# 2001 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

## Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30.8 | 28.1 | 11,127 | 11.6 |
| SDLP | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.9 | 20.0 | 7,947 | 1.0 |
| DUP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 8,972 | 8.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15.4 | 21.3 | 8,456 | 9.1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1,958 | 4.9 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 645 | 2.9 |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 408 | New |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 132 | 0.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Craigavon Central | 29.5 | 2 | 16.4 | 2 | 24.3 | 2 | 16.9 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Loughside | 4.9 | 0 | 47.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 45.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lurgan | 47.1 | 4 | 7.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Portadown | 26.9 | 2 | 12.8 | 1 | 27.2 | 2 | 20.2 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 28.1 | 8 | 20.0 | 7 | 22.6 | 6 | 21.3 | 4 | 1.6 | 0 | 6.4 | 1 | 26 |

## District results
### Craigavon Central

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
Craigavon Central - 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 |
| | UUP | Kenneth Twyble* | 15.93% | 1,694 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis Murray* | 11.27% | 1,198 | 1,198 | 1,220 | 1,220 | 1,224 | 1,728 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patricia Mallon* | 9.37% | 996 | 997.89 | 1,057.89 | 1,062.31 | 1,162.36 | 1,211.78 | 1,390.78 | | | | |
| | UUP | Frederick Crowe* | 7.54% | 802 | 887.26 | 904.26 | 1,030.97 | 1,132.48 | 1,133.48 | 1,133.48 | 1,133.97 | 1,438.97 | | |
| | DUP | William Smith | 9.97% | 1,060 | 1,075.12 | 1,078.12 | 1,082.17 | 1,087.8 | 1,087.8 | 1,087.8 | 1,087.8 | 1,130.14 | 1,149.04 | 1,332.04 |
| | DUP | Robert Smith | 7.62% | 810 | 813.36 | 816.57 | 820.2 | 822.83 | 822.83 | 822.83 | 822.83 | 860 | 883.8 | 1,289.72 |
| | SDLP | Kieran Corr | 7.01% | 745 | 745.63 | 782.63 | 784.63 | 843.47 | 871.68 | 942.68 | 1,000.99 | 1,042.38 | 1,054.28 | 1,062.24 |
| | DUP | Denis Watson | 6.70% | 712 | 738.25 | 741.25 | 752.51 | 758.93 | 758.93 | 758.93 | 759.42 | 839.82 | 876.22 | 1,045.41 |
| | Independent | David Calvert | 7.16% | 761 | 766.46 | 770.46 | 774.51 | 783.93 | 783.93 | 784.93 | 784.93 | 819.48 | 836.98 | |
| | UUP | Samuel McCammick* | 3.72% | 396 | 527.25 | 532.46 | 665.88 | 753.18 | 753.18 | 753.18 | 754.16 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Toland | 5.66% | 602 | 602.21 | 618.42 | 618.42 | 622.63 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Sean Hagan* | 3.56% | 379 | 394.12 | 429.96 | 446.32 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Audrey Lindsay | 2.35% | 250 | 313.84 | 315.84 | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tom French | 1.24% | 132 | 132.84 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Evans | 0.90% | 96 | 97.05 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,747 Valid: 10,633 (67.52%) Spoilt: 254 Quota: 1,330 Turnout: 10,887 (69.14%) |||||||||||||||

### Loughside

1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Loughside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Dolores Kelly* | 22.84% | 2,022 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd* | 22.27% | 1,971 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Sean McCavanagh* | 11.92% | 1,055 | 1,214.04 | 1,232.54 | 1,235.82 | 1,392.52 | 1,449.92 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maurice Magill | 12.78% | 1,131 | 1,175.24 | 1,376.49 | 1,378.49 | 1,394.23 | 1,404.51 |
| | SDLP | Mary McAlinden* | 8.30% | 735 | 996.8 | 1,010.55 | 1,013.55 | 1,212.21 | 1,401.45 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mairéad O'Dowd | 9.98% | 883 | 904.56 | 1,144.56 | 1,145.56 | 1,167.71 | 1,168.71 |
| | UUP | William Lindsay | 4.89% | 433 | 437.48 | 437.48 | 641.48 | 642.48 | |
| | SDLP | Kieran McGeown* | 4.07% | 360 | 411.24 | 417.99 | 417.99 | | |
| | DUP | Alexander Dougan | 2.95% | 261 | 261.28 | 261.28 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,545 Valid: 8,851 (70.55%) Spoilt: 255 Quota: 1,476 Turnout: 9,106 (72.59%) ||||||||||

### Lurgan

1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lurgan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Jonathan Bell* | 18.48% | 1,942 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Gardiner* | 16.44% | 1,728 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen Moutray | 14.80% | 1,555 | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Savage* | 11.77% | 1,237 | 1,315.07 | | | | |
| | UUP | Meta Crozier* | 9.18% | 965 | 1,089.32 | 1,332.44 | | | |
| | UUP | Sydney Cairns* | 7.13% | 749 | 854.08 | 952.24 | 1,032.04 | 1,332.64 | |
| | SDLP | Mary McNally* | 7.62% | 801 | 806.92 | 813.64 | 816.11 | 842.63 | 1,342.63 |
| | UK Unionist | David Vance | 3.88% | 408 | 683.65 | 697.81 | 811.05 | 886.49 | 887.86 |
| | Sinn Féin | Matthew Rooney | 6.84% | 719 | 719.37 | 719.61 | 719.8 | 719.8 | |
| | UUP | William Tate | 2.63% | 276 | 290.8 | 325.6 | 356 | | |
| | Independent | William Grafton | 1.24% | 130 | 147.76 | 150.4 | 160.66 | | |
| Electorate: 14,911 Valid: 10,510 (70.48%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 1,314 Turnout: 10,746 (72.07%) ||||||||||

### Portadown

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)
Portadown - 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 |
| | DUP | David Simpson | 24.37% | 2,352 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKeown* | 13.97% | 1,348 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 12.78% | 1,233 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Arnold Hatch | 9.04% | 872 | 900.42 | 900.42 | 943.38 | 1,033.85 | 1,049.14 | 1,049.71 | 1,353.71 |
| | UUP | Sydney Anderson | 9.15% | 883 | 954.54 | 954.64 | 984.72 | 1,041.13 | 1,066.71 | 1,067.52 | 1,326.52 |
| | Independent | David Jones | 10.06% | 971 | 1,112.12 | 1,112.12 | 1,130.59 | 1,145.57 | 1,182.5 | 1,182.92 | 1,211.92 |
| | DUP | Alan Carson | 2.21% | 213 | 638.32 | 638.52 | 639.01 | 647.93 | 1,032.01 | 1,032.1 | 1,095.09 |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Mercer | 6.26% | 604 | 604 | 732.9 | 759.3 | 760.3 | 760.79 | 783.98 | 789.04 |
| | UUP | Mark Neale* | 4.79% | 462 | 486.5 | 486.6 | 520.6 | 758.46 | 782.22 | 783.03 | |
| | DUP | John Tate | 0.69% | 67 | 478.6 | 478.6 | 484.07 | 498.97 | | | |
| | UUP | David Thompson | 3.94% | 380 | 403.52 | 403.62 | 440.62 | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay | 2.75% | 266 | 272.86 | 274.56 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,514 Valid: 9,651 (71.41%) Spoilt: 243 Quota: 1,207 Turnout: 9,894 (73.21%) ||||||||||||