title: 1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
text: # 1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
  
  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
  
  Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1997 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | DUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.5 | 44.2 | 9,214 | 0.1 |
  | Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21.7 | 19.6 | 4,088 | 2.3 |
  | Alliance | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 3,898 | 3.2 |
  | SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 1,707 | 8.2 |
  | Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 874 | 0.4 |
  | UK Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 267 | New |
  | PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 367 | 1.9 |
  | Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 303 | New |
  | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 115 | 0.6 |
  
  Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
  
  ## Districts summary
  
  Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1997 by district :
  
  | Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | UKUP | UKUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
  | Castlereagh Central | 58.7 | 3 | 17.0 | 1 | 14.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
  | Castlereagh East | 53.0 | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 7 |
  | Castlereagh South | 27.4 | 1 | 31.2 | 2 | 23.9 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
  | Castlereagh West | 35.4 | 2 | 21.2 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 5 |
  | 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
  
  