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2001 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1997 Ards Borough Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Ards Borough Council election 2005 All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 Democratic Unionist Party 9 4 Ulster Unionist Party 8 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 0 Independent (politician) 1 1 Independent Unionist 0 2 File:Ards 2001 election.svg 2001 Ards Borough Council Election Results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes. 37.0% 14.4% Ian Paisley 150x150px 150x150px David Trimble 31.7% 7.9% Seán Neeson 150x150px 16.7% 4.4% John Hume 150x150px 3.9% 0.7% 150x150px N/A 9.8% 8.2%
Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Ards Borough Council Election Result 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
9
4
0
4
39.1
37.0
8,133
14.4
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
2
2
34.8
31.7
6,968
7.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
4
0
1
1
17.4
16.7
3,668
4.4
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
4.3
9.8
2,135
8.2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
0
4.3
3.9
860
0.7
Northern Ireland Conservatives
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
190
0.9
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2001by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards East
|N/A
|2
|N/A
|3
|N/A
|1
|N/A
|0
|N/A
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|36.9
|3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|18.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|2.4
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.5
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|33.3
|2
|12.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|17.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Peninsula
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|17.9
|1
|19.2
|1
|12.5
|1
|13.6
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.0
|9
|31.7
|8
|16.7
|4
|3.9
|1
|10.7
|0
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ards East
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ards East - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 8 July 2021
1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Linda Cleland*
N/A
N/A
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Ferguson*
N/A
N/A
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Gregory*
N/A
N/A
Ulster Unionist Party
Jeffrey Magill*
N/A
N/A
Ulster Unionist Party
John Shields*
N/A
N/A
Democratic Unionist Party
Terence Williams
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Ards East and all six candidates were deemed elected.
Ards West
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
Ards West - 6 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Gibson*
2,454
30.56%
Democratic Unionist Party
Margaret Craig*
1,230
15.32%
Ulster Unionist Party
Philip Smith
625
7.78%
1,516.55
Democratic Unionist Party
William Montgomery
1,039
12.94%
1,098.95
1,100.56
1,117.89
1,124.49
1,175.49
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
756
9.41%
835.75
840.35
866.23
867.07
1,023.47
Democratic Unionist Party
David Gilmore*
693
8.63%
789.25
794.08
810.63
873.15
1,001.09
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kathleen Coulter*
732
9.12%
791.4
795.08
842.96
843.92
965.11
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Spence
311
3.87%
412.75
762.35
829.73
830.93
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Christopher Connolly
190
2.37%
205.4
207.01
6
13,602
8,030 (59.04%)
223
1,148
8,253 (60.67%)
Newtownards
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Newtownards - 6 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
George Ennis*
1,608
22.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hamilton*
1,288
18.27%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth*
1,060
15.04%
Independent (politician)
Wilbert Magill*
889
12.61%
923.2
1,043.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell*
859
12.18%
863.94
915.32
1,075.9
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Lawther
363
5.15%
838
877.14
944.41
967.66
Democratic Unionist Party
Bobby McBride*
671
9.52%
734.46
779.5
830.96
852.04
Independent (politician)
Nancy Orr
312
4.43%
322.66
5
12,965
7,050 (54.38%)
218
1,008
7,268 (56.06%)
Peninsula
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Peninsula - 5 seats
8
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Shannon*
1,824
26.53%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy*
1,286
18.71%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Drysdale*
705
10.25%
1,222.92
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Daniel McCarthy*
860
12.51%
865.85
899.51
918.84
1,025.08
1,025.88
1,430.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Angus Carson
710
10.33%
748.22
755.81
766.28
864.5
894.8
944.8
1,008.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Paul Carson*
520
7.56%
583.96
593.97
603.82
671.15
710.75
731.42
765.42
Independent (politician)
Joe Boyle
526
7.65%
528.73
543.58
553.75
646.87
648.67
Independent (politician)
Robert Ambrose
255
3.71%
289.32
298.01
307.13
Independent (politician)
James McMullan
153
2.23%
155.73
162.99
166.58
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Stephen McSherry
35
0.51%
38.12
85.2
8
11,849
6,874 (58.01%)
211
1,146
7,085 (59.79%)
References
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