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Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 31.3 | 36.5 | 7,309 | 13.0 | |
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 31.3 | 22.6 | 4,528 |  10.3 | |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 4,628 | 2.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 14.3 | 2,870 | 6.0 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 250 | 1.2 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 193 | 0.9 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 73 | 0.4 | |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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| Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
| Magherafelt Town | 24.9 | 1 | 23.2 | 2 | 39.0 | 2 | 11.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Moyola | 34.1 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 51.0 | 2 | 25.3 | 2 | 9.9 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 36.5 | 5 | 22.6 | 5 | 20.6 | 3 | 14.3 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 |
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | William McCrea * | 37.50% | 2,675 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Seamus O'Brien | 24.91% | 1,777 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 16.11% | 1,149 | ||||
| DUP | Paul McLean* | 1.50% | 107 | 1,551.6 | |||
| SDLP | Joseph McBride* | 7.00% | 499 | 499.62 | 1,184.76 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | George Shiels | 11.44% | 816 | 1,007.58 | 1,008.15 | 1,514.25 | |
| Independent Labour | Harry Hutchinson | 1.02% | 73 | 78.58 | 101.95 | 114.25 | |
| Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 0.52% | 37 | 38.24 | 80.42 | 81.92 | |
| Electorate: 10,104 Valid: 7,133 (70.60%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 7,222 (71.48%) | |||||||
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 18.91% | 1,180 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 15.21% | 949 | 1,067.25 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Junkin * | 14.13% | 882 | 882 | 922 | 922 | 1,231 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 13.28% | 829 | 829.11 | 913.11 | 913.11 | 980.11 | 1,106.4 | |||
| SDLP | Patrick McErlean* | 11.65% | 727 | 733.49 | 753.49 | 771.73 | 771.73 | 774.65 | 774.65 | 1,218.65 | |
| DUP | Thomas Wilson* | 8.67% | 541 | 541 | 592 | 592 | 641 | 699.4 | 762.88 | 763.88 | |
| SDLP | Francis Kearney | 7.50% | 468 | 470.2 | 477.42 | 485.28 | 485.28 | 487.47 | 488.39 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Norman Montgomery | 5.80% | 362 | 362 | 431 | 431 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | James Mulholland | 4.01% | 250 | 250 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 0.85% | 53 | 53.66 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,175 Valid: 6,241 (76.34%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 6,376 (77.99%) | |||||||||||
1993: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan * | 27.00% | 1,801 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | John Kelly | 24.01% | 1,602 | |||||
| SDLP | Kathleen Lagan* | 17.54% | 1,170 | |||||
| SDLP | Francis McKendry | 7.72% | 515 | 1,059.62 | 1,416.32 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Montgomery* | 12.14% | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810.87 | 851.45 | |
| DUP | Rodney Mitchell | 9.86% | 658 | 658 | 658 | 658.87 | 701.41 | |
| Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 1.54% | 103 | 218.71 | 328.33 | 444.04 | ||
| Green (NI) | Judith Stephens | 0.18% | 12 | 34.62 | 53.76 | 72.9 | ||
| Electorate: 8,541 Valid: 6,671 (78.11%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 6,773 (79.30%) | ||||||||
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