Local government election in Northern Ireland
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
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
Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2001
by district[1]
| Ward
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
Total
Cllrs
|
| DUP
|
UUP
|
SDLP
|
Sinn Féin
|
Others
|
| Ballymoney Town
|
44.2
|
3
|
26.9
|
2
|
12.3
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
16.6
|
0
|
5
|
| Bann Valley
|
39.7
|
3
|
18.6
|
1
|
20.2
|
1
|
21.5
|
1
|
0.0
|
0
|
6
|
| Bushvale
|
44.0
|
2
|
27.8
|
2
|
19.4
|
1
|
8.8
|
0
|
0.0
|
0
|
5
|
| Total
|
42.3
|
8
|
23.7
|
5
|
17.6
|
2
|
11.5
|
1
|
4.9
|
0
|
16
|
Districts results
Ballymoney Town
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)
Ballymoney Town - 5 seats[2]
| Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
|
|
|
DUP
|
Cecil Cousley*
|
21.11%
|
788
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UUP
|
Tom McKeown*
|
10.61%
|
396
|
408.6
|
454.28
|
631.28
|
|
|
|
|
DUP
|
Mervyn Storey
|
11.49%
|
429
|
485.49
|
493.12
|
497.33
|
661.33
|
|
|
|
DUP
|
Ian Stevenson
|
11.60%
|
433
|
500.62
|
513.09
|
531.61
|
639.61
|
|
|
|
UUP
|
James Simpson
|
9.40%
|
351
|
356.04
|
407.3
|
483.82
|
536.5
|
570.5
|
|
|
SDLP
|
Justin McCamphill
|
12.30%
|
459
|
459.84
|
485.05
|
497.05
|
507.05
|
509.05
|
|
|
Independent
|
Jim Wright
|
10.07%
|
376
|
379.57
|
420.2
|
424.83
|
|
|
|
|
UUP
|
William Johnston
|
6.88%
|
257
|
263.51
|
306.98
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Jeffrey Balmer
|
3.35%
|
125
|
128.78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Anne Logan
|
3.19%
|
119
|
123.41
|
|
|
|
|
| Electorate: 6,187 Valid: 3,733 (60.34%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 623 Turnout: 3,803 (61.47%)
|
Bann Valley
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
Bann Valley - 6 seats[2]
| Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
|
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Philip McGuigan
|
21.51%
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DUP
|
John Finlay
|
16.46%
|
859
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SDLP
|
Malachy McCamphill*
|
12.70%
|
663
|
803.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
UUP
|
Joe Gaston*
|
13.62%
|
711
|
712.2
|
926.2
|
|
|
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Halliday*
|
12.93%
|
675
|
675.8
|
687.8
|
753.8
|
|
|
|
DUP
|
Robert Wilson*
|
10.34%
|
540
|
540
|
556
|
611
|
717.68
|
|
|
SDLP
|
Charley O'Kane
|
7.43%
|
388
|
614.4
|
617.4
|
629.4
|
629.68
|
|
|
UUP
|
John Watt*
|
5.00%
|
261
|
261.4
|
|
|
|
| Electorate: 7,451 Valid: 5,220 (70.06%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 746 Turnout: 5,342 (71.70%)
|
Bushvale
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
Bushvale - 5 seats[2]
| Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
| 1 |
2 |
3
|
|
|
DUP
|
Bill Kennedy*
|
27.66%
|
997
|
|
|
|
|
DUP
|
Frank Campbell*
|
16.34%
|
589
|
931.35
|
|
|
|
UUP
|
John Ramsay
|
15.12%
|
545
|
567.14
|
664.72
|
|
|
UUP
|
William Logan*
|
12.68%
|
457
|
481.6
|
614.85
|
|
|
SDLP
|
Harry Connolly*
|
15.20%
|
548
|
550.05
|
553.74
|
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
Sean McErlain
|
8.82%
|
318
|
318
|
318
|
|
|
SDLP
|
Francis McCluskey*
|
4.19%
|
151
|
151.41
|
151.82
|
| Electorate: 5,639 Valid: 3,605 (63.93%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 601 Turnout: 3,681 (65.28%)
|
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