1997 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough 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
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UDP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Conservative !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Downshire
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 28.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
 * 20.0
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|50.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 3.2
 * 0
 * 2.6
 * 0
 * 16.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.9
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Killultagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 24.1
 * 1
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lisburn Town North
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 9.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 25.6
 * 2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Lisburn Town South
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 19.4
 * 1
 * 9.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.1
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 36.6
 * 13
 * 13.7
 * 4
 * 13.0
 * 3
 * 13.2
 * 2
 * 5.8
 * 2
 * 5.0
 * 2
 * 2.9
 * 1
 * 9.8
 * 3
 * 30
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 * 1
 * 9.8
 * 3
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Downshire
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative

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

1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Dunmurry Cross
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Killultagh
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Lisburn Town North
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP

Lisburn Town South
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP

1993-1997 Change: No change