2001 Northern Ireland local elections

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2001 Northern Ireland local elections
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  1997 7 June 2001 2005  

All council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader David Trimble Ian Paisley John Hume
Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP
Seats won154131117
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 31Increase2.svg 40Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote181,336169,477153,424
Percentage22.9%21.4%19.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.2%Increase2.svg5.4%Decrease2.svg1.6%

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Leader Gerry Adams N/A Seán Neeson
Party Sinn Féin Independent Alliance
Seats won1083428
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 34Increase2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 13
Popular vote163,26951,99740,443
Percentage20.7%6.6%5.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.5%Increase2.svg2.8%Decrease2.svg1.6%

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.

Contents

Results

Map showing the party that received the most votes by district electoral area. Northern Ireland local elections, 2001 (by ward).svg
Map showing the party that received the most votes by district electoral area.

Overall

Party [1] CouncillorsVotes
ChangeTotal % shareTotal
Ulster Unionist -3115422.94181,336
DUP +4013121.44169,477
Sinn Féin +3410820.66163,269
SDLP -311719.41153,424
Independent +8346.5851,997
Alliance -13285.1240,443
PUP -341.5512,261
UK Unionist -220.604,763
NI Women's Coalition 010.423,301
United Unionist +220.332,648
NI Conservatives -300.251,985
NI Unionist 000.231,818
Workers' Party 000.181,421
Independent Community-200.161,247
Newtownabbey Ratepayers -110.131,039
Ulster Third Way 000.0028

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
Alliance DUP PUP SDLP SF UUP Others Ind.
Antrim 552719
Ards 4918123
Armagh 465722
Ballymena 1147224
Ballymoney 821516
Banbridge 1537117
Belfast 3103914111 UDP*51
Carrickfergus 564217
Castlereagh 410125123
Coleraine 7410122
Cookstown 2463116
Craigavon 6748126
Derry 41410230
Down 21046123
Dungannon 3486122
Fermanagh 2497123
Larne 2524215
Limavady 24431 UUAP 115
Lisburn 3534131 UDP*130
Magherafelt 3372116
Moyle 3413415
Newry and Mourne 110134230
Newtownabbey 182193
(1 UUAP
1 NR
1 Lab*)
125
North Down 5583 (2 UKUP
1 NIWC)
425
Omagh 2683221
Strabane 347216
Total281314117108154931582
Change-13+40-3-3+34-32-10-13+2 UUAP -3 Con
-2 UKU -2 UDP
-2 Lab -1 NR
-1 DL -1 PS
Elected 1997419171207418619444 UKUP 4 UDP
3 Lab 3 Con
2 NR 1 NIWC
1 DL 1 PS

Councils

Antrim

Antrim North West [2]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Bobby Loughran1,093
DUP Wilson Clyde 1,053
Sinn Féin Martin Meehan 1,007
SDLP Donovan McClelland 678
Ulster Unionist Avril Swann629
Ulster Unionist Stephen Nicholl430
NI Unionist Robert Johnston413
Sinn Féin Joseph McCavana384
Alliance Michael Donoghue133
Turnout 5,929
No change
Antrim South East [2]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Samuel Dunlop1,367
SDLP Thomas Burns 1,072
Ulster Unionist Roy Thompson 1,062
Ulster Unionist Mervyn Rea1,042
Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace937
Sinn Féin Martin McManus703
Alliance Alison McCartney578
DUP William Harkness525
Independent Michael McGivern393
Ulster Unionist Roderick Swann213
SDLP Sean Mallon168
Turnout 8,257
DUP gain from UUP
Sinn Fein gain from Alliance
Antrim Town [2]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Paddy Marks1,016
DUP John Smyth749
Ulster Unionist Adrian Cochrane-Watson 632
SDLP Sean McKee632
SDLP Oran Keenan611
DUP Brian Graham516
Sinn Féin Aine Gribbon495
Ulster Unionist Paul Michael470
Alliance Pete Whitcroft406
DUP Jack McClay366
Ulster Unionist Drew Ritchie268
PUP Kenneth Wilkinson197
Turnout 6,553
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from Alliance

Ards

Ards East [3] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Terence WilliamsN/A
Ulster Unionist Ronnie FergusonN/A
DUP Hamilton GregoryN/A
Ulster Unionist John ShieldsN/A
Ulster Unionist Jeffrey MagillN/A
Alliance Linda ClelandN/A
Turnout N/A
DUP gain from UUP
  1. Because only six candidates had been nominated for the six seats, there was no vote and all six candidates were declared elected.
Ards Peninsula [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jim Shannon 1,824
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 1,286
SDLP Daniel McCarthy860
Ulster Unionist Angus Carson710
DUP Robin Drysdale705
Independent Joseph Boyle526
Ulster Unionist Paul Carson520
Independent Robbie Ambrose255
Independent James McMullan153
Alliance Stephen McSherry35
Turnout 7,085
No change
Ards West [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Robert Gibson2,454
DUP Margaret Craig1,230
DUP William Montgomery1,039
Alliance Jim McBriar756
Alliance Kathleen Coulter732
DUP David Gilmore693
Ulster Unionist Philip Smith 625
Ulster Unionist Arthur Spence311
NI Conservatives Christopher Connolly190
Turnout 8,253
Margaret Craig leaves UUP
DUP gain from Alliance
Newtownards [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Ennis 1,608
Ulster Unionist Tom Hamilton 1,288
Ulster Unionist David Smyth1,060
Independent Wilbert Magill889
Alliance Alan McDowell859
DUP Bobby McBride671
DUP Hamilton Lawther363
Independent Nancy Orr312
Turnout 7,268
Wilbert Magill changes designation from Independent Unionist
DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Armagh

Armagh City [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick McNamee 1,261
SDLP Pat Brannigan1,013
Sinn Féin Cathy Rafferty901
Ulster Unionist Sylvia McRoberts868
DUP Freda Donnelly861
Independent John Nixon646
Ulster Unionist Gordon Frazer528
SDLP Michael Carson456
SDLP Anna Brolly370
SDLP Mealla Bratton325
NI Women's Coalition Margaret Connolly209
Turnout 7,608
DUP gain from UUP
Crossmore [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Brian Cunningham1,336
SDLP Tommy Kavanagh989
DUP Noel Berry930
Ulster Unionist Evelyn Corry927
Sinn Féin Pat O'Rawe 867
SDLP James McKernan703
SDLP James Lennon554
SDLP Joseph McGleenan452
Turnout 6,883
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Cusher [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Berry 3,549
Ulster Unionist Eric Speers1,202
SDLP Tom Canavan1,001
Ulster Unionist Robert Turner725
Ulster Unionist James Clayton679
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan591
Ulster Unionist Sharon McClelland367
Independent Derrick Mathews186
DUP Heather Black185
DUP Mervyn Spratt103
Turnout 8,728
DUP gain from UUP
The Orchard [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Brian Hutchinson1,363
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers 1,324
Sinn Féin Paul Corrigan1,221
SDLP John Campbell796
DUP William Irwin686
SDLP Eamon Mcneill651
Ulster Unionist Charles Rollston645
Ulster Unionist Olive Whitten492
Turnout 7,295
Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Ballymena

Ballymena North [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James Alexander1,110
SDLP Patrick McAvoy1,071
Independent James Henry1,060
DUP Maurice Mills625
Ulster Unionist Joe McKernan613
Independent William Wright 553
Ulster Unionist Neill Armstrong 533
Ulster Unionist Gillian Scott532
DUP Simon Hamilton 411
Sinn Féin Gerard Magee382
Alliance Jayne Dunlop317
Independent Audrey Wales263
Ulster Unionist William McElfatrick242
PUP Trevor Parkhill30
Turnout 7,876
William Wright leaves UUP
DUP gain from Alliance
Ballymena South [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Declan O'Loan 1,212
Ulster Unionist James Currie1,092
DUP Elizabeth Adger1,061
DUP Davy Tweed 1,018
DUP Martin Clarke790
DUP Hubert Nicholl755
Ulster Unionist Peter Brown459
DUP William Moore285
Independent David Warwick241
PUP William McCaughey51
PUP Jean Rainey43
Turnout 7,146
DUP gain from UUP
Bannside [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roy Gillespie1,427
Ulster Unionist William McNeilly1,060
DUP Tommy Nicholl962
SDLP Seamus Laverty938
DUP Samuel Gaston890
DUP David Wilkinson842
Ulster Unionist Samuel McClean727
SDLP Joseph Montgomery375
NI Unionist Norman Sloan186
PUP Kenneth McCaughey53
Turnout 7,612
SDLP gain from UUP
Braid [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Sam Hanna1,242
SDLP Margaret Gribben1,158
Ulster Unionist David Clyde961
Ulster Unionist Lexie Scott893
DUP Robin Stirling 819
Ulster Unionist Des Armstrong815
DUP Robert Osborne707
PUP Robert Hamilton29
Turnout 6,712
DUP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Cecil Cousley 788
SDLP Justin McCamphill459
DUP Ian Stevenson433
DUP Robert Storey429
Ulster Unionist Thomas McKeown396
Independent Jim Wright376
Ulster Unionist James Simpson351
Ulster Unionist William Johnston257
Independent Jeffrey Balmer125
Independent Anne Logan119
Turnout 3,803
UUP gain from Independent
DUP gain from Independent
Bann Valley [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan 1,123
DUP John Finlay859
Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston 711
DUP Robert Halliday675
SDLP Malachy McCamphill663
DUP Robert Wilson540
SDLP Pappy O'Kane388
Ulster Unionist John Watt261
Turnout 5,342
DUP gain from UUP
Bushvale [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Bill Kennedy997
DUP Frank Campbell589
SDLP Harry Connolly548
Ulster Unionist John Ramsay545
Ulster Unionist William Logan457
Sinn Féin Sean McErlain318
SDLP Frank McCluskey151
Turnout 3,681
UUP gain from SDLP

Banbridge

Banbridge Town [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Joan Baird1,979
SDLP Patrick McAleenan1,404
DUP Jim McElroy774
DUP Kyle Ferguson697
Ulster Unionist Ian Burns485
Ulster Unionist William Bell458
Independent Frank Downey448
Alliance Frank McQuaid420
UK Unionist David Hudson389
Turnout 7,172
Alliance gain from Independent
Dromore [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Rankin 1,375
SDLP Cassie McDermott1,202
DUP David Herron1,032
Ulster Unionist Norah Beare 896
Ulster Unionist William Martin894
Ulster Unionist Thompson Howe685
NI Unionist Joseph McIlwaine45
Turnout 6,232
DUP gain from UUP
Knockiveagh [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Seamus Doyle1,351
Ulster Unionist John Ingram1,202
DUP Wilfred McFadden1,084
Independent Malachy McCartan768
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran755
DUP Stephen Herron735
Ulster Unionist John Hanna617
Ulster Unionist Violet Cromie486
UK Unionist Stephen Briggs 387
Turnout 7,493
DUP gain from UUP

Belfast

Balmoral [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Carmel Hanna 3,077
Ulster Unionist Margaret Crooks2,276
Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker 2,032
Alliance Tom Ekin 1,684
DUP Ruth Patterson1,377
Sinn Féin Stiofán Long1,349
SDLP Catherine Molloy987
PUP Tom Morrow424
Ulster Unionist John Hiddleston411
Turnout 13,873
No change
Castle [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Nigel Dodds 3,949
SDLP Alban Maginness 2,520
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery1,991
Ulster Unionist David Browne 1,550
SDLP Pat Convery1,403
Alliance Tom Campbell984
DUP Ian Crozier759
PUP Janet Carson352
NI Women's Coalition Elizabeth McCullough253
Independent David Mahood178
Independent Sandy Blair109
Workers' Party Marcella Delaney84
Turnout 14,497
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from Alliance
Court [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Eric Smyth 2,605
Independent Frank McCoubrey 1,732
Ulster Unionist Chris McGimpsey1,527
PUP Hugh Smyth 1,336
PUP Plum Smith 813
Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 722
DUP Elaine McMillen720
Sinn Féin Mick Conlon269
Ulster Third Way David Kerr 28
Turnout 10,085
DUP gain from UUP
Independent gain from UDP
Laganbank [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey 2,019
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 1,748
SDLP Peter O'Reilly1,612
SDLP Patrick McCarthy 1,511
DUP Richard Scott882
Alliance Mark Long825
Ulster Unionist Jim Clarke 819
NI Women's Coalition Anne Monaghan703
PUP Dawn Purvis 286
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn158
Independent Andrew Frew141
Independent Barbara Muldoon128
Turnout 11,082
SDLP gain from Alliance
Lower Falls [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 2,399
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 2,351
Sinn Féin Máire Cush2,230
SDLP Margaret Walsh2,016
Sinn Féin Marie Moore1,917
Sinn Féin Seán McKnight1,247
Workers' Party John Lowry 488
Turnout 13,229
No change
Oldpark [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Gerard Brophy2,755
Sinn Féin Margaret McCleneghan2,467
DUP Nelson McCausland 2,392
SDLP Martin Morgan 1,932
PUP Billy Hutchinson 1,516
Sinn Féin Kathy Stanton 1,298
Ulster Unionist Fred Proctor1,116
SDLP Joleen Connolly1,114
Sinn Féin Eoin O'Broin 957
Independent James Bates209
Alliance Thomas McCullough160
Independent Rene Greig59
Turnout 16,662
DUP gain from UUP
Pottinger [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Sammy Wilson 3,918
Ulster Unionist Reg Empey 3,097
PUP David Ervine 1,582
Sinn Féin Joseph O'Donnell1,264
Alliance Mervyn Jones693
DUP May Campbell577
Ulster Unionist Margaret Clarke559
SDLP Leo Van Es459
Independent John Bushell218
DUP Harry Toan205
Workers' Party Joseph Bell129
PUP Robin Stewart127
UK Unionist David Fairfield74
NI Conservatives Jason Docherty66
Turnout 13,426
Sinn Féin gain from Alliance
Upper Falls [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Paul Maskey 3,349
SDLP Alex Attwood 3,260
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill2,866
Sinn Féin Michael Browne2,469
Sinn Féin Chrissie McAuley1,801
SDLP Brian Heading1,112
NI Women's Coalition Mary Catney365
Alliance Kathy Ayers136
Turnout 15,972
No change
Victoria [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Ian Adamson 3,286
Alliance David Alderdice 3,119
DUP Wallace Browne 2,492
Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers 2,322
DUP Robin Newton 1,469
DUP Margaret McKenzie783
Independent Danny Dow746
Alliance Naomi Long 729
PUP Robert Moorehead697
Ulster Unionist Alan Crowe582
SDLP Ciara Patricia Farren305
NI Conservatives Peter Gray239
Independent Sammy Walker114
Independent Billy Hands15
Independent Lawrence John11
Turnout 14,806
UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David Hilditch 996
Alliance Sean Neeson 662
Independent William Hamilton552
Ulster Unionist Darin Ferguson435
Independent William Cameron303
PUP David Beck259
Independent Nicholas Wady134
DUP Patricia McKinney130
Alliance Margaret Hawkins112
Turnout 3,675
DUP gain from Independent
Kilroot [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Ashe1,425
Ind. Unionist James Brown1,275
Ulster Unionist Eric Ferguson1,093
Alliance Janet Crampsey807
Alliance Robin Cavan684
Independent Samuel Crowe470
DUP Robert Clements430
Turnout 6,329
DUP gain from Independent
Knockagh Monument [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs Jr 1,575
DUP May Beattie1,420
Alliance Stewart Dickson 1,165
Ulster Unionist Gwendoline Wilson625
DUP James McClurg336
Alliance Noreen McIlwrath199
PUP Carolyn Howarth166
Turnout 5,790
DUP gain from Independent

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 2,841
Ulster Unionist Michael Copeland 1,032
Alliance Michael Long769
PUP Thomas Sandford505
SDLP Sean Mullan427
DUP Joanne Bunting 302
UK Unionist Grant Dillon289
Independent Alan Carson219
DUP John Norris161
NI Conservatives Terence Dick82
DUP John Dunn74
Turnout 6,938
PUP gain from UKUP
Castlereagh East [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Iris Robinson 4,093
Ulster Unionist David Drysdale1,879
Alliance Peter Osborne923
Independent Francis Gallagher650
PUP Richard Johnston466
Alliance Gillian Graham400
Independent William Abraham245
DUP Claire Ennis204
DUP Kim Morton120
DUP Sandy Geddis92
DUP Jim White87
Turnout 9,408
Independent gain from Independent
Castlereagh South [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Michael Henderson1,725
DUP John Beattie1,590
Alliance Geraldine Rice1,019
SDLP Christine Copeland949
SDLP Brian Hanvey940
DUP Andrew Ramsey509
Ulster Unionist Barbara McBurney431
Sinn Féin Sean Hayes396
Alliance Margaret Marshall381
NI Conservatives Roger Lomas52
Turnout 8,151
No change
Castlereagh West [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Mark Robinson 1,858
Ulster Unionist Cecil Hall1,728
SDLP Rosaleen Hughes1,196
Alliance Sara Duncan1,130
NI Women's Coalition Eileen Cairnduff306
PUP Frederick Ferguson301
Sinn Féin Sean Montgomery158
DUP Charles Tosh92
DUP Vivienne Stevenson61
Turnout 6,994
No change

Coleraine

Bann [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Dallat 1,714
DUP Adrian McQuillan 1,216
Ulster Unionist Olive Church986
Ulster Unionist William King821
Ulster Unionist Jim Watt704
SDLP Eamon Mullan535
Independent Robert Bolton 514
Independent Reginald McAuley512
DUP Hazel Sommers265
Alliance Yvonne Boyle116
Turnout 7,543
No change
Coleraine Central [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James McClure 1,426
Ulster Unionist David McClarty 1,395
SDLP Gerald McLaughlin1,232
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Johnston1,016
Ulster Unionist David Barbour717
DUP Timothy Deans699
Alliance Eamon O'Hara508
Turnout 7,130
DUP gain from Alliance
Coleraine East [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Maurice Bradley 1,389
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Black808
DUP William Creelman596
Ulster Unionist Robert McPherson460
SDLP John Montgomery368
Independent Thomas Houston319
Alliance Paddy McGowan274
Independent Alistair Crawford149
PUP David Gilmour146
Independent Martin Hunter126
DUP Ellen Fielding118
Turnout 4,862
DUP gain from Alliance
The Skerries [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Billy Leonard 988
Independent Christine Alexander757
Ulster Unionist Pauline Armitage 729
Alliance Barbara Dempsey681
DUP Robert Stewart 675
Ulster Unionist Norman Hillis 625
Ulster Unionist Samuel Kane552
DUP Alexander Gilkinson359
Turnout 5,451
SDLP gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Ballinderry [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patsy McGlone 1,771
Sinn Féin Patrick McAleer1,567
DUP Anne McCrea969
Ulster Unionist Walter Greer946
Sinn Féin Michael McIvor656
SDLP Mary Baker641
DUP Samuel McCartney537
Ulster Unionist William McCollum334
Turnout 7,576
No change
Cookstown Central [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin John McNamee1,427
Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson1,323
DUP Ian McCrea 1,064
SDLP Peter Cassidy792
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell364
SDLP Eddie Espie328
Ulster Unionist Albert Crawford238
DUP Hugh Davidson120
Turnout 5,774
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Drum Manor [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Desmond Grimes1,233
Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow1,118
Sinn Féin Oliver Molloy969
SDLP James McGarvey884
DUP Alice Lees756
Independent Samuel Parke689
Turnout 5,736
Samuel Parke changes designation from Independent Unionist

Craigavon

Craigavon Central [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Twyble1,694
Sinn Féin Francis Murray1,198
DUP Woolsey Smith1,060
SDLP Pat Mallon996
DUP Robert Smith810
Ulster Unionist Frederick Crowe802
Independent David Calvert 761
SDLP Kieran Corr745
DUP Denis Watson 712
Sinn Féin Peter Toland602
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCammick396
Alliance Sean Hagan379
Ulster Unionist Audrey Lindsay250
Workers' Party Tom French 132
Independent Alan Evans96
Turnout 10,887
SDLP gain from Alliance
DUP gain from UUP
Loughside [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Dolores Kelly 2,022
Sinn Féin John O'Dowd 1,971
Sinn Féin Maurice Magill1,131
SDLP Sean McKavanagh1,055
Sinn Féin Mairead O'Dowd883
SDLP Mary McAlinden735
Ulster Unionist William Lindsay433
SDLP Kieran McGeown360
DUP Alexander Dougan261
Turnout 9,106
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Lurgan [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jonathan Bell 1,942
Ulster Unionist Sam Gardiner 1,728
DUP Stephen Moutray 1,555
Ulster Unionist George Savage 1,237
Ulster Unionist Meta Crozier965
SDLP Mary McNally801
Ulster Unionist Sydney Cairns749
Sinn Féin Matthew Rooney719
UK Unionist David Vance408
Ulster Unionist William Tate276
Independent William Grafton130
Turnout 10,746
DUP gain from UUP
Portadown [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David Simpson 2,352
Sinn Féin Brian McKeown1,348
SDLP Ignatius Fox1,233
Independent David Jones971
Ulster Unionist Sidney Anderson 883
Ulster Unionist George Hatch872
Sinn Féin Noel Mercer604
Ulster Unionist Mark Neale462
Ulster Unionist David Thompson380
Alliance William Ramsay266
DUP Alan Carson213
DUP John Tate67
Turnout 9,894
DUP gain from UUP
Sinn Fein gain from Independent Nationalist
Independent gain from Independent Nationalist

Derry

Cityside [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Pat Ramsey 1,210
SDLP James Clifford1,176
Sinn Féin Cathal Crumley1,093
Sinn Féin Jim Anderson989
Sinn Féin Barney O'Hagan 684
SDLP Liam Boyle629
Sinn Féin Donncha MacNiallais618
Independent Shauna Deery228
Turnout 6,930
No change
Northland [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Kathleen McCloskey1,528
SDLP John Kerr1,248
Sinn Féin Maeve McLaughlin 1,240
SDLP Sean Carr1,157
Sinn Féin William Page1,130
SDLP Helen Quigley 1,087
Sinn Féin Mary Nelis 980
Sinn Féin Gerry MacLochlainn 938
SDLP Joseph McClintock922
Independent William Temple407
Independent Colm Bryce274
Independent Daniel Bradley82
Independent Queenie Harper14
Turnout 11,330
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Rural [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Hay 1,511
SDLP Annie Courtney 1,444
SDLP Thomas Conway1,274
Ulster Unionist Andrew Davidson1,074
Sinn Féin Paul Fleming943
DUP Bill Irwin 879
SDLP Jim McKeever796
Sinn Féin James Kelly677
Ulster Unionist Ernest Hamilton544
SDLP Brenda Stevenson511
Alliance Brian Kelly166
Turnout 10,051
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Shantallow [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Mary Bradley 2,304
SDLP Shaun Gallagher1,287
Sinn Féin Gearoid O'Heara1,238
Sinn Féin Tony Hassan1,237
SDLP William O'Connell1,135
Sinn Féin Oliver Green1,084
SDLP Ciaran O'Doherty1,017
Independent Charles McDaid542
Sinn Féin Jean McGinty384
Turnout 10,544
No change
Waterside [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,887
SDLP Gerard Diver 1,330
DUP Joe Miller1,218
Ulster Unionist Mary Hamilton982
Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming974
SDLP Anne Marie McDaid817
DUP Mildred Garfield710
DUP Drew Thompson669
Independent Jim Guy484
Ulster Unionist James McCorkill361
Sinn Féin Francis O'Deorain338
Alliance Colm Cavanagh270
PUP Catherine Cooke153
Ulster Unionist Gordon Hill98
Independent William Webster63
Turnout 10,580
SDLP gain from Independent Unionist

Down

Ballynahinch [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Toman1,150
SDLP Anne McAleenan962
Sinn Féin Francis Branniff937
DUP Jim Wells 862
Ulster Unionist Harvey Bicker 790
Ulster Unionist John Cochrane674
DUP William Alexander593
SDLP Francis Casement592
Ulster Unionist John Reid182
DUP Alan McIlroy126
Turnout 7,005
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Downpatrick [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Eamonn McConvey1,147
SDLP Peter Craig1,077
SDLP Dermot Curran1,024
SDLP John Doris852
SDLP Ann Trainor849
Independent Raymond Blaney835
Ulster Unionist Jack McIlheron782
Sinn Féin Liam Johnston633
SDLP Gerard Mahon404
SDLP John Irvine233
DUP John Foster203
Independent Patrick O'Connor173
Workers' Party Desmond O'Hagan 115
Independent Helen Honeyman101
Turnout 8,666
Independent gain from SDLP
Newcastle [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 1,308
Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas1,211
Sinn Féin William Clarke1,163
SDLP Carmel O'Boyle1,000
Sinn Féin Hugh McDowell972
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick706
DUP Stanley Priestley695
SDLP Charles McGrath438
Independent David Allister243
Turnout 7,890
Sinn Fein gain from Women's Coalition
Rowallane [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 1,440
DUP William Dick1,198
Ulster Unionist Robert Burgess1,113
Ulster Unionist Albert Colmer1,027
Ulster Unionist Edward Rea728
DUP Billy Walker599
Sinn Féin Anthony Lacken304
SDLP Kathleen Stockton279
Independent James Marks169
Turnout 6,999
No change

Dungannon

Blackwater [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Phelim Gildernew1,032
DUP Roger Burton991
DUP James Ewing985
SDLP Patsy Daly948
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin801
Ulster Unionist Jim Hamilton775
Ulster Unionist David Brady669
Sinn Féin Dominic Molloy477
Turnout 6,785
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Clogher Valley [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Seamus Flanagan1,159
SDLP Anthony McGonnell1,150
Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan951
DUP Johnston McIlwrath816
Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan799
Ulster Unionist Donald Beatty681
DUP David Robinson589
SDLP Thomas Murphy342
Turnout 6,614
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Dungannon Town [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin John McLarnon1,138
SDLP Vincent Currie1,110
DUP Maurice Morrow 873
Ulster Unionist Walter Cuddy853
Sinn Féin Barry Monteith813
Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis 740
Independent Gerry Cullen549
DUP Derek Greenaway363
Turnout 6,530
Sinn Fein gain from Democratic Left
Torrent [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 1,393
Sinn Féin Michael Gillespie1,336
SDLP Jim Cavanagh1,274
Independent Jim Canning1,244
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris985
Sinn Féin Desmond Donnelly944
Ulster Unionist Norman Badger910
DUP Robert McFarland283
Turnout 8,562
No change

Fermanagh

Enniskillen [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Raymond Ferguson 1,486
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 1,339
DUP Joe Dodds 1,096
Sinn Féin Paddy Gilgunn1,070
SDLP Frank Britton934
Independent David Kettyles861
SDLP Eamon Flanagan766
Ulster Unionist Robert Irvine709
Ulster Unionist Basil Johnston589
Ulster Unionist Barbara Stuart403
UK Unionist Alan Madill182
DUP Samuel Dunne105
Turnout 9,724
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
David Kettyles changes designation from Progressive Socialist
Erne East [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Ruth Lynch 1,428
Ulster Unionist Harold Andrews1,348
SDLP Fergus McQuillan1,293
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey1,191
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly 1,050
Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble998
DUP Paul Robinson811
Independent Michael McPhillips559
Turnout 8,843
Sinn Fein gain from Independent Nationalist
Erne North [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Joe Cassidy1,181
DUP Bert Johnston1,113
Ulster Unionist Thomas Elliott 1,030
SDLP John O'Kane 871
Ulster Unionist Bertie Kerr854
Ulster Unionist Caldwell McClaughry685
SDLP Julie Dervan568
DUP Billy Gilmore277
DUP William Simpson91
Turnout 6,804
No change
Erne West [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Gerard Gallagher1,578
Sinn Féin Pat Cox1,266
Sinn Féin Robin Martin1,139
Sinn Féin Stephen Huggett1,111
Ulster Unionist Wilson Elliott981
Ulster Unionist Derrick Nixon832
DUP David Black392
Turnout 7,466
Sinn Fein gain from UUP and Independent

Larne

Coast Road [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Winston Fulton753
SDLP Daniel O'Connor 750
Ulster Unionist Joan Drummond614
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna589
DUP Rachel Rea485
Ulster Unionist Thomas Robinson 430
Independent William Cunning379
Sinn Féin Martin Graffin305
Turnout 4,404
DUP gain from UUP
Alliance gain from Independent
Larne Lough [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Bobby McKee 1,314
Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs 1,248
Alliance John Mathews1,171
DUP Gregg McKeen492
Ulster Unionist David Fleck374
Ulster Unionist John Hall329
Independent William Small151
Turnout 5,233
DUP gain from UUP
Larne Town [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist James Dunn804
DUP Jack McKee 776
SDLP Martin Wilson570
Independent Roy Craig390
Independent Lindsay Mason 389
Independent William Adams327
Independent John Anderson292
Alliance Margaret Richmond239
Sinn Féin Janette Graffin191
Ulster Unionist Andrew Wilson185
DUP Alastair Holden165
PUP William Adamson107
Turnout 4,524
SDLP gain from Independent

Limavady

Bellarena [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Joseph Cubitt1,027
SDLP Michael Carten845
Sinn Féin Martin McGuigan833
SDLP Gerry Mullan 721
Ulster Unionist Edwin Stevenson707
SDLP John McKinney685
Ulster Unionist William Smyth641
Turnout 5,527
DUP gain from UUP
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Benbradagh [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Anne Brolly 1,056
Sinn Féin Francis Brolly 917
UUAP Boyd Douglas 748
SDLP Michael Coyle 559
Sinn Féin Marion Donaghy559
SDLP Gerard Lynch497
UUAP Mark Gibson442
DUP John Murray259
Turnout 5,149
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Boyd Douglas leaves UUP
Limavady Town [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Robinson 1,430
Independent Brian Brown642
SDLP Desmond Lowry542
SDLP John Kerr530
Sinn Féin Malachy O'Kane419
Ulster Unionist Jack Dolan383
Ulster Unionist John Rankin372
Ulster Unionist Raymond Kennedy241
UUAP Alister Smyth161
Turnout 4,779
Independent gain from SDLP

Lisburn

Downshire [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Edwin Poots 2,006
Ulster Unionist James Baird1,507
Alliance Elizabeth Campbell1,201
Ulster Unionist William Ward1,193
Ulster Unionist Edmund Falloon1,007
DUP Allan Ewart632
Independent William Bleakes 609
NI Conservatives Joanne Johnston217
Sinn Féin Cara McCann111
Turnout 8,602
UUP gain from NI Conservatives
Dunmurry Cross [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Paul Butler 2,061
SDLP Patricia Lewsley 2,029
Ulster Unionist Billy Bell 1,550
Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 1,549
Sinn Féin Sue Ramsey 1,219
Sinn Féin Veronica Willis993
DUP Stephen Moore910
SDLP William McDonnell640
Sinn Féin Paul Flynn422
Independent Malachy McAnespie218
Turnout 12,031
SDLP gain from Independent
Killultagh [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Jim Dillon1,923
DUP Cecil Calvert 1,382
SDLP Peter O'Hagan 1,318
DUP James Tinsley1,263
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Watson658
Ulster Unionist Samuel Johnston537
Sinn Féin Ita Gray457
Alliance Alison Gawith439
NI Conservatives Neil Johnston419
Independent Gordon Ross332
Alliance Owen Gawith131
Turnout 9,019
DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Town North [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Trevor Lunn 1,903
Ulster Unionist David Archer1,619
Ulster Unionist William Watson1,190
Ulster Unionist William Lewis1,183
DUP Jonathan Craig 1,036
DUP Albert Leathem808
Ulster Unionist Lorraine Martin749
Independent Ronnie Crawford711
Independent David Adams 577
Sinn Féin James Armstrong451
Independent William Beattie 423
Independent Adrian Creighton123
Turnout 10,940
UUP gain from UDP
DUP gain from Protestant Unionist
Ronnie Crawford changes designation from Independent Unionist
Lisburn Town South [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Ivan Davis 1,521
Alliance Seamus Close 1,495
DUP Paul Porter1,061
Ulster Unionist David Archer721
Ulster Unionist Joseph Lockhart592
Independent Gary McMichael 509
DUP Allen Russell346
Ulster Unionist Margaret Little253
Ulster Unionist Samuel Mateer246
Sinn Féin Francis Kerr245
NI Unionist Gary Teeney64
Turnout 7,252
DUP gain from UUP
Gary McMichael leaves UDP

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,255
Sinn Féin John Kelly 1,700
Ulster Unionist George Shiels1,103
Sinn Féin Seamus O'Brien1,085
SDLP Joseph McBride990
SDLP Frances Symington696
DUP Paul McLean197
Turnout 8,153
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Moyola [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Oliver Hughes1,578
Sinn Féin James O'Neill1,375
Ulster Unionist John Junkin 1,237
DUP Thomas Catherwood1,023
SDLP Patrick McErlean713
DUP Elizabeth Forde430
SDLP Elizabeth Foster383
Independent Naaman Hutchinson210
Turnout 7,104
No change
Sperrin [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 1,651
Sinn Féin Hugh Mullan1,331
Sinn Féin John Kerr1,206
SDLP Kathleen Lagan1,136
Independent Bertie Montgomery776
DUP Rodney Mitchell723
SDLP Francis McKendry551
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly104
Turnout 7,625
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Bertie Montgomery leaves UUP

Moyle

Ballycastle [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Madeline Black429
Ulster Unionist Helen Harding379
SDLP Michael Molloy357
DUP Gardiner Kane 345
Independent Seamus Blaney551
Sinn Féin Charlie Neill296
Independent Liam McBride202
Independent Seamus Blaney197
Independent Christopher McCaughan189
Independent Anna Edwards40
Turnout 2,522
SDLP gain from Independent
Giant's Causeway [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David McAllister495
Ulster Unionist William Graham398
Independent Price McConaghy367
DUP George Hartin258
DUP Robert Chestnutt228
Ulster Unionist Robert McIlroy223
SDLP Moira McGouran76
Independent Thomas Palmer23
Turnout 2,114
Price McConaghy changes designation from Independent Unionist
The Glens [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Oliver McMullan 671
SDLP Catherine McCambridge348
Independent Randal McDonnell316
SDLP Christine Blaney281
Independent James McCarry454
Sinn Féin Monica Digney216
DUP Evelyne Robinson194
SDLP Archie McIntosh190
Sinn Féin Anne McAuley178
Independent James McAuley77
Turnout 2,488
No change

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP P. J. Bradley 2,103
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy 1,743
SDLP Hugh Carr 1,189
SDLP Josephine O'Hare1,175
Independent Ciaran Mussen834
Sinn Féin Michael Ruane807
Independent Anthony Williamson751
SDLP Michael Carr714
Ulster Unionist John McConnell697
SDLP Brendan Murney576
Sinn Féin Eamonn O'Connor428
DUP Ruth McConnell274
Turnout 11,615
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Newry Town [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 1,213
Independent Jackie Patterson1,150
Sinn Féin Charlie Casey1,119
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran1,025
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 984
SDLP Patrick McElroy950
SDLP Frank Feely 940
SDLP John McArdle811
Ulster Unionist William McCaigue727
SDLP Peter McEvoy503
Independent Declan O'Callaghan109
Turnout 9,796
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
SDLP gain from UUP
Slieve Gullion [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Elena Martin1,436
Sinn Féin Colman Burns1,431
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald1,415
Sinn Féin Terry Hearty1,283
SDLP John Fee 1,195
SDLP Pat Toner840
SDLP Mary McKeown568
Turnout 8,441
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Fews [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Jimmy McCreesh1,279
Sinn Féin Pat McGinn1,243
Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 1,231
Sinn Féin Brendan Lewis1,172
SDLP John Feehan1,071
SDLP Charles Smyth879
Ulster Unionist Andy Moffett727
DUP Craig Baxter693
SDLP Angela Savage595
Turnout 9,121
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
The Mournes [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Burns1,845
Sinn Féin Martin Cunningham1,291
SDLP Micky Cole1,205
Ulster Unionist Henry Reilly 1,185
Ulster Unionist Isaac Hanna1,178
SDLP Marian Fitzpatrick872
DUP Linda Burns110
Turnout 7,856
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Edward Crilly1,704
DUP Nigel Hamilton1,350
SDLP Tommy McTeague1,128
SDLP Noreen McClelland 887
Sinn Féin Briege Meehan754
Sinn Féin Roisin McGurk643
DUP Arthur Templeton640
Ulster Unionist Ivan Hunter607
Alliance Pam Tilson547
Ulster Unionist Arthur Kell536
NI Unionist Norman Boyd 418
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association John Blair 389
DUP Liz Snoddy337
NI Women's Coalition Joan Cosgrove299
Independent James Beckett228
Turnout 10,728
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from Alliance
Sinn Fein gain from NRA
Ballyclare [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Girvan 2,583
Ulster Unionist Vera McWilliams1,231
Ulster Unionist Jim Bingham1,192
Alliance Pat McCudden761
Ulster Unionist Ed Turkington541
DUP Pamela Hunter308
Ulster Unionist Peter Walker267
PUP Norman Lavery249
Independent Sharon Parkes247
NI Conservatives Alan Greer169
Turnout 7,734
DUP gain from Alliance
Macedon [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William DeCourcy1,355
Independent Mark Langhammer 1,103
Ulster Unionist Dineen Walker784
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Billy Webb650
Independent Tommy Kirkham 611
DUP Kenneth Hunter563
PUP Dougie Jamison398
Independent Robert Kidd378
Sinn Féin Kevin Vernon350
Independent Andrew Beattie276
Alliance Michael Campbell173
Independent Victor Robinson225
Turnout 7,279
Mark Langhammer leaves Newtownabbey Labour Party
Tommy Kirkham leaves UDP
DUP gain from Independent
University [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roger Hutchinson 1,791
Ulster Unionist Ken Robinson 1,535
Ulster Unionist Barbara Gilliland1,351
Alliance Lynn Frazer1,313
UUAP Fraser Agnew 828
PUP William Greer811
NI Unionist Billy Boyd504
DUP John Mann479
UUAP John Scott469
Ulster Unionist Vi Scott468
Independent Alister Bell447
Turnout 10,232
Fraser Agnew joins UUAP
DUP gain from PUP

North Down

Abbey [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ruby Cooling1,263
Ulster Unionist Irene Cree1,246
Alliance Stephen Farry 1,195
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan912
Ulster Unionist Roberta Dunlop843
PUP Stewart Currie417
DUP William Montgomery299
Independent Karl McLean297
NI Conservatives Lisa Fleming191
Independent Christopher Carter175
Independent Raymond Gordon89
NI Unionist Colin Dean48
Turnout 7,225
UUP gain from NI Conservatives
DUP gain from PUP
Ballyholme and Groomsport [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Alan Chambers 2,099
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree 1,631
Independent Austen Lennon1,363
DUP Alex Easton 1,164
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons939
NI Women's Coalition Patricia Wallace657
Ulster Unionist Ian Henry601
UK Unionist Henry Gordon571
Alliance Gavin Walker336
UK Unionist Joseph Teggart276
Independent Ernest Steele218
Ulster Unionist Arthur Gadd202
NI Unionist Elizabeth Roche140
PUP Brian Lacey90
Turnout 10,481
DUP gain from UKUP
Women's Coalition gain from NI Conservatives
Bangor West [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Brian Wilson 1,871
Ulster Unionist Marion Smith1,311
Alliance Anne Wilson1,112
DUP Alan Graham989
Ulster Unionist Royston Davies796
UK Unionist William Keery676
Alliance Tony Hill630
UK Unionist Alan Field599
PUP James Rea538
Ulster Unionist Evan Ward416
NI Conservatives Julian Robertson172
Turnout 9,324
DUP gain from PUP
Holywood [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay1,346
Alliance Susan O'Brien1,070
DUP Gordon Dunne 916
Independent Dennis Ogborn815
NI Women's Coalition Norma Heaton509
Ulster Unionist Diana Peacocke 491
Alliance Larry Thompson436
Independent Bobby Irvine232
NI Conservatives Lindsay Cumming188
PUP David Rose 122
Turnout 6,249
UUP gain from Alliance

Omagh

Mid Tyrone [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin John Clarke1,446
Sinn Féin Damien Curran1,244
Ulster Unionist Robert Wilson1,191
Sinn Féin Michael McAnespie995
SDLP Gerry O'Doherty994
SDLP Seamus Shields989
DUP Samuel McFarland984
Sinn Féin Barney McAleer917
Sinn Féin Cathal McCrory791
Turnout 9,749
Sinn Fein gain from DUP
Omagh Town [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Sean Begley1,123
DUP Oliver Gibson 1,087
Independent Paddy McGowan 1,074
SDLP Joe Byrne 1,007
Sinn Féin Paddy Gallagher763
Independent Johnny McLaughlin759
SDLP Josephine Deehan629
Ulster Unionist Reuben McKelvey614
Ulster Unionist John Anderson552
SDLP Vincent Campbell178
DUP Thomas McCordick171
SDLP Kevin Taylor19
Turnout 8,198
Paddy McGowan leaves SDLP
SDLP gain from Alliance
West Tyrone [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Pat McDonnell1,372
Sinn Féin Barry McElduff 1,276
Ulster Unionist Allan Rainey1,135
DUP Thomas Buchanan 1,093
Sinn Féin Peter Kelly839
Sinn Féin Patrick Watters763
SDLP Liam McQuaid679
Ulster Unionist David Sterritt666
Sinn Féin Damien McCrossan614
DUP Stephen Harpur257
Workers' Party Tommy Owens211
Independent Gerry McMenamin202
Turnout 9,286
Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Strabane

Derg [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh1,331
Ulster Unionist Derek Hussey 1,110
Sinn Féin Eamonn McGarvey910
DUP Thomas Kerrigan793
SDLP Bernadette McNamee768
DUP Kathleen Allison838
Sinn Féin Gerard Foley651
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner565
Turnout 6,932
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Glenelly [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Allan Bresland 1,313
SDLP Thomas McBride1,133
Sinn Féin Claire McGill 939
DUP John Donnell879
Ulster Unionist James Emery876
Sinn Féin Martin Conway603
Ulster Unionist Robert Craig585
Turnout 6,456
No change
Mourne [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Eugene McMenamin 1,538
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty1,326
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr1,262
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon977
Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin628
Independent James O'Kane589
Independent Gags Gallagher445
Ulster Unionist Sam Martin439
SDLP Ann Bell438
DUP Kathleen Craig408
SDLP Fred Henry284
Turnout 8,531
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP and Independent

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  17. 1 2 3 4 Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  18. 1 2 3 Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  19. 1 2 3 Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  21. 1 2 3 Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  22. 1 2 3 Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  24. 1 2 3 4 Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  25. 1 2 3 4 North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  26. 1 2 3 Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  27. 1 2 3 Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections