | 4.5 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 26.0 | 3,632 | 5.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 2,205 | 0.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 1,173 | 0.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 612 | 1.0 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 358 | 2.5 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1997 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim North West | 30.7 | 1 | 36.0 | 2 | 15.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 48.4 | 4 | 19.6 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 46.1 | 4 | 22.7 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 43.0 | 9 | 26.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 3 | 8.2 | 2 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 19 |

## Districts results

### Antrim North West

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1993-1997 Change: No change

### Antrim South East

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

### Antrim Town

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: No change

