1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Crotlieve
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 16.8
 * 1
 * 10.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 21.6
 * 2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newry Town
 * 32.1
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|32.4
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 9.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 26.4
 * 2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Slieve Gullion
 * 46.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|53.7
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|The Fews
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|37.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 27.5
 * 2
 * 35.4
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Mournes
 * 30.4
 * 2
 * 6.8
 * 0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 7.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 39.5
 * 12
 * 26.7
 * 8
 * 19.2
 * 5
 * 2.5
 * 1
 * 12.1
 * 4
 * 30
 * }
 * 1
 * 12.1
 * 4
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Crotlieve
1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP

1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Newry Town
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

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

1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Slieve Gullion
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Fews
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Mournes
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