2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election
←  1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005  →
All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist SDLP
Seats won852
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won10
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 2

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

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Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2001 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 800Increase2.svg250.042.35,310Increase2.svg9.6
  Ulster Unionist 503Increase2.svg131.323.72,978Decrease2.svg2.3
  SDLP 201Decrease2.svg112.517.62,209Decrease2.svg6.1
  Sinn Féin 100Steady2.svg018.820.02,462Increase2.svg6.2
  Independent 002Decrease2.svg20.04.9620Decrease2.svg4.9

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2001
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP SDLP Sinn Féin Others
Ballymoney Town 44.2326.9212.300.0016.605
Bann Valley39.7318.6120.2121.510.006
Bushvale44.0227.8219.418.800.005
Total42.3823.7517.6211.514.9016

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

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

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
DUP Cecil Cousley *21.11%788     
Ulster Unionist Tom McKeown*10.61%396408.6 454.28 631.28  
DUP Mervyn Storey 11.49%429485.49 493.12 497.33 661.33 
DUP Ian Stevenson11.60%433500.62 513.09 531.61 639.61 
Ulster Unionist James Simpson9.40%351356.04 407.3 483.82 536.5 570.5
SDLP Justin McCamphill12.30%459459.84 485.05 497.05 507.05 509.05
Independent Jim Wright10.07%376379.57 420.2 424.83   
Ulster Unionist William Johnston6.88%257263.51 306.98    
Independent Jeffrey Balmer3.35%125128.78     
Independent Anne Logan3.19%119123.41     
Electorate: 6,187  Valid: 3,733 (60.34%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 623  Turnout: 3,803 (61.47%)  

    Bann Valley

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

    Bann Valley - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan 21.51%1,123    
    DUP John Finlay16.46%859    
    SDLP Malachy McCamphill*12.70%663803.8   
    Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston *13.62%711712.2 926.2  
    DUP Robert Halliday*12.93%675675.8 687.8 753.8 
    DUP Robert Wilson*10.34%540540 556 611 717.68
    SDLP Charley O'Kane7.43%388614.4 617.4 629.4 629.68
    Ulster Unionist John Watt*5.00%261261.4    
    Electorate: 7,451  Valid: 5,220 (70.06%)  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 746  Turnout: 5,342 (71.70%)  

      Bushvale

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

      Bushvale - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      DUP Bill Kennedy*27.66%997  
      DUP Frank Campbell*16.34%589931.35 
      Ulster Unionist John Ramsay15.12%545567.14 664.72
      Ulster Unionist William Logan*12.68%457481.6 614.85
      SDLP Harry Connolly*15.20%548550.05 553.74
      Sinn Féin Sean McErlain8.82%318318 318
      SDLP Francis McCluskey*4.19%151151.41 151.82
      Electorate: 5,639  Valid: 3,605 (63.93%)  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 601  Turnout: 3,681 (65.28%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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