2001 Banbridge District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Banbridge District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Banbridge District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Banbridge District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
Majority Seats:	9
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:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2

Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Banbridge Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|20.8|1|19.9|0|6.0|1|11.9|0|6|-|align="left"|Dromore|bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|39.3|2|19.6|1|0.0|0|0.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockiveagh|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|24.6|2|18.3|1|0.0|0|25.9|1|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|37.4|7|27.7|5|19.2|3|2.0|1|13.7|1|17|-|}

Districts results

Banbridge Town

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from Independent Nationalist

Dromore

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

Knockiveagh

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent