# 2001 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 | 36.0 | 8,813 | 7.4 |
| DUP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.8 | 27.5 | 6,743 | 4.3 |
| SDLP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 4,837 | 3.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 2,377 | 3.6 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1,579 | 2.8 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 146 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bann | 34.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 30.5 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 13.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Coleraine Central | 44.7 | 3 | 30.4 | 2 | 17.6 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Coleraine East | 26.7 | 2 | 44.2 | 3 | 7.8 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 15.6 | 0 | 5 |
| The Skerries | 35.5 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 18.4 | 1 | 12.7 | 0 | 14.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 36.0 | 10 | 27.5 | 7 | 19.7 | 4 | 6.4 | 0 | 10.4 | 1 | 22 |

## District results
### Bann

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997-2001 Change: No change
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 23.22% | 1,714 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Adrian McQuillan | 16.47% | 1,216 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eamon Mullan* | 7.25% | 535 | 1,079.07 | | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Church* | 13.36% | 986 | 989.28 | 997.86 | 1,014.27 | 1,066.73 | |
| | UUP | William King* | 11.12% | 821 | 826.74 | 833.76 | 854.53 | 961.04 | 1,156.04 |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 9.54% | 704 | 708.1 | 721.62 | 736.03 | 816.41 | 1,024.79 |
| | Independent | Reginald McAuley | 6.93% | 512 | 589.9 | 591.2 | 628.3 | 643.38 | 722.47 |
| | Independent | Robert Bolton* | 6.96% | 514 | 516.87 | 527.53 | 540.94 | 601.22 | |
| | DUP | Hazel Sommers | 3.59% | 265 | 265.41 | 377.08 | 377.21 | | |
| | Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 1.57% | 116 | 132.81 | 133.2 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,232 Valid: 7,383 (72.16%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 7,543 (73.72%) ||||||||||

### Coleraine Central

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Coleraine Central - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | James McClure* | 20.39% | 1,426 | | |
| | UUP | David McClarty* | 19.95% | 1,395 | | |
| | SDLP | Gerry McLaughlin* | 17.62% | 1,232 | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Johnston* | 14.53% | 1,016 | | |
| | DUP | Timothy Deans | 10.00% | 699 | 1,064.12 | |
| | UUP | David Barbour* | 10.25% | 717 | 761.8 | 1,103.56 |
| | Alliance | Eamon O'Hara* | 7.26% | 508 | 515.36 | 564.32 |
| Electorate: 11,571 Valid: 6,993 (60.44%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 7,130 (61.62%) |||||||

### Coleraine East

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Coleraine East - 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 |
| | DUP | Maurice Bradley* | 29.22% | 1,389 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Black* | 17.00% | 808 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Creelman* | 12.54% | 596 | 1,025.57 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert McPherson* | 9.68% | 460 | 481.93 | 486.97 | 514.98 | 564.25 | 593.13 | 647.14 | 827.14 | |
| | DUP | Phyllis Fielding | 2.48% | 118 | 164.87 | 377.51 | 400.05 | 436.69 | 530.48 | 543.91 | 601.56 | 625.94 |
| | SDLP | John Montgomery | 7.74% | 368 | 368 | 368.48 | 370.91 | 377.91 | 379.77 | 507.63 | 569.3 | 578.84 |
| | Independent | Thomas Houston | 6.71% | 319 | 330.18 | 332.82 | 340.68 | 362.11 | 375.55 | 436.98 | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 5.76% | 274 | 277.87 | 278.11 | 290.11 | 298.02 | 304.45 | | | |
| | Independent | Alistair Crawford | 3.13% | 149 | 188.13 | 191.25 | 221.07 | 238.32 | | | | |
| | PUP | David Gilmour | 3.07% | 146 | 161.91 | 166.71 | 188.34 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Hunter | 2.65% | 126 | 143.2 | 145.6 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,415 Valid: 4,753 (56.48%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 793 Turnout: 4,862 (57.78%) |||||||||||||

### The Skerries

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
The Skerries - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Billy Leonard | 18.41% | 988 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Stewart* | 12.58% | 675 | 943 | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Hillis* | 11.65% | 625 | 642 | 643.76 | 961.76 | |
| | UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 13.59% | 729 | 753 | 754.32 | 859.98 | 910.73 |
| | Independent | Christine Alexander* | 14.11% | 757 | 763 | 782.69 | 842.13 | 851.13 |
| | Alliance | Barbara Dempsey* | 12.69% | 681 | 686 | 751.89 | 776.66 | 782.66 |
| | UUP | Samuel Kane | 10.29% | 552 | 565 | 567.53 | | |
| | DUP | Sandy Gilkinson | 6.69% | 359 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,800 Valid: 5,366 (60.98%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,451 (61.94%) |||||||||