2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party with the most votes by district. |
Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 42.3 | 5,310 | 9.6 | |
UUP | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31.3 | 23.7 | 2,978 | 2.3 | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 17.6 | 2,209 | 6.1 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 20.0 | 2,462 | 6.2 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 620 | 4.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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% |
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Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Ballymoney Town | 44.2 | 3 | 26.9 | 2 | 12.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.6 | 0 | 5 |
Bann Valley | 39.7 | 3 | 18.6 | 1 | 20.2 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Bushvale | 44.0 | 2 | 27.8 | 2 | 19.4 | 1 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 42.3 | 8 | 23.7 | 5 | 17.6 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 16 |
Districts results
[edit]Ballymoney Town
[edit]1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Independent (two seats)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 21.11% | 788 | ||||||
UUP | Tom McKeown* | 10.61% | 396 | 408.6 | 454.28 | 631.28 | |||
DUP | Mervyn Storey | 11.49% | 429 | 485.49 | 493.12 | 497.33 | 661.33 | ||
DUP | Ian Stevenson | 11.60% | 433 | 500.62 | 513.09 | 531.61 | 639.61 | ||
UUP | James Simpson | 9.40% | 351 | 356.04 | 407.3 | 483.82 | 536.5 | 570.5 | |
SDLP | Justin McCamphill | 12.30% | 459 | 459.84 | 485.05 | 497.05 | 507.05 | 509.05 | |
Independent | Jim Wright | 10.07% | 376 | 379.57 | 420.2 | 424.83 | |||
UUP | William Johnston | 6.88% | 257 | 263.51 | 306.98 | ||||
Independent | Jeffrey Balmer | 3.35% | 125 | 128.78 | |||||
Independent | Anne Logan | 3.19% | 119 | 123.41 | |||||
Electorate: 6,187 Valid: 3,733 (60.34%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 623 Turnout: 3,803 (61.47%) |
Bann Valley
[edit]1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Philip McGuigan | 21.51% | 1,123 | |||||
DUP | John Finlay | 16.46% | 859 | |||||
SDLP | Malachy McCamphill* | 12.70% | 663 | 803.8 | ||||
UUP | Joe Gaston* | 13.62% | 711 | 712.2 | 926.2 | |||
DUP | Robert Halliday* | 12.93% | 675 | 675.8 | 687.8 | 753.8 | ||
DUP | Robert Wilson* | 10.34% | 540 | 540 | 556 | 611 | 717.68 | |
SDLP | Charley O'Kane | 7.43% | 388 | 614.4 | 617.4 | 629.4 | 629.68 | |
UUP | John Watt* | 5.00% | 261 | 261.4 | ||||
Electorate: 7,451 Valid: 5,220 (70.06%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 746 Turnout: 5,342 (71.70%) |
Bushvale
[edit]1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
DUP | Bill Kennedy* | 27.66% | 997 | |||
DUP | Frank Campbell* | 16.34% | 589 | 931.35 | ||
UUP | John Ramsay | 15.12% | 545 | 567.14 | 664.72 | |
UUP | William Logan* | 12.68% | 457 | 481.6 | 614.85 | |
SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 15.20% | 548 | 550.05 | 553.74 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean McErlain | 8.82% | 318 | 318 | 318 | |
SDLP | Francis McCluskey* | 4.19% | 151 | 151.41 | 151.82 | |
Electorate: 5,639 Valid: 3,605 (63.93%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 601 Turnout: 3,681 (65.28%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.