1997 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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 15 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Coast Road
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 25.4
 * 1
 * 10.3
 * 0
 * 13.3
 * 1
 * 18.6
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Larne Lough
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Larne Town
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 22.9
 * 1
 * 10.2
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|46.0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 36.4
 * 6
 * 24.5
 * 3
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 4.2
 * 2
 * 22.7
 * 4
 * 15
 * }
 * 22.7
 * 4
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Coast Road
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Larne Lough
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Larne Town
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1993-1997 Change: Independent (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance