1997 Antrim Borough Council election

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1997 Antrim Borough Council election
  1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001  

All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won943
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Seats won210
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1

Antrim 1997 election.svg
Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

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.

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Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UUP 910Increase2.svg147.443.06,050Increase2.svg4.5
  SDLP 400Steady2.svg021.126.03,632Increase2.svg5.0
  DUP 300Steady2.svg015.816.02,205Decrease2.svg0.3
  Alliance 200Steady2.svg010.58.21,173Decrease2.svg0.3
  Sinn Féin 100Steady2.svg05.34.3612Decrease2.svg1.0
  PUP 000Steady2.svg00.02.5358Increase2.svg2.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Alliance Sinn Féin Others
Antrim North West30.7136.0215.913.1014.310.005
Antrim South East48.4419.6115.2110.610.006.207
Antrim Town 46.1422.7115.4110.210.005.607
Total43.0926.0416.038.224.312.5019

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 [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
SDLP Robert Loughran*25.99%1,115    
UUP James Graham*24.78%1,063    
SDLP Donovan McClelland *10.02%430774.1   
DUP Wilson Clyde *15.92%683685.96 767.14  
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan*14.27%612644.56 644.56 655.41 708.21
UUP Avril Swann5.92%254257.7 508.5 594.46 597.32
Alliance George Picken3.10%133147.8 159.02   
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 [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    UUP Roy Thompson *17.18%996        
    SDLP Thomas Burns 16.61%963        
    UUP Edgar Wallace*13.16%763        
    UUP Mervyn Rea*12.35%716818.87       
    Alliance David Ford *10.58%613621.91 642.91 643.69 656.02 659.62 693.73 796.73 
    DUP Samuel Dunlop*8.54%495509.85 512.35 517.03 526.5 530.1 613.56 617.56 621.56
    UUP Roderick Swann3.11%180242.37 242.37 270.45 433.17 458.47 547.18 558.18 565.18
    DUP William Harkness6.64%385416.59 417.84 433.96 441.95 444.15 508.29 517.79 519.79
    SDLP Lucia Trowlen3.05%177178.08 386.08 386.34 386.34 386.34 392.34   
    PUP Ken Wilkinson6.18%358367.99 368.99 371.85 380.64 381.54    
    UUP Roy Stinson2.59%150181.86 182.11 221.89      
    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 [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      UUP Paddy Marks*25.51%1,066        
      DUP Robert McClay15.36%642        
      UUP Andrew Ritchie*6.87%287646.04       
      SDLP Oran Keenan*12.30%514516.04 516.04 516.24 520.75 531.75   
      UUP Andrew Thompson*5.22%218314.39 410.95 479.55 495.72 504.18 562.18  
      UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson 8.54%357410.04 427.38 464.38 474.03 485.18 524.24  
      Alliance James McConnell*6.41%268279.73 281.09 282.69 292.4 412.2 458.8 467.8 470.71
      SDLP Sean McKee10.36%433436.06 436.23 436.43 437.43 446.43 458.43 460.43 466.25
      Independent Maurice Lynn2.97%124126.55 127.06 130.06 193.19 202.1    
      Alliance Mary Wallace3.80%159167.16 169.03 170.63 178.05     
      Independent Samuel Greer2.66%111115.59 116.44 121.24      
      Electorate: 11,780  Valid: 4,179 (35.48%)  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 523  Turnout: 4,271 (36.26%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.