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Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 10 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 43.5 | 39.6 | 7,754 | 4.9 | |
| DUP | 5 | 1 | 2 |  1 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 4,431 | 5.7 | |
| Alliance | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 4,138 | 2.3 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 1,240 | 0.4 | |
| SDLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 901 | 4.6 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 337 | 1.8 | |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 441 | 2.3 | |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 269 | New | |
| Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 55 | New | |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 33 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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| UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
| Ards East | 52.1 | 4 | 23.0 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Ards West | 56.1 | 3 | 18.8 | 1 | 25.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Newtownards | 26.6 | 2 | 18.6 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.4 | 2 | 6 |
| Peninsula | 22.6 | 1 | 29.7 | 2 | 28.8 | 1 | 18.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.6 | 10 | 22.6 | 5 | 21.1 | 5 | 4.6 | 1 | 12.1 | 0 | 23 |
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Benson * | 17.40% | 882 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald Ferguson* | 13.33% | 676 | 762.4 | |||||||
| DUP | Hamilton Gregory | 12.25% | 621 | 628.2 | 629.53 | 656.71 | 811.71 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Shields* | 11.95% | 606 | 618.24 | 622.44 | 656.62 | 668.05 | 668.64 | 752.64 | ||
| Alliance | Linda Cleland | 8.24% | 418 | 422.32 | 422.53 | 437.71 | 441.71 | 442.89 | 462.07 | 792.07 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jeffrey Magill* | 9.47% | 480 | 508.98 | 533.69 | 582.23 | 616.56 | 621.87 | 680.76 | 694.05 | |
| DUP | St Clair McAlister* | 5.82% | 295 | 299.32 | 299.95 | 309.95 | 369.2 | 447.67 | 509.28 | 518.64 | |
| Alliance | Laurence Thompson* | 6.94% | 352 | 355.06 | 355.48 | 363.48 | 363.48 | 363.48 | 378.66 | ||
| UK Unionist | Thomas Sheridan | 5.31% | 269 | 271.16 | 271.93 | 283.93 | 287.93 | 287.93 | |||
| DUP | Hamilton Lawther | 4.95% | 251 | 254.96 | 255.87 | 274.87 | |||||
| PUP | Georgina McCrory | 4.34% | 220 | 221.26 | 221.33 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,904 Valid: 5,070 (34.02%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 725 Turnout: 5,184 (34.78%) | |||||||||||
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Gibson* | 22.59% | 1,103 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | David McNarry | 21.83% | 1,066 | ||||||
| Alliance | Kathleen Coulter* | 15.18% | 741 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Margaret Craig* | 11.71% | 572 | 871.52 | |||||
| DUP | David Gilmore | 13.00% | 635 | 683.75 | 877.19 | ||||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 9.85% | 481 | 511.03 | 595.27 | 599.43 | 654.81 | 693.81 | |
| DUP | Lorraine Gilmore | 5.84% | 285 | 311.13 | 398.49 | 552.93 | 649.26 | 650.58 | |
| Electorate: 12,917 Valid: 4,883 (37.80%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 698 Turnout: 4,953 (38.34%) | |||||||||
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Wilbert Magill* | 19.41% | 914 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 15.37% | 724 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | David Smyth* | 14.65% | 690 | |||||||||
| DUP | George Ennis * | 10.89% | 653 | 692.44 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Hamilton * | 12.00% | 565 | 628.22 | 635.8 | 651.6 | 656.36 | 666.68 | 728.68 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Bobby McBride | 6.92% | 326 | 377.33 | 382.33 | 388.83 | 391.38 | 391.78 | 426.07 | 507.6 | 534.6 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Nancy Orr* | 7.15% | 337 | 393.26 | 407.42 | 430.62 | 433.68 | 434.68 | 461.61 | 503.67 | 510.67 | |
| DUP | John Purdy | 4.78% | 225 | 238.63 | 245.08 | 246.28 | 253.76 | 254.62 | 305.39 | |||
| PUP | Alfred McCrory | 4.69% | 221 | 231.15 | 245.15 | 249.45 | 250.47 | 250.73 | ||||
| Ulster Democratic | Billy McKeown | 1.17% | 55 | 59.93 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,942 Valid: 4,710 (36.39%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,830 (37.32%) | ||||||||||||
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Paul Carson | 22.57% | 1,114 | |||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy * | 21.21% | 1,047 | |||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon * | 20.12% | 993 | |||||
| DUP | Robert Drysdale | 10.25% | 473 | 687.21 | 696.01 | 849.01 | ||
| SDLP | Daniel McCarthy | 15.60% | 770 | 777.44 | 808.9 | 810.52 | 930.52 | |
| Alliance | William Sheldon* | 3.12% | 154 | 202.98 | 315.62 | 325.16 | 346.72 | |
| Alliance | John Smyth | 4.48% | 221 | 227.82 | 279.3 | 281.82 | 296.02 | |
| SDLP | Iain Bell | 2.65% | 131 | 131 | 141.12 | 141.48 | ||
| Green (NI) | Owen Crawford | 0.67% | 33 | 40.75 | 44.49 | 45.75 | ||
| Electorate: 11,165 Valid: 4,936 (44.21%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%) | ||||||||
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