# 2001 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 councillors.

## Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41.2 | 37.4 | 7,702 | 15.0 |
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29.4 | 27.7 | 5,697 | 12.4 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 3,957 | 1.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1,216 | 3.3 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 420 | 3.1 |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 776 | New |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 755 | 3.7 |
| NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 45 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District 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 |
| Banbridge Town | 41.4 | 3 | 20.8 | 1 | 19.9 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 11.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Dromore | 40.4 | 2 | 39.3 | 2 | 19.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockiveagh | 31.2 | 2 | 24.6 | 2 | 18.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 37.4 | 7 | 27.7 | 5 | 19.2 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 17 |

## Districts results
### Banbridge Town

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: Alliance gain from Independent Nationalist
Banbridge Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Joan Baird* | 28.06% | 1,979 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAleenan | 19.90% | 1,404 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Derick Bell* | 6.49% | 458 | 1,063.5 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Frank McQuaid | 5.95% | 420 | 461.5 | 702.68 | 724.68 | 1,054.68 | |
| | DUP | Jim McElroy | 10.97% | 774 | 808.5 | 810.67 | 938.17 | 952.41 | 953.49 |
| | UUP | Ian Burns | 6.88% | 485 | 674 | 679.58 | 800.58 | 882 | 926 |
| | DUP | Kyle Ferguson | 9.88% | 697 | 723 | 723.31 | 813.62 | 819.05 | 819.93 |
| | Independent | Frank Downey | 6.35% | 448 | 467.5 | 608.55 | 633.05 | | |
| | UK Unionist | David Hudson | 5.51% | 389 | 431.5 | 431.81 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,939 Valid: 7,054 (64.48%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,008 Turnout: 7,172 (65.56%) ||||||||||

### Dromore

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Paul Rankin | 22.43% | 1,375 | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.61% | 1,202 | | |
| | DUP | David Herron* | 16.84% | 1,032 | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 14.59% | 894 | 905 | 1,033.7 |
| | UUP | Norah Beare | 14.62% | 896 | 910 | 1,020.22 |
| | UUP | Thompson Howe | 11.18% | 685 | 696 | 806.22 |
| | NI Unionist | Joseph McIlwaine | 0.73% | 45 | | |
| Electorate: 9,149 Valid: 6,129 (66.99%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 6,232 (68.12%) |||||||

### Knockiveagh

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 18.29% | 1,351 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Ingram* | 16.28% | 1,202 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 14.68% | 1,084 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna* | 8.35% | 617 | 622 | 669.47 | 734.43 | 1,122.43 | |
| | DUP | Stephen Herron | 9.95% | 735 | 736 | 744.57 | 963.64 | 1,089.19 | |
| | Independent | Malachy McCartan* | 10.40% | 768 | 921 | 922.16 | 936.75 | 951.48 | 1,014.62 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 10.22% | 755 | 874 | 874.37 | 875.6 | 879.67 | 882.75 |
| | UUP | Violet Cromie* | 6.58% | 486 | 492 | 571.88 | 648.68 | | |
| | UK Unionist | Stephen Briggs | 5.24% | 387 | 388 | 392.83 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,937 Valid: 7,385 (74.32%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,056 Turnout: 7,493 (75.41%) ||||||||||