2001 Belfast City Council election

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2001 Belfast City Council election
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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin UUP DUP
Seats won 14 11 10
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Alliance PUP
Seats won 9 3 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3 Steady
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Independent Ind U
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2
Lord Mayor before election

Sammy Wilson
DUP

Lord Mayor

Jim Rodgers
UUP

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, although Jim Rodgers from the UUP became Lord Mayor.

Election results[]

Belfast Local Election Result 2001[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 14 1 0 Increase1 27.5 28.4 34,727 Increase0.8
  UUP 11 1 3 Decrease2 21.6 18.3 22,318 Decrease1.8
  DUP 10 3 0 Increase3 19.6 18.1 22,128 Increase6.0
  SDLP 9 2 0 Increase2 15.7 17.4 21,308 Increase1.8
  Alliance 3 0 3 Decrease3 5.9 6.8 8,330 Decrease2.4
  PUP 3 0 0 Steady 5.9 5.8 7,130 Decrease3.4
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 2.0 3.0 3,660 Increase2.9
  NI Women's Coalition 0 0 0 Steady 0 1.1 1,321 Increase0.1
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.7 859 Decrease0.3
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.2 305 Decrease0.1
  UK Unionist 0 0 0 New 0 0.1 74 New
  National Liberal Party 0 0 0 New 0 0.1 28 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[]

Results of the Belfast City Council election, 2001
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin UUP DUP SDLP Alliance PUP Others
Balmoral 9.9 0 34.7 2 10.1 1 29.8 2 12.4 1 3.1 0 0.0 0 6
Castle 14.1 1 11.0 1 33.3 2 27.8 2 6.9 0 2.5 0 4.4 0 6
Court 2.8 0 23.1 1 34.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 22.0 1 18.1 1 5
Laganbank 16.2 1 26.2 2 8.1 0 28.8 2 7.6 0 2.6 0 10.5 0 5
Lower Falls 80.2 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 15.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.9 0 5
Oldpark 46.8 3 7.0 0 15.0 1 19.1 1 1.0 0 9.4 1 1.7 0 6
Pottinger 9.7 1 28.2 2 36.2 2 3.5 0 5.3 0 13.3 1 3.8 0 6
Upper Falls 68.3 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 28.5 1 0.9 0 0.0 0 2.3 0 5
Victoria 0.0 0 36.6 2 28.0 2 1.8 0 22.8 2 4.2 0 6.6 0 7
Total 28.4 14 18.3 11 18.1 10 17.4 9 6.8 3 5.8 3 5.2 1 51

District results[]

Balmoral[]

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Balmoral - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SDLP Carmel Hanna* 22.60% 3,077      
UUP Mary Crooks* 16.72% 2,276      
UUP Bob Stoker* 14.93% 2,032      
SDLP Catherine Molloy* 7.25% 987 1,919.77 1,945.77  
Alliance Tom Ekin* 12.37% 1,684 1,780.57 1,935.49 2,047.4
DUP Ruth Patterson 10.11% 1,377 1,377.74 1,779.11 1,982.6
Sinn Féin Stephen Long 9.91% 1,349 1,435.21 1,445.58 1,446.53
DUP Thomas Morrow 3.09% 421 425.07    
UUP John Hiddleston 3.02% 411 415.44    
Electorate: 20,958   Valid: 13,614 (64.96%)   Spoilt: 259   Quota: 1,945   Turnout: 13,873 (66.19%)

Castle[]

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

Castle - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Nigel Dodds* 27.94% 3,949              
SDLP Alban Maginness* 17.83% 2,520              
DUP Ian Crozier 5.37% 759 2,142.12            
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery* 14.09% 1,991 1,992.02 2,094.62          
UUP David Browne* 10.97% 1,550 1,868.75 1,874.95 1,946.95 1,947.7 1,951.7 1,979.41 2,337.41
SDLP Pat Convery 9.93% 1,403 1,407.08 1,698.88 1,699.13 1,749.68 1,775.83 1,786.83 1,911.93
Alliance Tom Campbell* 6.96% 984 1,027.86 1,090.06 1,094.56 1,106.71 1,131.07 1,141.27 1,325.27
PUP Janet Carson 2.49% 352 456.04 457.84 478.44 478.74 484.45 490.41  
NI Women's Coalition Elizabeth Byrne McCullough 1.79% 253 259.12 277.32 279.12 284.67 300.38 308.63  
Independent David Mahood 1.26% 178 218.8 220.2 229.05 229.05 230.15 236.71  
Independent Alexander Blair 0.77% 109 115.63 116.03 117.78 117.78 118.83    
Workers' Party Marcella Delaney 0.59% 84 87.57 91.37 91.62 94.02      
Electorate: 21,068   Valid: 14,132 (67.08%)   Spoilt: 365   Quota: 2,019   Turnout: 14,497 (68.81%)

Court[]

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x UDP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent

Court - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Eric Smyth* 26.71% 2,605        
Independent Frank McCoubrey* 17.76% 1,732        
UUP Chris McGimpsey* 15.66% 1,527 1,612.8 1,661.97    
PUP Hugh Smyth* 13.70% 1,336 1,450.66 1,478.05 1,510.05 1,774.05
DUP Elaine McMillen 7.38% 720 1,401.33 1,411.89 1,438.85 1,639.85
PUP William Smith 8.34% 813 861.75 875.75 893.67 991.67
UUP Fred Cobain* 7.40% 722 764.51 787.9 812.78  
Sinn Féin Mick Conlon 2.76% 269 269.39      
National Liberal Party David Kerr 0.29% 28 31.9      
Electorate: 15,674   Valid: 9,752 (62.22%)   Spoilt: 333   Quota: 1,626   Turnout: 10,085 (64.34%)

Laganbank[]

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Laganbank - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Michael McGimpsey* 18.64% 2,019            
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey* 16.14% 1,748 1,748.33 1,768.33 1,799.33 1,869.33    
SDLP Peter O'Reilly 14.88% 1,612 1,614.86 1,624.97 1,663.41 1,865.41    
SDLP Patrick McCarthy 13.95% 1,511 1,516.06 1,532.06 1,602.94 1,799.04 1,841.04  
UUP Jim Clarke* 7.56% 819 952.7 954.76 1,083.14 1,118.56 1,118.56 1,839.56
Alliance Mark Long 7.62% 825 846.67 857.78 929.65 1,149.62 1,159.62 1,195.62
DUP Richard Scott 8.14% 882 900.48 901.48 993.97 999.08 999.08  
NI Women's Coalition Anne Monaghan 6.49% 703 709.93 740.93 834.81      
PUP Dawn Purvis 2.64% 286 302.5 309.61        
Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 1.46% 158 158.55 173.66        
Independent Andrew Frew 1.30% 141 143.31 148.31        
Independent Barbara Muldoon 1.18% 128 128.66          
Electorate: 17,687   Valid: 10,832 (61.24%)   Spoilt: 250   Quota: 1,806   Turnout: 11,082 (62.66%)

Lower Falls[]

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Lower Falls - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Fra McCann* 18.97% 2,399        
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley* 18.59% 2,351        
Sinn Féin Máire Cush 17.63% 2,230        
SDLP Margaret Walsh* 15.94% 2,016 2,262      
Sinn Féin Marie Moore* 15.16% 1,917 1,928 1,955.17 1,977.94 1,996.94
Sinn Féin Sean McKnight* 9.86% 1,247 1,272 1,521.99 1,735.83 1,761.83
Workers' Party John Lowry 3.86% 488        
Electorate: 18,349   Valid: 12,648 (68.93%)   Spoilt: 581   Quota: 2,109   Turnout: 13,229 (72.10%)

Oldpark[]

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Oldpark - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Gerard Brophy 17.25% 2,755              
Sinn Féin Margaret McClenaghan 15.44% 2,467              
DUP Nelson McCausland* 14.97% 2,392              
SDLP Martin Morgan* 12.09% 1,932 1,958.52 1,993.69 2,006.81 2,007.56 2,931.56    
PUP Billy Hutchinson* 9.49% 1,516 1,516.85 1,608.02 1,608.5 1,648.65 1,670.24 1,704.24 2,471.24
Sinn Féin Eoin O'Broin 5.99% 957 1,298.36 1,315.53 1,455.69 1,455.79 1,534.41 1,837.41 1,857.46
Sinn Féin Kathy Stanton 8.13% 1,298 1,340.67 1,344.35 1,360.99 1,361.04 1,391.08 1,501.08 1,510.14
UUP Fred Proctor* 6.99% 1,116 1,116.34 1,246.51 1,246.51 1,311.01 1,327.35 1,355.35  
SDLP Joleen Connelly 6.97% 1,114 1,151.06 1,202.06 1,210.86 1,211.01      
Independent James Bates 1.31% 209 209.17            
Alliance Thomas McCullough 1.00% 160 161.36            
Independent Rene Graig 0.37% 59 59.17            
Electorate: 23,866   Valid: 15,975 (66.94%)   Spoilt: 687   Quota: 2,283   Turnout: 16,662 (69.81%)

Pottinger[]

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Pottinger - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Sammy Wilson* 30.21% 3,918                  
UUP Reg Empey* 23.88% 3,097                  
PUP David Ervine* 12.20% 1,582 1,748.42 2,005.46              
UUP Margaret Clarke* 4.31% 559 621.01 1,279.99 1,338.86 1,366.14 1,398.3 1,406.09 1,508.73 1,524.67 1,892.91
Sinn Féin Joseph O'Donnell 9.75% 1,264 1,264 1,265.68 1,266.26 1,267.26 1,268.26 1,285.26 1,287.26 1,451.29 1,567.85
DUP Harry Toan 1.58% 205 1,377.89 1,430.39 1,440.54 1,445.54 1,475.47 1,477.47 1,529.03 1,532.03 1,552.64
DUP Mary Campbell 4.45% 577 1,146.22 1,196.62 1,204.16 1,209.37 1,232.61 1,236.56 1,297.52 1,302.59 1,328.67
Alliance Mervyn Jones* 5.34% 693 702.01 801.13 825.2 842.04 845.14 881.27 929.43 1,189.34  
SDLP Leo Van Es 3.54% 459 463.24 514.06 518.41 518.41 518.41 554.41 561.83    
Independent John Bushell 1.68% 218 236.55 254.19 259.7 262.12 268.5 283.98      
PUP Robin Stewart 0.97% 127 132.3 141.12 163.16 168.29 175.43 177.43      
Workers' Party Joseph Bell 0.99% 129 131.65 134.59 136.04 138.33 140.33        
UK Unionist David Fairfield 0.57% 74 94.14 118.5 127.49 135.57          
NI Conservatives Jason Docherty 0.51% 66 70.24 89.56 93.91            
Electorate: 21,854   Valid: 12,968 (59.34%)   Spoilt: 458   Quota: 1,853   Turnout: 13,426 (61.43%)

Upper Falls[]

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Upper Falls - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Sinn Féin Paul Maskey 21.81% 3,349      
SDLP Alex Attwood* 21.23% 3,260      
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill 18.66% 2,866      
Sinn Féin Michael Browne* 16.08% 2,469 2,548.68 2,628.26  
Sinn Féin Chrissie McAuley* 11.73% 1,801 2,442.52 2,494.96 2,592.96
SDLP Brian Heading 7.24% 1,112 1,131.44 1,569.13 1,774.13
NI Women's Coalition Mary Catney 2.38% 365 385.4 450.72  
Alliance Mary Ayers 0.89% 136 137.92 183.69  
Electorate: 22,107   Valid: 15,358 (69.47%)   Spoilt: 614   Quota: 2,560   Turnout: 15,972 (72.25%)

Victoria[]

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Victoria - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP Ian Adamson* 19.43% 3,286                
Alliance David Alderdice* 18.45% 3,119                
DUP Wallace Browne* 14.74% 2,492                
UUP Jim Rodgers* 13.73% 2,322                
UUP Alan Crowe* 3.44% 582 1,569.16 1,716.04 1,727.89 1,858.75 1,881.65 2,011.63 2,194.63  
Alliance Naomi Long 4.31% 729 776.36 1,399.58 1,401.23 1,407.62 1,416.83 1,702.74 1,792.2 2,017.89
DUP Robin Newton* 8.69% 1,469 1,492.31 1,516.45 1,636 1,658.41 1,678.71 1,702.85 1,810.58 1,955.77
DUP Margaret McKenzie 4.63% 783 811.12 826.76 1,045.16 1,059.29 1,076.49 1,111.65 1,226.47 1,426.49
Independent Danny Dow* 4.41% 746 758.58 816.04 823.39 830.77 857.54 890.67 996.7  
PUP Robert Moorhead 4.12% 697 715.87 736.27 739.87 745.72 761.15 795.85    
SDLP Ciara Farren 1.80% 305 310.18 383.62 383.77 384.76 390.78      
NI Conservatives Peter Gray 1.41% 239 261.57 284.35 286.45 291.76 301.92      
Independent Sammy Walker 0.67% 114 123.25 130.39 130.39 133.36        
Independent Billy Hands 0.09% 15 16.48 17.84 17.84 18.02        
Independent Lawrence John 0.06% 11 12.11 14.15 14.15 14.24        
Electorate: 28,160   Valid: 17,468 (62.03%)   Spoilt: 559   Quota: 2,114   Turnout: 16,909 (60.05%)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Belfast Council results". 27 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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