1997 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Workers' Party (Ireland)
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 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="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Craigavon Central|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|15.2|1|13.8|1|13.4|1|6.9|1|7.1|0|7|-|align="left"|Loughside|7.2|0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|1.3|0|35.3|1|0.9|0|8.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Lurgan|bgcolor="40BFF5"|64.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|5|7.6|1|17.8|1|4.3|0|4.9|0|0.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Portadown|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|11.0|1|22.9|1|0.0|0|4.6|0|23.8|2|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.7|11|19.0|7|14.6|3|12.2|2|4.5|1|10.0|2|26|-|}

District results

Craigavon Central

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

Loughside

1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Workers' Party

Lurgan

1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Portadown

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance