| Election Name: | 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1993 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1993 |
| Next Election: | 2001 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
| Seats For Election: | All 63 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| Election Date: | 1 May 1997 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 42 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 17 |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party retaining its control of the council.[1] [2]
This was the first County Council election not to include the City of Nottingham, which would become a unitary authority in 1998 and therefore no longer a part of the administrative county of Nottinghamshire. The boundaries of the electoral divisions remained the same however the loss of Nottingham meant that there were 25 fewer seats.
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