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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !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 |- |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
Districts results
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
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