# 2001 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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 |
| UUP | 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 |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 21.11% | 788 | | | | | |
| | UUP | 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 | |
| | UUP | 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 | | |
| | UUP | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | | | |
| | UUP | 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 |
| | UUP | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Bill Kennedy* | 27.66% | 997 | | |
| | DUP | Frank Campbell* | 16.34% | 589 | 931.35 | |
| | UUP | John Ramsay | 15.12% | 545 | 567.14 | 664.72 |
| | UUP | 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%) |||||||