1997 Antrim Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Antrim Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Antrim Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Antrim Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim North West|30.7|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|15.9|1|3.1|0|14.3|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Antrim South East|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|19.6|1|15.2|1|10.6|1|0.0|0|6.2|0|7|-|align="left"|Antrim Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|22.7|1|15.4|1|10.2|1|0.0|0|5.6|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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