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

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

Districts results

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

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