2001 Larne Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:2001 Larne Borough Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1997 Larne Borough Council election
Previous Year:1997
Next Election:2005 Larne Borough Council election
Next Year:2005
Seats For Election:All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
Majority Seats:8
Party1:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:5
Seat Change1: 2
Party2:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:4
Seat Change2: 2
Party3:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:2
Seat Change3: 1
Party4:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:2
Seat Change4: 1
Party5:Independent (politician)
Seats5:2
Seat Change5: 0
Party6:Independent Unionist
Seats6:0
Seat Change6: 1
Party7:Independent Nationalist
Seats7:0
Seat Change7: 1

Elections to Larne 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 15 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="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Coast Road|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|24.2|1|13.7|1|17.4|1|16.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Larne Lough|35.6|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|23.1|1|0.0|0|2.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Larne Town|21.3|1|22.3|1|5.4|0|12.8|1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|38.2|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.8|5|28.8|4|14.5|2|9.6|2|18.3|2|15|-|}

Districts results

Coast Road

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

Larne Lough

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

Larne Town

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