Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
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Elections for local government
were held in Northern Ireland
on 7 June 2001 along with the 2001 general election across the entire United Kingdom.
Local government in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, for example they have no responsibility for education, for road building or for housing...
were held in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
on 7 June 2001 along with the 2001 general election across the entire United Kingdom.
Overall
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||
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| Change | Total | % share | Total | ||
| -31 | 154 | 23 | 181,336 | ||
| +40 | 131 | 21 | 169,477 | ||
| +34 | 108 | 21 | 163,269 | ||
| -3 | 117 | 19 | 153,424 | ||
| +8 | 34 | 7 | 51,997 | ||
| -13 | 28 | 5 | 40,443 | ||
| -3 | 4 | 2 | 12,261 | ||
| -2 | 2 | 1 | 4,763 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3,301 | ||
| United Unionist | +2 | 2 | 0.3 | 2,648 | |
| -3 | 0 | 0.3 | 1,985 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,818 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,421 | ||
| -2 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,247 | ||
| Newtownabbey Ratepayers Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association The Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association was a minor political party operating in Newtownabbey, Northern IrelandIt has contest elections for Newtownabbey Borough Council from 1997 to 2005 and registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission in 2001.The party had 2 councillors elected... |
-1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,039 | |
| Ulster Third Way Ulster Third Way The Ulster Third Way is the Northern Ireland branch of the Third Way and is organised by David Kerr, who had previously campaigned as an 'independent Unionist' as well as for the British National Front.As well as sharing the Third Way's aims U3W is committed to securing independence... |
0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | |
Belfast
| Court Court (District Electoral Area) Court is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the west of the city, the district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Crumlin; Glencairn; Highfield; Shankill and Woodvale... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Eric Smyth Eric Smyth Eric Smyth is a unionist politician and religious minister in Northern Ireland.Smyth was first elected to Belfast City Council for the Democratic Unionist Party in 1981, representing 'Area F' which was equivalent to the modern wards of Falls, Clonard, Blackstaff and Shaftesbury... |
2,605 | ||
| Frank McCoubrey Frank McCoubrey Frank McCoubrey is a Unionist politician and loyalist in Northern Ireland, as well as a community activist and researcher. He is a leading member of the Ulster Political Research Group and a member of Belfast City Council, representing the Court area... |
1,732 | ||
| Chris McGimpsey | 1,527 | ||
| Hugh Smyth Hugh Smyth Cllr Hugh Smyth is a former leader of the Progressive Unionist Party. He is a long-serving member of Belfast City Council and former Lord Mayor of Belfast. He is also the longest-serving member of the council, having represented the Upper Shankill areas since 1973... |
1,336 | ||
| Plum Smith William Smith (loyalist) William Smith is a Northern Irish Loyalist former paramilitary and politician. He has been involved in loyalism in various capacities for at least forty years.-Early life:... |
813 | ||
| Fred Cobain Fred Cobain Fred Cobain, MBE is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 until 2011.Cobain was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1985. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1990-1991... |
722 | ||
| Elaine McMillen | 720 | ||
| Mick Conlon | 269 | ||
| Ulster Third Way Ulster Third Way The Ulster Third Way is the Northern Ireland branch of the Third Way and is organised by David Kerr, who had previously campaigned as an 'independent Unionist' as well as for the British National Front.As well as sharing the Third Way's aims U3W is committed to securing independence... |
David Kerr | 28 | |
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
10,085 | ||
| Democratic Unionist Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... gain from Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... |
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| Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... gain from Ulster Democratic Ulster Democratic Party The Ulster Democratic Party was a small loyalist political party in Northern Ireland. It was established in June 1981 as the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party by the Ulster Defence Association to replace their New Ulster Political Research Group... |
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| Pottinger Pottinger (District Electoral Area) Pottinger is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett; Bloomfield; Orangefield; Ravenhill; The Mount and Woodstock.The wards of Ravenhill... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Sammy Wilson Sammy Wilson Samuel Wilson is a politician from Northern Ireland who is a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Antrim. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1986 – 1987; and again from June 2000 to June 2001. He was the first person from the Democratic Unionist Party ... |
3,918 | ||
| Reg Empey Reg Empey Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey of Shandon, OBE, – known as Sir Reg Empey prior to 2011 – is a former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast... |
3,097 | ||
| David Ervine David Ervine David Ervine was a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party .-Biography:... |
1,582 | ||
| Joseph O'Donnell | 1,264 | ||
| Mervyn Jones | 693 | ||
| May Campbell | 577 | ||
| Margaret Clarke | 559 | ||
| Leo Van Es | 459 | ||
| John Bushell | 218 | ||
| Harry Toan | 205 | ||
| Joseph Bell | 129 | ||
| Robin Stewart | 127 | ||
| David Fairfield | 74 | ||
| Jason Docherty | 66 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
13,426 | ||
| Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... gain from Alliance Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons.... |
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| Victoria Victoria (District Electoral Area) Victoria is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the east of the city, the district elects seven members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballyhackamore; Belmont; Cherryvalley; Island; Knock; Stormont; and Sydenham... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Ian Adamson Ian Adamson Cllr Ian Adamson OBE is a former Lord Mayor of Belfast. He is a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and is a retired medical doctor.A serving Councillor on Belfast City Council from 1989 until 2011, Adamson was Lord Mayor in 1996.... |
3,286 | ||
| David Alderdice David Alderdice David King Alderdice is a former Lord Mayor of Belfast, and a senior member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. He was elected to North Down Borough Council representing Holywood on 5 May 2005 and retired in July 2010.... |
3,119 | ||
| Wallace Browne | 2,492 | ||
| Jim Rodgers | 2,322 | ||
| Robin Newton Robin Newton Robin Newton is a Unionist politician for the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland. He is an MLA for East Belfast. Newton was sworn in as a Junior Minister within the Office of First and deputy First Minister on 1 July 2009... |
1,469 | ||
| Margaret McKenzie | 783 | ||
| Danny Dow | 746 | ||
| Naomi Long | 729 | ||
| Robert Moorehead | 697 | ||
| Alan Crowe | 582 | ||
| Ciara Patricia Farren | 305 | ||
| Peter Gray | 239 | ||
| Sammy Walker | 114 | ||
| Billy Hands | 15 | ||
| Lawrence John | 11 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
14,806 | ||
| Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... gain from Independent Unionist Independent Unionist See also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state.... |
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| Balmoral Balmoral (District Electoral Area) Balmoral is the most southern of nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Blackstaff; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Upper Malone and Windsor... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Carmel Hanna Carmel Hanna Carmel Hanna MLA is a Northern Irish politician. She is a member of the SDLP and was MLA for South Belfast from 1998 to 2010.-Early life and nursing career:... |
3,077 | ||
| Margaret Crooks | 2,276 | ||
| Bob Stoker Bob Stoker Bob Stoker is a Ulster Unionist Party politician and former Member of the Northern Ireland Forum for South Belfast.He was elected to Northern Ireland Forum for Belfast South in May 1996.... |
2,032 | ||
| Tom Ekin Tom Ekin Tom Ekin is a politician and business owner in Northern Ireland.Ekin joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and was elected to Belfast City Council at the Northern Ireland local elections, 1997. From 2000 until 2002, he served as the Chairperson of Alliance.Ekin held his seat with an... |
1,684 | ||
| Ruth Patterson | 1,377 | ||
| Stiofán Long | 1,349 | ||
| Catherine Molloy | 987 | ||
| Tom Morrow | 424 | ||
| John Hiddleston | 411 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
13,873 | ||
| No change | |||
| Castle Castle (District Electoral Area) Castle is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the north of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Bellevue; Castleview; Cavehill; Chichester Park; Duncairn and Fortwilliam... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Nigel Dodds Nigel Dodds Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, BL is a barrister and Northern Irish unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP... |
3,949 | ||
| Alban Maginness Alban Maginness Alban Maginness is a Nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Maginness was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. He completed his secondary education at St. Malachy's College, Belfast. He then attended the New University of Ulster and subsequently Queen's University of Belfast where... |
2,520 | ||
| Danny Lavery | 1,991 | ||
| David Browne | 1,550 | ||
| Pat Convery Pat Convery Patrick Convery , known as Pat Convery, is an Irish Nationalist politician who sits as a Social Democratic and Labour Party Councillor on Belfast City Council, County Antrim. Convery was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast on 1 June 2010 and his term will continue until June 2011... |
1,403 | ||
| Tom Campbell | 984 | ||
| Ian Crozier | 759 | ||
| Janet Carson | 352 | ||
| Elizabeth McCullough | 253 | ||
| David Mahood | 178 | ||
| Sandy Blair | 109 | ||
| Marcella Delaney | 84 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
14,497 | ||
| Democratic Unionist Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... gain from Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... |
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| Social Democratic and Labour Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... gain from Alliance Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons.... |
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| Oldpark Oldpark (District Electoral Area) Oldpark is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the west of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ardoyne; Ballysillan; Cliftonville; Legoniel; New Lodge and Water Works... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Gerard Brophy | 2,755 | ||
| Margaret McCleneghan | 2,467 | ||
| Nelson McCausland Nelson McCausland Nelson McCausland, MLA is a unionist politician from Northern Ireland. He is the current Minister for Social Development in the Northern Irish Government.-Education:... |
2,392 | ||
| Martin Morgan Martin Morgan Martin Morgan is a former Northern Irish politician for the Social Democratic and Labour Party .Married to Dympna, a double graduate from the Queen's University of Belfast and a qualified Master's Level Social Worker, Morgan was a political activist from his teenage years onwards.A former... |
1,932 | ||
| Billy Hutchinson Billy Hutchinson Billy Hutchinson is the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party in Northern Ireland. He was elected to Belfast City Council in 1997 and to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998. He lost his assembly seat in 2003 and his council seat in 2005... |
1,516 | ||
| Kathy Stanton Kathy Stanton Kathy Stanton was a Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2003 to 2007 in North Belfast.Stanton is a full-time party official in North Belfast, and is her party's spokesperson on Equality. She was elected to the Assembly in November 2003 election, and was co-opted to Belfast City... |
1,298 | ||
| Fred Proctor | 1,116 | ||
| Joleen Connolly | 1,114 | ||
| Eoin O'Broin | 957 | ||
| James Bates | 209 | ||
| Thomas McCullough | 160 | ||
| Rene Greig | 59 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
16,662 | ||
| Democratic Unionist Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... gain from Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... |
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| Laganbank Laganbank (District Electoral Area) Laganbank is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the south of the city, the district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballynafeigh; Botanic; Shaftesbury; Stranmillis and Rosetta... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Michael McGimpsey Michael McGimpsey Michael McGimpsey MLA is an Ulster Unionist Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast South who has twice served in the Northern Ireland Executive... |
2,019 | ||
| Alex Maskey Alex Maskey Alex Maskey is an Irish politician who was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Belfast's Lord Mayor. He is Sinn Féin's longest sitting councillor and is currently an MLA for South Belfast as well as being a councillor for the Laganbank area of Belfast.-Early life:Maskey was educated at St... |
1,748 | ||
| Peter O'Reilly | 1,612 | ||
| Patrick McCarthy Patrick McCarthy (politician) Patrick McCarthy is a Northern Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party politician and member of Belfast City Council.First elected to the council in 2001 for Laganbank he was chosen as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2006. McCarthy, the city's fourth nationalist mayor, was endorsed by all parties except... |
1,511 | ||
| Richard Scott | 882 | ||
| Mark Long | 825 | ||
| Jim Clarke | 819 | ||
| Anne Monaghan | 703 | ||
| Dawn Purvis Dawn Purvis Dawn Purvis was an Independent Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was previously the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party until she resigned in 2010. She lost her seat in the Assembly in the 2011 election.-Biography:... |
286 | ||
| Patrick Lynn | 158 | ||
| Andrew Frew | 141 | ||
| Barbara Muldoon | 128 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
11,082 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... gain from Alliance Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons.... |
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| Upper Falls Upper Falls (District Electoral Area) Upper Falls is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the west of the city, the district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Andersonstown; Falls Park; Glen Road; Glencolin; and Ladybrook. Upper Falls forms part of the... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Paul Maskey Paul Maskey Paul John Maskey is an Irish republican politician in Northern Ireland who is a member of Sinn Féin. He has been a Sinn Féin member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast West since 2007, and was elected in June 2011 as Member of Parliament for the Westminster constituency of Belfast West,... |
3,349 | ||
| Alex Attwood Alex Attwood Alex Attwood, MLA is an Irish politician, currently serving in the Northern Ireland Executive, and is the Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Belfast West.... |
3,260 | ||
| Gerard O'Neill | 2,866 | ||
| Michael Browne | 2,469 | ||
| Chrissie McAuley | 1,801 | ||
| Brian Heading | 1,112 | ||
| Mary Catney | 365 | ||
| Kathy Ayers | 136 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
15,972 | ||
| No change | |||
| Lower Falls Lower Falls (District Electoral Area) Lower Falls is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the west of the city, the district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Beechmount; Clonard; Falls; Upper Springfield; and Whiterock. Lower Falls forms part of the... |
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Fra McCann Fra McCann Fra McCann is an Irish politician. McCann became active in the Irish republican movement and during the 1970s was jailed on a number of occasions... |
2,399 | ||
| Tom Hartley Tom Hartley Tom Hartley is a historian and Irish republican politician.Hartley grew up in the Falls Road area of Belfast and became a republican activist in the late 1960s. In 1970, he was imprisoned in the Crumlin Road gaol for ten months for riotous behaviour; he was again imprisoned in 1978... |
2,351 | ||
| Máire Cush | 2,230 | ||
| Margaret Walsh | 2,016 | ||
| Marie Moore | 1,917 | ||
| Sean McKnight | 1,247 | ||
| John Lowry John Lowry For the 19th-century baseball player, see John Lowry .John Lowry is the General Secretary of the Workers' Party in Ireland. He is a native of the Lower Falls area of Belfast.... |
488 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
13,229 | ||
| No change | |||