Elections to Derry City 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Cityside |40.6 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|55.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Northland |bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|5 |33.4 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |9.4 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Rural |bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |9.0 |0 |23.6 |1 |20.0 |1 |2.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Shantallow |bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |36.7 |2 |1.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |5.2 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Waterside |19.8 |1 |9.9 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |22.2 |1 |13.1 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.7 |14 |27.7 |8 |12.6 |4 |8.7 |3 |7.3 |1 |30
District results
Cityside
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Northland
1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: No change
Rural
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Shantallow
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Waterside
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
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