# 1997 Antrim Borough Council election

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

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1997 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.4 | 43.0 | 6,050 | 4.5 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 26.0 | 3,632 | 5.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 2,205 | 0.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 1,173 | 0.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 612 | 1.0 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 358 | 2.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1997 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim North West | 30.7 | 1 | 36.0 | 2 | 15.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 48.4 | 4 | 19.6 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 46.1 | 4 | 22.7 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 43.0 | 9 | 26.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 3 | 8.2 | 2 | 4.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 19 |

## District 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 North West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 25.99% | 1,115 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Graham* | 24.78% | 1,063 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 10.02% | 430 | 774.1 | | | |
| | DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 15.92% | 683 | 685.96 | 767.14 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan* | 14.27% | 612 | 644.56 | 644.56 | 655.41 | 708.21 |
| | UUP | Avril Swann | 5.92% | 254 | 257.7 | 508.5 | 594.46 | 597.32 |
| | Alliance | George Picken | 3.10% | 133 | 147.8 | 159.02 | | |
| Electorate: 8,059 Valid: 4,290 (53.23%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 716 Turnout: 4,380 (54.35%) |||||||||

### 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 South East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Roy Thompson* | 17.18% | 996 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Burns | 16.61% | 963 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 13.16% | 763 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 12.35% | 716 | 818.87 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | David Ford* | 10.58% | 613 | 621.91 | 642.91 | 643.69 | 656.02 | 659.62 | 693.73 | 796.73 | |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 8.54% | 495 | 509.85 | 512.35 | 517.03 | 526.5 | 530.1 | 613.56 | 617.56 | 621.56 |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann | 3.11% | 180 | 242.37 | 242.37 | 270.45 | 433.17 | 458.47 | 547.18 | 558.18 | 565.18 |
| | DUP | William Harkness | 6.64% | 385 | 416.59 | 417.84 | 433.96 | 441.95 | 444.15 | 508.29 | 517.79 | 519.79 |
| | SDLP | Lucia Trowlen | 3.05% | 177 | 178.08 | 386.08 | 386.34 | 386.34 | 386.34 | 392.34 | | |
| | PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 6.18% | 358 | 367.99 | 368.99 | 371.85 | 380.64 | 381.54 | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Stinson | 2.59% | 150 | 181.86 | 182.11 | 221.89 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,301 Valid: 5,796 (47.12%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 725 Turnout: 5,872 (47.74%) |||||||||||||

### 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
Antrim Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Paddy Marks* | 25.51% | 1,066 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert McClay | 15.36% | 642 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Ritchie* | 6.87% | 287 | 646.04 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 12.30% | 514 | 516.04 | 516.04 | 516.24 | 520.75 | 531.75 | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Thompson* | 5.22% | 218 | 314.39 | 410.95 | 479.55 | 495.72 | 504.18 | 562.18 | | |
| | UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson | 8.54% | 357 | 410.04 | 427.38 | 464.38 | 474.03 | 485.18 | 524.24 | | |
| | Alliance | James McConnell* | 6.41% | 268 | 279.73 | 281.09 | 282.69 | 292.4 | 412.2 | 458.8 | 467.8 | 470.71 |
| | SDLP | Sean McKee | 10.36% | 433 | 436.06 | 436.23 | 436.43 | 437.43 | 446.43 | 458.43 | 460.43 | 466.25 |
| | Independent | Maurice Lynn | 2.97% | 124 | 126.55 | 127.06 | 130.06 | 193.19 | 202.1 | | | |
| | Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.80% | 159 | 167.16 | 169.03 | 170.63 | 178.05 | | | | |
| | Independent | Samuel Greer | 2.66% | 111 | 115.59 | 116.44 | 121.24 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,780 Valid: 4,179 (35.48%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 523 Turnout: 4,271 (36.26%) |||||||||||||