# 2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

## Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.5 | 39.4 | 12,084 | 4.8 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 6,795 | 2.5 |
| Alliance | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 15.2 | 4,622 | 3.5 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 3,512 | 3.2 |
| PUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1,272 | 2.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 1,114 | 3.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 554 | 1.8 |
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 306 | New |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 289 | 0.4 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 134 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | PUP | PUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Castlereagh Central | 50.4 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 7.5 | 1 | 8.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Castlereagh East | 50.2 | 4 | 20.5 | 1 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 9.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 26.3 | 1 | 27.0 | 2 | 17.6 | 1 | 23.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Castlereagh West | 29.4 | 2 | 25.3 | 1 | 16.6 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.4 | 10 | 22.1 | 5 | 15.2 | 4 | 11.4 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Castlereagh Central

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP 2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP
Castlereagh Central - 6 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 |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson* | 42.40% | 2,841 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Michael Copeland | 15.40% | 1,032 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Norris* | 2.40% | 161 | 949.8 | 976.8 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Michael Long | 11.48% | 769 | 798.82 | 879.68 | 904.16 | 1,274.16 | | | |
| | DUP | Joanne Bunting | 4.51% | 302 | 737.2 | 772.52 | 778.36 | 779.8 | 780.8 | 1,151.16 | |
| | PUP | Tommy Sandford | 7.54% | 505 | 564.16 | 590.56 | 599.84 | 612.24 | 674.24 | 695.24 | 719.72 |
| | UK Unionist | Grant Dillon* | 4.31% | 289 | 393.04 | 488.96 | 512.96 | 515.04 | 547.04 | 572.44 | 661.52 |
| | DUP | John Dunn* | 1.10% | 74 | 437.12 | 467.8 | 473.08 | 476.44 | 480.44 | | |
| | SDLP | Sean Mullan | 6.37% | 427 | 431.08 | 436.44 | 438.6 | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Carson* | 3.27% | 219 | 277.48 | | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Terence Dick | 1.22% | 82 | 95.8 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,528 Valid: 6,701 (63.65%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 958 Turnout: 6,938 (65.90%) ||||||||||||

### Castlereagh East

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist
Castlereagh East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Iris Robinson* | 44.69% | 4,093 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | David Drysdale | 20.52% | 1,879 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Peter Osborne* | 10.08% | 923 | 1,018.25 | 1,165.21 | | | | |
| | DUP | Jim White | 0.95% | 87 | 1,044.75 | 1,098.87 | 1,140.08 | 1,169.08 | | |
| | DUP | Kim Morton* | 1.31% | 120 | 690.75 | 727.71 | 768.85 | 1,078.22 | 1,091.66 | 1,197.58 |
| | DUP | Claire Ennis | 2.23% | 204 | 751.5 | 803.42 | 847.76 | 1,035.54 | 1,043.22 | 1,113.07 |
| | Independent | Francis Gallagher | 7.10% | 650 | 755 | 806.04 | 871.94 | 885.01 | 885.97 | 1,082.17 |
| | Alliance | Gillian Graham | 4.37% | 400 | 439.75 | 626.75 | 695.33 | 711.28 | 712.24 | 840.05 |
| | PUP | Richard Johnston | 5.09% | 466 | 538 | 626.88 | 669.32 | 690.22 | 691.18 | |
| | DUP | Sandy Geddis* | 1.00% | 92 | 569 | 601.12 | 632.7 | | | |
| | Independent | William Abraham* | 2.67% | 245 | 310.25 | 388.57 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,245 Valid: 9,159 (60.08%) Spoilt: 249 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 9,408 (61.71%) |||||||||||

### Castlereagh South

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: No change
Castlereagh South - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Michael Henderson* | 21.58% | 1,725 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Beattie* | 19.89% | 1,590 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Rice* | 12.75% | 1,019 | 1,038.32 | 1,046.01 | 1,049.05 | 1,068.05 | 1,371.05 | | | |
| | UUP | Barbara McBurney | 5.39% | 431 | 766.57 | 796.56 | 815.28 | 815.28 | 857.27 | 1,366 | | |
| | SDLP | Brian Hanvey | 11.76% | 940 | 942.3 | 942.3 | 942.78 | 1,145.01 | 1,156.47 | 1,160.11 | 1,171.51 | 1,178.17 |
| | SDLP | Christine Copeland | 11.87% | 949 | 950.38 | 951.38 | 951.54 | 1,090.54 | 1,108.48 | 1,114.85 | 1,139.72 | 1,163.72 |
| | DUP | Andrew Ramsey | 6.37% | 509 | 522.34 | 527.03 | 753.27 | 753.27 | 763.6 | | | |
| | Alliance | Margaret Marshall | 4.77% | 381 | 384.11 | 399.8 | 401.4 | 406.4 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Hayes | 4.95% | 396 | 396.23 | 396.23 | 396.23 | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas | 0.65% | 52 | 57.52 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,212 Valid: 7,992 (65.44%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,333 Turnout: 8,151 (66.75%) |||||||||||||

### Castlereagh West

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: No change
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Mark Robinson | 27.20% | 1,858 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Cecil Hall* | 25.30% | 1,728 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes* | 17.51% | 1,196 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Sara Duncan* | 16.54% | 1,130 | 1,141.31 | | | | |
| | DUP | Vivienne Stevenson | 0.89% | 61 | 603.88 | 840.76 | 841.6 | 1,075.37 | 1,276.18 |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Eileen Cairnduff | 4.48% | 306 | 311.85 | 463.47 | 570.89 | 577.96 | 672.08 |
| | PUP | Frederick Ferguson | 4.41% | 301 | 324.01 | 452.53 | 459.53 | 469 | |
| | DUP | Charles Tosh | 1.35% | 92 | 223.82 | 280.52 | 280.94 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Montgomery | 2.31% | 158 | 158 | 162.62 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,958 Valid: 6,830 (62.33%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 6,994 (63.83%) ||||||||||