# 2001 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 45.8 | 44.9 | 12,944 | 8.2 |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29.2 | 27.5 | 7,927 | 10.8 |
| SDLP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 4,754 | 1.0 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 2,117 | 6.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 382 | 1.3 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 317 | 0.9 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 206 | 0.8 |
| NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 186 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena North | 27.7 | 2 | 24.8 | 2 | 13.8 | 1 | 33.7 | 2 | 7 |
| Ballymena South | 55.8 | 4 | 22.1 | 2 | 17.3 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Bannside | 55.2 | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Braid | 41.8 | 2 | 40.3 | 2 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 44.9 | 11 | 27.5 | 7 | 16.5 | 4 | 11.1 | 2 | 24 |

## Districts results
### Ballymena North

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance, Independent leaves UUP and Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Ballymena North - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | DUP | James Alexander* | 14.34% | 1,110 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 13.83% | 1,071 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Henry | 13.69% | 1,060 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph McKernan* | 7.92% | 613 | 614.32 | 616.32 | 625.12 | 642.58 | 806.06 | 855.29 | 942.07 | 992.25 | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 8.07% | 625 | 663.28 | 673.4 | 674.1 | 680.76 | 684.04 | 705.49 | 711.56 | 713.86 | 1,092.86 | |
| | Independent | William Wright* | 7.14% | 553 | 557.32 | 561.32 | 561.72 | 578.28 | 584.37 | 651.57 | 691.17 | 709.97 | 753.83 | 835.94 |
| | UUP | Neil Armstrong | 6.88% | 533 | 538.28 | 540.4 | 541.5 | 551.58 | 585.49 | 613.77 | 682.18 | 701.58 | 732.55 | 760.09 |
| | UUP | Gillian Scott | 6.87% | 532 | 534.04 | 538.04 | 539.94 | 546.6 | 569.19 | 598.75 | 698.32 | 706.41 | 719.98 | 734.26 |
| | DUP | Simon Hamilton | 5.31% | 411 | 489.24 | 494.6 | 494.8 | 499.21 | 504.63 | 516.99 | 525.11 | 526.41 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee | 4.93% | 382 | 382 | 382 | 429 | 429.72 | 429.72 | 433.22 | 454.9 | | | |
| | Alliance | Jayne Dunlop* | 4.09% | 317 | 318.08 | 319.08 | 348.28 | 357.28 | 358.47 | 427.39 | | | | |
| | Independent | Audrey Wales | 3.40% | 263 | 263.6 | 265.6 | 275 | 288.68 | 302.13 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McElfatrick | 3.13% | 242 | 242.72 | 242.72 | 244.12 | 250.87 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | William Parkhill | 0.39% | 30 | 30.6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,285 Valid: 7,742 (63.02%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 968 Turnout: 7,876 (64.11%) |||||||||||||||

### Ballymena South

1997 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ballymena South - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan* | 17.29% | 1,212 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Currie* | 15.58% | 1,092 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Beth Adger | 15.14% | 1,061 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Tweed* | 14.52% | 1,018 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Martin Clarke* | 11.31% | 793 | 798.72 | 805.92 | 875.45 | 960.85 | | | |
| | DUP | Hubert Nicholl* | 10.77% | 755 | 759.84 | 770.44 | 859.35 | 894.91 | | | |
| | UUP | Peter Brown* | 6.55% | 459 | 543.48 | 624.48 | 635.19 | 640.65 | 649.61 | 668.38 | 757.76 |
| | UUP | William Moore | 4.07% | 285 | 376.52 | 476.52 | 479.41 | 480.53 | 484.17 | 511.16 | 601.89 |
| | Independent | David Warwick | 3.44% | 241 | 364.2 | 372 | 375.23 | 380.97 | 387.27 | 409.61 | |
| | PUP | William McCaughey | 0.73% | 51 | 59.36 | 60.56 | 61.58 | 62.98 | 65.08 | | |
| | PUP | Jean Rainey | 0.61% | 43 | 59.28 | 61.28 | 61.79 | 62.91 | 64.31 | | |
| Electorate: 11,772 Valid: 7,010 (59.55%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 877 Turnout: 7,146 (60.70%) ||||||||||||

### Bannside

1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Bannside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 19.13% | 1,427 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Laverty | 12.57% | 938 | 938.65 | 941.65 | 1,276.65 | | |
| | UUP | William McNeilly | 14.21% | 1,060 | 1,068.58 | 1,111.97 | 1,112.97 | 1,806.97 | |
| | DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 12.90% | 962 | 993.72 | 1,052.93 | 1,055.06 | 1,075.97 | 1,247.97 |
| | DUP | Samuel Gaston | 11.93% | 890 | 934.46 | 976.24 | 976.24 | 989.45 | 1,121.45 |
| | DUP | William Wilkinson | 11.29% | 842 | 926.76 | 971.19 | 972.19 | 981.1 | 1,057.1 |
| | UUP | Samuel McLean | 9.75% | 727 | 733.11 | 763.5 | 765.63 | | |
| | SDLP | Joseph Montgomery | 5.03% | 375 | 375.39 | 375.39 | | | |
| | NI Unionist | Norman Sloan | 2.49% | 186 | 190.16 | | | | |
| | PUP | Kenneth McCaughey | 0.71% | 53 | 54.3 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,493 Valid: 7,460 (71.10%) Spoilt: 152 Quota: 1,244 Turnout: 7,612 (72.54%) ||||||||||

### Braid

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Braid - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Samuel Hanna | 18.75% | 1,242 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Gribben* | 17.48% | 1,158 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Robin Stirling* | 12.36% | 819 | 831.54 | 833.54 | 834.35 | 1,461.35 | |
| | UUP | David Clyde* | 14.51% | 961 | 964.52 | 972.52 | 998.71 | 1,035.71 | 1,120.71 |
| | UUP | Lexie Scott* | 13.48% | 893 | 899.93 | 903.15 | 912.42 | 964.99 | 1,018.99 |
| | UUP | Desmond Armstrong* | 12.30% | 815 | 815 | 817 | 829.42 | 856.82 | 905.82 |
| | DUP | Robert Osborne | 10.67% | 707 | 817.22 | 826.33 | 827.23 | | |
| | PUP | Robert Hamilton | 0.44% | 29 | 29.33 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,397 Valid: 6,624 (70.49%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 6,712 (71.43%) ||||||||||