2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	6
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Sinn Féin
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	United Unionist
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	1
Party8:	Newtownabbey Ratepayers
Seats8:	1
Seat Change8:	1
Party9:	Other
Seats9:	0
Seat Change9:	7

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 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="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim Line|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|27.2|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|22.2|2|19.2|2|5.2|0|13.4|1|12.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Ballyclare|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|42.8|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|38.3|2|0.0|0|10.1|0|0.0|0|8.8|0|5|-|align="left"|Macedon|11.2|1|27.3|2|0.0|0|2.4|0|5.0|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|54.1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3|6|-|align="left"|University|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|33.6|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|22.7|2|0.0|0|13.1|1|0.0|0|30.6|1|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|29.2|9|26.8|8|5.7|2|8.0|1|5.0|1|25.3|4|25|-|}

Districts results

Antrim Line

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

Ballyclare

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

Macedon

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent

University

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from PUP and Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist joins United Unionist