The 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party retaining its control of the council. This was the first County Council election not to include the City of Nottingham, which would become a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority in 1998 and therefore no longer a part of the administrative county of Nottinghamshire. The boundaries of the electoral divisions remained the same however the loss of Nottingham meant that there were 25 fewer seats.

Election result

References

{{Nottinghamshire elections Nottinghamshire County Council elections, 1997 1997 English local elections 1990s in Nottinghamshire