2001 Northern Ireland local elections explained

Election Name:2001 Northern Ireland local elections
Flag Image:Flag placeholder.svg
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1997 Northern Ireland local elections
Previous Year:1997
Next Election:2005 Northern Ireland local elections
Next Year:2005
Seats For Election:All council seats
Election Date:7 June 2001
Leader1:David Trimble
Party1:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:154
Seat Change1: 31
Popular Vote1:181,336
Percentage1:22.9%
Swing1:5.2%
Leader2:Ian Paisley
Party2:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:131
Seat Change2: 40
Popular Vote2:169,477
Percentage2:21.4%
Swing2:5.4%
Leader3:John Hume
Party3:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:117
Seat Change3: 3
Popular Vote3:153,424
Percentage3:19.4%
Swing3:1.6%
Leader4:Gerry Adams
Party4:Sinn Féin
Seats4:108
Seat Change4: 34
Popular Vote4:163,269
Percentage4:20.7%
Swing4:3.5%
Leader5:N/A
Party5:Independent (politician)
Seats5:34
Seat Change5: 8
Popular Vote5:51,997
Percentage5:6.6%
Swing5:2.8%
Leader6:Seán Neeson
Party6:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:28
Seat Change6: 13
Popular Vote6:40,443
Percentage6:5.1%
Swing6:1.6%

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 7 June 2001, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2001 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

Results

Overall

Party[1] CouncillorsVotes
ChangeTotal% shareTotal
align="right" -3115422.94181,336
+4013121.44169,477
+3410820.66163,269
align="right" -311719.41153,424
+8346.5851,997
align="right" -13285.1240,443
align="right" -341.5512,261
align="right" -220.604,763
010.423,301
United Unionist+220.332,648
align="right" -300.251,985
000.231,818
000.181,421
Communityalign="right" -200.161,247
Newtownabbey Ratepayersalign="right" -110.131,039
Ulster Third Way000.0028

By council

Where a party is indicated with an asterisk (*) it means the councillor was listed as an independent on the ballot.

CouncilCouncil Seats by Party
Total
AllianceDUPPUPSDLPSFUUPOthersInd.
Antrimstyle:"background;"5style:"background;"5style:"background;"2style:"background;"719
Ardsstyle:"background;"4style:"background;"9style:"background;"1style:"background;"8123
Armaghstyle:"background;"4style:"background;"6style:"background;"5style:"background;"722
Ballymenastyle:"background;"11style:"background;"4style:"background;"7224
Ballymoneystyle:"background;"8style:"background;"2style:"background;"1style:"background;"516
Banbridgestyle:"background;"1style:"background;"5style:"background;"3style:"background;"7117
Belfaststyle:"background;"3style:"background;"10style:"background;"3style:"background;"9style:"background;"14style:"background;"11style:"background;"1 UDP*51
Carrickfergusstyle:"background;"5style:"background;"6style:"background;"4217
Castlereaghstyle:"background;"4style:"background;"10style:"background;"1style:"background;"2style:"background;"5123
Colerainestyle:"background;"7style:"background;"4style:"background;"10122
Cookstownstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"4style:"background;"6style:"background;"3116
Craigavonstyle:"background;"6style:"background;"7style:"background;"4style:"background;"8126
Derrystyle:"background;"4style:"background;"14style:"background;"10style:"background;"230
Downstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"10style:"background;"4style:"background;"6123
Dungannonstyle:"background;"3style:"background;"4style:"background;"8style:"background;"6122
Fermanaghstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"4style:"background;"9style:"background;"7123
Larnestyle:"background;"2style:"background;"5style:"background;"2style:"background;"4215
Limavadystyle:"background;"2style:"background;"4style:"background;"4style:"background;"31 UUAP115
Lisburnstyle:"background;"3style:"background;"5style:"background;"3style:"background;"4style:"background;"13style:"background;"1 UDP*130
Magherafeltstyle:"background;"3style:"background;"3style:"background;"7style:"background;"2116
Moylestyle:"background;"3style:"background;"4style:"background;"1style:"background;"3415
Newry and Mournestyle:"background;"1style:"background;"10style:"background;"13style:"background;"4230
Newtownabbeystyle:"background;"1style:"background;"8style:"background;"2style:"background;"1style:"background;"93
(1 UUAP
1 NR
1 Lab*)
125
North Downstyle:"background;"5style:"background;"5style:"background;"83 (2 UKUP
1 NIWC)
425
Omaghstyle:"background;"2style:"background;"6style:"background;"8style:"background;"3221
Strabanestyle:"background;"3style:"background;"4style:"background;"7style:"background;"216
Total281314117108154931582
Changestyle="background:#FFC7CE" -13+40style="background:#FFC7CE" -3style="background:#FFC7CE" -3+34style="background:#FFC7CE" -32style="background:#FFC7CE" -10style="background:#FFC7CE" -13
-2 UKU -2 UDP
-2 Lab -1 NR
-1 DL -1
Elected 1997419171207418619444 UKUP 4 UDP
3 Lab 3 Con
2 NR 1 NIWC
1 DL 1

Councils

Antrim

Antrim North West[2]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Bobby Loughran1,093
Wilson Clyde1,053
Martin Meehan1,007
Donovan McClelland678
Avril Swann629
Stephen Nicholl430
Robert Johnston413
Joseph McCavana384
Michael Donoghue133
Turnout5,929
No change
Antrim South East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Samuel Dunlop1,367
Thomas Burns1,072
Roy Thompson1,062
Mervyn Rea1,042
Edgar Wallace937
Martin McManus703
Alison McCartney578
William Harkness525
Michael McGivern393
Roderick Swann213
Sean Mallon168
Turnout8,257
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Alliance
Antrim Town
Partywidth=170Candidatewidth=401st Pref
Paddy Marks1,016
John Smyth749
Adrian Cochrane-Watson632
Sean McKee632
Oran Keenan611
Brian Graham516
Aine Gribbon495
Paul Michael470
Pete Whitcroft406
Jack McClay366
Drew Ritchie268
Kenneth Wilkinson197
Turnout6,553
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance

Ards

Ards East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Terence WilliamsN/A
Ronnie FergusonN/A
Hamilton GregoryN/A
John ShieldsN/A
Jeffrey MagillN/A
Linda ClelandN/A
TurnoutN/A
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Ards Peninsula[3]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Jim Shannon1,824
Kieran McCarthy1,286
Daniel McCarthy860
Angus Carson710
Robin Drysdale705
Joseph Boyle526
Paul Carson520
Robbie Ambrose255
James McMullan153
Stephen McSherry35
Turnout7,085
No change
Ards West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Robert Gibson2,454
Margaret Craig1,230
William Montgomery1,039
Jim McBriar756
Kathleen Coulter732
David Gilmore693
Philip Smith625
Arthur Spence311
Christopher Connolly190
Turnout8,253
bgcolor=Margaret Craig leaves UUP
bgcolor=DUP gain from Alliance
Newtownards
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
George Ennis1,608
Tom Hamilton1,288
David Smyth1,060
Wilbert Magill889
Alan McDowell859
Bobby McBride671
Hamilton Lawther363
Nancy Orr312
Turnout7,268
bgcolor=Wilbert Magill changes designation from Independent Unionist
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Armagh

Armagh City[4]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patrick McNamee1,261
Pat Brannigan1,013
Cathy Rafferty901
Sylvia McRoberts868
Freda Donnelly861
John Nixon646
Gordon Frazer528
Michael Carson456
Anna Brolly370
Mealla Bratton325
Margaret Connolly209
Turnout7,608
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Crossmore
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Brian Cunningham1,336
Tommy Kavanagh989
Noel Berry930
Evelyn Corry927
Pat O'Rawe867
James McKernan703
James Lennon554
Joseph McGleenan452
Turnout6,883
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Cusher
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Paul Berry3,549
Eric Speers1,202
Tom Canavan1,001
Robert Turner725
James Clayton679
Noel Sheridan591
Sharon McClelland367
Derrick Mathews186
Heather Black185
Mervyn Spratt103
Turnout8,728
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
The Orchard
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Brian Hutchinson1,363
Jim Speers1,324
Paul Corrigan1,221
John Campbell796
William Irwin686
Eamon Mcneill651
Charles Rollston645
Olive Whitten492
Turnout7,295
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Ballymena

Ballymena North[5]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
James Alexander1,110
Patrick McAvoy1,071
James Henry1,060
Maurice Mills625
Joe McKernan613
William Wright553
Neill Armstrong533
Gillian Scott532
Simon Hamilton411
Gerard Magee382
Jayne Dunlop317
Audrey Wales263
William McElfatrick242
Trevor Parkhill30
Turnout7,876
bgcolor=William Wright leaves UUP
bgcolor=DUP gain from Alliance
Ballymena South
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Declan O'Loan1,212
James Currie1,092
Elizabeth Adger1,061
Davy Tweed1,018
Martin Clarke790
Hubert Nicholl755
Peter Brown459
William Moore285
David Warwick241
William McCaughey51
Jean Rainey43
Turnout7,146
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Bannside
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Roy Gillespie1,427
William McNeilly1,060
Tommy Nicholl962
Seamus Laverty938
Samuel Gaston890
David Wilkinson842
Samuel McClean727
Joseph Montgomery375
Norman Sloan186
Kenneth McCaughey53
Turnout7,612
bgcolor=SDLP gain from UUP
Braid
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sam Hanna1,242
Margaret Gribben1,158
David Clyde961
Lexie Scott893
Robin Stirling819
Des Armstrong815
Robert Osborne707
Robert Hamilton29
Turnout6,712
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town[6]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Cecil Cousley788
Justin McCamphill459
Ian Stevenson433
Robert Storey429
Thomas McKeown396
Jim Wright376
James Simpson351
William Johnston257
Jeffrey Balmer125
Anne Logan119
Turnout3,803
bgcolor=UUP gain from Independent
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent
Bann Valley
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Philip McGuigan1,123
John Finlay859
Joe Gaston711
Robert Halliday675
Malachy McCamphill663
Robert Wilson540
Pappy O'Kane388
John Watt261
Turnout5,342
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Bushvale
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Bill Kennedy997
Frank Campbell589
Harry Connolly548
John Ramsay545
William Logan457
Sean McErlain318
Frank McCluskey151
Turnout3,681
bgcolor=UUP gain from SDLP

Banbridge

Banbridge Town[7]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Joan Baird1,979
Patrick McAleenan1,404
Jim McElroy774
Kyle Ferguson697
Ian Burns485
William Bell458
Frank Downey448
Frank McQuaid420
David Hudson389
Turnout7,172
bgcolor=Alliance gain from Independent
Dromore
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Paul Rankin1,375
Cassie McDermott1,202
David Herron1,032
Norah Beare896
William Martin894
Thompson Howe685
Joseph McIlwaine45
Turnout6,232
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Knockiveagh
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Seamus Doyle1,351
John Ingram1,202
Wilfred McFadden1,084
Malachy McCartan768
Brendan Curran755
Stephen Herron735
John Hanna617
Violet Cromie486
Stephen Briggs387
Turnout7,493
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP

Belfast

Balmoral
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Carmel Hanna3,077
Margaret Crooks2,276
Bob Stoker2,032
Tom Ekin1,684
Ruth Patterson1,377
Stiofán Long1,349
Catherine Molloy987
Tom Morrow424
John Hiddleston411
Turnout13,873
No change
Castle
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Nigel Dodds3,949
Alban Maginness2,520
Danny Lavery1,991
David Browne1,550
Pat Convery1,403
Tom Campbell984
Ian Crozier759
Janet Carson352
Elizabeth McCullough253
David Mahood178
Sandy Blair109
Marcella Delaney84
Turnout14,497
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
Court[8]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Eric Smyth2,605
Frank McCoubrey1,732
Chris McGimpsey1,527
Hugh Smyth1,336
Plum Smith813
Fred Cobain722
Elaine McMillen720
Mick Conlon269
Ulster Third WayDavid Kerr28
Turnout10,085
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=Independent gain from UDP
Laganbank
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Michael McGimpsey2,019
Alex Maskey1,748
Peter O'Reilly1,612
Patrick McCarthy1,511
Richard Scott882
Mark Long825
Jim Clarke819
Anne Monaghan703
Dawn Purvis286
Patrick Lynn158
Andrew Frew141
Barbara Muldoon128
Turnout11,082
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
Lower Falls
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Fra McCann2,399
Tom Hartley2,351
Máire Cush2,230
Margaret Walsh2,016
Marie Moore1,917
Seán McKnight1,247
John Lowry488
Turnout13,229
No change
Oldpark
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Gerard Brophy2,755
Margaret McCleneghan2,467
Nelson McCausland2,392
Martin Morgan1,932
Billy Hutchinson1,516
Kathy Stanton1,298
Fred Proctor1,116
Joleen Connolly1,114
Eoin O'Broin957
James Bates209
Thomas McCullough160
Rene Greig59
Turnout16,662
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Pottinger
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sammy Wilson3,918
Reg Empey3,097
David Ervine1,582
Joseph O'Donnell1,264
Mervyn Jones693
May Campbell577
Margaret Clarke559
Leo Van Es459
John Bushell218
Harry Toan205
Joseph Bell129
Robin Stewart127
David Fairfield74
Jason Docherty66
Turnout13,426
bgcolor=Sinn Féin gain from Alliance
Upper Falls
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Paul Maskey3,349
Alex Attwood3,260
Gerard O'Neill2,866
Michael Browne2,469
Chrissie McAuley1,801
Brian Heading1,112
Mary Catney365
Kathy Ayers136
Turnout15,972
No change
Victoria
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ian Adamson3,286
David Alderdice3,119
Wallace Browne2,492
Jim Rodgers2,322
Robin Newton1,469
Margaret McKenzie783
Danny Dow746
Naomi Long729
Robert Moorehead697
Alan Crowe582
Ciara Patricia Farren305
Peter Gray239
Sammy Walker114
Billy Hands15
Lawrence John11
Turnout14,806
bgcolor=UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle[9]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
David Hilditch996
Sean Neeson662
William Hamilton552
Darin Ferguson435
William Cameron303
David Beck259
Nicholas Wady134
Patricia McKinney130
Margaret Hawkins112
Turnout3,675
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent
Kilroot
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William Ashe1,425
James Brown1,275
Eric Ferguson1,093
Janet Crampsey807
Robin Cavan684
Samuel Crowe470
Robert Clements430
Turnout6,329
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent
Knockagh Monument
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Roy Beggs Jr1,575
May Beattie1,420
Stewart Dickson1,165
Gwendoline Wilson625
James McClurg336
Noreen McIlwrath199
Carolyn Howarth166
Turnout5,790
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central[10]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Peter Robinson2,841
Michael Copeland1,032
Michael Long769
Thomas Sandford505
Sean Mullan427
Joanne Bunting302
Grant Dillon289
Alan Carson219
John Norris161
Terence Dick82
John Dunn74
Turnout6,938
bgcolor=PUP gain from UKUP
Castlereagh East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Iris Robinson4,093
David Drysdale1,879
Peter Osborne923
Francis Gallagher650
Richard Johnston466
Gillian Graham400
William Abraham245
Claire Ennis204
Kim Morton120
Sandy Geddis92
Jim White87
Turnout9,408
bgcolor=Independent gain from Independent
Castlereagh South
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Michael Henderson1,725
John Beattie1,590
Geraldine Rice1,019
Christine Copeland949
Brian Hanvey940
Andrew Ramsey509
Barbara McBurney431
Sean Hayes396
Margaret Marshall381
Roger Lomas52
Turnout8,151
No change
Castlereagh West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mark Robinson1,858
Cecil Hall1,728
Rosaleen Hughes1,196
Sara Duncan1,130
Eileen Cairnduff306
Frederick Ferguson301
Sean Montgomery158
Charles Tosh92
Vivienne Stevenson61
Turnout6,994
No change

Coleraine

Bann[11]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Dallat1,714
Adrian McQuillan1,216
Olive Church986
William King821
Jim Watt704
Eamon Mullan535
Robert Bolton514
Reginald McAuley512
Hazel Sommers265
Yvonne Boyle116
Turnout7,543
No change
Coleraine Central
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
James McClure1,426
David McClarty1,395
Gerald McLaughlin1,232
Elizabeth Johnston1,016
David Barbour717
Timothy Deans699
Eamon O'Hara508
Turnout7,130
bgcolor=DUP gain from Alliance
Coleraine East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Maurice Bradley1,389
Elizabeth Black808
William Creelman596
Robert McPherson460
John Montgomery368
Thomas Houston319
Paddy McGowan274
Alistair Crawford149
David Gilmour146
Martin Hunter126
Ellen Fielding118
Turnout4,862
bgcolor=
The Skerries
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Billy Leonard988
Christine Alexander757
Pauline Armitage729
Barbara Dempsey681
Robert Stewart675
Norman Hillis625
Samuel Kane552
Alexander Gilkinson359
Turnout5,451
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Ballinderry[12]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patsy McGlone1,771
Patrick McAleer1,567
Anne McCrea969
Walter Greer946
Michael McIvor656
Mary Baker641
Samuel McCartney537
William McCollum334
Turnout7,576
No change
Cookstown Central
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John McNamee1,427
Trevor Wilson1,323
Ian McCrea1,064
Peter Cassidy792
Seamus Campbell364
Eddie Espie328
Albert Crawford238
Hugh Davidson120
Turnout5,774
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Drum Manor
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Desmond Grimes1,233
Samuel Glasgow1,118
Oliver Molloy969
James McGarvey884
Alice Lees756
Samuel Parke689
Turnout5,736
bgcolor=Samuel Parke changes designation from Independent Unionist

Craigavon

Craigavon Central[13]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Kenneth Twyble1,694
Francis Murray1,198
Woolsey Smith1,060
Pat Mallon996
Robert Smith810
Frederick Crowe802
David Calvert761
Kieran Corr745
Denis Watson712
Peter Toland602
Samuel McCammick396
Sean Hagan379
Audrey Lindsay250
Tom French132
Alan Evans96
Turnout10,887
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Loughside
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Dolores Kelly2,022
John O'Dowd1,971
Maurice Magill1,131
Sean McKavanagh1,055
Mairead O'Dowd883
Mary McAlinden735
William Lindsay433
Kieran McGeown360
Alexander Dougan261
Turnout9,106
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Lurgan
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Jonathan Bell1,942
Sam Gardiner1,728
Stephen Moutray1,555
George Savage1,237
Meta Crozier965
Mary McNally801
Sydney Cairns749
Matthew Rooney719
David Vance408
William Tate276
William Grafton130
Turnout10,746
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Portadown
Partywidth=170Candidatewidth=601st Pref
David Simpson2,352
Brian McKeown1,348
Ignatius Fox1,233
David Jones971
Sidney Anderson883
George Hatch872
Noel Mercer604
Mark Neale462
David Thompson380
William Ramsay266
Alan Carson213
John Tate67
Turnout9,894
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Independent Nationalist
bgcolor=Independent gain from Independent Nationalist

Derry

Cityside[14]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Pat Ramsey1,210
James Clifford1,176
Cathal Crumley1,093
Jim Anderson989
Barney O'Hagan684
Liam Boyle629
Donncha MacNiallais618
Shauna Deery228
Turnout6,930
No change
Northland
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Kathleen McCloskey1,528
John Kerr1,248
Maeve McLaughlin1,240
Sean Carr1,157
William Page1,130
Helen Quigley1,087
Mary Nelis980
Gerry MacLochlainn938
Joseph McClintock922
William Temple407
Colm Bryce274
Daniel Bradley82
Queenie Harper14
Turnout11,330
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Rural
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William Hay1,511
Annie Courtney1,444
Thomas Conway1,274
Andrew Davidson1,074
Paul Fleming943
Bill Irwin879
Jim McKeever796
James Kelly677
Ernest Hamilton544
Brenda Stevenson511
Brian Kelly166
Turnout10,051
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Shantallow
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Mary Bradley2,304
Shaun Gallagher1,287
Gearoid O'Heara1,238
Tony Hassan1,237
William O'Connell1,135
Oliver Green1,084
Ciaran O'Doherty1,017
Charles McDaid542
Jean McGinty384
Turnout10,544
No change
Waterside
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Gregory Campbell1,887
Gerard Diver1,330
Joe Miller1,218
Mary Hamilton982
Lynn Fleming974
Anne Marie McDaid817
Mildred Garfield710
Drew Thompson669
Jim Guy484
James McCorkill361
Francis O'Deorain338
Colm Cavanagh270
Catherine Cooke153
Gordon Hill98
William Webster63
Turnout10,580
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Independent Unionist

Down

Ballynahinch[15]
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Patrick Toman1,150
Anne McAleenan962
Francis Branniff937
Jim Wells862
Harvey Bicker790
John Cochrane674
William Alexander593
Francis Casement592
John Reid182
Alan McIlroy126
Turnout7,005
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Downpatrick
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Eamonn McConvey1,147
Peter Craig1,077
Dermot Curran1,024
John Doris852
Ann Trainor849
Raymond Blaney835
Jack McIlheron782
Liam Johnston633
Gerard Mahon404
John Irvine233
John Foster203
Patrick O'Connor173
Desmond O'Hagan115
Helen Honeyman101
Turnout8,666
bgcolor=Independent gain from SDLP
Newcastle
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Eamon O'Neill1,308
Gerald Douglas1,211
William Clarke1,163
Carmel O'Boyle1,000
Hugh McDowell972
Peter Fitzpatrick706
Stanley Priestley695
Charles McGrath438
David Allister243
Turnout7,890
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Women's Coalition
Rowallane
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Margaret Ritchie1,440
William Dick1,198
Robert Burgess1,113
Albert Colmer1,027
Edward Rea728
Billy Walker599
Anthony Lacken304
Kathleen Stockton279
James Marks169
Turnout6,999
No change

Dungannon and South Tyrone

Blackwater[16]
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Phelim Gildernew1,032
Roger Burton991
James Ewing985
Patsy Daly948
Derek Irwin801
Jim Hamilton775
David Brady669
Dominic Molloy477
Turnout6,785
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Clogher Valley
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Seamus Flanagan1,159
Anthony McGonnell1,150
Noel Mulligan951
Johnston McIlwrath816
Sean McGuigan799
Donald Beatty681
David Robinson589
Thomas Murphy342
Turnout6,614
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Dungannon Town
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
John McLarnon1,138
Vincent Currie1,110
Maurice Morrow873
Walter Cuddy853
Barry Monteith813
Ken Maginnis740
Gerry Cullen549
Derek Greenaway363
Turnout6,530
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Democratic Left
Torrent
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Francie Molloy1,393
Michael Gillespie1,336
Jim Cavanagh1,274
Jim Canning1,244
Brendan Doris985
Desmond Donnelly944
Norman Badger910
Robert McFarland283
Turnout8,562
No change

Fermanagh

Enniskillen[17]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Raymond Ferguson1,486
Gerry McHugh1,339
Joe Dodds1,096
Paddy Gilgunn1,070
Frank Britton934
David Kettyles861
Eamon Flanagan766
Robert Irvine709
Basil Johnston589
Barbara Stuart403
Alan Madill182
Samuel Dunne105
Turnout9,724
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
bgcolor=David Kettyles changes designation from Progressive Socialist
Erne East
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ruth Lynch1,428
Harold Andrews1,348
Fergus McQuillan1,293
Brian McCaffrey1,191
Thomas O'Reilly1,050
Cecil Noble998
Paul Robinson811
Michael McPhillips559
Turnout8,843
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Independent Nationalist
Erne North
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Joe Cassidy1,181
Bert Johnston1,113
Thomas Elliott1,030
John O'Kane871
Bertie Kerr854
Caldwell McClaughry685
Julie Dervan568
Billy Gilmore277
William Simpson91
Turnout6,804
No change
Erne West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Gerard Gallagher1,578
Pat Cox1,266
Robin Martin1,139
Stephen Huggett1,111
Wilson Elliott981
Derrick Nixon832
David Black392
Turnout7,466
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP and Independent

Larne

Coast Road[18]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Winston Fulton753
Daniel O'Connor750
Joan Drummond614
Gerardine Mulvenna589
Rachel Rea485
Thomas Robinson430
William Cunning379
Martin Graffin305
Turnout4,404
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=Alliance gain from Independent
Larne Lough
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Bobby McKee1,314
Roy Beggs1,248
John Mathews1,171
Gregg McKeen492
David Fleck374
John Hall329
William Small151
Turnout5,233
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Larne Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
James Dunn804
Jack McKee776
Martin Wilson570
Roy Craig390
Lindsay Mason389
William Adams327
John Anderson292
Margaret Richmond239
Janette Graffin191
Andrew Wilson185
Alastair Holden165
William Adamson107
Turnout4,524
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Independent

Limavady

Bellarena[19]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Joseph Cubitt1,027
Michael Carten845
Martin McGuigan833
Gerry Mullan721
Edwin Stevenson707
John McKinney685
William Smyth641
Turnout5,527
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Benbradagh
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Anne Brolly1,056
Francis Brolly917
UUAPBoyd Douglas748
Michael Coyle559
Marion Donaghy559
Gerard Lynch497
UUAPMark Gibson442
John Murray259
Turnout5,149
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Boyd Douglas leaves UUP
Limavady Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
George Robinson1,430
Brian Brown642
Desmond Lowry542
John Kerr530
Malachy O'Kane419
Jack Dolan383
John Rankin372
Raymond Kennedy241
UUAPAlister Smyth161
Turnout4,779
bgcolor=Independent gain from SDLP

Lisburn

Downshire[20]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Edwin Poots2,006
James Baird1,507
Elizabeth Campbell1,201
William Ward1,193
Edmund Falloon1,007
Allan Ewart632
William Bleakes609
Joanne Johnston217
Cara McCann111
Turnout8,602
bgcolor=UUP gain from NI Conservatives
Dunmurry Cross
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Paul Butler2,061
Patricia Lewsley2,029
Billy Bell1,550
Michael Ferguson1,549
Sue Ramsey1,219
Veronica Willis993
Stephen Moore910
William McDonnell640
Paul Flynn422
Malachy McAnespie218
Turnout12,031
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Independent
Killultagh
Partywidth=160Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Jim Dillon1,923
Cecil Calvert1,382
Peter O'Hagan1,318
James Tinsley1,263
Kenneth Watson658
Samuel Johnston537
Ita Gray457
Alison Gawith439
Neil Johnston419
Gordon Ross332
Owen Gawith131
Turnout9,019
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Town North
Partywidth=170Candidatewidth=401st Pref
Trevor Lunn1,903
David Archer1,619
William Watson1,190
William Lewis1,183
Jonathan Craig1,036
Albert Leathem808
Lorraine Martin749
Ronnie Crawford711
David Adams577
James Armstrong451
William Beattie423
Adrian Creighton123
Turnout10,940
bgcolor=UUP gain from UDP
bgcolor=DUP gain from Protestant Unionist
bgcolor=Ronnie Crawford changes designation from Independent Unionist
Lisburn Town South
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ivan Davis1,521
Seamus Close1,495
Paul Porter1,061
David Archer721
Joseph Lockhart592
Gary McMichael509
Allen Russell346
Margaret Little253
Samuel Mateer246
Francis Kerr245
Gary Teeney64
Turnout7,252
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=Gary McMichael leaves UDP

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town[21]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William McCrea2,255
John Kelly1,700
George Shiels1,103
Seamus O'Brien1,085
Joseph McBride990
Frances Symington696
Paul McLean197
Turnout8,153
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Moyola
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Oliver Hughes1,578
James O'Neill1,375
John Junkin1,237
Thomas Catherwood1,023
Patrick McErlean713
Elizabeth Forde430
Elizabeth Foster383
Naaman Hutchinson210
Turnout7,104
No change
Sperrin
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Patrick Groogan1,651
Hugh Mullan1,331
John Kerr1,206
Kathleen Lagan1,136
Bertie Montgomery776
Rodney Mitchell723
Francis McKendry551
Francis Donnelly104
Turnout7,625
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
bgcolor=Bertie Montgomery leaves UUP

Moyle

Ballycastle[22]
Partywidth=165Candidatewidth=501st Pref
Madeline Black429
Helen Harding379
Michael Molloy357
Gardiner Kane345
Seamus Blaney551
Charlie Neill296
Liam McBride202
Seamus Blaney197
Christopher McCaughan189
Anna Edwards40
Turnout2,522
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Independent
Giant's Causeway
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
David McAllister495
William Graham398
Price McConaghy367
George Hartin258
Robert Chestnutt228
Robert McIlroy223
Moira McGouran76
Thomas Palmer23
Turnout2,114
bgcolor=Price McConaghy changes designation from Independent Unionist
The Glens
Partywidth=170Candidatewidth=401st Pref
Oliver McMullan671
Catherine McCambridge348
Randal McDonnell316
Christine Blaney281
James McCarry454
Monica Digney216
Evelyne Robinson194
Archie McIntosh190
Anne McAuley178
James McAuley77
Turnout2,488
No change

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve[23]
Partywidth=165Candidatewidth=501st Pref
P. J. Bradley2,103
Mick Murphy1,743
Hugh Carr1,189
Josephine O'Hare1,175
Ciaran Mussen834
Michael Ruane807
Anthony Williamson751
Michael Carr714
John McConnell697
Brendan Murney576
Eamonn O'Connor428
Ruth McConnell274
Turnout11,615
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Newry Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Davy Hyland1,213
Jackie Patterson1,150
Charlie Casey1,119
Brendan Curran1,025
Conor Murphy984
Patrick McElroy950
Frank Feely940
John McArdle811
William McCaigue727
Peter McEvoy503
Declan O'Callaghan109
Turnout9,796
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from Independent
bgcolor=SDLP gain from UUP
Slieve Gullion
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Elena Martin1,436
Colman Burns1,431
Patrick McDonald1,415
Terry Hearty1,283
John Fee1,195
Pat Toner840
Mary McKeown568
Turnout8,441
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Fews
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Jimmy McCreesh1,279
Pat McGinn1,243
Danny Kennedy1,231
Brendan Lewis1,172
John Feehan1,071
Charles Smyth879
Andy Moffett727
Craig Baxter693
Angela Savage595
Turnout9,121
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Mournes
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William Burns1,845
Martin Cunningham1,291
Micky Cole1,205
Henry Reilly1,185
Isaac Hanna1,178
Marian Fitzpatrick872
Linda Burns110
Turnout7,856
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line[24]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Edward Crilly1,704
Nigel Hamilton1,350
Tommy McTeague1,128
Noreen McClelland887
Briege Meehan754
Roisin McGurk643
Arthur Templeton640
Ivan Hunter607
Pam Tilson547
Arthur Kell536
Norman Boyd418
John Blair389
Liz Snoddy337
Joan Cosgrove299
James Beckett228
Turnout10,728
bgcolor=DUP gain from UUP
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from NRA
Ballyclare
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Paul Girvan2,583
Vera McWilliams1,231
Jim Bingham1,192
Pat McCudden761
Ed Turkington541
Pamela Hunter308
Peter Walker267
Norman Lavery249
Sharon Parkes247
Alan Greer169
Turnout7,734
bgcolor=DUP gain from Alliance
Macedon
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
William DeCourcy1,355
Mark Langhammer1,103
Dineen Walker784
Billy Webb650
Tommy Kirkham611
Kenneth Hunter563
Dougie Jamison398
Robert Kidd378
Kevin Vernon350
Andrew Beattie276
Michael Campbell173
Victor Robinson225
Turnout7,279
bgcolor=Mark Langhammer leaves Newtownabbey Labour Party
bgcolor=Tommy Kirkham leaves UDP
bgcolor=DUP gain from Independent
University
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Roger Hutchinson1,791
Ken Robinson1,535
Barbara Gilliland1,351
Lynn Frazer1,313
UUAPFraser Agnew828
William Greer811
Billy Boyd504
John Mann479
UUAPJohn Scott469
Vi Scott468
Alister Bell447
Turnout10,232
Fraser Agnew joins UUAP
bgcolor=DUP gain from PUP

North Down

Abbey[25]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ruby Cooling1,263
Irene Cree1,246
Stephen Farry1,195
Valerie Kinghan912
Roberta Dunlop843
Stewart Currie417
William Montgomery299
Karl McLean297
Lisa Fleming191
Christopher Carter175
Raymond Gordon89
Colin Dean48
Turnout7,225
bgcolor=UUP gain from NI Conservatives
bgcolor=DUP gain from PUP
Ballyholme and Groomsport
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Alan Chambers2,099
Leslie Cree1,631
Austen Lennon1,363
Alex Easton1,164
Marsden Fitzsimons939
Patricia Wallace657
Ian Henry601
Henry Gordon571
Gavin Walker336
Joseph Teggart276
Ernest Steele218
Arthur Gadd202
Elizabeth Roche140
Brian Lacey90
Turnout10,481
bgcolor=DUP gain from UKUP
bgcolor=Women's Coalition gain from NI Conservatives
Bangor West
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Brian Wilson1,871
Marion Smith1,311
Anne Wilson1,112
Alan Graham989
Royston Davies796
William Keery676
Tony Hill630
Alan Field599
James Rea538
Evan Ward416
Julian Robertson172
Turnout9,324
bgcolor=DUP gain from PUP
Holywood
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Ellie McKay1,346
Susan O'Brien1,070
Gordon Dunne916
Dennis Ogborn815
Norma Heaton509
Diana Peacocke491
Larry Thompson436
Bobby Irvine232
Lindsay Cumming188
David Rose122
Turnout6,249
bgcolor=UUP gain from Alliance

Omagh

Mid Tyrone[26]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
John Clarke1,446
Damien Curran1,244
Robert Wilson1,191
Michael McAnespie995
Gerry O'Doherty994
Seamus Shields989
Samuel McFarland984
Barney McAleer917
Cathal McCrory791
Turnout9,749
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from DUP
Omagh Town
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Sean Begley1,123
Oliver Gibson1,087
Paddy McGowan1,074
Joe Byrne1,007
Paddy Gallagher763
Johnny McLaughlin759
Josephine Deehan629
Reuben McKelvey614
John Anderson552
Vincent Campbell178
Thomas McCordick171
Kevin Taylor19
Turnout8,198
bgcolor=Paddy McGowan leaves SDLP
bgcolor=SDLP gain from Alliance
West Tyrone
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Pat McDonnell1,372
Barry McElduff1,276
Allan Rainey1,135
Thomas Buchanan1,093
Peter Kelly839
Patrick Watters763
Liam McQuaid679
David Sterritt666
Damien McCrossan614
Stephen Harpur257
Tommy Owens211
Gerry McMenamin202
Turnout9,286
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Strabane

Derg[27]
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Charles McHugh1,331
Derek Hussey1,110
Eamonn McGarvey910
Thomas Kerrigan793
Bernadette McNamee768
Kathleen Allison838
Gerard Foley651
Edward Turner565
Turnout6,932
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Glenelly
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Allan Bresland1,313
Thomas McBride1,133
Claire McGill939
John Donnell879
James Emery876
Martin Conway603
Robert Craig585
Turnout6,456
No change
Mourne
Partywidth=150Candidatewidth=601st Pref
Eugene McMenamin1,538
Jarlath McNulty1,326
Ivan Barr1,262
Brian McMahon977
Daniel Breslin628
James O'Kane589
Gags Gallagher445
Sam Martin439
Ann Bell438
Kathleen Craig408
Fred Henry284
Turnout8,531
bgcolor=Sinn Fein gain from SDLP and Independent

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg01.htm Local Government Elections 2001
  2. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgantrim.htm Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011
  3. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011
  4. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgarmagh.htm Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  5. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymena.htm Ballymena District Council Elections 1993-2011
  6. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymoney.htm Ballymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011
  7. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbanbridge.htm Banbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011
  8. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbelfast.htm Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005
  9. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcarrick.htm Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011
  10. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcastlereagh.htm Castlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  11. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcoleraine.htm Coleraine District Council Elections 1993-2011
  12. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcookstown.htm Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011
  13. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcraigavon.htm Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011
  14. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgderry.htm Derry District Council Elections 1993-2011
  15. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdown.htm Down District Council Elections 1993-2011
  16. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdungannon.htm Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011
  17. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgfermanagh.htm Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  18. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglarne.htm Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011
  19. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglimavady.htm Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011
  20. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglisburn.htm Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011
  21. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmagherafelt.htm Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011
  22. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmoyle.htm Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011
  23. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011
  24. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnewtownabbey.htm Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011
  25. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnorthdown.htm North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011
  26. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgomagh.htm Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
  27. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgstrabane.htm Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011