2001 Ards Borough Council election
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![]() 2001 Ards Borough Council Election Results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes. |
Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 9 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
39.1 | 37.0 | 8,133 | ![]() | |
UUP | 8 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
34.8 | 31.7 | 6,968 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
17.4 | 16.7 | 3,668 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 9.8 | 2,135 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4.3 | 3.9 | 860 | ![]() | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 190 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
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DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
Ards East | N/A | 2 | N/A | 3 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | 6 |
Ards West | 36.9 | 3 | 42.2 | 2 | 18.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 |
Newtownards | 37.5 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 6 |
Peninsula | 36.8 | 2 | 17.9 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 13.6 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 37.0 | 9 | 31.7 | 8 | 16.7 | 4 | 3.9 | 1 | 10.7 | 0 | 23 |
Districts results
Ards East
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Alliance | Linda Cleland* | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | Ronald Ferguson* | N/A | N/A | |
DUP | Hamilton Gregory* | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | Jeffrey Magill* | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | John Shields* | N/A | N/A | |
DUP | Terence Williams | N/A | N/A | |
Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |
- As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Ards East and all six candidates were deemed elected.
Ards West
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Robert Gibson* | 30.56% | 2,454 | ||||||
DUP | Margaret Craig* | 15.32% | 1,230 | ||||||
UUP | Philip Smith | 7.78% | 625 | 1,516.55 | |||||
DUP | William Montgomery | 12.94% | 1,039 | 1,098.95 | 1,100.56 | 1,117.89 | 1,124.49 | 1,175.49 | |
Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 9.41% | 756 | 835.75 | 840.35 | 866.23 | 867.07 | 1,023.47 | |
DUP | David Gilmore* | 8.63% | 693 | 789.25 | 794.08 | 810.63 | 873.15 | 1,001.09 | |
Alliance | Kathleen Coulter* | 9.12% | 732 | 791.4 | 795.08 | 842.96 | 843.92 | 965.11 | |
UUP | Arthur Spence | 3.87% | 311 | 412.75 | 762.35 | 829.73 | 830.93 | ||
NI Conservatives | Christopher Connolly | 2.37% | 190 | 205.4 | 207.01 | ||||
Electorate: 13,602 Valid: 8,030 (59.04%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 8,253 (60.67%) |
Newtownards
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | George Ennis* | 22.81% | 1,608 | |||||
UUP | Thomas Hamilton* | 18.27% | 1,288 | |||||
UUP | David Smyth* | 15.04% | 1,060 | |||||
Independent | Wilbert Magill* | 12.61% | 889 | 923.2 | 1,043.2 | |||
Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 12.18% | 859 | 863.94 | 915.32 | 1,075.9 | ||
DUP | Hamilton Lawther | 5.15% | 363 | 838 | 877.14 | 944.41 | 967.66 | |
DUP | Bobby McBride* | 9.52% | 671 | 734.46 | 779.5 | 830.96 | 852.04 | |
Independent | Nancy Orr | 4.43% | 312 | 322.66 | ||||
Electorate: 12,965 Valid: 7,050 (54.38%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,008 Turnout: 7,268 (56.06%) |
Peninsula
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | Jim Shannon* | 26.53% | 1,824 | ||||||||
Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 18.71% | 1,286 | ||||||||
DUP | Robert Drysdale* | 10.25% | 705 | 1,222.92 | |||||||
SDLP | Daniel McCarthy* | 12.51% | 860 | 865.85 | 899.51 | 918.84 | 1,025.08 | 1,025.88 | 1,430.88 | ||
UUP | Angus Carson | 10.33% | 710 | 748.22 | 755.81 | 766.28 | 864.5 | 894.8 | 944.8 | 1,008.8 | |
UUP | Paul Carson* | 7.56% | 520 | 583.96 | 593.97 | 603.82 | 671.15 | 710.75 | 731.42 | 765.42 | |
Independent | Joe Boyle | 7.65% | 526 | 528.73 | 543.58 | 553.75 | 646.87 | 648.67 | |||
Independent | Robert Ambrose | 3.71% | 255 | 289.32 | 298.01 | 307.13 | |||||
Independent | James McMullan | 2.23% | 153 | 155.73 | 162.99 | 166.58 | |||||
Alliance | Stephen McSherry | 0.51% | 35 | 38.12 | 85.2 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,849 Valid: 6,874 (58.01%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 7,085 (59.79%) |
References
- ^ a b "Ards Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.