2001 North Down Borough Council election

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

All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Alliance DUP
Seats won855
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Independent UK Unionist NI Women's Coalition
Seats won421
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
 
Party PUP NI Conservatives Ind. Unionist
Seats won000
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2

Elections to North Down 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.

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Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 2001 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Ulster Unionist 820Increase2.svg232.027.38,883Increase2.svg4.9
  Alliance 501Decrease2.svg120.017.65,718Decrease2.svg4.5
  DUP 530Increase2.svg38.014.34,631Increase2.svg4.9
  Independent 420Increase2.svg216.022.07,159Increase2.svg9.0
  UK Unionist 201Decrease2.svg18.03.63,034Decrease2.svg5.7
  NI Women's Coalition 110Increase2.svg14.03.61,166New
  PUP 002Decrease2.svg20.03.61,167Decrease2.svg0.6
  NI Unionist 000Steady2.svg00.00.6188New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2001
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance DUP UKUP NIWC Others
Abbey30.0217.1122.4213.110.0117.406
Ballyholme and Groomsport 23.6212.4111.318.206.4138.127
Bangor West 27.8219.1210.8114.000.0028.317
Holywood 30.0224.6115.010.008.3022.115
Total27.3817.6514.359.323.6127.9425

Districts results

Abbey

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP
1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP

Abbey - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
DUP Ivy Cooling*18.11%1,263         
Ulster Unionist Irene Cree17.86%1,246         
Alliance Stephen Farry *17.13%1,195         
Ulster Unionist Roberta Dunlop*12.09%843874.24 1,073.32       
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan*13.08%912936.64 950.92 984.2 1,014.56     
DUP William Montgomery4.29%299462.24 464.76 468.92 477.28 491.83 498.36 527.31 572.13 705.53
PUP Stewart Currie*5.98%417431.3 441.17 470.29 476.89 482.37 489.68 515.63 551.49 648.45
Independent Karl McLean4.26%297330.3 304.29 320.93 325.33 334.81 366.95 430.23 498.27  
NI Conservatives Lisa Fleming2.74%191194.96 198.74 247.1 261.62 275.93 292.49 324.03   
Independent Christopher Carter2.51%175180.06 182.16 211.28 213.92 217.13 234.72    
Independent William Gordon1.28%8991.64 94.16 119.38 122.79 129.61     
NI Unionist Colin Dean1.28%4854.6 63 70.8 75.86      
Electorate: 13,445  Valid: 6,975 (51.88%)  Spoilt: 250  Quota: 997  Turnout: 7,225 (53.74%)  

    Ballyholme and Groomsport

    1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP
    2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition
    1997-2001 Change: DUP and Women's Coalition gain from Conservative and UKUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) become Independent

    Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    Independent Alan Chambers *20.40%2,099          
    Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree *15.85%1,631          
    Independent Austen Lennon*13.25%1,363          
    DUP Alex Easton 11.32%1,1641,262.04 1,281.36 1,287.3       
    Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons*9.13%9391,083.48 1,108.89 1,199.99 1,140.67 1,145.65 1,203.14 1,456.14   
    Ulster Unionist Ian Henry*5.84%601720.11 804.53 812.09 843.14 871.67 928.72 955.95 1,381.64  
    NI Women's Coalition Patricia Wallace6.39%657724.51 731.65 743.05 763.13 767.83 804.97 894.63 926.33 1,077.33 1,106.52
    UK Unionist Henry Gordon5.55%571625.18 637.78 642.34 686.71 902.71 931.35 936.31 989.21 994.21 1,024.45
    Ulster Unionist Arthur Gadd1.96%202313.8 481.59 488.07 523.97 541.32 576.75 595.96    
    Alliance Gavin Walker3.27%336373.84 376.99 383.35 397.75 401.6 436.34     
    Independent Ernest Steele2.12%218313.89 318.09 329.67 350.62 359.46      
    UK Unionist Joseph Teggart2.68%276306.53 308.42 310.52 329.39       
    NI Unionist Elizabeth Roche*1.36%140164.94 167.25 170.01        
    PUP Brian Lacey0.87%90101.61 104.34 105.96        
    Electorate: 17,348  Valid: 10,287 (59.30%)  Spoilt: 194  Quota: 1,286  Turnout: 10,481 (60.42%)  

      Bangor West

      1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
      2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
      1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from PUP

      Bangor West - 7 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Independent Brian Wilson *20.54%1,871      
      Ulster Unionist Marion Smith*14.39%1,311      
      Alliance Anne Wilson*12.21%1,1121,608.8     
      DUP Alan Graham10.86%9891,007.4 1,021.4 1,037 1,043.16 1,150.16 
      Ulster Unionist Royston Davies8.74%796827.6 871.2 902.6 966.44 1,077.85 
      UK Unionist William Keery*7.42%676704.8 721.6 740.8 748.5 804.12 1,247.12
      Alliance Tony Hill6.92%630676.8 936.4 965.2 974.86 1,003 1,025.14
      Ulster Unionist Evan Ward4.57%416474.8 539.6 574.4 648.18 719.4 766.28
      UK Unionist Alan Field6.58%599614.2 625 637.4 642.44 686.98  
      PUP James Rea5.91%538546.8 556.4 560.4 563.9   
      NI Conservatives Julian Robertson1.89%172183.2 196.4     
      Electorate: 15,748  Valid: 9,110 (57.85%)  Spoilt: 214  Quota: 1,139  Turnout: 9,324 (59.21%)  

        Holywood

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

        Holywood - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay*21.98%1,346     
        Alliance Susan O'Brien*17.47%1,070     
        DUP Gordon Dunne *14.96%916954.25 998.5 1,021.5  
        Independent Dennis Ogborn*13.31%815863.75 868.5 905.75 977.5 1,110.5
        Ulster Unionist Diana Peacocke8.02%491673.25 696.25 764.25 806.75 904.5
        NI Women's Coalition Norma Heaton8.31%509521.75 525.75 539.5 575 751.25
        Alliance Laurence Thompson7.12%436448.5 453.25 472.5 513.5  
        Independent Robert Irvine3.79%232241 259.25 270.5   
        NI Conservatives Lindsay Cumming3.07%188196.5 202.75    
        PUP David Rose 1.99%122126     
        Electorate: 10,063  Valid: 6,125 (60.87%)  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 1,021  Turnout: 6,249 (62.10%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "North Down Council Elections 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.