1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 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="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UDP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Antrim Line
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|38.1
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 12.1
 * 1
 * 9.4
 * 1
 * 21.8
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.0
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballyclare
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|42.6
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 14.9
 * 1
 * 17.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 15.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Macedon
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 2.3
 * 0
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.5
 * 1
 * 7.2
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|57.1
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|4
 * 6
 * align="left"|University
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|26.7
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 12.5
 * 1
 * 9.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 8.7
 * 1
 * 37.0
 * 2
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.4
 * 10
 * 10.3
 * 3
 * 10.7
 * 2
 * 6.5
 * 1
 * 5.8
 * 1
 * 5.1
 * 1
 * 30.2
 * 7
 * 25
 * }
 * 1
 * 30.2
 * 7
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Antrim Line
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

1993-1997 Change: UUP and Newtownabbey Ratepayers gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Ballyclare
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from Independent Unionist

Macedon
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: Newtownabbey Labour, Newtownabbey Ratepayers and UDP gain from UUP, DUP and Alliance

University
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP

1993-1997 Change: PUP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP (two seats)