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
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * 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
 * }
 * 8.7
 * 3
 * 7.3
 * 1
 * 30
 * }
 * }

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