# 2001 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 27.3 | 8,883 | 4.9 |
| Alliance | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 17.6 | 5,718 | 4.5 |
| DUP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8.0 | 14.3 | 4,631 | 4.9 |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 7,159 | 9.0 |
| UK Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 3,034 | 5.7 |
| NI Women's Coalition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 1,166 | New |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 1,167 | 0.6 |
| NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 188 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | UKUP | UKUP | NIWC | NIWC | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 30.0 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 22.4 | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 17.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 23.6 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 6.4 | 1 | 38.1 | 2 | 7 |
| Bangor West | 27.8 | 2 | 19.1 | 2 | 10.8 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 28.3 | 1 | 7 |
| Holywood | 30.0 | 2 | 24.6 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 22.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 27.3 | 8 | 17.6 | 5 | 14.3 | 5 | 9.3 | 2 | 3.6 | 1 | 27.9 | 4 | 25 |

## Districts results
### Abbey

1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP 1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP
Abbey - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Ivy Cooling* | 18.11% | 1,263 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Irene Cree | 17.86% | 1,246 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Farry* | 17.13% | 1,195 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Roberta Dunlop* | 12.09% | 843 | 874.24 | 1,073.32 | | | | | | | |
| | UK Unionist | Valerie Kinghan* | 13.08% | 912 | 936.64 | 950.92 | 984.2 | 1,014.56 | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Montgomery | 4.29% | 299 | 462.24 | 464.76 | 468.92 | 477.28 | 491.83 | 498.36 | 527.31 | 572.13 | 705.53 |
| | PUP | Stewart Currie* | 5.98% | 417 | 431.3 | 441.17 | 470.29 | 476.89 | 482.37 | 489.68 | 515.63 | 551.49 | 648.45 |
| | Independent | Karl McLean | 4.26% | 297 | 330.3 | 304.29 | 320.93 | 325.33 | 334.81 | 366.95 | 430.23 | 498.27 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Lisa Fleming | 2.74% | 191 | 194.96 | 198.74 | 247.1 | 261.62 | 275.93 | 292.49 | 324.03 | | |
| | Independent | Christopher Carter | 2.51% | 175 | 180.06 | 182.16 | 211.28 | 213.92 | 217.13 | 234.72 | | | |
| | Independent | William Gordon | 1.28% | 89 | 91.64 | 94.16 | 119.38 | 122.79 | 129.61 | | | | |
| | NI Unionist | Colin Dean | 1.28% | 48 | 54.6 | 63 | 70.8 | 75.86 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,445 Valid: 6,975 (51.88%) Spoilt: 250 Quota: 997 Turnout: 7,225 (53.74%) ||||||||||||||

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Women's Coalition gain from Conservative and UKUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) become Independent
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 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 |
| | Independent | Alan Chambers* | 20.40% | 2,099 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Leslie Cree* | 15.85% | 1,631 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Austen Lennon* | 13.25% | 1,363 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alex Easton | 11.32% | 1,164 | 1,262.04 | 1,281.36 | 1,287.3 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Marsden Fitzsimons* | 9.13% | 939 | 1,083.48 | 1,108.89 | 1,199.99 | 1,140.67 | 1,145.65 | 1,203.14 | 1,456.14 | | | |
| | UUP | Ian Henry* | 5.84% | 601 | 720.11 | 804.53 | 812.09 | 843.14 | 871.67 | 928.72 | 955.95 | 1,381.64 | | |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Patricia Wallace | 6.39% | 657 | 724.51 | 731.65 | 743.05 | 763.13 | 767.83 | 804.97 | 894.63 | 926.33 | 1,077.33 | 1,106.52 |
| | UK Unionist | Henry Gordon | 5.55% | 571 | 625.18 | 637.78 | 642.34 | 686.71 | 902.71 | 931.35 | 936.31 | 989.21 | 994.21 | 1,024.45 |
| | UUP | Arthur Gadd | 1.96% | 202 | 313.8 | 481.59 | 488.07 | 523.97 | 541.32 | 576.75 | 595.96 | | | |
| | Alliance | Gavin Walker | 3.27% | 336 | 373.84 | 376.99 | 383.35 | 397.75 | 401.6 | 436.34 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ernest Steele | 2.12% | 218 | 313.89 | 318.09 | 329.67 | 350.62 | 359.46 | | | | | |
| | UK Unionist | Joseph Teggart | 2.68% | 276 | 306.53 | 308.42 | 310.52 | 329.39 | | | | | | |
| | NI Unionist | Elizabeth Roche* | 1.36% | 140 | 164.94 | 167.25 | 170.01 | | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Brian Lacey | 0.87% | 90 | 101.61 | 104.34 | 105.96 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,348 Valid: 10,287 (59.30%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,286 Turnout: 10,481 (60.42%) |||||||||||||||

### Bangor West

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from PUP
Bangor West - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Brian Wilson* | 20.54% | 1,871 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Marion Smith* | 14.39% | 1,311 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Anne Wilson* | 12.21% | 1,112 | 1,608.8 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Graham | 10.86% | 989 | 1,007.4 | 1,021.4 | 1,037 | 1,043.16 | 1,150.16 | |
| | UUP | Royston Davies | 8.74% | 796 | 827.6 | 871.2 | 902.6 | 966.44 | 1,077.85 | |
| | UK Unionist | William Keery* | 7.42% | 676 | 704.8 | 721.6 | 740.8 | 748.5 | 804.12 | 1,247.12 |
| | Alliance | Tony Hill | 6.92% | 630 | 676.8 | 936.4 | 965.2 | 974.86 | 1,003 | 1,025.14 |
| | UUP | Evan Ward | 4.57% | 416 | 474.8 | 539.6 | 574.4 | 648.18 | 719.4 | 766.28 |
| | UK Unionist | Alan Field | 6.58% | 599 | 614.2 | 625 | 637.4 | 642.44 | 686.98 | |
| | PUP | James Rea | 5.91% | 538 | 546.8 | 556.4 | 560.4 | 563.9 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Julian Robertson | 1.89% | 172 | 183.2 | 196.4 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,748 Valid: 9,110 (57.85%) Spoilt: 214 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 9,324 (59.21%) |||||||||||

### Holywood

1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
Holywood - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Ellie McKay* | 21.98% | 1,346 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 17.47% | 1,070 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 14.96% | 916 | 954.25 | 998.5 | 1,021.5 | | |
| | Independent | Dennis Ogborn* | 13.31% | 815 | 863.75 | 868.5 | 905.75 | 977.5 | 1,110.5 |
| | UUP | Diana Peacocke | 8.02% | 491 | 673.25 | 696.25 | 764.25 | 806.75 | 904.5 |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Norma Heaton | 8.31% | 509 | 521.75 | 525.75 | 539.5 | 575 | 751.25 |
| | Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 7.12% | 436 | 448.5 | 453.25 | 472.5 | 513.5 | |
| | Independent | Robert Irvine | 3.79% | 232 | 241 | 259.25 | 270.5 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Lindsay Cumming | 3.07% | 188 | 196.5 | 202.75 | | | |
| | PUP | David Rose | 1.99% | 122 | 126 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,063 Valid: 6,125 (60.87%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 6,249 (62.10%) ||||||||||