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.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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 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 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 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 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