Elections to Coleraine 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 22 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bann |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |19.4 |1 |30.9 |2 |2.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Coleraine Central |bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |24.2 |1 |14.5 |1 |10.2 |1 |1.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Coleraine East |32.6 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |0.0 |0 |12.0 |1 |17.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Skerries |bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |16.0 |1 |11.0 |0 |14.9 |1 |18.8 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.4 |10 |23.2 |5 |16.3 |3 |9.2 |3 |7.9 |1 |22
District results
Bann
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993-1997 Change: No change
Coleraine Central
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: No change
Coleraine East
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
The Skerries
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP
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