1997 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.

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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Bellarena
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 36.6
 * 2
 * 10.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Benbradagh
 * 34.8
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 29.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Limavady Town
 * 33.1
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 21.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.9
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 40.3
 * 7
 * 38.5
 * 6
 * 11.1
 * 1
 * 9.5
 * 1
 * 0.6
 * 0
 * 15
 * }
 * 0.6
 * 0
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Bellarena
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Benbradagh
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: No change

Limavady Town
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

1993-1997 Change: No change