1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election explained

Election Name:	1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Independent Unionist
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	3
Party5:	Newtownabbey Ratepayers
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Newtownabbey Labour
Seats6:	2
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	0
Party8:	Ulster Democratic Party
Seats8:	1
Seat Change8:	1
Party9:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats9:	1
Seat Change9:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UDP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim Line|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|38.1|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|12.1|1|9.4|1|21.8|1|5.6|0|0.0|0|13.0|1|7|-|align="left"|Ballyclare|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|42.6|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|14.9|1|17.8|1|0.0|0|3.5|0|5.7|0|15.5|0|5|-|align="left"|Macedon|15.8|1|2.3|0|9.1|0|0.0|0|8.5|1|7.2|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|57.1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|4|6|-|align="left"|University|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|26.7|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|12.5|1|9.5|0|0.0|0|5.6|0|8.7|1|37.0|2|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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)