2001 Antrim Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Antrim Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Antrim Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Antrim Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	2
Leader1:	David Trimble
Swing1:	10.0%
Percentage1:	33.0%
Leader2:	Ian Paisley
Swing2:	6.5%
Percentage2:	22.5%
Percentage3:	21.0%
Swing3:	5.0%
Leader3:	John Hume
Leader4:	Gerry Adams
Percentage4:	12.5%
Swing4:	8.2%
Leader5:	Seán Neeson
Percentage5:	5.5%
Swing5:	2.7%

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim North West|18.2|1|18.0|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|24.0|1|2.3|0|7.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Antrim South East|bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|23.4|2|15.4|1|8.7|1|7.2|0|4.9|0|7|-|align="left"|Antrim Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|25.7|2|19.5|2|7.8|0|6.4|0|3.1|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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 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 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