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2001 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Craigavon Borough Council election parliamentary no 1997 Craigavon Borough Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Craigavon Borough Council election 2005 All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 14 Ulster Unionist Party 8 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 0 Democratic Unionist Party 6 3 Sinn Féin 4 2 Independent (politician) 1 1 Independent Nationalist 0 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 File:Craigavon 2001 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.
Election results
Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcraigavon.htm Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
3
3
30.8
28.1
11,127
11.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
1
1
0
26.9
20.0
7,947
1.0
Democratic Unionist Party
6
3
0
3
23.1
22.6
8,972
8.0
Sinn Féin
4
2
0
2
15.4
21.3
8,456
9.1
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
3.8
4.9
1,958
4.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
1
1
0.0
1.6
645
2.9
UK Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
408
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
132
0.0
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2001by district yes
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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Craigavon Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|16.4
|2
|24.3
|2
|16.9
|1
|3.6
|0
|9.3
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Loughside
|4.9
|0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|2.9
|0
|45.1
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lurgan
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|7.7
|1
|33.3
|2
|6.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|5.1
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Portadown
|26.9
|2
|12.8
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|20.2
|1
|2.8
|0
|10.1
|1
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|28.1
|8
|20.0
|7
|22.6
|6
|21.3
|4
|1.6
|0
|6.4
|1
|26
|-
|}
District results
Craigavon Central
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
Craigavon Central - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 18 July 2021
11
Ulster Unionist Party
Kenneth Twyble*
1,694
15.93%
Sinn Féin
Francis Murray*
1,198
11.27%
1,198
1,220
1,220
1,224
1,728
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patricia Mallon*
996
9.37%
997.89
1,057.89
1,062.31
1,162.36
1,211.78
1,390.78
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Crowe*
802
7.54%
887.26
904.26
1,030.97
1,132.48
1,133.48
1,133.48
1,133.97
1,438.97
Democratic Unionist Party
William Smith
1,060
9.97%
1,075.12
1,078.12
1,082.17
1,087.8
1,087.8
1,087.8
1,087.8
1,130.14
1,149.04
1,332.04
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Smith
810
7.62%
813.36
816.57
820.2
822.83
822.83
822.83
822.83
860
883.8
1,289.72
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kieran Corr
745
7.01%
745.63
782.63
784.63
843.47
871.68
942.68
1,000.99
1,042.38
1,054.28
1,062.24
Democratic Unionist Party
Denis Watson
712
6.70%
738.25
741.25
752.51
758.93
758.93
758.93
759.42
839.82
876.22
1,045.41
Independent (politician)
David Calvert
761
7.16%
766.46
770.46
774.51
783.93
783.93
784.93
784.93
819.48
836.98
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCammick*
396
3.72%
527.25
532.46
665.88
753.18
753.18
753.18
754.16
Sinn Féin
Peter Toland
602
5.66%
602.21
618.42
618.42
622.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sean Hagan*
379
3.56%
394.12
429.96
446.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Audrey Lindsay
250
2.35%
313.84
315.84
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tom French
132
1.24%
132.84
Independent (politician)
Alan Evans
96
0.90%
97.05
11
15,747
10,633 (67.52%)
254
1,330
10,887 (69.14%)
Loughside
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Loughside - 5 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dolores Kelly*
2,022
22.84%
Sinn Féin
John O'Dowd*
1,971
22.27%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean McCavanagh*
1,055
11.92%
1,214.04
1,232.54
1,235.82
1,392.52
1,449.92
Sinn Féin
Maurice Magill
1,131
12.78%
1,175.24
1,376.49
1,378.49
1,394.23
1,404.51
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McAlinden*
735
8.30%
996.8
1,010.55
1,013.55
1,212.21
1,401.45
Sinn Féin
Mairéad O'Dowd
883
9.98%
904.56
1,144.56
1,145.56
1,167.71
1,168.71
Ulster Unionist Party
William Lindsay
433
4.89%
437.48
437.48
641.48
642.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kieran McGeown*
360
4.07%
411.24
417.99
417.99
Democratic Unionist Party
Alexander Dougan
261
2.95%
261.28
261.28
6
12,545
8,851 (70.55%)
255
1,476
9,106 (72.59%)
Lurgan
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lurgan - 7 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Jonathan Bell*
1,942
18.48%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Gardiner*
1,728
16.44%
Democratic Unionist Party
Stephen Moutray
1,555
14.80%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Savage*
1,237
11.77%
1,315.07
Ulster Unionist Party
Meta Crozier*
965
9.18%
1,089.32
1,332.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Sydney Cairns*
749
7.13%
854.08
952.24
1,032.04
1,332.64
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McNally*
801
7.62%
806.92
813.64
816.11
842.63
1,342.63
UK Unionist Party
David Vance
408
3.88%
683.65
697.81
811.05
886.49
887.86
Sinn Féin
Matthew Rooney
719
6.84%
719.37
719.61
719.8
719.8
Ulster Unionist Party
William Tate
276
2.63%
290.8
325.6
356
Independent (politician)
William Grafton
130
1.24%
147.76
150.4
160.66
6
14,911
10,510 (70.48%)
236
1,314
10,746 (72.07%)
Portadown
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)
Portadown - 7 seats
8
Democratic Unionist Party
David Simpson
2,352
24.37%
Sinn Féin
Brian McKeown*
1,348
13.97%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ignatius Fox*
1,233
12.78%
Ulster Unionist Party
Arnold Hatch
872
9.04%
900.42
900.42
943.38
1,033.85
1,049.14
1,049.71
1,353.71
Ulster Unionist Party
Sydney Anderson
883
9.15%
954.54
954.64
984.72
1,041.13
1,066.71
1,067.52
1,326.52
Independent (politician)
David Jones
971
10.06%
1,112.12
1,112.12
1,130.59
1,145.57
1,182.5
1,182.92
1,211.92
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Carson
213
2.21%
638.32
638.52
639.01
647.93
1,032.01
1,032.1
1,095.09
Sinn Féin
Noel Mercer
604
6.26%
604
732.9
759.3
760.3
760.79
783.98
789.04
Ulster Unionist Party
Mark Neale*
462
4.79%
486.5
486.6
520.6
758.46
782.22
783.03
Democratic Unionist Party
John Tate
67
0.69%
478.6
478.6
484.07
498.97
Ulster Unionist Party
David Thompson
380
3.94%
403.52
403.62
440.62
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Ramsay
266
2.75%
272.86
274.56
8
13,514
9,651 (71.41%)
243
1,207
9,894 (73.21%)
References
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