1997 Derry City Council election

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 ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Total Cllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn FÃÂ©in !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 FÃÂ©in 1997: 3 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 2 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: Sinn FÃÂ©in gain from SDLP

Northland

1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn FÃÂ©in 1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn FÃÂ©in 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 FÃÂ©in 1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn FÃÂ©in 1993-1997 Change: Sinn FÃÂ©in 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 FÃÂ©in, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn FÃÂ©in gain from SDLP