1997 Lisburn Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Lisburn Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Lisburn Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Lisburn Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Lisburn Borough Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	13
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Ulster Democratic Party
Seats6:	2
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Northern Ireland Conservatives
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	0
Party8:	Other
Seats8:	3
Seat Change8:	2

Elections to Lisburn Borough 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

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

Others|-|align="left"|Downshire|bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|17.0|1|28.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|16.0|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross|20.0|1|bgcolor="#008800"|50.1|bgcolor="#008800"|4|3.2|0|2.6|0|16.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|7.9|1|7|-|align="left"|Killultagh|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|0.0|0|9.1|0|24.1|1|17.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|2.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town North|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|0.0|0|20.3|1|9.8|0|0.0|0|10.5|1|0.0|0|25.6|2|7|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town South|bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|0.0|0|19.4|1|9.3|0|0.0|0|15.8|1|0.0|0|1.1|0|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|36.6|13|13.7|4|13.0|3|13.2|2|5.8|2|5.0|2|2.9|1|9.8|3|30|-|}

Districts results

Downshire

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative
1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Dunmurry Cross

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

Killultagh

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

Lisburn Town North

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP

Lisburn Town South

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
1993-1997 Change: No change