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Northern Ireland local election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Belfast City Council election Northern Ireland Flag of Belfast.svg parliamentary no 1997 Belfast City Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y Belfast City Council election, 2005 2005 All 51 seats to Belfast City Council 26 Sinn Féin 14 1 Ulster Unionist Party 11 2 Democratic Unionist Party 10 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party 9 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 3 Progressive Unionist Party 3 0 Independent (politician) 1 1 Independent Unionist 0 2 File:Belfast 2001 election.svg 2001 Belfast City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes. Lord Mayor Sammy Wilson Democratic Unionist Party Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers Ulster Unionist Party
Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, although Jim Rodgers from the UUP became Lord Mayor.
Election results
Belfast local election result 2001http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbelfast.htm Belfast Council results 27 July 2011 24 May 2021
Sinn Féin
14
1
0
1
27.5
28.4
34,727
0.8
Ulster Unionist Party
11
1
3
2
21.6
18.3
22,318
1.8
Democratic Unionist Party
10
3
0
3
19.6
18.1
22,128
6.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
9
2
0
2
15.7
17.4
21,308
1.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
3
3
5.9
6.8
8,330
2.4
Progressive Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
5.9
5.8
7,130
3.4
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
2.0
3.0
3,660
2.9
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
1,321
0.1
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
859
0.3
Northern Ireland Conservatives
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
305
0.1
UK Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
74
New
Third Way (UK organisation) Ulster Third Way
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
28
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Belfast City Council election, 2001by district yes
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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!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="Progressive Unionist Party" | PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Balmoral
|9.9
|0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|10.1
|1
|29.8
|2
|12.4
|1
|3.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Castle
|14.1
|1
|11.0
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|27.8
|2
|6.9
|0
|2.5
|0
|4.4
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Court
|2.8
|0
|23.1
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|22.0
|1
|18.1
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Laganbank
|16.2
|1
|26.2
|2
|8.1
|0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|7.6
|0
|2.6
|0
|10.5
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lower Falls
|bgcolor="#008800"|80.2
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|15.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|3.9
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Oldpark
|bgcolor="#008800"|46.8
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|7.0
|0
|15.0
|1
|19.1
|1
|1.0
|0
|9.4
|1
|1.7
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Pottinger
|9.7
|1
|28.2
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|3.5
|0
|5.3
|0
|13.3
|1
|3.8
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Upper Falls
|bgcolor="#008800"|68.3
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|28.5
|1
|0.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|2.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Victoria
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|28.0
|2
|1.8
|0
|22.8
|2
|4.2
|0
|6.6
|0
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|28.4
|14
|18.3
|11
|18.1
|10
|17.4
|9
|6.8
|3
|5.8
|3
|5.2
|1
|51
|-
|}
District results
Balmoral
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Balmoral - 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
4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Carmel Hanna*
3,077
22.60%
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Crooks*
2,276
16.72%
Ulster Unionist Party
Bob Stoker*
2,032
14.93%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Catherine Molloy*
987
7.25%
1,919.77
1,945.77
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Tom Ekin*
1,684
12.37%
1,780.57
1,935.49
2,047.4
Democratic Unionist Party
Ruth Patterson
1,377
10.11%
1,377.74
1,779.11
1,982.6
Sinn Féin
Stephen Long
1,349
9.91%
1,435.21
1,445.58
1,446.53
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Morrow
421
3.09%
425.07
Ulster Unionist Party
John Hiddleston
411
3.02%
415.44
4
20,958
13,614 (64.96%)
259
1,945
13,873 (66.19%)
Castle
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin,
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
Castle - 6 seats
8
Democratic Unionist Party
Nigel Dodds*
3,949
27.94%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alban Maginness*
2,520
17.83%
Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Crozier
759
5.37%
2,142.12
Sinn Féin
Danny Lavery*
1,991
14.09%
1,992.02
2,094.62
Ulster Unionist Party
David Browne*
1,550
10.97%
1,868.75
1,874.95
1,946.95
1,947.7
1,951.7
1,979.41
2,337.41
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Convery
1,403
9.93%
1,407.08
1,698.88
1,699.13
1,749.68
1,775.83
1,786.83
1,911.93
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Tom Campbell*
984
6.96%
1,027.86
1,090.06
1,094.56
1,106.71
1,131.07
1,141.27
1,325.27
Progressive Unionist Party
Janet Carson
352
2.49%
456.04
457.84
478.44
478.74
484.45
490.41
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Elizabeth Byrne McCullough
253
1.79%
259.12
277.32
279.12
284.67
300.38
308.63
Independent (politician)
David Mahood
178
1.26%
218.8
220.2
229.05
229.05
230.15
236.71
Independent (politician)
Alexander Blair
109
0.77%
115.63
116.03
117.78
117.78
118.83
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Marcella Delaney
84
0.59%
87.57
91.37
91.62
94.02
8
21,068
14,132 (67.08%)
365
2,019
14,497 (68.81%)
Court
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x UDP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent
Court - 5 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Eric Smyth*
2,605
26.71%
Independent (politician)
Frank McCoubrey*
1,732
17.76%
Ulster Unionist Party
Chris McGimpsey*
1,527
15.66%
1,612.8
1,661.97
Progressive Unionist Party
Hugh Smyth*
1,336
13.70%
1,450.66
1,478.05
1,510.05
1,774.05
Democratic Unionist Party
Elaine McMillen
720
7.38%
1,401.33
1,411.89
1,438.85
1,639.85
Progressive Unionist Party
William Smith
813
8.34%
861.75
875.75
893.67
991.67
Ulster Unionist Party
Fred Cobain*
722
7.40%
764.51
787.9
812.78
Sinn Féin
Mick Conlon
269
2.76%
269.39
Third Way (UK organisation) Third Way
David Kerr
28
0.29%
31.9
5
15,674
9,752 (62.22%)
333
1,626
10,085 (64.34%)
Laganbank
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Laganbank - 5 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Michael McGimpsey*
2,019
18.64%
Sinn Féin
Alex Maskey*
1,748
16.14%
1,748.33
1,768.33
1,799.33
1,869.33
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter O'Reilly
1,612
14.88%
1,614.86
1,624.97
1,663.41
1,865.41
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McCarthy
1,511
13.95%
1,516.06
1,532.06
1,602.94
1,799.04
1,841.04
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Clarke*
819
7.56%
952.7
954.76
1,083.14
1,118.56
1,118.56
1,839.56
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mark Long
825
7.62%
846.67
857.78
929.65
1,149.62
1,159.62
1,195.62
Democratic Unionist Party
Richard Scott
882
8.14%
900.48
901.48
993.97
999.08
999.08
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Anne Monaghan
703
6.49%
709.93
740.93
834.81
Progressive Unionist Party
Dawn Purvis
286
2.64%
302.5
309.61
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Paddy Lynn
158
1.46%
158.55
173.66
Independent (politician)
Andrew Frew
141
1.30%
143.31
148.31
Independent (politician)
Barbara Muldoon
128
1.18%
128.66
7
17,687
10,832 (61.24%)
250
1,806
11,082 (62.66%)
Lower Falls
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Lower Falls - 5 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Fra McCann*
2,399
18.97%
Sinn Féin
Tom Hartley*
2,351
18.59%
Sinn Féin
Máire Cush
2,230
17.63%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Walsh*
2,016
15.94%
2,262
Sinn Féin
Marie Moore*
1,917
15.16%
1,928
1,955.17
1,977.94
1,996.94
Sinn Féin
Sean McKnight*
1,247
9.86%
1,272
1,521.99
1,735.83
1,761.83
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John Lowry
488
3.86%
5
18,349
12,648 (68.93%)
581
2,109
13,229 (72.10%)
Oldpark
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Oldpark - 6 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Gerard Brophy
2,755
17.25%
Sinn Féin
Margaret McClenaghan
2,467
15.44%
Democratic Unionist Party
Nelson McCausland*
2,392
14.97%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Martin Morgan*
1,932
12.09%
1,958.52
1,993.69
2,006.81
2,007.56
2,931.56
Progressive Unionist Party
Billy Hutchinson*
1,516
9.49%
1,516.85
1,608.02
1,608.5
1,648.65
1,670.24
1,704.24
2,471.24
Sinn Féin
Eoin O'Broin
957
5.99%
1,298.36
1,315.53
1,455.69
1,455.79
1,534.41
1,837.41
1,857.46
Sinn Féin
Kathy Stanton
1,298
8.13%
1,340.67
1,344.35
1,360.99
1,361.04
1,391.08
1,501.08
1,510.14
Ulster Unionist Party
Fred Proctor*
1,116
6.99%
1,116.34
1,246.51
1,246.51
1,311.01
1,327.35
1,355.35
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joleen Connelly
1,114
6.97%
1,151.06
1,202.06
1,210.86
1,211.01
Independent (politician)
James Bates
209
1.31%
209.17
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas McCullough
160
1.00%
161.36
Independent (politician)
Rene Graig
59
0.37%
59.17
8
23,866
15,975 (66.94%)
687
2,283
16,662 (69.81%)
Pottinger
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance
Pottinger - 6 seats
10
Democratic Unionist Party
Sammy Wilson*
3,918
30.21%
Ulster Unionist Party
Reg Empey*
3,097
23.88%
Progressive Unionist Party
David Ervine*
1,582
12.20%
1,748.42
2,005.46
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Clarke*
559
4.31%
621.01
1,279.99
1,338.86
1,366.14
1,398.3
1,406.09
1,508.73
1,524.67
1,892.91
Sinn Féin
Joseph O'Donnell
1,264
9.75%
1,264
1,265.68
1,266.26
1,267.26
1,268.26
1,285.26
1,287.26
1,451.29
1,567.85
Democratic Unionist Party
Harry Toan
205
1.58%
1,377.89
1,430.39
1,440.54
1,445.54
1,475.47
1,477.47
1,529.03
1,532.03
1,552.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Mary Campbell
577
4.45%
1,146.22
1,196.62
1,204.16
1,209.37
1,232.61
1,236.56
1,297.52
1,302.59
1,328.67
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mervyn Jones*
693
5.34%
702.01
801.13
825.2
842.04
845.14
881.27
929.43
1,189.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leo Van Es
459
3.54%
463.24
514.06
518.41
518.41
518.41
554.41
561.83
Independent (politician)
John Bushell
218
1.68%
236.55
254.19
259.7
262.12
268.5
283.98
Progressive Unionist Party
Robin Stewart
127
0.97%
132.3
141.12
163.16
168.29
175.43
177.43
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Joseph Bell
129
0.99%
131.65
134.59
136.04
138.33
140.33
UK Unionist Party
David Fairfield
74
0.57%
94.14
118.5
127.49
135.57
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Jason Docherty
66
0.51%
70.24
89.56
93.91
6
21,854
12,968 (59.34%)
458
1,853
13,426 (61.43%)
Upper Falls
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Upper Falls - 5 seats
4
Sinn Féin
Paul Maskey
3,349
21.81%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alex Attwood*
3,260
21.23%
Sinn Féin
Gerard O'Neill
2,866
18.66%
Sinn Féin
Michael Browne*
2,469
16.08%
2,548.68
2,628.26
Sinn Féin
Chrissie McAuley*
1,801
11.73%
2,442.52
2,494.96
2,592.96
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brian Heading
1,112
7.24%
1,131.44
1,569.13
1,774.13
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Mary Catney
365
2.38%
385.4
450.72
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mary Ayers
136
0.89%
137.92
183.69
4
22,107
15,358 (69.47%)
614
2,560
15,972 (72.25%)
Victoria
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Victoria - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Adamson*
3,286
19.43%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David Alderdice*
3,119
18.45%
Democratic Unionist Party
Wallace Browne*
2,492
14.74%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Rodgers*
2,322
13.73%
Ulster Unionist Party
Alan Crowe*
582
3.44%
1,569.16
1,716.04
1,727.89
1,858.75
1,881.65
2,011.63
2,194.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Naomi Long
729
4.31%
776.36
1,399.58
1,401.23
1,407.62
1,416.83
1,702.74
1,792.2
2,017.89
Democratic Unionist Party
Robin Newton*
1,469
8.69%
1,492.31
1,516.45
1,636
1,658.41
1,678.71
1,702.85
1,810.58
1,955.77
Democratic Unionist Party
Margaret McKenzie
783
4.63%
811.12
826.76
1,045.16
1,059.29
1,076.49
1,111.65
1,226.47
1,426.49
Independent (politician)
Danny Dow*
746
4.41%
758.58
816.04
823.39
830.77
857.54
890.67
996.7
Progressive Unionist Party
Robert Moorhead
697
4.12%
715.87
736.27
739.87
745.72
761.15
795.85
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ciara Farren
305
1.80%
310.18
383.62
383.77
384.76
390.78
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Peter Gray
239
1.41%
261.57
284.35
286.45
291.76
301.92
Independent (politician)
Sammy Walker
114
0.67%
123.25
130.39
130.39
133.36
Independent (politician)
Billy Hands
15
0.09%
16.48
17.84
17.84
18.02
Independent (politician)
Lawrence John
11
0.06%
12.11
14.15
14.15
14.24
9
28,160
17,468 (62.03%)
559
2,114
16,909 (60.05%)
References
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