The 1997 Devon County Council election, was an election for all 79 seats on the council. Devon County Council was a county council that covered the majority of the ceremonial county of Devon. The elections took place concurrently with other local elections across England and Northern Ireland.

Devon County Council election, 1997^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	31					38.8%		3.1%
	Conservative	13					34.4%		0.1%
	Labour	4					17.8%		3.1%
	Independent	4					5.4%		1.3%
	Other parties	2					2.4%		0.5%
	Green	0					1.3%		0.7%