Elections to Larne 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 15 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Coast Road |bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |25.4 |1 |10.3 |0 |13.3 |1 |18.6 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Lough |bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |25.3 |1 |15.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Town |20.9 |1 |22.9 |1 |10.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|46.0 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |36.4 |6 |24.5 |3 |12.2 |1 |4.2 |2 |22.7 |4 |15
Districts results
Coast Road
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Larne Lough
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Larne Town
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Independent (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
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