2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Swing1:	4.8%
Swing2:	2.5%
Swing3:	3.5%
Swing4:	3.2%
Swing5:	2.4%
Swing6:	3.0%
Percentage1:	39.4%
Percentage2:	22.1%
Percentage3:	15.2%
Percentage4:	11.4%
Percentage5:	4.2%
Percentage6:	3.6%
Leader6:	N/A
Leader5:	Hugh Smyth
Leader4:	John Hume
Leader3:	Seán Neeson
Leader2:	David Trimble
Leader1:	Ian Paisley

Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Castlereagh Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|15.4|1|11.5|1|6.4|0|7.5|1|8.8|0|6|-|align="left"|Castlereagh East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|20.5|1|14.4|1|0.0|0|5.1|0|9.8|1|7|-|align="left"|Castlereagh South|26.3|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|17.6|1|23.6|1|0.0|0|5.5|0|5|-|align="left"|Castlereagh West|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|25.3|1|16.6|1|17.5|1|4.4|0|6.8|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.4|10|22.1|5|15.2|4|11.4|2|4.2|1|7.7|1|23|-|}

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP

Castlereagh East

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist

Castlereagh South

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

Castlereagh West

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