2001 Larne Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

2001 Larne Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 5 4 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Independent Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 2 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent Nationalist
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 2001[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 5 2 0 Increase2 33.3 28.8 3,985 Increase4.3
  UUP 4 0 2 Decrease2 26.7 28.8 3,984 Decrease7.6
  Alliance 2 1 0 Increase1 13.3 14.5 1,999 Increase2.3
  Independent 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 13.9 1,928 Increase2.3
  SDLP 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 9.2 1,075 Decrease0.4
  Sinn Féin 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.6 496 Increase3.6
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 107 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2001
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP Others
Coast Road 28.7 2 24.2 1 13.7 1 17.4 1 16.0 0 5
Larne Lough 35.6 2 38.4 2 23.1 1 0.0 0 2.9 0 5
Larne Town 21.3 1 22.3 1 5.4 0 12.8 1 38.2 2 5
Total 28.8 5 28.8 4 14.5 2 9.6 2 18.3 2 15

Districts results

Coast Road

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

Coast Road - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Winston Fulton 17.49% 753        
SDLP Danny O'Connor* 17.42% 750        
UUP Joan Drummond* 14.26% 614 616 618.68 895.68  
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna 13.68% 589 701 701.2 721.2  
DUP Rachel Rea* 11.27% 485 485 509.72 616.8 767.8
Independent William Cunning* 8.80% 379 488 488 494.04 516.04
UUP Thomas Robinson* 9.99% 430 431 432.44    
Sinn Féin Martin Graffin 7.08% 305        
Electorate: 7,121   Valid: 4,305 (60.45%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 718   Turnout: 4,404 (61.85%)  

Larne Lough

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Bobby McKee* 25.87% 1,314        
UUP Roy Beggs* 24.57% 1,248        
Alliance John Mathews* 23.06% 1,171        
DUP Gregg McKeen 9.69% 492 914.17      
UUP David Fleck* 7.36% 374 395.83 704.35 821.2 849.2
UUP John Hall* 6.48% 329 342.69 424.77 551.46 615.97
Independent William Small 2.97% 151 155.07 162.27 240.58  
Electorate: 8,552   Valid: 5,079 (59.39%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 847   Turnout: 5,233 (61.19%)  

Larne Town

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

Larne Town - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
UUP Brian Dunn 18.13% 804                  
DUP Jack McKee* 17.50% 776                  
SDLP Martin Wilson 12.85% 570 571.12 572.12 572.12 703.12 703.16 762.16      
Independent Roy Craig* 8.80% 390 397.2 411.36 412.56 416.64 438.08 487.96 495.16 567.61 698.73
Independent Lindsay Mason* 8.77% 389 393.96 405.12 406.12 434.28 465.56 513.88 520.18 570.68 690.64
Independent William Adams 7.37% 327 332.28 349.84 350.96 352.96 370.28 403.56 405.36 458.04 541.41
Independent John Anderson 6.58% 292 293.6 294.76 295.2 297.2 301.04 326.04 330.09 360.89  
UUP Andrew Wilson 4.17% 185 217.48 233.8 235.72 237.76 299.68 319.16 321.86    
Alliance Margaret Richmond 5.39% 239 241.4 242.48 242.56 257.64 258.92        
DUP Alastair Holden 3.72% 165 169.48 194.72 218.52 218.52          
Sinn Féin Janette Graffin 4.31% 191 191.32 191.32 191.36            
PUP Bill Adamson 2.41% 107 109                
Electorate: 7,483   Valid: 4,435 (59.27%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 740   Turnout: 4,524 (60.46%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Larne Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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