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1997 Antrim Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Antrim Borough Council election parliamentary no 1993 Antrim Borough Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Antrim Borough Council election 2001 All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 Ulster Unionist Party 9 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 0 Sinn Féin 1 0 Independent Unionist 0 1 File: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.
Election results
Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgantrim.htm Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
1
0
1
47.4
43.0
6,050
4.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
0
0
0
21.1
26.0
3,632
5.0
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
15.8
16.0
2,205
0.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
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
Progressive Unionist Party
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, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
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!Cllrs
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Antrim North West
|30.7
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|15.9
|1
|3.1
|0
|14.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Antrim South East
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|19.6
|1
|15.2
|1
|10.6
|1
|0.0
|0
|6.2
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Antrim Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|22.7
|1
|15.4
|1
|10.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|5.6
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|43.0
|9
|26.0
|4
|16.0
|3
|8.2
|2
|4.3
|1
|2.5
|0
|19
|-
|}
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 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 8 July 2021
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Loughran*
1,115
25.99%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Graham*
1,063
24.78%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Donovan McClelland*
430
10.02%
774.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Wilson Clyde*
683
15.92%
685.96
767.14
Sinn Féin
Henry Cushinan*
612
14.27%
644.56
644.56
655.41
708.21
Ulster Unionist Party
Avril Swann
254
5.92%
257.7
508.5
594.46
597.32
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
George Picken
133
3.10%
147.8
159.02
5
8,059
4,290 (53.23%)
90
716
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
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Roy Thompson*
996
17.18%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Burns
963
16.61%
Ulster Unionist Party
Edgar Wallace*
763
13.16%
Ulster Unionist Party
Mervyn Rea*
716
12.35%
818.87
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David Ford*
613
10.58%
621.91
642.91
643.69
656.02
659.62
693.73
796.73
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Dunlop*
495
8.54%
509.85
512.35
517.03
526.5
530.1
613.56
617.56
621.56
Ulster Unionist Party
Roderick Swann
180
3.11%
242.37
242.37
270.45
433.17
458.47
547.18
558.18
565.18
Democratic Unionist Party
William Harkness
385
6.64%
416.59
417.84
433.96
441.95
444.15
508.29
517.79
519.79
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Lucia Trowlen
177
3.05%
178.08
386.08
386.34
386.34
386.34
392.34
Progressive Unionist Party
Ken Wilkinson
358
6.18%
367.99
368.99
371.85
380.64
381.54
Ulster Unionist Party
Roy Stinson
150
2.59%
181.86
182.11
221.89
9
12,301
5,796 (47.12%)
76
725
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
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Paddy Marks*
1,066
25.51%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert McClay
642
15.36%
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Ritchie*
287
6.87%
646.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Oran Keenan*
514
12.30%
516.04
516.04
516.24
520.75
531.75
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Thompson*
218
5.22%
314.39
410.95
479.55
495.72
504.18
562.18
Ulster Unionist Party
Adrian Cochrane-Watson
357
8.54%
410.04
427.38
464.38
474.03
485.18
524.24
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James McConnell*
268
6.41%
279.73
281.09
282.69
292.4
412.2
458.8
467.8
470.71
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean McKee
433
10.36%
436.06
436.23
436.43
437.43
446.43
458.43
460.43
466.25
Independent (politician)
Maurice Lynn
124
2.97%
126.55
127.06
130.06
193.19
202.1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mary Wallace
159
3.80%
167.16
169.03
170.63
178.05
Independent (politician)
Samuel Greer
111
2.66%
115.59
116.44
121.24
9
11,780
4,179 (35.48%)
92
523
4,271 (36.26%)
References
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