1997 Antrim Borough Council election

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
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * 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
 * }
 * 2.5
 * 0
 * 19
 * }
 * }

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 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 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