2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	2

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymoney Town|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|26.9|2|12.3|0|0.0|0|16.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Bann Valley|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|18.6|1|20.2|1|21.5|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Bushvale|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|27.8|2|19.4|1|8.8|0|0.0|0|5|-'|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.3|8|23.7|5|17.6|2|11.5|1|4.9|0|16|-|}

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Independent (two seats)

Bann Valley

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

Bushvale

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from SDLP