1997 North Down Borough Council election
# 1997 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 4,216 | 3.7 |
| Alliance | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 22.1 | 4,152 | 0.6 |
| UK Unionist | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 1,798 | New |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 12.5 | 2,349 | 0.1 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 2,284 | 0.9 |
| DUP | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 1,762 | 6.8 |
| NI Conservatives | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 1,372 | 3.8 |
| PUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 783 | 4.2 |
| Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 131 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1997 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | UKUP | UKUP | DUP | DUP | Conservative | Conservative | PUP | PUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 20.6 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 10.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 21.2 | 2 | 20.8 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 8.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.9 | 2 | 7 |
| Bangor West | 25.1 | 2 | 21.0 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 24.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Holywood | 22.3 | 1 | 31.0 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 10.8 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 27.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 22.4 | 6 | 22.1 | 6 | 9.3 | 3 | 9.4 | 2 | 7.3 | 2 | 4.2 | 2 | 25.3 | 4 | 25 |

## Districts results

### Abbey

1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative 1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP 1993-1997 Change: UKUP gain from DUP

### Bangor West

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 1993-1997 Change: UKUP, PUP and Independent gain from DUP, Conservative and Independent Unionist

### Holywood

1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative 1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1993-1997 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from Conservative and Independent

