1997 Coleraine Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Coleraine Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Coleraine Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Coleraine Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Bann|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|19.4|1|30.9|2|2.5|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Coleraine Central|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|24.2|1|14.5|1|10.2|1|1.2|0|6|-|align="left"|Coleraine East|32.6|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|0.0|0|12.0|1|17.7|0|5|-|align="left"|The Skerries|bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|16.0|1|11.0|0|14.9|1|18.8|1|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|43.4|10|23.2|5|16.3|3|9.2|3|7.9|1|22|-|}

District results

Bann

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Coleraine Central

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change

Coleraine East

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

The Skerries

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP