2001 Limavady Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Limavady Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Limavady Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Limavady Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	4
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	3
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	United Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Limavady 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

Others|-|align="left"|Bellarena|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|15.3|1|24.7|1|18.8|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Benbradagh|21.0|1|bgcolor="#008800"|50.3|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|5.1|0|23.6|1|5|-|align="left"|Limavady Town|22.7|1|8.9|0|21.1|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|17.0|1|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.8|4|24.9|4|15.4|3|17.8|2|13.1|2|15|-|}

District results

Bellarena

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

Benbradagh

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP

Limavady Town

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