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2001 Antrim Borough Council election

2001 Antrim Borough Council election

← 1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005 →
All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Trimble Ian Paisley John Hume Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 7 5 5 Seat change 2 2 1 Percentage 33.0% 22.5% 21.0% Swing 10.0% 6.5% 5.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gerry Adams Seán Neeson Party Sinn Féin Alliance Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 2 Percentage 12.5% 5.5% Swing 8.2% 2.7%
2001 Antrim Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

Election results[edit]

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2001^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	7	0	2	2	36.8	33.0	6,699	10.0
	DUP	5	2	0	2	26.3	22.5	4,576	6.5
	SDLP	5	1	0	1	26.3	21.0	4,254	5.0
	Sinn Féin	2	1	0	1	10.5	12.5	2,589	8.2
	Alliance	0	0	2	2	0.0	5.5	1,117	2.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.1	628	3.1
	NI Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	413	New
	PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	197	1.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[edit]

Districts results[edit]

Antrim North West[edit]

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Antrim South East[edit]

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Alliance

Antrim Town[edit]

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance

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