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2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election parliamentary no 1997 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 2005 All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 9 1 Democratic Unionist Party 8 6 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 1 Independent (politician) 2 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 2 Sinn Féin 1 1 United Unionist 1 1 Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1 1 Other 0 7 File:Newtownabbey 2001 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newtownabbey 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.
Election results
Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnewtownabbey.htm Newtownabbey Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
0
1
1
36.0
29.2
10,216
2.2
Democratic Unionist Party
8
0
6
6
32.0
26.8
9,406
16.1
Independent (politician)
2
2
0
2
8.0
10.5
3,673
9.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
1
0
1
8.0
5.7
2,015
0.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
0
2
1
8.0
8.0
2,384
2.3
Sinn Féin
1
0
0
0
4.0
5.0
1,747
5.0
United Unionist Assembly Party United Unionist
1
0
0
0
4.0
3.7
1,297
New
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association Newtownabbey Ratepayers
1
0
0
0
4.0
3.1
1,039
3.1
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
1
1
0.0
4.1
1,458
1.0
Northern Ireland Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.6
922
New
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
299
New
Northern Ireland Conservatives
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
169
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2001by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Antrim Line
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|27.2
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|22.2
|2
|19.2
|2
|5.2
|0
|13.4
|1
|12.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Ballyclare
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|42.8
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|38.3
|2
|0.0
|0
|10.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|8.8
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Macedon
|11.2
|1
|27.3
|2
|0.0
|0
|2.4
|0
|5.0
|0
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|54.1
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3
|6
|-
|align="left"|University
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|33.6
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|22.7
|2
|0.0
|0
|13.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|30.6
|1
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|29.2
|9
|26.8
|8
|5.7
|2
|8.0
|1
|5.0
|1
|25.3
|4
|25
|-
|}
Districts results
Antrim Line
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers
Antrim Line - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 8 July 2021
10
Ulster Unionist Party
Janet Crilly
1,704
16.28%
Democratic Unionist Party
Nigel Hamilton
1,350
12.90%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Hunter*
607
5.80%
869.43
923.58
925.89
978.8
986.73
1,167.63
1,311.63
Democratic Unionist Party
Arthur Templeton
640
6.11%
649.66
661.66
667.45
672.91
1,031.59
1,167.9
1,225.43
1,225.43
1,428.43
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tommy McTeague*
1,128
10.78%
1,131.45
1,132.45
1,132.54
1,165.54
1,165.54
1,168
1,206.46
1,266.69
1,293.94
Sinn Féin
Briege Meehan
754
7.20%
754.46
754.46
754.49
756.49
757.49
757.49
760.49
1,264.49
1,265.49
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Noreen McClelland
887
8.47%
889.3
889.3
889.33
967.56
968.56
973.56
1,007.82
1,081.82
1,097.07
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Pam Tilson
547
5.23%
555.05
564.05
564.14
619.09
621.09
630.32
739.73
740.73
914.42
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Kell*
536
5.12%
593.27
612.96
613.38
631.87
636.62
689.23
735.15
736.15
Sinn Féin
Roisin McGurk
643
6.14%
643
643
643
647
647
647
655.23
Newtownabbey Ratepayers
John Blair*
389
3.72%
396.82
451.28
451.55
487.39
490.42
524.86
Northern Ireland Unionist Party
Norman Boyd
418
3.99%
426.97
453.89
454.79
464.2
471.52
Democratic Unionist Party
Elizabeth Snoddy*
337
3.22%
347.81
362.27
392.09
402.81
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Joan Cosgrove
299
2.86%
309.35
323.04
323.19
Independent (politician)
James Beckett
228
2.18%
232.37
10
16,969
10,467 (61.68%)
261
1,309
10,728 (63.22%)
Ballyclare
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Ballyclare - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul Girvan*
2,583
34.22%
Democratic Unionist Party
Pamela Hunter
308
4.08%
1,449.4
Ulster Unionist Party
Vera McWilliam*
1,231
16.31%
1,265.32
Ulster Unionist Party
James Bingham*
1,192
15.79%
1,232.56
1,296.91
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Turkington*
541
7.17%
560.76
604.57
673.67
701.03
783.91
1,108.91
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Pat McCudden*
761
10.08%
774.52
783.1
813.61
814.51
880.12
927.12
Ulster Unionist Party
Peter Walker
267
3.54%
272.72
284.94
307.49
311.27
339.53
Progressive Unionist Party
Norman Lavery
249
3.30%
270.84
291.12
305.8
307.87
327.17
Independent (politician)
Sharon Parkes
247
3.27%
254.8
272.22
285.6
287.22
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Alan Greer
169
2.24%
188.76
204.75
7
12,666
7,548 (59.59%)
186
1,259
7,734 (61.06%)
Macedon
1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent
Macedon - 6 seats
9
Democratic Unionist Party
Billy DeCourcy
1,355
19.29%
Independent (politician)
Mark Langhammer*
1,326
18.88%
Democratic Unionist Party
Andrew Hunter
563
8.02%
883.84
912.7
939.22
946.26
1,015.26
Ulster Unionist Party
Dineen Walker
784
11.16%
787.12
830.54
857.18
894.74
943.12
950.64
1,060.64
Newtownabbey Ratepayers
Billy Webb*
650
9.25%
652.86
706.68
742.28
803.18
831.48
961.24
1,000.22
1,019.22
Independent (politician)
Tommy Kirkham*
611
8.70%
618.02
649.74
667.78
674.56
699.2
710.24
804.48
820.48
Independent (politician)
Robert Kidd*
378
5.38%
382.42
451.06
471.44
491.56
550.46
640.88
756.8
774.8
Progressive Unionist Party
Dougie Jamison
398
5.67%
402.16
429.98
440.98
454.28
499.18
501.18
Sinn Féin
Kevin Vernon
350
4.98%
350
365.34
368.9
376.16
377.68
Independent (politician)
Andrew Beattie*
276
3.93%
280.16
294.98
299.54
317.58
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Campbell
173
2.46%
173.52
191.46
206.98
Independent (politician)
Victor Robinson
160
2.28%
161.04
175.86
9
12,115
7,024 (57.98%)
255
1,004
7,279 (60.08%)
University
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from PUP and Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist joins United Unionist
University - 7 seats
8
Democratic Unionist Party
Roger Hutchinson
1,791
17.92%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ken Robinson*
1,535
15.36%
Ulster Unionist Party
Barbara Gilliland*
1,351
13.52%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Lynn Frazer*
1,313
13.14%
United Unionist
Fraser Agnew*
828
8.28%
836.7
856.46
861.15
866.07
952.41
1,183.38
1,329.38
Democratic Unionist Party
John Mann
479
4.79%
976.4
989.89
993.81
994.89
1,051.57
1,100.67
1,253.67
Ulster Unionist Party
Vi Scott
468
4.68%
473.1
671.65
741.16
760.18
882.12
966.52
1,080.02
Progressive Unionist Party
William Greer*
811
8.11%
817.6
827.48
830.42
833.72
873.9
922.98
974.03
Northern Ireland Unionist Party
Billy Boyd
504
5.04%
509.7
517.49
519.73
521.71
540.75
578.13
United Unionist
John Scott
469
4.69%
471.1
488.2
491.91
495.33
527.11
Independent (politician)
Alister Bell
447
4.47%
449.1
460.12
462.57
483.75
8
16,875
9,996 (59.24%)
236
1,250
10,232 (60.63%)
References
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