1997 Larne Borough Council election
# 1997 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 36.4 | 3,532 | 9.2 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 24.5 | 2,379 | 3.0 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 1,179 | 3.2 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 1,123 | 2.3 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 409 | 4.2 |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 502 | 1.1 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 462 | 1.3 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 116 | 1.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 32.4 | 2 | 25.4 | 1 | 10.3 | 0 | 13.3 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 55.4 | 3 | 25.3 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 20.9 | 1 | 22.9 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 46.0 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 36.4 | 6 | 24.5 | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 2 | 22.7 | 4 | 15 |

## Districts results

### Coast Road

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

### Larne Lough

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

### Larne Town

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

