1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
# 1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 31.4 | 7,237 | 1.1 |
| Ind. Unionist | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2,991 | 4.0 |
| Alliance | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 2,364 | 5.8 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 2,454 | 10.6 |
| Newtownabbey Labour Party | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 1,708 | 0.1 |
| Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 1,424 | New |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 1,500 | 1.0 |
| Ulster Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 1,332 | New |
| PUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 1,176 | 5.1 |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 681 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 169 | 0.7 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UDP | UDP | PUP | PUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 38.1 | 3 | 12.1 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 21.8 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballyclare | 42.6 | 3 | 14.9 | 1 | 17.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 15.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Macedon | 15.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.5 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 57.1 | 4 | 6 |
| University | 26.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 1 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 8.7 | 1 | 37.0 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 31.4 | 10 | 10.3 | 3 | 10.7 | 2 | 6.5 | 1 | 5.8 | 1 | 5.1 | 1 | 30.2 | 7 | 25 |

## Districts results

### Antrim Line

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1993-1997 Change: UUP and Newtownabbey Ratepayers gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

### Ballyclare

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from Independent Unionist

### Macedon

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Newtownabbey Labour, Newtownabbey Ratepayers and UDP gain from UUP, DUP and Alliance

### University

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP 1993-1997 Change: PUP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP (two seats)

