1997 Derry City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Derry City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Derry City Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Derry City Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Derry City Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Cityside|40.6|2|bgcolor="#008800"|55.5|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|3.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Northland|bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|5|33.4|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|9.4|0|7|-|align="left"|Rural|bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|9.0|0|23.6|1|20.0|1|2.9|0|6|-|align="left"|Shantallow|bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|36.7|2|1.7|0|0.0|0|5.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Waterside|19.8|1|9.9|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|22.2|1|13.1|1|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|43.7|14|27.7|8|12.6|4|8.7|3|7.3|1|30|-|}

District results

Cityside

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Northland

1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change

Rural

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

Shantallow

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Waterside

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP