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2001 Antrim Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Antrim Borough Council election
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All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader David Trimble Ian Paisley John Hume
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 7 5 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Increase 1
Percentage 33.0% 22.5% 21.0%
Swing Decrease10.0% Increase6.5% Decrease5.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Gerry Adams Seán Neeson
Party Sinn Féin Alliance
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2
Percentage 12.5% 5.5%
Swing Increase8.2% Decrease2.7%
2001 Antrim Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2001[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 7 0 2 Decrease2 36.8 33.0 6,699 Decrease10.0
  DUP 5 2 0 Increase2 26.3 22.5 4,576 Increase6.5
  SDLP 5 1 0 Increase1 26.3 21.0 4,254 Decrease5.0
  Sinn Féin 2 1 0 Increase1 10.5 12.5 2,589 Increase8.2
  Alliance 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 5.5 1,117 Decrease2.7
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.1 628 Increase3.1
  NI Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.0 413 New
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 197 Decrease1.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 2001
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Sinn Féin Alliance Others
Antrim North West 18.2 1 18.0 1 30.4 2 24.0 1 2.3 0 7.1 0 5
Antrim South East 40.4 3 23.4 2 15.4 1 8.7 1 7.2 0 4.9 0 7
Antrim Town 37.5 3 25.7 2 19.5 2 7.8 0 6.4 0 3.1 0 7
Total 33.0 7 22.5 5 21.0 5 12.5 2 5.5 0 5.5 0 19

Districts results

Antrim North West

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Antrim North West - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Robert Loughran* 18.78% 1,093              
DUP Wilson Clyde* 18.09% 1,053              
Sinn Féin Martin Meehan 17.30% 1,007              
SDLP Donovan McClelland* 11.65% 678 725 822.35 822.75 1,027.75      
UUP Stephen Nicholl 7.39% 430 465 466.32 489.6 493.26 515.26 793.52 822.92
UUP Avril Swann 10.81% 629 659 660.65 677.05 677.16 680.16 786.49 792.44
NI Unionist Brian Johnston 7.10% 413 420 420.99 456.99 459.98 472.98    
Sinn Féin Joseph McCavana 6.60% 384 384 396.32 396.48        
Alliance Michael Donoghue 2.29% 133              
Electorate: 8,544   Valid: 5,820 (68.12%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 971   Turnout: 5,929 (69.39%)  

Antrim South East

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Alliance

Antrim South East - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Samuel Dunlop* 16.96% 1,367                
SDLP Thomas Burns* 13.30% 1,072                
UUP Roy Thompson* 13.18% 1,062                
UUP Mervyn Rea* 12.92% 1,042                
UUP Edgar Wallace* 11.63% 937 951.31 951.73 980.38 986.41 989.07 1,142.07    
DUP William Harkness 6.51% 525 853.86 854.76 861.46 862.93 864.11 893.21 931.07 980.07
Sinn Féin Martin McManus 8.72% 703 703 707.68 707.68 707.71 777.27 778.3 907.52 907.52
Alliance Alison McCartney 7.17% 578 580.97 582.65 583.9 584.77 668.69 697.18 831.19 877.19
Independent Michael McGivern 4.88% 393 393.54 398.88 399.58 399.97 434.72 439.95    
UUP Roderick Swann* 2.64% 213 223.53 223.95 237.65 259.04 263.85      
SDLP Sean Mallon 2.08% 168 168.81 218.85 219 219.18        
Electorate: 12,770   Valid: 8,060 (63.12%)   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 1,008   Turnout: 8,257 (64.66%)  

Antrim Town

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance

Antrim Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP Paddy Marks* 15.98% 1,016                
DUP John Smyth 11.78% 749 759.56 799.56            
UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson* 9.94% 632 695.14 721.36 812.36          
DUP Brian Graham 8.12% 516 521.28 532.28 542.7 543.58 847.58      
UUP Paul Michael 7.39% 470 529.18 566.4 751.86 766.6 808.6      
SDLP Sean McKee 9.94% 632 635.96 642.96 646.62 646.84 648.84 651.36 651.36 778.36
SDLP Oran Keenan* 9.61% 611 614.52 617.74 620.84 621.06 623.06 625.58 625.58 726.58
Sinn Féin Aine Gribbon 7.79% 495 495.44 500.44 500.44 500.66 501.66 501.66 501.66 517.66
Alliance Pete Whitcroft 6.39% 406 411.06 420.06 429.36 429.8 439.44 486.48 491.48  
DUP Robert McClay* 5.76% 366 373.26 391.7 408.12 408.56        
UUP Andrew Ritchie* 4.22% 268 325.42 344.08            
PUP Ken Wilkinson 3.10% 197 199.42              
Electorate: 11,616   Valid: 6,358 (54.73%)   Spoilt: 195   Quota: 795   Turnout: 6,553 (56.41%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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