1997 Antrim Borough Council election

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1997 Antrim Borough Council election

21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)
All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 9 4 3 Seat change 1 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Alliance Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 0 0 1

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.

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1997

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	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.

Districts summary

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 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

Districts 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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	25.99%	1,115
	UUP	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
	UUP	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%)

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Roy Thompson*	17.18%	996
	SDLP	Thomas Burns	16.61%	963
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	13.16%	763
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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%)

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Paddy Marks*	25.51%	1,066
	DUP	Robert McClay	15.36%	642
	UUP	Andrew Ritchie*	6.87%	287	646.04
	SDLP	Oran Keenan*	12.30%	514	516.04	516.04	516.24	520.75	531.75
	UUP	Andrew Thompson*	5.22%	218	314.39	410.95	479.55	495.72	504.18	562.18
	UUP	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%)