Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballymoney Town |28.5 |2 |20.9 |2 |9.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|41.4 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2 |5 |- |align="left"|Bann Valley |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |24.6 |2 |27.4 |1 |12.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Bushvale |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |33.0 |1 |32.7 |2 |0.0 |0 |1.2 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |32.7 |6 |26.0 |6 |23.7 |3 |5.3 |1 |12.3 |2 |16
Districts results
Ballymoney Town
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Bann Valley
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP 1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bushvale
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
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