Elections to
Carrickfergus Borough Council
Carrickfergus Borough Council was a district council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymena Borough Council and Larne Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Mid a ...
were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17
councillors
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regi ...
.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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Cllrs
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Alliance
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UUP
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DUP
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Others
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, align="left", Carrick Castle
, 28.8
, 1
, 16.9
, 1
, 22.7
, 1
, bgcolor="#DDDDDD", 31.6
, bgcolor="#DDDDDD", 2
, 5
, -
, align="left", Kilroot
, 25.5
, 2
, 17.2
, 1
, 14.5
, 1
, bgcolor=#0077FF, 42.8
, bgcolor=#0077FF, 2
, 6
, -
, align="left", Knockagh Monument
, 28.6
, 2
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 30.0
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 24.3
, 1
, 17.1
, 1
, 6
, -
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 27.4
, 5
, 21.6
, 4
, 20.0
, 3
, 31.0
, 5
, 17
, -
Districts results
Carrick Castle
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from Alliance
Kilroot
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionists leave UUP and Conservatives
Knockagh Monument
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: No change
References
{{1997 United Kingdom local elections
Carrickfergus Borough Council elections
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest t ...