2001 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	6
Seat Change3:	3
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	4
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 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="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Craigavon Central|bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|16.4|2|24.3|2|16.9|1|3.6|0|9.3|0|7|-|align="left"|Loughside|4.9|0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|2.9|0|45.1|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Lurgan|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|7.7|1|33.3|2|6.8|0|0.0|0|5.1|0|7|-|align="left"|Portadown|26.9|2|12.8|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|20.2|1|2.8|0|10.1|1|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.1|8|20.0|7|22.6|6|21.3|4|1.6|0|6.4|1|26|-|}

District results

Craigavon Central

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

Loughside

1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lurgan

1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Portadown

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