Elections to Carrickfergus Borough 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 17 councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |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
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