1997 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle District 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 ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballycastle
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 19.4
 * 1
 * 14.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|40.5
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2
 * 5
 * align="left"|Giant's Causeway
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 33.7
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 30.1
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|The Glens
 * 35.5
 * 2
 * 8.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 18.2
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|37.5
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 22.5
 * 3
 * 19.7
 * 3
 * 14.0
 * 3
 * 7.5
 * 1
 * 36.3
 * 5
 * 15
 * }
 * 1
 * 36.3
 * 5
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Ballycastle
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

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

1993-1997 Change: No change

Giant's Causeway
1993: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

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

1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

The Glens
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: No change