2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP Ulster Unionist SDLP Seats won 8 5 2 Seat change 2 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 2

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	8	0	0	2	50.0	42.3	5,310	9.6
	Ulster Unionist	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

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Cecil Cousley*	21.11%	788
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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

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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	Bill Kennedy*	27.66%	997
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	16.34%	589	931.35
	Ulster Unionist	John Ramsay	15.12%	545	567.14	664.72
	Ulster Unionist	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%)