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All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 13 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 11 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 45.8 | 38.3 | 8,639 |  0.4 | |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 36.7 | 8,639 | 5.0 | |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 3,951 | 5.6 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1,233 | 0.2 | |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 447 | 3.4 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Ballymena North | 36.8 | 3 | 22.0 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 16.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballymena South | 36.6 | 3 | 40.9 | 3 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 7 |
| Bannside | 32.9 | 2 | 50.7 | 3 | 16.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Braid | 47.7 | 3 | 32.7 | 1 | 19.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 38.3 | 11 | 36.7 | 8 | 17.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | 24 |
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 16.84% | 975 | ||||||
| UUP | William Wright * | 16.46% | 953 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 12.58% | 728 | ||||||
| UUP | Joseph McKernan* | 10.88% | 630 | 669.9 | 785.34 | ||||
| UUP | James Alexander* | 9.45% | 547 | 551.8 | 620.92 | 675.52 | 778.52 | ||
| DUP | Maurice Mills* | 10.54% | 610 | 610.3 | 624.46 | 626.15 | 650.28 | 768.28 | |
| Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 7.72% | 447 | 641.4 | 645 | 645.91 | 700.61 | 703.09 | |
| DUP | John Stewart | 7.20% | 417 | 417.3 | 428.1 | 429.4 | 439.14 | 562.22 | |
| DUP | David Warwick | 4.27% | 247 | 247.3 | 253.78 | 253.91 | 269.15 | ||
| Ind. Unionist | Herbert Park | 4.06% | 235 | 242.2 | 246.28 | 247.58 | |||
| Electorate: 12,239 Valid: 5,789 (47.30%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 724 Turnout: 5,870 (47.96%) | |||||||||
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SDLP | Declan O'Loan * | 17.56% | 967 | |||||||||
| UUP | James Currie* | 16.67% | 918 | |||||||||
| DUP | David Tweed | 15.11% | 832 | |||||||||
| DUP | Martin Clarke* | 10.37% | 571 | 576.6 | 581.02 | 604.99 | 614.81 | 655.29 | 896.29 | |||
| DUP | Hubert Nicholl | 9.70% | 534 | 535.68 | 544 | 575.45 | 585 | 622.43 | 714.87 | |||
| UUP | Peter Brown | 6.85% | 377 | 425.72 | 478.24 | 481.64 | 524.27 | 548.93 | 559.69 | 583.69 | 586.41 | |
| UUP | Malcolm Gilmour | 6.63% | 365 | 390.76 | 472.66 | 479.63 | 495.69 | 538.51 | 556.29 | 577.29 | 580.86 | |
| UUP | John Scott* | 6.48% | 357 | 410.2 | 473.9 | 479.51 | 499.95 | 534.81 | 546.52 | 565.52 | 567.56 | |
| DUP | John Carson | 5.72% | 315 | 316.68 | 320.84 | 369.63 | 379.16 | 397.12 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Agnes McLeister | 3.34% | 184 | 196.32 | 203.6 | 219.75 | 240.93 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Balmer | 1.56% | 86 | 210.32 | 214.74 | 216.1 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,043 Valid: 5,506 (45.72%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 689 Turnout: 5,622 (46.68%) | ||||||||||||
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 18.75% | 1,110 | |||||
| DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 17.70% | 1,048 | |||||
| UUP | Robert Coulter * | 17.13% | 1,014 | |||||
| DUP | Sandy Spence* | 14.27% | 845 | 949.28 | 1,004.6 | |||
| UUP | Ian Johnston* | 15.81% | 936 | 948.43 | 953.71 | 972.89 | 987.89 | |
| SDLP | Seamus Laverty | 16.33% | 967 | 967.33 | 967.39 | 967.55 | 967.67 | |
| Electorate: 9,931 Valid: 5,920 (59.61%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 987 Turnout: 6,035 (60.77%) | ||||||||
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Margaret Gribben | 19.57% | 1,042 | |||||
| UUP | David Clyde* | 18.05% | 961 | |||||
| UUP | Desmond Armstrong* | 15.33% | 816 | 919.48 | ||||
| DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 11.70% | 623 | 632.36 | 1,029.36 | |||
| UUP | Lexie Scott | 14.37% | 765 | 794.12 | 812.2 | 814.72 | 878.48 | |
| DUP | Samuel Gaston | 11.78% | 627 | 629.08 | 690.72 | 826.8 | 833.92 | |
| DUP | David McClintock* | 9.20% | 490 | 497.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,081 Valid: 5,324 (58.63%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 888 Turnout: 5,415 (59.63%) | ||||||||
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