1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UKUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Castlereagh Central
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 14.6
 * 1
 * 4.4
 * 0
 * 5.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Castlereagh East
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 11.1
 * 1
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Castlereagh South
 * 27.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 23.9
 * 1
 * 17.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Castlereagh West
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 21.2
 * 1
 * 17.4
 * 1
 * 12.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 44.2
 * 10
 * 19.6
 * 5
 * 18.7
 * 4
 * 8.2
 * 2
 * 1.3
 * 1
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 23
 * }
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Castlereagh Central
1993: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP

1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UKUP

Castlereagh East
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: UPUP joins DUP

Castlereagh South
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Castlereagh West
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP