1997 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 21 May 1997, shortly after the 1997 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

1997 Northern Ireland local elections

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All 582 council seats
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Trimble John Hume Ian Paisley Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 185 120 91 Seat change 12 7 12 Popular vote 175,036 130,387 99,651 Percentage 28.1% 21.0% 16.0% Swing 1.2% 0.7% 1.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice N/A Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent Seats won 74 41 23 Seat change 23 3 3 Popular vote 106,934 41,952 23,695 Percentage 17.2% 6.7% 3.8% Swing 4.9% 0.9% 0.3%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (majority of seats on council)
Colours denote the party with a plurality of first preference votes in each District Electoral Area (in darker-coloured DEAs, the party has a majority of first preference votes)

Results

Map showing the party that received the most votes by ward.

Overall

Party[1]		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
	UUP	185	—12	28.1	175,036
	SDLP	120	―7	21.0	130,387
	Sinn Féin	74	+23	17.2	106,934
	DUP	91	―12	16.0	99,651
	Alliance	41	―3	6.7	41,952
	Independent	23	+3	3.8	23,695
	PUP	7	+6	2	12,051
	Ind. Unionist	15	―6	2	10,376
	Ulster Democratic	4	+3	1	6,244
	NI Women's Coalition	1	+1	1	3,380
	UK Unionist	4	+4	0.5	2,945
	Labour coalition	3	+2	0.4	2,774
	NI Conservatives	3	―3	0.4	2,634
	Ind. Nationalist	3	―1	0.4	2,450
	Workers' Party	0	―1	0.4	2,348
	Independent Community	2	+2	0.3	1,905
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	2	+2	0.2	1,424
	Green (NI)	0	0	0.1	706
	Democratic Left	1	0	0.1	560
	Community Labour	0	0	0.1	464
	Upper Bann Labour	0	0	0.1	353
	Ulster Independence	0	0	0.0	71
	Natural Law	0	0	0.0	67

By council

Council	Council Seats by Party
													Total
	AP	DUP	PUP	SDLP	SF	UUP	UKUP	UDP	Others	Ind. N	Ind. U	Ind.
Antrim	2	3	–	4	1	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	19
Ards	5	5	–	1	–	10	–	–	–	–	2	–	23
Armagh	–	2	–	7	3	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	22
Ballymena	1	8	–	3	–	10	–	–	–	–	1	–	24
Ballymoney	–	6	–	3	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	16
Banbridge	–	3	–	3	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	2	17
Belfast	6	7	3	7	13	13	–	1	–	–	1	–	51
Carrickfergus	5	3	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	2	3	17
Castlereagh	4	10	–	2	–	5	1	–	–	–	1	–	23
Coleraine	3	5	–	3	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	1	22
Cookstown	–	2	–	4	5	4	–	–	–	–	1	–	16
Craigavon	1	3	–	7	2	11	–	–	2 INC	–	–	–	26
Derry	–	4	–	14	8	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	30
Down	–	2		12	2	6	–	–	1 NIWC	–	–	1	23
Dungannon	–	3	–	4	5	8	–	–	1 DL	–	–	1	22
Fermanagh	–	2	–	4	5	9	–	–	1 PS	1	–	1	23
Larne	1	3	–	1	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	4	15
Limavady	–	1	–	7	1	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	15
Lisburn	3	2	1	2	4	13	–	2	1 Con	–	2	–	30
Magherafelt	–	3	–	5	5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	16
Moyle	–	3	–	3	1	3	–	–	–	2	1	2	15
Newry and Mourne	–	1	–	12	8	5	–	–	–	–	–	4	30
Newtownabbey	3	2	1	1	–	10		1	4 (2 NR 2 Lab)	–	3	–	25
North Down	6	2	2	–	–	6	3	–	2 Con	–	1	3	25
Omagh	1	3	–	6	6	4	–	–	1 Lab	–	–	–	21
Strabane	–	3	–	5	4	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	16
Total	41	91	7	120	74	186	4	4	13	3	15	24	582
Change	-3	-12	+6	-7	+23	-11	+4	+3	–	+3	-6	–	+2 Lab +2 NR +2 INC +1 NIWC +1 PS -3 Con -3 UPUP -1 WP -1 A93
Elected 1993	44	103	1	127	51	197	–	1	13	–	21	24	6 Con 3 UPUP 1 Lab 1 DL 1 WP 1 A93

Councils

Antrim

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Antrim Borough Council election

Antrim North West[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Bobby Loughran	1,115
	UUP	James Graham	1,063
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	683
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan	612
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland	430
	UUP	Avril Swann	254
	Alliance	George Picken	133
Turnout			4,290
No change

Antrim South East[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Roy Thompson	996
	SDLP	Thomas Burns	963
	UUP	Edgar Wallace	763
	UUP	Mervyn Rea	716
	Alliance	David Ford	613
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop	495
	DUP	William Harkness	385
	PUP	Ken Wilkinson	358
	UUP	Roderick Swann	180
	SDLP	Lucia Trowlen	177
	UUP	Roy Stinson	150
Turnout			5,796
	Roy Thompson joins UUP

Antrim Town[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Paddy Marks	1,066
	DUP	Robert McClay	642
	SDLP	Oran Keenan	514
	SDLP	Sean McKee	433
	UUP	Adrian Watson	357
	UUP	Andrew Ritchie	287
	Alliance	Brian McConnell	268
	UUP	Andrew Thompson	218
	Alliance	Mary Wallace	159
	Independent	Stanley Lynn	124
	Independent	S. J. Greer	111
Turnout			4,179
No change

Ards

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Ards Borough Council election

Ards East[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Thomas Benson	882
	UUP	Ronnie Ferguson	676
	DUP	Hamilton Gregory	621
	UUP	John Shields	606
	UUP	Jeffrey Magill	480
	Alliance	Linda Cleland	418
	Alliance	Larry Thompson	352
	DUP	St Clair McAlister	295
	UK Unionist	Tom Sheridan	269
	DUP	Hamilton Lawther	251
	PUP	Gina McCrory	220
Turnout			5,070
	UUP gain from DUP

Ards Peninsula[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Paul Carson	1,114
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy	1,047
	DUP	Jim Shannon	993
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy	770
	DUP	Robin Drysdale	473
	Alliance	John Smyth	221
	Alliance	Billy Sheldon	154
	SDLP	Iain Bell	131
	Green (NI)	Owen Crawford	131
Turnout			4,936
	DUP gain from Alliance

Ards West[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Robert Gibson	1,103
	UUP	David McNarry	1,066
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter	741
	DUP	David Gilmore	635
	UUP	Margaret Craig	572
	Alliance	Tim McBriar	481
	DUP	Lorraine Gilmore	285
Turnout			4,883
No change

Newtownards[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	Wilbert Magill	914
	Alliance	Alan McDowell	724
	UUP	David Smyth	690
	DUP	George Ennis	653
	UUP	Tom Hamilton	565
	Ind. Unionist	Nancy Orr	327
	Ind. Unionist	Bobby McBride	326
	DUP	John Purdy	225
	PUP	Alfred McCrory	221
	Ulster Democratic	Billy McKeown	55
Turnout			4,710
	Wilbert Magill leaves DUP

Armagh

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Armagh City and District Council election

Armagh City[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan	1,251
	UUP	Sylvia McRoberts	898
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan	845
	Sinn Féin	Sean McGirr	841
	UUP	Gordon Frazer	749
	SDLP	Anna Brolly	547
	SDLP	Michael Carson	531
	DUP	Noel Donnelly	529
	Alliance	Ryan Williams	167
	SDLP	Ann McKenna	146
Turnout			6,504
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Crossmore[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Brian Cunningham	1,207
	UUP	Evelyn Corry	1,135
	SDLP	Tommy Kavanagh	1,107
	SDLP	James McKernan	862
	UUP	William Hamilton	747
	SDLP	Joseph McGleenan	534
	SDLP	James Lennon	509
Turnout			6,101
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cusher[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Eric Speers	1,915
	DUP	Heather Black	1,577
	SDLP	Tom Canavan	1,057
	UUP	Robert Turner	872
	UUP	Sharon McClelland	810
	UUP	James Clayton	797
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	355
Turnout			7,383
No change

The Orchard[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jim Speers	1,630
	DUP	Brian Hutchinson	1,011
	SDLP	Joe Campbell	882
	UUP	Charles Rollston	836
	SDLP	Eamon Mcneill	629
	UUP	Olive Whitten	613
	Sinn Féin	Liz Gartland	578
Turnout			6,179
No change

Ballymena

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Ballymena Borough Council election

Ballymena North[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy	975
	UUP	William Wright	953
	Ind. Unionist	Sam Henry	728
	UUP	Joe McKernan	630
	DUP	Maurice Mills	610
	UUP	James Alexander	547
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	447
	DUP	John Stewart	417
	DUP	David Warwick	247
	Ind. Unionist	Herbie Parke	235
Turnout			5,789
	Sam Henry changes designation from Independent

Ballymena South[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan	967
	UUP	James Currie	918
	DUP	Davy Tweed	832
	DUP	Martin Clarke	571
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	534
	UUP	Peter Brown	377
	UUP	Malcolm Gilmour	365
	UUP	John Scott	357
	DUP	John Carson	315
	Ulster Party	Agnes McLeister	184
	Independent	Cowan Balmer	86
Turnout			5,506
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Bannside[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Gillespie	1,110
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl	1,048
	UUP	Robert Coulter	1,014
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty	967
	UUP	Ian Johnston	936
	DUP	Sandy Spence	845
Turnout			5,920
No change

Braid[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben	1,042
	UUP	David Clyde	961
	UUP	Des Armstrong	816
	UUP	Lexie Scott	765
	DUP	Sam Gaston	627
	DUP	Sam Hanna	623
	DUP	David McClintock	490
Turnout			5,324
	SDLP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Ballymoney Town[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	493
	Independent	Bob McComb	433
	UUP	Thomas McKeown	333
	DUP	Samuel McConaghie	293
	Independent	Bill Williamson	261
	SDLP	Joan McCaffrey	255
	UUP	James Simpson	242
	Independent	Colin McVicker	233
	PUP	Jeffrey Balmer	180
	NI Women's Coalition	Mary McCusker	31
Turnout			2,754
	Independent gain from UUP

Bann Valley[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Joe Gaston	719
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	706
	DUP	Robert Halliday	608
	Sinn Féin	Martin O'Neill	508
	DUP	Robert Wilson	441
	SDLP	Mary McPoland	382
	DUP	John Finlay	351
	UUP	John Watt	260
Turnout			3,975
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bushvale[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Harry Connolly	725
	DUP	Frank Campbell	473
	DUP	Bill Kennedy	443
	UUP	William Logan	350
	UUP	John Ramsay	341
	UUP	William Johnston	222
	SDLP	Frank McCluskey	181
	NI Women's Coalition	Joan Cosgrove	35
Turnout			2,770
	SDLP gain from UUP

Banbridge

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Banbridge District Council election

Banbridge Town[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Joan Baird	1,438
	Independent	Jim Walsh	809
	UUP	William Bell	602
	DUP	Cyril Vage	581
	SDLP	Mel Byrne	534
	Alliance	Frank McQuaid	423
	UUP	Derick Bell	390
	UUP	Ian Burns	359
Turnout			5,215
	Jim Walsh leaves SDLP
	DUP gain from UUP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Dromore[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	William McCracken	1,358
	DUP	David Herron	770
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott	729
	UUP	William Martin	709
	UUP	Tom Gribben	667
	Ind. Unionist	Robert Hill	289
	Alliance	Julian Crozier	202
Turnout			4,787
No change

Knockiveagh[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	John Ingram	1,129
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden	1,103
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle	946
	UUP	John Hanna	799
	Independent	Malachy McCartan	692
	UUP	Violet Cromie	671
	SDLP	Oliver Moore	661
Turnout			6,273
No change

Belfast

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Belfast City Council election

Balmoral[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Margaret Crooks	2,329
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	1,916
	SDLP	Catherine Molloy	1,047
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	971
	Alliance	Philip McGarry	958
	UUP	Bob Stoker	949
	DUP	Harry Smith	924
	DUP	Joan Parkes	654
	Ulster Democratic	Heather Calvert	520
	PUP	Gordon McCrea	397
	UUP	Gordon Lucy	304
	NI Women's Coalition	Nuala Bradley	236
	Green (NI)	Mary Ringland	92
	NI Conservatives	Hubert Mullan	71
Turnout			11,368
	SDLP gain from DUP

Castle[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	2,081
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	1,781
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	1,417
	Sinn Féin	Danny Lavery	1,362
	UUP	David Browne	1,134
	UUP	Nelson McCausland	1,065
	UUP	John Carson	1,025
	DUP	Jim Crothers Jr	778
	SDLP	Jonathan Stephenson	720
	Ulster Democratic	Raymond Gilliland	216
	NI Women's Coalition	Eileen Calder	149
	DUP	Robert Ferris	85
	Green (NI)	Alan Warren	73
	Workers' Party	Paul Treanor	53
	Ulster Independence	Norman McClelland	8
	Natural Law	Andrea Gribben	5
Turnout			11,952
	Alliance gain from UUP
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Court[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	3,070
	DUP	Eric Smyth	1,573
	Ulster Democratic	Frank McCoubrey	1,200
	UUP	Fred Cobain	1,048
	UUP	Chris McGimpsey	800
	UUP	Glenn Bradley	513
	Ind. Unionist	Joe Coggle	407
	UUP	Dennis Robinson	237
	DUP	Margaret Serris	208
	NI Women's Coalition	Linda Walker	150
	Alliance	John Roberts	144
Turnout			9,350
	UDP gain from Independent Unionist

Laganbank[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	1,614
	Sinn Féin	Seán Hayes	1,388
	UUP	Jim Clarke	1,337
	Alliance	Steve McBride	1,118
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	966
	SDLP	Peter O'Reilly	902
	PUP	Ernie Purves	644
	DUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	473
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Campbell	406
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	160
	Green (NI)	Andrew Frew	138
	Natural Law	James Anderson	18
	Independent	Vincent McKenna	12
Turnout			9,176
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lower Falls[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann	2,420
	Sinn Féin	Seán McKnight	2,286
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hartley	2,022
	Sinn Féin	Marie Moore	1,810
	SDLP	Margaret Walsh	1,764
	Sinn Féin	Janice Austin	1,274
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	468
	SDLP	Mary White	227
	Alliance	Keith Jacques	45
Turnout			12,316
No change

Oldpark[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Mick Conlon	2,317
	Sinn Féin	Bobby Lavery	2,230
	SDLP	Martin Morgan	1,941
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McManus	1,773
	PUP	Billy Hutchinson	1,582
	UUP	Fred Proctor	1,316
	UUP	Fred Rodgers	986
	DUP	David Smylie	659
	Ulster Democratic	Paddy Bird	427
	SDLP	Dympna O'Hara	365
	Green (NI)	Peter Emerson	245
	Alliance	Mark Long	177
	Workers' Party	Steven Doran	109
Turnout			14,127
	PUP gain from UUP

Pottinger[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	2,265
	UUP	Reg Empey	2,309
	PUP	David Ervine	2,110
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Corr	978
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	870
	UUP	Margaret Clarke	768
	DUP	Robert Clelland	605
	SDLP	Marga Foley	309
	PUP	Alexander Gordon	262
	UUP	Andrew Muers	251
	Ulster Democratic	Robert Girvan	169
	NI Women's Coalition	Pearl Sagar	149
	DUP	Frank Leslie	142
	Workers' Party	Joseph Bell	115
	Ulster Independence	Josephine Challis	21
	Natural Law	David Collins	19
	Independent Labour	Sean McGouran	19
Turnout			11,361
	PUP gain from DUP

Upper Falls[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Alex Attwood	2,855
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	2,807
	Sinn Féin	Michael Browne	2,580
	Sinn Féin	Martin Livingstone	2,394
	Sinn Féin	Chrissie McAuley	1,738
	SDLP	Stephen McGowan	616
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	596
	DUP	David McNerlin	201
	Workers' Party	James McAllister	110
	Alliance	Dan McGuinness	85
Turnout			13,982
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Victoria[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	David Alderdice	2,419
	UUP	Ian Adamson	2,367
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	1,508
	DUP	Wallace Browne	1,485
	DUP	Robin Newton	1,036
	Alliance	Danny Dow	1,024
	DUP	John McQuillan	915
	Alliance	Glyn Roberts	553
	DUP	Margaret McKenzie	523
	Ind. Unionist	Alan Crowe	519
	NI Conservatives	Lesley Donaldson	256
	UUP	Peter Weir	192
	Natural Law	Thomas Mullins	25
Turnout			12,822
	Independent Unionist gain from UUP

Carrickfergus

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Carrick Castle[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	741
	DUP	David Hilditch	626
	Independent	William Hamilton	494
	UUP	Samuel McCamley	466
	Independent	Nicholas Wady	233
	PUP	Samuel Stewart	144
	Alliance	Arthur McQuitty	54
Turnout			2,758
	Independent gain from Alliance

Kilroot[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	James Brown	908
	Alliance	Janet Crampsey	554
	Independent	Samuel Crowe	553
	Alliance	Robin Cavan	531
	UUP	Eric Ferguson	371
	UUP	Colin McAuley	362
	DUP	William Ashe	357
	DUP	Desmond Robinson	261
	PUP	Billy Donaldson	237
	Independent	Norman Dixon	127
Turnout			4,261
	James Brown leaves UUP
	Samuel Crowe leaves NI Conservatives
	DUP gain from Independent

Knockagh Monument[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	867
	UUP	Thomas Creighton	754
	DUP	May Beattie	580
	Independent	Charles Johnston	457
	UUP	Joseph Reid	377
	DUP	William Haggan	336
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath	209
	PUP	Carolyn Howarth	121
Turnout			3,764
No change

Castlereagh

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Castlereagh Central[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Peter Robinson	2,783
	UUP	Alan Carson	854
	Alliance	Patrick Mitchell	600
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon	267
	SDLP	Dominic Marsella	224
	Alliance	Ann Smith	134
	DUP	John Dunn	87
	DUP	John Norris	61
	UUP	Alwyn McClernon	23
Turnout			5,033
	Grant Dillon joins UKUP

Castlereagh East[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Iris Robinson	2,787
	Alliance	Peter Osborne	677
	UUP	Sarah Cummings	672
	Ind. Unionist	William Abraham	607
	Alliance	Michael Long	466
	Ulster Democratic	Blakeley McNally	303
	DUP	Thomas Jeffers	172
	DUP	Sandy Geddis	160
	Independent	David Brown	115
	DUP	Kim Morton	73
	DUP	Sarah Seddon	16
Turnout			6,048
	Thomas Jeffers leaves UPUP

Castlereagh South[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	John Beattie	1,219
	DUP	Myreve Chambers	1,146
	SDLP	Arthur Hegney	864
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice	628
	Alliance	Margaret Marshall	556
	UUP	Michael Henderson	325
	DUP	Andrew Ramsey	205
Turnout			4,943
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Castlereagh West[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Clulow	952
	UUP	Cecil Hall	744
	Alliance	Sara Duncan	697
	SDLP	Rosaleen Hughes	619
	DUP	Simon Robinson	607
	PUP	Samuel Johnston	367
	UUP	Marie Luney	274
	Ind. Unionist	Ernest Harper	267
	DUP	Thomas Scott	142
	Alliance	Malcolm Gilmore	140
Turnout			4,809
	SDLP gain from UUP

Coleraine

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Coleraine Borough Council election

Bann[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Dallat	1,234
	UUP	Olive Church	1,023
	UUP	Jim Watt	990
	UUP	William King	855
	DUP	Robert Bolton	658
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan	642
	DUP	James McCloskey	522
	Alliance	Ian McEwan	152
Turnout			6,076
No change

Coleraine Central[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	David McClarty	1,255
	DUP	James McClure	941
	SDLP	Gerald McLaughlin	729
	UUP	David Barbour	529
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston	438
	Alliance	Eamon O'Hara	300
	UUP	Daniel Christie	291
	DUP	Marie McAllister	277
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	214
	NI Women's Coalition	Averil Watson	58
Turnout			5,032
No change

Coleraine East[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	833
	UUP	Elizabeth Black	606
	DUP	William Creelman	464
	Alliance	Bill Matthews	413
	UUP	Robert McPherson	355
	Independent	David Gilmour	283
	Independent	Martin Hunter	201
	UUP	Gary Wolfe	161
	Independent	Trevor Cooke	125
Turnout			3,441
	Alliance gain from UUP

The Skerries[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Pauline Armitage	841
	Independent	Christine Alexander	784
	SDLP	Patricia Farren	486
	UUP	Norman Hillis	470
	DUP	Robert Stewart	447
	UUP	Samuel Kane	425
	Alliance	Barbara Dempsey	359
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan	300
	DUP	James Milliken	259
	Independent	Thomas Mackay	46
Turnout			4,417
	Independent gain from UUP

Cookstown

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Cookstown District Council election

Ballinderry[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	1,555
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McAleer	1,518
	DUP	Anne McCrea	976
	UUP	William Armstrong	735
	UUP	Walter Greer	618
	DUP	Samuel McCartney	519
	SDLP	Mary Baker	497
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Campbell	497
	Ind. Nationalist	Francis Rocks	53
Turnout			6,968
	Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Cookstown Central[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Trevor Wilson	1,427
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	1,172
	DUP	William John Larmour	863
	SDLP	Denis Haughey	855
	SDLP	Peggy Laverty	487
	UUP	William Joseph Larmour	221
	DUP	Raymond McGarvey	189
Turnout			5,214
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Drum Manor[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	1,446
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow	1,173
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Parke	741
	SDLP	James McGarvey	696
	DUP	William Cuddy	686
	SDLP	Peter Cassidy	376
	Sinn Féin	John McNamee	293
Turnout			5,411
	Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Craigavon

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Craigavon Borough Council election

Craigavon Central[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble	1,576
	DUP	William Allen	1,079
	Sinn Féin	Francis Murray	1,048
	SDLP	Pat Mallon	1,008
	UUP	James McCammick	737
	UUP	Frederick Crowe	722
	Alliance	Sean Hagan	541
	Community Labour	Alan Evans	389
	UUP	Cyril McLoughlin	377
	SDLP	Philip Mallon	182
	NI Women's Coalition	Chris Moffat	84
	Workers' Party	Peter Smyth	55
	Community Labour	William McAvoy	25
Turnout			7,823
No change

Loughside[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	2,320
	SDLP	Sean McKavanagh	1,499
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	692
	SDLP	Mary McAlinden	562
	UUP	John Crozier	471
	SDLP	Kieran McGeown	339
	Workers' Party	Tom French	226
	Upper Bann Labour	Hugh Casey	203
	Upper Bann Labour	Mark McKavanagh	101
	DUP	Anne Hanlon	89
	Alliance	Adrian McKinney	62
	Community Labour	Mary Sheen	14
Turnout			6,578
	SDLP gain from Workers' Party

Lurgan[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Sam Gardiner	1,802
	UUP	George Savage	1,371
	DUP	Ruth Allen	803
	UUP	Meta Crozier	691
	UUP	Jonathan Bell	655
	DUP	Frederick Baird	623
	SDLP	Mary McNally	614
	UUP	Sydney Cairns	434
	Alliance	Wilson Freeburn	390
	Sinn Féin	Bernadette O'Hagan	349
	UUP	William McCullough	230
	Upper Bann Labour	Gillian Kirk	49
	Community Labour	James Devlin	17
Turnout			8,028
	Sydney Cairns joins UUP

Portadown[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Mervyn Carrick	1,713
	Ind. Nationalist	Breandan MacCionnaith	1,493
	UUP	James Gillespie	1,203
	UUP	Joe Trueman	919
	SDLP	Ignatius Fox	890
	UUP	Mark Neale	515
	Ind. Nationalist	Joe Duffy	412
	UUP	David Thompson	404
	Alliance	William Ramsay	373
	DUP	John Tate	132
	Community Labour	Carol Lindsay	19
Turnout			8,073
	Independent Nationalist gain from DUP and Alliance

Derry

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Derry City Council election

Cityside[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Crumley	1,333
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin	1,307
	SDLP	James Clifford	969
	Sinn Féin	Peter Anderson	952
	SDLP	Patrick Devine	829
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	822
	NI Women's Coalition	Margaret Logue	255
Turnout			6,467
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Northland[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Mark Durkan	1,679
	Sinn Féin	Mary Nelis	1,564
	Sinn Féin	Marian Hutcheon	1,128
	SDLP	Martin Bradley	1,115
	SDLP	John Tierney	1,096
	SDLP	Kathleen McCloskey	854
	SDLP	John Kerr	850
	Sinn Féin	Pious McNaught	572
	Independent	Alister Simpson	532
	NI Women's Coalition	Patricia McAdams	290
	Labour	Tony Martin	50
	Labour	Geraldine O'Neill	46
Turnout			9,776
No change

Rural[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Annie Courtney	1,220
	DUP	William Hay	1,105
	SDLP	Seamus McNickle	976
	UUP	Andrew Davidson	833
	DUP	Maurice Devenney	741
	SDLP	George Peoples	739
	DUP	Ernie Hamilton	730
	Sinn Féin	Paul Fleming	707
	SDLP	Jim McKeever	549
	NI Women's Coalition	Catherine Cooke	180
	Independent	David Hawthorne	48
Turnout			7,828
	UUP gain from DUP

Shantallow[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Mary Bradley	1,826
	Sinn Féin	Tony Hasson	1,290
	Sinn Féin	Gearoid O'Heara	1,134
	SDLP	William O'Connell	1,027
	SDLP	Shaun Gallagher	872
	SDLP	Margaret McCartney	779
	Sinn Féin	Bernadette McDaid	504
	Labour	Charles McDaid	195
	NI Women's Coalition	Diane Greer	165
	DUP	William Dougherty	134
	Labour	Robert Lindsay	41
	Labour	Patrick Muldowney	16
Turnout			7,983
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Waterside[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Richard Dallas	1,535
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	1,497
	SDLP	Philip Kelly	1,051
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming	903
	SDLP	Wilfred White	759
	DUP	Joe Miller	749
	Ind. Unionist	James Guy	671
	DUP	Mildred Garfield	517
	UUP	May Hamilton	497
	DUP	Bill Irwin	443
	Ulster Democratic	David Nicholl	276
	NI Women's Coalition	Helena Schlindwein	146
	Independent	Ken Adams	86
	Independent	Gerry Toland	22
Turnout			9,152
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Down

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Down District Council election

Ballynahinch[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Billy Alexander	1,362
	SDLP	Patrick Toman	1,197
	UUP	Harvey Bicker	990
	SDLP	Anne McAleenan	951
	SDLP	Frances Casement	409
	UUP	John Reid	325
	Sinn Féin	John Smyth	234
Turnout			5,468
	SDLP gain from UUP

Downpatrick[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Doris	991
	SDLP	Peter Craig	918
	UUP	Jack McIlheron	802
	SDLP	Dermot Curran	748
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McGreevy	659
	SDLP	Owen Adams	477
	Alliance	Michael Healy	431
	SDLP	Gerard Mahon	417
	Labour	Patrick O'Connor	251
	SDLP	John Irvine	189
	Green (NI)	Keith Bradford	113
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	57
	Labour	Edna Furey	41
	Labour	Michael Kearney	35
Turnout			6,129
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Newcastle[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	913
	Sinn Féin	Frank McDowell	831
	UUP	Gerald Douglas	773
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle	715
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick	706
	DUP	Stanley Priestly	552
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Carr	430
	SDLP	Frances Flynn	422
	UUP	Ronald Richie	259
	Alliance	Adrienne Healy	167
	Workers' Party	Edward O'Hagan	75
Turnout			5,843
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
	Women's Coalition gain from DUP

Rowallane[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	1,044
	UUP	Samuel Osborne	846
	UUP	Albert Colmer	817
	DUP	William Dick	810
	UUP	William Biggerstaff	695
	Ind. Unionist	Billy Walker	521
	SDLP	Laurence Moffat	384
	Alliance	Barry Corscadden	252
Turnout			5,369
No change

Dungannon

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Dungannon District Council election

Blackwater[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patsy Daly	950
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	920
	UUP	Jim Hamilton	905
	UUP	Derek Irwin	858
	UUP	Jim Brady	799
	DUP	James Ewing	596
	DUP	Robert McFarland	453
	DUP	Anthony Fox	447
Turnout			5,928
No change

Clogher Valley[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Noel Mulligan	1,097
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell	1,083
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Flanagan	1,028
	DUP	Johnston McIlwrath	989
	UUP	Robert Mulligan	857
	SDLP	Margaret Monaghan	499
	Sinn Féin	Brian Kilpatrick	339
Turnout			5,892
No change

Dungannon Town[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Kelly	1,065
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	955
	UUP	Joan Carson	940
	UUP	John Reilly	777
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	651
	Democratic Left	Gerry Cullen	412
	Sinn Féin	Edward Devlin	291
	Alliance	Ephrem Bogues	269
	SDLP	Peggy Devlin	170
Turnout			5,530
No change

Torrent[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	1,407
	UUP	Norman Badger	1,212
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning	1,183
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie	1,017
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	832
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris	822
	Sinn Féin	Jim O'Donnell	493
	SDLP	Joe Gervin	283
Turnout			7,249
No change

Fermanagh

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Fermanagh District Council election

Enniskillen[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Samuel Foster	2,055
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	1,313
	SDLP	Eamon Flanagan	927
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson	769
	UUP	Basil Johnston	685
	Progressive Socialist	David Kettyles	581
	DUP	Joe Dodds	581
	SDLP	John Rooney	267
	UUP	Ethel Gregg	175
	DUP	Robert Irvine	160
	Alliance	John Haslett	156
	NI Women's Coalition	Margaret McCaffrey	143
Turnout			7,812
No change

Erne East[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Harold Andrews	1,149
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch	1,073
	UUP	Cecil Noble	932
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey	918
	Ind. Nationalist	Tony McPhillips	909
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	897
	UUP	Jean McVitty	886
	Sinn Féin	Thomas O'Reilly	694
	DUP	Paul Robinson	369
	SDLP	Marie O'Neill	355
Turnout			8,182
	Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Erne North[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Caldwell McClaughry	998
	DUP	Bert Johnston	951
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	933
	UUP	Bertie Kerr	917
	UUP	Thomas Elliott	848
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Cassidy	730
	SDLP	John Dolan	526
	Alliance	Neville McElderry	98
	DUP	Jean Jackson	62
Turnout			6,063
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Erne West[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Wilson Elliott	1,616
	Independent	Patrick McCaffrey	1,250
	Sinn Féin	Robin Martin	1,179
	SDLP	Gerard Gallagher	1,071
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Huggett	863
	UUP	Derrick Nixon	612
	NI Women's Coalition	Amelda Maguire	176
Turnout			6,767
No change

Larne

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Larne Borough Council election

Coast Road[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Thomas Robinson	527
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning	502
	UUP	Joan Drummond	473
	SDLP	Daniel O'Connor	409
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly	317
	DUP	Winston Fulton	314
	DUP	Rachel Rea	313
	DUP	Trevor Robinson	155
	Independent	Norman McCann	73
Turnout			3,083
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Larne Lough[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Roy Beggs	1,043
	Alliance	John Mathews	526
	DUP	Bobby McKee	369
	DUP	Samuel McAllister	300
	UUP	John Hall	297
	UUP	David Fleck	265
	UUP	Alexander Hunter	240
	DUP	Sharon Gardiner	174
	PUP	George Ferguson	116
Turnout			3,330
	Alliance gain from DUP

Larne Town[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Desmond Nixon	698
	DUP	Jack McKee	663
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong	485
	Independent	Lindsay Mason	462
	Independent	Roy Craig	352
	Alliance	Patricia Kay	336
	UUP	Mary Steele	202
	DUP	Gregg McKeen	91
Turnout			3,289
	Independent gain from UUP and Alliance

Limavady

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Limavady Borough Council election

Bellarena[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Stanley Gault	839
	SDLP	Michael Carten	814
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	798
	UUP	Ian Grant	765
	SDLP	John McKinney	714
	DUP	Robert Glass	453
Turnout			4,383
No change

Benbradagh[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Boyd Douglas	1,072
	SDLP	Michael Coyle	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	876
	SDLP	John Lynch	442
	UUP	Max Gault	409
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Lynn	368
Turnout			4,180
No change

Limavady Town[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	George Robinson	837
	SDLP	Desmond Lowry	759
	SDLP	Barry Doherty	739
	UUP	Jack Dolan	738
	UUP	Ronald Cartwright	729
	UUP	Norman Reynolds	484
	DUP	Victor Wilson	157
	NI Women's Coalition	Paula Taylor	88
Turnout			4,531
No change

Lisburn

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Lisburn Borough Council election

Downshire[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Edmund Falloon	1,328
	DUP	Charles Poots	1,041
	Alliance	Betty Campbell	902
	NI Conservatives	William Bleakes	846
	DUP	David Craig	441
	UUP	William Moore	389
	UUP	Ken Hull	352
Turnout			5,299
	Alliance gain from UUP

Dunmurry Cross[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson	1,365
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	1,260
	Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey	1,025
	UUP	Billy Bell	963
	SDLP	William McDonnell	928
	Sinn Féin	Maria Gray	777
	Ind. Nationalist	Hugh Lewsley	502
	SDLP	Geraldine Rodgers	501
	UUP	Frederick Parkinson	474
	UUP	Andrew Park	330
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	284
	DUP	Yvonne Craig	236
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	192
Turnout			8,837
	Sinn Féin gain from UUP
	Hugh Lewsley leaves SDLP

Killultagh[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jim Dillon	1,432
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan	931
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	904
	UUP	Kenneth Watson	591
	UUP	David Greene	551
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	489
	DUP	James Tinsley	412
	NI Women's Coalition	Sybil Moses	150
Turnout			5,460
No change

Lisburn Town North[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	William Lewis	1,237
	Alliance	Fraser McCammond	951
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie Crawford	810
	Ulster Democratic	David Adams	748
	Protestant Unionist	William Beattie	671
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson	652
	Alliance	William Whitley	495
	UUP	Lorraine Martin	408
	DUP	Eleanor Calvert	401
	DUP	James Tinsley	294
	Ind. Unionist	Anne Blake	258
	UUP	Noel Malcolm	99
	NI Conservatives	Leonard Jarvis	89
Turnout			7,113
	UDP gain from UUP
	William Beattie leaves DUP

Lisburn Town South[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Ivan Davis	1,469
	Alliance	Seamus Close	1,067
	Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael	750
	UUP	David Archer	578
	DUP	Stuart Deignan	510
	UUP	Joseph Lockhart	454
	UUP	George Morrison	387
	Ulster Democratic	Philip Dean	117
	UUP	Margaret Little	105
	NI Women's Coalition	Bronya Bonar	59
Turnout			5,496
No change

Magherafelt

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Magherafelt District Council election

Magherafelt Town[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McCrea	2,675
	Sinn Féin	Seamus O'Brien	1,777
	SDLP	Patrick Kilpatrick	1,149
	UUP	George Shiels	816
	SDLP	Joseph McBride	499
	DUP	Paul McLean	107
	Labour	Harry Hutchinson	73
	Workers' Party	Marian Donnelly	37
Turnout			7,133
No change

Moyola[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McKenna	1,180
	Sinn Féin	Paul Henry	949
	UUP	John Junkin	882
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood	829
	SDLP	Patrick McErlean	727
	DUP	James Wilson	541
	SDLP	Francis Kearney	468
	UUP	Norman Montgomery	362
	Ind. Unionist	James Mulholland	250
	Workers' Party	Patrick Scullion	53
Turnout			6,241
	Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Sperrin[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Groogan	1,801
	Sinn Féin	John Kelly	1,602
	SDLP	Kathleen Lagan	1,170
	UUP	Robert Montgomery	810
	DUP	Rodney Mitchell	658
	SDLP	Francis McKendry	515
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	103
	Green (NI)	Jude Stephens	12
Turnout			6,671
No change

Moyle

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Moyle District Council election

Ballycastle[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Seamus Blaney	551
	SDLP	Richard Kerr	483
	DUP	Gardiner Kane	356
	UUP	Helen Harding	283
	Independent	Christopher McCaughan	221
	DUP	Elizabeth Brennan	14
Turnout			1,908
No change

Giant's Causeway[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy	484
	DUP	David McAllister	278
	UUP	William Graham	263
	DUP	George Hartin	237
	UUP	Robert McIlroy	176
	UUP	Raymond Rodgers	126
	DUP	Alan Mulholland	93
	Christian	Thomas Palmer	22
Turnout			1,679
	Robert McIlroy joins Ulster Unionists

The Glens[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Republican	Oliver McMullan	711
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry	454
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran	404
	SDLP	Archie McIntosh	316
	Ind. Nationalist	Randal McDonnell	223
	DUP	Thomas Brennan	218
	SDLP	Anna Edwards	162
Turnout			2,488
No change

Newry and Mourne

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Crotlieve[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Peadar Bradley	1,503
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy	1,423
	SDLP	Hugh Carr	975
	UUP	Gordon Heslip	893
	Independent	Anthony Williamson	861
	SDLP	Josephine O'Hare	762
	Independent	Ciaran Mussen	752
	SDLP	Jim McCart	716
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	356
	Alliance	Lindsay Whitcroft	219
Turnout			8,460
	Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Newry Town[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	1,095
	Independent	Jackie Patterson	1,030
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	1,000
	Independent	Eugene Markey	929
	SDLP	Patrick McElroy	807
	SDLP	Frank Feely	774
	UUP	William McCaigue	727
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Willis	529
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy	528
	SDLP	Mary McKeown	491
	Alliance	Peter Whitcroft	181
Turnout			8,091
	Independent gain from SDLP

Slieve Gullion[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Fee	1,412
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Brennan	1,148
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald	1,114
	Sinn Féin	Pat McNamee	1,108
	SDLP	Pat Toner	845
	SDLP	Dessie McDonnell	647
Turnout			6,274
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Fews[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Danny Kennedy	1,610
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Lewis	1,103
	SDLP	Stephen McGinn	1,018
	SDLP	Charles Smyth	975
	UUP	William Moffett	952
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy McCreesh	883
	SDLP	James Savage	690
Turnout			7,231
	Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Mournes[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Isaac Hanna	1,595
	UUP	Henry Reilly	1,303
	SDLP	Emmett Haughian	1,196
	DUP	William Burns	907
	SDLP	Michael Cunningham	895
	Sinn Féin	Paul Lawless	471
	Alliance	Anne Cunningham	353
	Independent	Ewan Atkinson	102
	Workers' Party	Henry Cunningham	78
Turnout			6,900
No change

Newtownabbey

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Antrim Line[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Tommy McTeague	1,500
	UUP	Edward Crilly	1,329
	UUP	Arthur Kell	752
	DUP	Liz Snoddy	647
	UUP	Ivan Hunter	536
	Alliance	James Rooney	493
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association	John Blair	462
	Ind. Unionist	Arthur Templeton	442
	Ulster Democratic	Billy Blair	382
	Alliance	Tommy Frazer	336
Turnout			6,875
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist
	NRA gain from Alliance

Ballyclare[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jim Bingham	847
	DUP	Paul Girvan	705
	Alliance	Pat McCudden	586
	UUP	Vera McWilliams	477
	UUP	Ed Turkington	362
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron	262
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association	Etta Mann	259
	PUP	Norman Lavery	225
	Ulster Democratic	Dave Burgess	137
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas Porter	95
Turnout			3,955
	Alliance gain from Independent Unionist

Macedon[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Mark Langhammer	1,103
	Ind. Unionist	Andrew Beattie	595
	UUP	David Hollis	539
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association	Billy Webb	477
	DUP	Billy Snoddy	470
	Ulster Democratic	Tommy Kirkham	442
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Robert Kidd	393
	PUP	Bob Gourley	372
	UUP	Richard Walker	278
	UK Unionist	Norman Boyd	225
	Independent	George Reynolds	169
	Alliance	Julie Greaves	119
Turnout			5,182
	Andrew Beattie leaves UUP
	Newtownabbey Labour Party gain from Alliance
	NRA gain from DUP

University[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	Fraser Agnew	878
	UUP	Ken Robinson	706
	Ind. Unionist	George Herron	633
	UUP	Bill Johnston	499
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland	490
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer	461
	PUP	William Greer	448
	UK Unionist	William Boyd	426
	Ulster Democratic	Harry Speers	371
	Alliance	William McKimmon	369
	DUP	Tony Lough	333
	DUP	Alan Hewitt	299
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association	Samuel Neill	226
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	William McClinton	212
	PUP	Alexander Knell	131
	Ind. Unionist	Jack McDonald	86
	UUP	Louie Robinson	78
Turnout			6,646
	George Herron leaves UUP
	PUP gain from DUP

North Down

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 North Down Borough Council election

Abbey[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	650
	UK Unionist	Valerie Kinghan	650
	NI Conservatives	Ann Thompson	597
	UUP	Roberta Dunlop	482
	DUP	Ruby Cooling	471
	PUP	Stewart Currie	344
	UUP	Karl McLean	328
	Ind. Unionist	Cecil Braniff	165
	Ulster Democratic	Norman McCullough	131
	Independent	Raymond Gordon	115
Turnout			3,933
	Valerie Kinghan leaves UPUP
	PUP gain from Independent Unionist

Ballyholme and Groomsport[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	Alan Chambers	1,218
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons	770
	UUP	Leslie Cree	755
	Independent	Austen Lennon	739
	NI Conservatives	Bruce Mulligan	498
	UK Unionist	Elizabeth Roche	440
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	406
	DUP	Marie Cree	375
	UUP	Ian Henry	178
	UUP	James Kingan	156
	UUP	Ronald Dorian	106
Turnout			5,641
	UKUP gain from DUP

Bangor West[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Brian Wilson	1,090
	UUP	Roy Bradford	699
	Alliance	Eileen Bell	662
	UK Unionist	William Keery	509
	UUP	Marion Smith	459
	PUP	Ernest Steele	439
	Alliance	Anne Wilson	387
	DUP	John Gordon	308
	Ind. Unionist	Ian Sinclair	227
	DUP	Alan Graham	191
	UUP	Roy Davies	190
	NI Conservatives	Julian Robertson	112
	Alliance	Derek Bell	76
	Independent	Bob Mooney	15
Turnout			5,364
	Brian Wilson leaves Alliance
	PUP gain from DUP
	UKUP gain from NI Conservatives
	Alliance gain from Independent Unionist

Holywood[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Ellie McKay	863
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien	767
	Independent	Dennis Ogborn	545
	Alliance	Richard Good	434
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	417
	Independent	Jimmy White	279
	Independent	Bobby Irvine	240
	NI Conservatives	Jennifer Cumming	165
	UK Unionist	Jeffrey Dudgeon	159
Turnout			3,869
	DUP gain from NI Conservatives
	Alliance gain from Independent

Omagh

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Omagh District Council election

Mid Tyrone[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McMahon	1,375
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke	1,129
	UUP	Desmond Anderson	1,026
	Sinn Féin	Michael McAnespie	980
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	807
	SDLP	Seamus Shields	741
	Ind. Nationalist	Brian McGrath	554
	DUP	Drew Baxter	543
	Sinn Féin	Barney McAleer	382
	DUP	Jim Patterson	284
	UUP	John Anderson	174
	Democratic Left	Patrick McClean	148
	Alliance	Paul Gallagher	57
Turnout			8,200
	SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist

Omagh Town[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey	1,096
	SDLP	Paddy McGowan	1,080
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	747
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	570
	UUP	Reuben McKelvey	567
	UUP	Ronald Oldcroft	486
	Alliance	Ann Gormley	471
	DUP	Harry Cairns	375
	SDLP	Vincent Campbell	362
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna	309
	Sinn Féin	Patrick O'Hagan	204
	DUP	Keith Mosgrove	196
	Ulster Independence	Sandra Jones	42
Turnout			6,505
No change

West Tyrone[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Crawford McFarland	1,243
	Sinn Féin	Kevin McGrade	1,105
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	820
	SDLP	Liam McQuaid	803
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Quinn	753
	UUP	Alan Rainey	727
	SDLP	Pat McDonnell	655
	SDLP	James Connolly	426
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	387
	DUP	Walter McFarland	294
	Alliance	George Kerr	216
	Labour	Amanda McLaughlin	141
	Workers' Party	Tony Winters	70
Turnout			7,640
No change

Strabane

Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes

Main article: 1997 Strabane District Council election

Derg[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh	1,440
	UUP	Derek Hussey	1,247
	UUP	Edward Turner	838
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan	596
	SDLP	Thomas Murtagh	550
	Sinn Féin	Sean Elliott	545
	SDLP	Bernadette McNamee	513
	DUP	Sarah Anderson	447
Turnout			6,176
	Derek Hussey joins UUP

Glenelly[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Thomas McBride	1,155
	Sinn Féin	Martin Conway	1,144
	DUP	Allan Bresland	1,101
	UUP	James Emery	1,021
	DUP	John Donnell	677
	UUP	Wilfred Sinclair	616
	Independent	John Gallagher	114
	Alliance	Elizabeth McCaffrey	87
Turnout			5,915
	Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Mourne[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Ivan Barr	1,959
	Sinn Féin	Jarlath McNulty	1,276
	SDLP	Eugene Mullen	1,124
	UUP	John Cummings	825
	Independent	James O'Kane	801
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	756
	SDLP	Ann Bell	308
	Alliance	Marie Wallace	95
Turnout			7,144
	Sinn Féin gain from UUP