1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymoney Town
 * 28.5
 * 2
 * 20.9
 * 2
 * 9.2
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|41.4
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2
 * 5
 * align="left"|Bann Valley
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 24.6
 * 2
 * 27.4
 * 1
 * 12.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Bushvale
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 33.0
 * 1
 * 32.7
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 32.7
 * 6
 * 26.0
 * 6
 * 23.7
 * 3
 * 5.3
 * 1
 * 12.3
 * 2
 * 16
 * }
 * 12.3
 * 2
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Ballymoney Town
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Bann Valley
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bushvale
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP