# 2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36.0 | 29.2 | 10,216 | 2.2 |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 32.0 | 26.8 | 9,406 | 16.1 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 3,673 | 9.8 |
| SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 2,015 | 0.8 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2,384 | 2.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1,747 | 5.0 |
| United Unionist Assembly Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 1,297 | New |
| Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1,039 | 3.1 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 1,458 | 1.0 |
| NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 922 | New |
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 299 | New |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 169 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 27.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 19.2 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 13.4 | 1 | 12.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballyclare | 42.8 | 3 | 38.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Macedon | 11.2 | 1 | 27.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 54.1 | 3 | 6 |
| University | 33.6 | 3 | 22.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 29.2 | 9 | 26.8 | 8 | 5.7 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 25.3 | 4 | 25 |

## Districts results
### Antrim Line

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers
Antrim Line - 7 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 |
| | UUP | Janet Crilly | 16.28% | 1,704 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Nigel Hamilton | 12.90% | 1,350 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ivan Hunter* | 5.80% | 607 | 869.43 | 923.58 | 925.89 | 978.8 | 986.73 | 1,167.63 | 1,311.63 | | |
| | DUP | Arthur Templeton | 6.11% | 640 | 649.66 | 661.66 | 667.45 | 672.91 | 1,031.59 | 1,167.9 | 1,225.43 | 1,225.43 | 1,428.43 |
| | SDLP | Tommy McTeague* | 10.78% | 1,128 | 1,131.45 | 1,132.45 | 1,132.54 | 1,165.54 | 1,165.54 | 1,168 | 1,206.46 | 1,266.69 | 1,293.94 |
| | Sinn Féin | Briege Meehan | 7.20% | 754 | 754.46 | 754.46 | 754.49 | 756.49 | 757.49 | 757.49 | 760.49 | 1,264.49 | 1,265.49 |
| | SDLP | Noreen McClelland | 8.47% | 887 | 889.3 | 889.3 | 889.33 | 967.56 | 968.56 | 973.56 | 1,007.82 | 1,081.82 | 1,097.07 |
| | Alliance | Pam Tilson | 5.23% | 547 | 555.05 | 564.05 | 564.14 | 619.09 | 621.09 | 630.32 | 739.73 | 740.73 | 914.42 |
| | UUP | Arthur Kell* | 5.12% | 536 | 593.27 | 612.96 | 613.38 | 631.87 | 636.62 | 689.23 | 735.15 | 736.15 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Roisin McGurk | 6.14% | 643 | 643 | 643 | 643 | 647 | 647 | 647 | 655.23 | | |
| | Newtownabbey Ratepayers | John Blair* | 3.72% | 389 | 396.82 | 451.28 | 451.55 | 487.39 | 490.42 | 524.86 | | | |
| | NI Unionist | Norman Boyd | 3.99% | 418 | 426.97 | 453.89 | 454.79 | 464.2 | 471.52 | | | | |
| | DUP | Elizabeth Snoddy* | 3.22% | 337 | 347.81 | 362.27 | 392.09 | 402.81 | | | | | |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Joan Cosgrove | 2.86% | 299 | 309.35 | 323.04 | 323.19 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Beckett | 2.18% | 228 | 232.37 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,969 Valid: 10,467 (61.68%) Spoilt: 261 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 10,728 (63.22%) ||||||||||||||

### Ballyclare

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Paul Girvan* | 34.22% | 2,583 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Pamela Hunter | 4.08% | 308 | 1,449.4 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 16.31% | 1,231 | 1,265.32 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 15.79% | 1,192 | 1,232.56 | 1,296.91 | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Turkington* | 7.17% | 541 | 560.76 | 604.57 | 673.67 | 701.03 | 783.91 | 1,108.91 |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden* | 10.08% | 761 | 774.52 | 783.1 | 813.61 | 814.51 | 880.12 | 927.12 |
| | UUP | Peter Walker | 3.54% | 267 | 272.72 | 284.94 | 307.49 | 311.27 | 339.53 | |
| | PUP | Norman Lavery | 3.30% | 249 | 270.84 | 291.12 | 305.8 | 307.87 | 327.17 | |
| | Independent | Sharon Parkes | 3.27% | 247 | 254.8 | 272.22 | 285.6 | 287.22 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Alan Greer | 2.24% | 169 | 188.76 | 204.75 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,666 Valid: 7,548 (59.59%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,259 Turnout: 7,734 (61.06%) |||||||||||

### Macedon

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent
Macedon - 6 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 | Billy DeCourcy | 19.29% | 1,355 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mark Langhammer* | 18.88% | 1,326 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Andrew Hunter | 8.02% | 563 | 883.84 | 912.7 | 939.22 | 946.26 | 1,015.26 | | | |
| | UUP | Dineen Walker | 11.16% | 784 | 787.12 | 830.54 | 857.18 | 894.74 | 943.12 | 950.64 | 1,060.64 | |
| | Newtownabbey Ratepayers | Billy Webb* | 9.25% | 650 | 652.86 | 706.68 | 742.28 | 803.18 | 831.48 | 961.24 | 1,000.22 | 1,019.22 |
| | Independent | Tommy Kirkham* | 8.70% | 611 | 618.02 | 649.74 | 667.78 | 674.56 | 699.2 | 710.24 | 804.48 | 820.48 |
| | Independent | Robert Kidd* | 5.38% | 378 | 382.42 | 451.06 | 471.44 | 491.56 | 550.46 | 640.88 | 756.8 | 774.8 |
| | PUP | Dougie Jamison | 5.67% | 398 | 402.16 | 429.98 | 440.98 | 454.28 | 499.18 | 501.18 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Vernon | 4.98% | 350 | 350 | 365.34 | 368.9 | 376.16 | 377.68 | | | |
| | Independent | Andrew Beattie* | 3.93% | 276 | 280.16 | 294.98 | 299.54 | 317.58 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Michael Campbell | 2.46% | 173 | 173.52 | 191.46 | 206.98 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Victor Robinson | 2.28% | 160 | 161.04 | 175.86 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,115 Valid: 7,024 (57.98%) Spoilt: 255 Quota: 1,004 Turnout: 7,279 (60.08%) |||||||||||||

### University

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from PUP and Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist joins United Unionist
University - 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 | Roger Hutchinson | 17.92% | 1,791 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ken Robinson* | 15.36% | 1,535 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Barbara Gilliland* | 13.52% | 1,351 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Lynn Frazer* | 13.14% | 1,313 | | | | | | | |
| | United Unionist | Fraser Agnew* | 8.28% | 828 | 836.7 | 856.46 | 861.15 | 866.07 | 952.41 | 1,183.38 | 1,329.38 |
| | DUP | John Mann | 4.79% | 479 | 976.4 | 989.89 | 993.81 | 994.89 | 1,051.57 | 1,100.67 | 1,253.67 |
| | UUP | Vi Scott | 4.68% | 468 | 473.1 | 671.65 | 741.16 | 760.18 | 882.12 | 966.52 | 1,080.02 |
| | PUP | William Greer* | 8.11% | 811 | 817.6 | 827.48 | 830.42 | 833.72 | 873.9 | 922.98 | 974.03 |
| | NI Unionist | Billy Boyd | 5.04% | 504 | 509.7 | 517.49 | 519.73 | 521.71 | 540.75 | 578.13 | |
| | United Unionist | John Scott | 4.69% | 469 | 471.1 | 488.2 | 491.91 | 495.33 | 527.11 | | |
| | Independent | Alister Bell | 4.47% | 447 | 449.1 | 460.12 | 462.57 | 483.75 | | | |
| Electorate: 16,875 Valid: 9,996 (59.24%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 10,232 (60.63%) ||||||||||||