1997 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UKUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Conservative !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Abbey
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|20.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 12.0
 * 1
 * 15.2
 * 1
 * 8.7
 * 1
 * 10.5
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|	Ballyholme and Groomsport
 * 21.2
 * 2
 * 20.8
 * 1
 * 7.8
 * 1
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * 8.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|34.9
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bangor West
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 21.0
 * 2
 * 9.5
 * 1
 * 9.3
 * 0
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 8.2
 * 1
 * 24.8
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Holywood
 * 22.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.0
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 4.1
 * 0
 * 10.8
 * 1
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 27.5
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 22.4
 * 6
 * 22.1
 * 6
 * 9.3
 * 3
 * 9.4
 * 2
 * 7.3
 * 2
 * 4.2
 * 2
 * 25.3
 * 4
 * 25
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 * 25.3
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
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Abbey
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

1993-1997 Change: UKUP and PUP gain from UPUP (two seats)

Ballyholme and Groomsport
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP

1993-1997 Change: UKUP gain from DUP

Bangor West
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent

1993-1997 Change: UKUP, PUP and Independent gain from DUP, Conservative and Independent Unionist

Holywood
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative

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

1993-1997 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from Conservative and Independent