1997 North Down Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 North Down Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 North Down Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 North Down Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	UK Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	3
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Northern Ireland Conservatives
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats6:	2
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	2
Seat Change7:	0
Party8:	Independent Unionist
Seats8:	2
Seat Change8:	1
Party9:	Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Seats9:	0
Seat Change9:	2

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

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="" | UKUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Conservative!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Abbey|bgcolor="40BFF5"|20.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1|16.5|1|16.5|1|12.0|1|15.2|1|8.7|1|10.5|0|6|-|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport|21.2|2|20.8|1|7.8|1|6.5|0|8.8|1|0.0|0|bgcolor="#0077FF"|34.9|bgcolor="#0077FF"|2|7|-|align="left"|Bangor West|bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.0|2|9.5|1|9.3|0|2.1|0|8.2|1|24.8|1|7|-|align="left"|Holywood|22.3|1|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.0|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|4.1|0|10.8|1|4.3|0|0.0|0|27.5|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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