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2001 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1997 Ballymena Borough Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Ballymena Borough Council election 2005 All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 13 Democratic Unionist Party 11 3 Ulster Unionist Party 7 4 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 1 Independent (politician) 2 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 File:Ballymena 2001 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.
Election results
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymena.htm Ballymena Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
11
3
0
3
45.8
44.9
12,944
8.2
Ulster Unionist Party
7
0
4
4
29.2
27.5
7,927
10.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
1
0
1
16.7
16.5
4,754
1.0
Independent (politician)
2
2
0
2
8.3
7.3
2,117
6.9
Sinn Féin
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.3
382
1.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
1
1
0.0
1.1
317
0.9
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
206
0.8
Northern Ireland Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
186
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 2001by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena North
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|24.8
|2
|13.8
|1
|33.7
|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena South
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|22.1
|2
|17.3
|1
|4.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Bannside
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|24.0
|1
|17.6
|1
|3.2
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Braid
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|40.3
|2
|17.5
|1
|0.4
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|44.9
|11
|27.5
|7
|16.5
|4
|11.1
|2
|24
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballymena North
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance, Independent leaves UUP and Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Ballymena North - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 7 July 2021
11
Democratic Unionist Party
James Alexander*
1,110
14.34%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAvoy*
1,071
13.83%
Independent (politician)
James Henry
1,060
13.69%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph McKernan*
613
7.92%
614.32
616.32
625.12
642.58
806.06
855.29
942.07
992.25
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills*
625
8.07%
663.28
673.4
674.1
680.76
684.04
705.49
711.56
713.86
1,092.86
Independent (politician)
William Wright*
553
7.14%
557.32
561.32
561.72
578.28
584.37
651.57
691.17
709.97
753.83
835.94
Ulster Unionist Party
Neil Armstrong
533
6.88%
538.28
540.4
541.5
551.58
585.49
613.77
682.18
701.58
732.55
760.09
Ulster Unionist Party
Gillian Scott
532
6.87%
534.04
538.04
539.94
546.6
569.19
598.75
698.32
706.41
719.98
734.26
Democratic Unionist Party
Simon Hamilton
411
5.31%
489.24
494.6
494.8
499.21
504.63
516.99
525.11
526.41
Sinn Féin
Gerard Magee
382
4.93%
382
382
429
429.72
429.72
433.22
454.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jayne Dunlop*
317
4.09%
318.08
319.08
348.28
357.28
358.47
427.39
Independent (politician)
Audrey Wales
263
3.40%
263.6
265.6
275
288.68
302.13
Ulster Unionist Party
William McElfatrick
242
3.13%
242.72
242.72
244.12
250.87
Progressive Unionist Party
William Parkhill
30
0.39%
30.6
11
12,285
7,742 (63.02%)
134
968
7,876 (64.11%)
Ballymena South
1997 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ballymena South - 7 seats
8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Declan O'Loan*
1,212
17.29%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Currie*
1,092
15.58%
Democratic Unionist Party
Beth Adger
1,061
15.14%
Democratic Unionist Party
David Tweed*
1,018
14.52%
Democratic Unionist Party
Martin Clarke*
793
11.31%
798.72
805.92
875.45
960.85
Democratic Unionist Party
Hubert Nicholl*
755
10.77%
759.84
770.44
859.35
894.91
Ulster Unionist Party
Peter Brown*
459
6.55%
543.48
624.48
635.19
640.65
649.61
668.38
757.76
Ulster Unionist Party
William Moore
285
4.07%
376.52
476.52
479.41
480.53
484.17
511.16
601.89
Independent (politician)
David Warwick
241
3.44%
364.2
372
375.23
380.97
387.27
409.61
Progressive Unionist Party
William McCaughey
51
0.73%
59.36
60.56
61.58
62.98
65.08
Progressive Unionist Party
Jean Rainey
43
0.61%
59.28
61.28
61.79
62.91
64.31
8
11,772
7,010 (59.55%)
136
877
7,146 (60.70%)
Bannside
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Bannside - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie*
1,427
19.13%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Laverty
938
12.57%
938.65
941.65
1,276.65
Ulster Unionist Party
William McNeilly
1,060
14.21%
1,068.58
1,111.97
1,112.97
1,806.97
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Nicholl*
962
12.90%
993.72
1,052.93
1,055.06
1,075.97
1,247.97
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Gaston
890
11.93%
934.46
976.24
976.24
989.45
1,121.45
Democratic Unionist Party
William Wilkinson
842
11.29%
926.76
971.19
972.19
981.1
1,057.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McLean
727
9.75%
733.11
763.5
765.63
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph Montgomery
375
5.03%
375.39
375.39
Northern Ireland Unionist Party
Norman Sloan
186
2.49%
190.16
Progressive Unionist Party
Kenneth McCaughey
53
0.71%
54.3
6
10,493
7,460 (71.10%)
152
1,244
7,612 (72.54%)
Braid
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Braid - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna
1,242
18.75%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Gribben*
1,158
17.48%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robin Stirling*
819
12.36%
831.54
833.54
834.35
1,461.35
Ulster Unionist Party
David Clyde*
961
14.51%
964.52
972.52
998.71
1,035.71
1,120.71
Ulster Unionist Party
Lexie Scott*
893
13.48%
899.93
903.15
912.42
964.99
1,018.99
Ulster Unionist Party
Desmond Armstrong*
815
12.30%
815
817
829.42
856.82
905.82
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Osborne
707
10.67%
817.22
826.33
827.23
Progressive Unionist Party
Robert Hamilton
29
0.44%
29.33
6
9,397
6,624 (70.49%)
88
1,105
6,712 (71.43%)
References
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