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1997 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
10	1	0	1	43.5	39.6	7,754	4.9
5	1	2	1	21.7	22.6	4,431	5.7
5	0	1	1	21.7	21.1	4,138	2.3
2	1	0	1	8.7	6.3	1,240	0.4
1	1	0	1	4.3	3.9	901	New
0	0	1	1	0.0	1.6	337	1.8
0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	441	2.3
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	269	New
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	55	New
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	33	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	Robert Gibson*	22.59%	1,103
	UUP	David McNarry	21.83%	1,066
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter*	15.18%	741
	UUP	Margaret Craig*	11.71%	572	871.52
	DUP	David Gilmore	13.00%	635	683.75	877.19
	Alliance	Jim McBriar*	9.85%	481	511.03	595.27	599.43	654.81	693.81
	DUP	Lorraine Gilmore	5.84%	285	311.13	398.49	552.93	649.26	650.58
Electorate: 12,917 Valid: 4,883 (37.80%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 698 Turnout: 4,953 (38.34%)

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

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

1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP

1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

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

1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Alliance and Independent

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	Paul Carson	22.57%	1,114
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	21.21%	1,047
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	20.12%	993
	DUP	Robert Drysdale	10.25%	473	687.21	696.01	849.01
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy	15.60%	770	777.44	808.9	810.52	930.52
	Alliance	William Sheldon*	3.12%	154	202.98	315.62	325.16	346.72
	Alliance	John Smyth	4.48%	221	227.82	279.3	281.82	296.02
	SDLP	Iain Bell	2.65%	131	131	141.12	141.48
	Green (NI)	Owen Crawford	0.67%	33	40.75	44.49	45.75
Electorate: 11,165 Valid: 4,936 (44.21%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,037 (45.11%)

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