2001 Limavady Borough Council election

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2001 Limavady Borough Council election
  1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005  

All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist
Seats won443
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party DUP United Unionist Independent
Seats won211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

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Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 2001 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDLP 403Decrease2.svg326.728.84,379Decrease2.svg11.5
  Sinn Féin 430Increase2.svg326.724.93,784Increase2.svg15.4
  Ulster Unionist 303Decrease2.svg320.015.42,344Decrease2.svg23.1
  DUP 210Increase2.svg113.317.82,716Increase2.svg6.7
  United Unionist Assembly Party 110Increase2.svg16.78.91,351New
  Independent 110Increase2.svg16.74.2642Increase2.svg4.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 2001
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin UUP DUP Others
Bellarena41.2215.3124.7118.810.005
Benbradagh21.0150.330.005.1023.615
Limavady Town 22.718.9021.1230.3117.015
Total28.8424.9415.4317.8213.1215

District results

Bellarena

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

Bellarena - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
DUP Leslie Cubitt18.81%1,027   
SDLP Michael Carten*15.48%845846.44 1,200.44 
SDLP Gerry Mullan 13.21%721721 918 
Sinn Féin Martin McGuigan15.26%833833 917 
Ulster Unionist Edwin Stevenson12.95%707759.44 760.44 765.44
Ulster Unionist William Smyth11.74%641703.88 709 724
SDLP John McKinney*12.55%685685.24   
Electorate: 7,656  Valid: 5,459 (71.30%)  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 910  Turnout: 5,527 (72.19%)  

    Benbradagh

    1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
    2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
    1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP

    Benbradagh - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Sinn Féin Anne Brolly 20.96%1,056     
    Sinn Féin Francis Brolly 18.21%917     
    United Unionist Boyd Douglas *14.85%748748.42 918.42   
    SDLP Michael Coyle *11.10%559584.41 587.41 587.41 600.46 978.46
    Sinn Féin Marion Donaghy11.10%559732.67 732.67 732.67 793.42 841.2
    United Unionist Mark Gibson8.78%442442 508 585.28 585.28 588.28
    SDLP Gerard Lynch*9.87%497509.39 512.39 512.85 515.73  
    DUP John Murray5.14%259259     
    Electorate: 6,750  Valid: 5,037 (74.62%)  Spoilt: 112  Quota: 840  Turnout: 5,149 (76.28%)  

      Limavady Town

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

      Limavady Town - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      DUP George Robinson *30.30%1,430    
      Ulster Unionist John Dolan*8.11%383592.76 703.62 819.74 
      Ulster Unionist John Rankin7.88%372502.64 681.8 816.88 
      Independent Brian Brown13.60%642704.1 713.86 768.18 793.18
      SDLP Desmond Lowry*11.48%542544.76 544.76 545.22 784.68
      SDLP John Kerr11.23%530532.76 532.76 533.76 627.76
      Sinn Féin Malachy O'Kane*8.88%419419.92 419.92 419.92  
      United Unionist Alister Smyth3.41%161316.02 322.32   
      Ulster Unionist Raymond Kennedy5.11%241309.08    
      Electorate: 6,877  Valid: 4,720 (68.63%)  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 787  Turnout: 4,779 (69.49%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.