1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election explained

Election Name:	1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymoney Town|28.5|2|20.9|2|9.2|0|0.0|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|41.4|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2|5|-|align="left"|Bann Valley|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|24.6|2|27.4|1|12.8|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Bushvale|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|33.0|1|32.7|2|0.0|0|1.2|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.7|6|26.0|6|23.7|3|5.3|1|12.3|2|16|-|}

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

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

Bann Valley

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bushvale

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