2001 Moyle District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Moyle District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Moyle District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Moyle District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	4
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Independent (politician)
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Independent Unionist
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Moyle District 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="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballycastle|bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|14.2|1|15.5|1|12.2|0|25.8|1|5|-|align="left"|Giant's Causeway|3.7|0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|30.0|2|0.0|0|18.8|1|5|-|align="left"|The Glens|29.8|2|7.0|0|0.0|0|14.4|1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|48.8|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2|5|-'|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|23.2|4|21.0|3|13.8|3|9.5|1|32.5|4|15|-|}

Districts results

Ballycastle

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

Giant's Causeway

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

The Glens

1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalists (two seats) become Independents