Northern Ireland local elections, 2001

Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
All council seats
	Colours denote the winning party with outright control[when defined as?]

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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 7 June 2001, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2001 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

Results

Overall

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
Party^[1]		Change	Total	% share	Total
	UUP	-31	154	23	181,336
	DUP	+40	131	21	169,477
	Sinn Féin	+34	108	21	163,269
	SDLP	-3	117	19	153,424
	Independent	+8	34	7	51,997
	Alliance	-13	28	5	40,443
	PUP	-3	4	2	12,261
	UK Unionist	-2	2	1	4,763
	NI Women's Coalition	0	1	0.4	3,301
	United Unionist	+2	2	0.3	2,648
	NI Conservatives	-3	0	0.3	1,985
	NI Unionist	0	0	0.2	1,818
	Workers' Party	0	0	0.2	1,421
	Independent Community	-2	0	0.2	1,247
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	-1	1	0.1	1,039
	Ulster Third Way	0	0	0.0	28

By council

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Antrim

Ards

Armagh

Ballymena

Banbridge

Belfast

Court^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Eric Smyth	2,605
	Independent	Frank McCoubrey	1,732
	UUP	Chris McGimpsey	1,527
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	1,336
	PUP	Plum Smith	813
	UUP	Fred Cobain	722
	DUP	Elaine McMillen	720
	Sinn Féin	Mick Conlon	269
	Ulster Third Way	David Kerr	28
Turnout			10,085
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
	Independent gain from Ulster Democratic

Pottinger^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	3,918
	UUP	Reg Empey	3,097
	PUP	David Ervine	1,582
	Sinn Féin	Joseph O'Donnell	1,264
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	693
	DUP	May Campbell	577
	UUP	Margaret Clarke	559
	SDLP	Leo Van Es	459
	Independent	John Bushell	218
	DUP	Harry Toan	205
	Workers' Party	Joseph Bell	129
	PUP	Robin Stewart	127
	UK Unionist	David Fairfield	74
	NI Conservatives	Jason Docherty	66
Turnout			13,426
	Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Victoria^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Ian Adamson	3,286
	Alliance	David Alderdice	3,119
	DUP	Wallace Browne	2,492
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	2,322
	DUP	Robin Newton	1,469
	DUP	Margaret McKenzie	783
	Independent	Danny Dow	746
	Alliance	Naomi Long	729
	PUP	Robert Moorehead	697
	UUP	Alan Crowe	582
	SDLP	Ciara Patricia Farren	305
	NI Conservatives	Peter Gray	239
	Independent	Sammy Walker	114
	Independent	Billy Hands	15
	Independent	Lawrence John	11
Turnout			14,806
	Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Unionist

Balmoral^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	3,077
	UUP	Margaret Crooks	2,276
	UUP	Bob Stoker	2,032
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	1,684
	DUP	Ruth Patterson	1,377
	Sinn Féin	Stiofán Long	1,349
	SDLP	Catherine Molloy	987
	PUP	Tom Morrow	424
	UUP	John Hiddleston	411
Turnout			13,873
No change

Castle^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	3,949
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	2,520
	Sinn Féin	Danny Lavery	1,991
	UUP	David Browne	1,550
	SDLP	Pat Convery	1,403
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	984
	DUP	Ian Crozier	759
	PUP	Janet Carson	352
	NI Women's Coalition	Elizabeth McCullough	253
	Independent	David Mahood	178
	Independent	Sandy Blair	109
	Workers' Party	Marcella Delaney	84
Turnout			14,497
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
	Social Democratic and Labour gain from Alliance

Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Brophy	2,755
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McCleneghan	2,467
	DUP	Nelson McCausland	2,392
	SDLP	Martin Morgan	1,932
	PUP	Billy Hutchinson	1,516
	Sinn Féin	Kathy Stanton	1,298
	UUP	Fred Proctor	1,116
	SDLP	Joleen Connolly	1,114
	Sinn Féin	Eoin O'Broin	957
	Independent	James Bates	209
	Alliance	Thomas McCullough	160
	Independent	Rene Greig	59
Turnout			16,662
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Laganbank^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	2,019
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	1,748
	SDLP	Peter O'Reilly	1,612
	SDLP	Patrick McCarthy	1,511
	DUP	Richard Scott	882
	Alliance	Mark Long	825
	UUP	Jim Clarke	819
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Monaghan	703
	PUP	Dawn Purvis	286
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	158
	Independent	Andrew Frew	141
	Independent	Barbara Muldoon	128
Turnout			11,082
	Social Democratic and Labour gain from Alliance

Upper Falls^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey	3,349
	SDLP	Alex Attwood	3,260
	Sinn Féin	Gerard O'Neill	2,866
	Sinn Féin	Michael Browne	2,469
	Sinn Féin	Chrissie McAuley	1,801
	SDLP	Brian Heading	1,112
	NI Women's Coalition	Mary Catney	365
	Alliance	Kathy Ayers	136
Turnout			15,972
No change

Lower Falls^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann	2,399
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hartley	2,351
	Sinn Féin	Máire Cush	2,230
	SDLP	Margaret Walsh	2,016
	Sinn Féin	Marie Moore	1,917
	Sinn Féin	Seán McKnight	1,247
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	488
Turnout			13,229
No change

Carrickfergus

Castlereagh

Coleraine

Cookstown

Craigavon

Derry

Down

Dungannon

Fermanagh

Larne

Limavady

Lisburn

Magherafelt

Moyle

Newry and Mourne

Newtownabbey

North Down

Omagh

Strabane

References

↑ Local Government Elections 2001, Northern Ireland Elections
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

[1] Local Government Elections 2001, Northern Ireland Elections

[Belfast-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

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