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2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election

2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election

← 1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005 →
All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP UUP SDLP Seats won 8 5 2 Seat change 2 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 2

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]

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2001^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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]

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)

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

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

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