# 1997 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1997 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 36.4 | 3,532 | 9.2 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 24.5 | 2,379 | 3.0 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 1,179 | 3.2 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 1,123 | 2.3 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 409 | 4.2 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 502 | 1.1 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 462 | 1.3 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 116 | 1.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1997 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 32.4 | 2 | 25.4 | 1 | 10.3 | 0 | 13.3 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 55.4 | 3 | 25.3 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 20.9 | 1 | 22.9 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 46.0 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 36.4 | 6 | 24.5 | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 2 | 22.7 | 4 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Coast Road

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson* | 17.09% | 527 | | | | |
| | UUP | Joan Drummond* | 15.34% | 473 | 522 | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | William Cunning* | 16.28% | 502 | 506 | 506.21 | 573.21 | |
| | SDLP | Danny O'Connor | 13.27% | 409 | 414 | 414.3 | 530.3 | |
| | DUP | Rachel Rea | 10.15% | 313 | 388 | 398.2 | 423.98 | 428.98 |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton* | 10.18% | 314 | 365 | 370.58 | 394.87 | 401.87 |
| | Alliance | Amelia Kelly* | 10.28% | 317 | 347 | 351.38 | | |
| | DUP | George Robinson | 5.03% | 155 | | | | |
| | Independent | Norman McCann | 2.37% | 73 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,255 Valid: 3,083 (42.49%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 514 Turnout: 3,165 (43.63%) |||||||||

### Larne Lough

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 31.32% | 1,043 | | | | |
| | UUP | David Fleck | 7.96% | 265 | 480.73 | 527.83 | 655.83 | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews | 15.80% | 526 | 536.81 | 554.22 | 566.22 | |
| | UUP | John Hall | 8.92% | 297 | 344 | 362.76 | 488.79 | 576.09 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 11.08% | 369 | 405.19 | 497.77 | 521.76 | 523.56 |
| | DUP | Samuel McAllister* | 9.01% | 300 | 330.55 | 440.19 | 480 | 489.9 |
| | UUP | Alexander Hunter* | 7.21% | 240 | 339.17 | 358.34 | | |
| | DUP | Sharon Gardiner | 5.23% | 174 | 197.03 | | | |
| | PUP | George Ferguson | 3.48% | 116 | 133.39 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,838 Valid: 3,330 (42.49%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 556 Turnout: 3,425 (43.70%) |||||||||

### Larne Town

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Independent (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
Larne Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | John Nixon | 21.22% | 698 | | | | |
| | DUP | Jack McKee* | 20.16% | 663 | | | | |
| | UUP | Rosalie Armstrong* | 14.75% | 485 | 500.18 | 531.72 | 670.72 | |
| | Independent | Roy Craig | 10.70% | 352 | 413.38 | 426.04 | 468.42 | 525.42 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Lindsay Mason* | 14.05% | 462 | 488.4 | 496.62 | 508.94 | 517.94 |
| | Alliance | Patricia Kay* | 10.22% | 336 | 364.38 | 364.82 | 375.8 | 394.8 |
| | UUP | May Steele | 6.14% | 202 | 213.88 | 236.54 | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen | 2.77% | 91 | 95.62 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,785 Valid: 3,289 (42.25%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 549 Turnout: 3,348 (43.01%) |||||||||