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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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Ulster Unionist | 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.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
| 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 |
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 25.99% | 1,115 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Roy Thompson * | 17.18% | 996 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Thomas Burns | 16.61% | 963 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edgar Wallace* | 13.16% | 763 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Paddy Marks* | 25.51% | 1,066 | |||||||||
| DUP | Robert McClay | 15.36% | 642 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Ritchie* | 6.87% | 287 | 646.04 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 12.30% | 514 | 516.04 | 516.04 | 516.24 | 520.75 | 531.75 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Thompson* | 5.22% | 218 | 314.39 | 410.95 | 479.55 | 495.72 | 504.18 | 562.18 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||||
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