2001 Craigavon Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001

2001 Craigavon Borough Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 8 7 6 Seat change 3 0 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Ind. Nationalist Seats won 4 1 0 Seat change 2 1 2   Seventh party   Party Alliance Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2001

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	3	3	30.8	28.1	11,127	11.6
	SDLP	7	1	1	0	26.9	20.0	7,947	1.0
	DUP	6	3	0	3	23.1	22.6	8,972	8.0
	Sinn Féin	4	2	0	2	15.4	21.3	8,456	9.1
	Independent	1	1	0	1	3.8	4.9	1,958	4.9
	Alliance	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.6	645	2.9
	UK Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	408	New
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	132	0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2001
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Others
Craigavon Central	29.5	2	16.4	2	24.3	2	16.9	1	3.6	0	9.3	0	7
Loughside	4.9	0	47.1	3	2.9	0	45.1	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Lurgan	47.1	4	7.7	1	33.3	2	6.8	0	0.0	0	5.1	0	7
Portadown	26.9	2	12.8	1	27.2	2	20.2	1	2.8	0	10.1	1	7
Total	28.1	8	20.0	7	22.6	6	21.3	4	1.6	0	6.4	1	26

District results

Craigavon Central

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance

Craigavon Central - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble*	15.93%	1,694
	Sinn Féin	Francis Murray*	11.27%	1,198	1,198	1,220	1,220	1,224	1,728
	SDLP	Patricia Mallon*	9.37%	996	997.89	1,057.89	1,062.31	1,162.36	1,211.78	1,390.78
	UUP	Frederick Crowe*	7.54%	802	887.26	904.26	1,030.97	1,132.48	1,133.48	1,133.48	1,133.97	1,438.97
	DUP	William Smith	9.97%	1,060	1,075.12	1,078.12	1,082.17	1,087.8	1,087.8	1,087.8	1,087.8	1,130.14	1,149.04	1,332.04
	DUP	Robert Smith	7.62%	810	813.36	816.57	820.2	822.83	822.83	822.83	822.83	860	883.8	1,289.72
	SDLP	Kieran Corr	7.01%	745	745.63	782.63	784.63	843.47	871.68	942.68	1,000.99	1,042.38	1,054.28	1,062.24
	DUP	Denis Watson	6.70%	712	738.25	741.25	752.51	758.93	758.93	758.93	759.42	839.82	876.22	1,045.41
	Independent	David Calvert	7.16%	761	766.46	770.46	774.51	783.93	783.93	784.93	784.93	819.48	836.98
	UUP	Samuel McCammick*	3.72%	396	527.25	532.46	665.88	753.18	753.18	753.18	754.16
	Sinn Féin	Peter Toland	5.66%	602	602.21	618.42	618.42	622.63
	Alliance	Sean Hagan*	3.56%	379	394.12	429.96	446.32
	UUP	Audrey Lindsay	2.35%	250	313.84	315.84
	Workers' Party	Tom French	1.24%	132	132.84
	Independent	Alan Evans	0.90%	96	97.05
Electorate: 15,747   Valid: 10,633 (67.52%)   Spoilt: 254   Quota: 1,330   Turnout: 10,887 (69.14%)

Loughside

1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Loughside - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly*	22.84%	2,022
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd*	22.27%	1,971
	SDLP	Sean McCavanagh*	11.92%	1,055	1,214.04	1,232.54	1,235.82	1,392.52	1,449.92
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Magill	12.78%	1,131	1,175.24	1,376.49	1,378.49	1,394.23	1,404.51
	SDLP	Mary McAlinden*	8.30%	735	996.8	1,010.55	1,013.55	1,212.21	1,401.45
	Sinn Féin	Mairéad O'Dowd	9.98%	883	904.56	1,144.56	1,145.56	1,167.71	1,168.71
	UUP	William Lindsay	4.89%	433	437.48	437.48	641.48	642.48
	SDLP	Kieran McGeown*	4.07%	360	411.24	417.99	417.99
	DUP	Alexander Dougan	2.95%	261	261.28	261.28
Electorate: 12,545   Valid: 8,851 (70.55%)   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,476   Turnout: 9,106 (72.59%)

Lurgan

1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lurgan - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jonathan Bell*	18.48%	1,942
	UUP	Samuel Gardiner*	16.44%	1,728
	DUP	Stephen Moutray	14.80%	1,555
	UUP	George Savage*	11.77%	1,237	1,315.07
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	9.18%	965	1,089.32	1,332.44
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	7.13%	749	854.08	952.24	1,032.04	1,332.64
	SDLP	Mary McNally*	7.62%	801	806.92	813.64	816.11	842.63	1,342.63
	UK Unionist	David Vance	3.88%	408	683.65	697.81	811.05	886.49	887.86
	Sinn Féin	Matthew Rooney	6.84%	719	719.37	719.61	719.8	719.8
	UUP	William Tate	2.63%	276	290.8	325.6	356
	Independent	William Grafton	1.24%	130	147.76	150.4	160.66
Electorate: 14,911   Valid: 10,510 (70.48%)   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 1,314   Turnout: 10,746 (72.07%)

Portadown

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)

Portadown - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	David Simpson	24.37%	2,352
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKeown*	13.97%	1,348
	SDLP	Ignatius Fox*	12.78%	1,233
	UUP	Arnold Hatch	9.04%	872	900.42	900.42	943.38	1,033.85	1,049.14	1,049.71	1,353.71
	UUP	Sydney Anderson	9.15%	883	954.54	954.64	984.72	1,041.13	1,066.71	1,067.52	1,326.52
	Independent	David Jones	10.06%	971	1,112.12	1,112.12	1,130.59	1,145.57	1,182.5	1,182.92	1,211.92
	DUP	Alan Carson	2.21%	213	638.32	638.52	639.01	647.93	1,032.01	1,032.1	1,095.09
	Sinn Féin	Noel Mercer	6.26%	604	604	732.9	759.3	760.3	760.79	783.98	789.04
	UUP	Mark Neale*	4.79%	462	486.5	486.6	520.6	758.46	782.22	783.03
	DUP	John Tate	0.69%	67	478.6	478.6	484.07	498.97
	UUP	David Thompson	3.94%	380	403.52	403.62	440.62
	Alliance	William Ramsay	2.75%	266	272.86	274.56
Electorate: 13,514   Valid: 9,651 (71.41%)   Spoilt: 243   Quota: 1,207   Turnout: 9,894 (73.21%)