2001 Coleraine Borough Council election

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2001 Coleraine Borough Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 10 7 4 Seat change 0 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Alliance Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 3
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Coleraine Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 2001

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	10	0	0	0	45.5	36.0	8,813	7.4
	DUP	7	2	0	2	31.8	27.5	6,743	4.3
	SDLP	4	1	0	1	18.2	19.7	4,837	3.4
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.5	9.7	2,377	3.6
	Alliance	0	0	3	3	0.0	6.4	1,579	2.8
	PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	146	0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 2001
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others
Bann	34.0	3	20.0	1	30.5	2	1.6	0	13.9	0	6
Coleraine Central	44.7	3	30.4	2	17.6	1	7.3	0	0.0	0	6
Coleraine East	26.7	2	44.2	3	7.8	0	5.7	0	15.6	0	5
The Skerries	35.5	2	19.3	1	18.4	1	12.7	0	14.1	1	5
Total	36.0	10	27.5	7	19.7	4	6.4	0	10.4	1	22

District results

Bann

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Bann - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	John Dallat*	23.22%	1,714
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	16.47%	1,216
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan*	7.25%	535	1,079.07
	UUP	Olive Church*	13.36%	986	989.28	997.86	1,014.27	1,066.73
	UUP	William King*	11.12%	821	826.74	833.76	854.53	961.04	1,156.04
	UUP	William Watt*	9.54%	704	708.1	721.62	736.03	816.41	1,024.79
	Independent	Reginald McAuley	6.93%	512	589.9	591.2	628.3	643.38	722.47
	Independent	Robert Bolton*	6.96%	514	516.87	527.53	540.94	601.22
	DUP	Hazel Sommers	3.59%	265	265.41	377.08	377.21
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	1.57%	116	132.81	133.2
Electorate: 10,232   Valid: 7,383 (72.16%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,055   Turnout: 7,543 (73.72%)

Coleraine Central

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

Coleraine Central - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	James McClure*	20.39%	1,426
	UUP	David McClarty*	19.95%	1,395
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	17.62%	1,232
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston*	14.53%	1,016
	DUP	Timothy Deans	10.00%	699	1,064.12
	UUP	David Barbour*	10.25%	717	761.8	1,103.56
	Alliance	Eamon O'Hara*	7.26%	508	515.36	564.32
Electorate: 11,571   Valid: 6,993 (60.44%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 7,130 (61.62%)

Coleraine East

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

Coleraine East - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Maurice Bradley*	29.22%	1,389
	UUP	Elizabeth Black*	17.00%	808
	DUP	William Creelman*	12.54%	596	1,025.57
	UUP	Robert McPherson*	9.68%	460	481.93	486.97	514.98	564.25	593.13	647.14	827.14
	DUP	Phyllis Fielding	2.48%	118	164.87	377.51	400.05	436.69	530.48	543.91	601.56	625.94
	SDLP	John Montgomery	7.74%	368	368	368.48	370.91	377.91	379.77	507.63	569.3	578.84
	Independent	Thomas Houston	6.71%	319	330.18	332.82	340.68	362.11	375.55	436.98
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan	5.76%	274	277.87	278.11	290.11	298.02	304.45
	Independent	Alistair Crawford	3.13%	149	188.13	191.25	221.07	238.32
	PUP	David Gilmour	3.07%	146	161.91	166.71	188.34
	Independent	Robert Hunter	2.65%	126	143.2	145.6
Electorate: 8,415   Valid: 4,753 (56.48%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 793   Turnout: 4,862 (57.78%)

The Skerries

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

The Skerries - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Billy Leonard	18.41%	988
	DUP	Robert Stewart*	12.58%	675	943
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	11.65%	625	642	643.76	961.76
	UUP	Pauline Armitage*	13.59%	729	753	754.32	859.98	910.73
	Independent	Christine Alexander*	14.11%	757	763	782.69	842.13	851.13
	Alliance	Barbara Dempsey*	12.69%	681	686	751.89	776.66	782.66
	UUP	Samuel Kane	10.29%	552	565	567.53
	DUP	Sandy Gilkinson	6.69%	359
Electorate: 8,800   Valid: 5,366 (60.98%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 895   Turnout: 5,451 (61.94%)