2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 17 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	3

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Carrick Castle|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|21.6|1|12.1|1|34.9|1|5|-|align="left"|Kilroot|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|24.1|2|17.7|1|28.2|1|6|-|align="left"|Knockagh Monument|34.0|2|24.2|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|2.9|0|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|31.8|6|23.5|5|24.2|4|20.5|2|17|-|}

Districts results

Carrick Castle

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

Kilroot

1997: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Knockagh Monument

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist