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2001 Limavady Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Limavady Borough Council election parliamentary no 1997 Limavady Borough Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Limavady Borough Council election 2005 All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 3 Sinn Féin 4 3 Ulster Unionist Party 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 United Unionist 1 1 Independent (politician) 1 1 File:Limavady 2001 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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.
Election results
Limavady Borough Council Election Result 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglimavady.htm Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
0
3
3
26.7
28.8
4,379
11.5
Sinn Féin
4
3
0
3
26.7
24.9
3,784
15.4
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
3
3
20.0
15.4
2,344
23.1
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1
0
1
13.3
17.8
2,716
6.7
United Unionist Assembly Party
1
1
0
1
6.7
8.9
1,351
New
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
6.7
4.2
642
4.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Limavady 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Bellarena
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|15.3
|1
|24.7
|1
|18.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Benbradagh
|21.0
|1
|bgcolor="#008800"|50.3
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|0.0
|0
|5.1
|0
|23.6
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Limavady Town
|22.7
|1
|8.9
|0
|21.1
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|17.0
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|28.8
|4
|24.9
|4
|15.4
|3
|17.8
|2
|13.1
|2
|15
|-
|}
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 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 17 July 2021
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Leslie Cubitt
1,027
18.81%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Carten*
845
15.48%
846.44
1,200.44
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry Mullan
721
13.21%
721
918
Sinn Féin
Martin McGuigan
833
15.26%
833
917
Ulster Unionist Party
Edwin Stevenson
707
12.95%
759.44
760.44
765.44
Ulster Unionist Party
William Smyth
641
11.74%
703.88
709
724
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McKinney*
685
12.55%
685.24
4
7,656
5,459 (71.30%)
68
910
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
6
Sinn Féin
Anne Brolly
1,056
20.96%
Sinn Féin
Francis Brolly
917
18.21%
United Unionist
Boyd Douglas*
748
14.85%
748.42
918.42
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Coyle*
559
11.10%
584.41
587.41
587.41
600.46
978.46
Sinn Féin
Marion Donaghy
559
11.10%
732.67
732.67
732.67
793.42
841.2
United Unionist
Mark Gibson
442
8.78%
442
508
585.28
585.28
588.28
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerard Lynch*
497
9.87%
509.39
512.39
512.85
515.73
Democratic Unionist Party
John Murray
259
5.14%
259
6
6,750
5,037 (74.62%)
112
840
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
5
Democratic Unionist Party
George Robinson*
1,430
30.30%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Dolan*
383
8.11%
592.76
703.62
819.74
Ulster Unionist Party
John Rankin
372
7.88%
502.64
681.8
816.88
Independent (politician)
Brian Brown
642
13.60%
704.1
713.86
768.18
793.18
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Desmond Lowry*
542
11.48%
544.76
544.76
545.22
784.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Kerr
530
11.23%
532.76
532.76
533.76
627.76
Sinn Féin
Malachy O'Kane*
419
8.88%
419.92
419.92
419.92
United Unionist
Alister Smyth
161
3.41%
316.02
322.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Raymond Kennedy
241
5.11%
309.08
5
6,877
4,720 (68.63%)
59
787
4,779 (69.49%)
References
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