2001 Larne Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001

2001 Larne Borough Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance Seats won 5 4 2 Seat change 2 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SDLP Independent Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change 1 0 1   Seventh party   Party Independent Nationalist Seats won 0 Seat change 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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	5	2	0	2	33.3	28.8	3,985	4.3
	Ulster Unionist	4	0	2	2	26.7	28.8	3,984	7.6
	Alliance	2	1	0	1	13.3	14.5	1,999	2.3
	Independent	2	0	0	0	13.3	13.9	1,928	2.3
	SDLP	2	0	0	0	13.3	9.2	1,075	0.4
	Sinn Féin	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.6	496	3.6
	PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	107	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2001
by district

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Winston Fulton	17.49%	753
	SDLP	Danny O'Connor*	17.42%	750
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Bobby McKee*	25.87%	1,314
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Beggs*	24.57%	1,248
	Alliance	John Mathews*	23.06%	1,171
	DUP	Gregg McKeen	9.69%	492	914.17
	Ulster Unionist	David Fleck*	7.36%	374	395.83	704.35	821.2	849.2
	Ulster Unionist	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)