2001 Antrim Borough Council election
Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.
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2001 Antrim Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes. |
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36.8 | 33.0 | 6,699 | 10.0 | |
DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.3 | 22.5 | 4,576 | 6.5 | |
SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.3 | 21.0 | 4,254 | 5.0 | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 2,589 | 8.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1,117 | 2.7 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 628 | 3.1 | |
NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 413 | New | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 197 | 1.7 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | DUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Others | ||||||||
Antrim North West | 18.2 | 1 | 18.0 | 1 | 30.4 | 2 | 24.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 5 |
Antrim South East | 40.4 | 3 | 23.4 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 7 |
Antrim Town | 37.5 | 3 | 25.7 | 2 | 19.5 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 33.0 | 7 | 22.5 | 5 | 21.0 | 5 | 12.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 19 |
Districts results
Antrim North West
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 18.78% | 1,093 | ||||||||
DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 18.09% | 1,053 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Martin Meehan | 17.30% | 1,007 | ||||||||
SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 11.65% | 678 | 725 | 822.35 | 822.75 | 1,027.75 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Stephen Nicholl | 7.39% | 430 | 465 | 466.32 | 489.6 | 493.26 | 515.26 | 793.52 | 822.92 | |
Ulster Unionist | Avril Swann | 10.81% | 629 | 659 | 660.65 | 677.05 | 677.16 | 680.16 | 786.49 | 792.44 | |
NI Unionist | Brian Johnston | 7.10% | 413 | 420 | 420.99 | 456.99 | 459.98 | 472.98 | |||
Sinn Féin | Joseph McCavana | 6.60% | 384 | 384 | 396.32 | 396.48 | |||||
Alliance | Michael Donoghue | 2.29% | 133 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,544 Valid: 5,820 (68.12%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,929 (69.39%) |
Antrim South East
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 16.96% | 1,367 | |||||||||
SDLP | Thomas Burns* | 13.30% | 1,072 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Roy Thompson* | 13.18% | 1,062 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Mervyn Rea* | 12.92% | 1,042 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Edgar Wallace* | 11.63% | 937 | 951.31 | 951.73 | 980.38 | 986.41 | 989.07 | 1,142.07 | |||
DUP | William Harkness | 6.51% | 525 | 853.86 | 854.76 | 861.46 | 862.93 | 864.11 | 893.21 | 931.07 | 980.07 | |
Sinn Féin | Martin McManus | 8.72% | 703 | 703 | 707.68 | 707.68 | 707.71 | 777.27 | 778.3 | 907.52 | 907.52 | |
Alliance | Alison McCartney | 7.17% | 578 | 580.97 | 582.65 | 583.9 | 584.77 | 668.69 | 697.18 | 831.19 | 877.19 | |
Independent | Michael McGivern | 4.88% | 393 | 393.54 | 398.88 | 399.58 | 399.97 | 434.72 | 439.95 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Roderick Swann* | 2.64% | 213 | 223.53 | 223.95 | 237.65 | 259.04 | 263.85 | ||||
SDLP | Sean Mallon | 2.08% | 168 | 168.81 | 218.85 | 219 | 219.18 | |||||
Electorate: 12,770 Valid: 8,060 (63.12%) Spoilt: 197 Quota: 1,008 Turnout: 8,257 (64.66%) |
Antrim Town
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Paddy Marks* | 15.98% | 1,016 | |||||||||
DUP | John Smyth | 11.78% | 749 | 759.56 | 799.56 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* | 9.94% | 632 | 695.14 | 721.36 | 812.36 | ||||||
DUP | Brian Graham | 8.12% | 516 | 521.28 | 532.28 | 542.7 | 543.58 | 847.58 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Paul Michael | 7.39% | 470 | 529.18 | 566.4 | 751.86 | 766.6 | 808.6 | ||||
SDLP | Sean McKee | 9.94% | 632 | 635.96 | 642.96 | 646.62 | 646.84 | 648.84 | 651.36 | 651.36 | 778.36 | |
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 9.61% | 611 | 614.52 | 617.74 | 620.84 | 621.06 | 623.06 | 625.58 | 625.58 | 726.58 | |
Sinn Féin | Aine Gribbon | 7.79% | 495 | 495.44 | 500.44 | 500.44 | 500.66 | 501.66 | 501.66 | 501.66 | 517.66 | |
Alliance | Pete Whitcroft | 6.39% | 406 | 411.06 | 420.06 | 429.36 | 429.8 | 439.44 | 486.48 | 491.48 | ||
DUP | Robert McClay* | 5.76% | 366 | 373.26 | 391.7 | 408.12 | 408.56 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Ritchie* | 4.22% | 268 | 325.42 | 344.08 | |||||||
PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 3.10% | 197 | 199.42 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,616 Valid: 6,358 (54.73%) Spoilt: 195 Quota: 795 Turnout: 6,553 (56.41%) |
References
- "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
- "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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