# 2001 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne Borough 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | 28.8 | 3,985 | 4.3 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26.7 | 28.8 | 3,984 | 7.6 |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 1,999 | 2.3 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 1,928 | 2.3 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 1,075 | 0.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 496 | 3.6 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 107 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 28.7 | 2 | 24.2 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 35.6 | 2 | 38.4 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 21.3 | 1 | 22.3 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 12.8 | 1 | 38.2 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 28.8 | 5 | 28.8 | 4 | 14.5 | 2 | 9.6 | 2 | 18.3 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Coast Road

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton | 17.49% | 753 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Danny O'Connor* | 17.42% | 750 | | | | |
| | UUP | Joan Drummond* | 14.26% | 614 | 616 | 618.68 | 895.68 | |
| | Alliance | Gerardine Mulvenna | 13.68% | 589 | 701 | 701.2 | 721.2 | |
| | DUP | Rachel Rea* | 11.27% | 485 | 485 | 509.72 | 616.8 | 767.8 |
| | Independent | William Cunning* | 8.80% | 379 | 488 | 488 | 494.04 | 516.04 |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson* | 9.99% | 430 | 431 | 432.44 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Graffin | 7.08% | 305 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,121 Valid: 4,305 (60.45%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 718 Turnout: 4,404 (61.85%) |||||||||

### Larne Lough

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 25.87% | 1,314 | | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 24.57% | 1,248 | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews* | 23.06% | 1,171 | | | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen | 9.69% | 492 | 914.17 | | | |
| | UUP | David Fleck* | 7.36% | 374 | 395.83 | 704.35 | 821.2 | 849.2 |
| | UUP | John Hall* | 6.48% | 329 | 342.69 | 424.77 | 551.46 | 615.97 |
| | Independent | William Small | 2.97% | 151 | 155.07 | 162.27 | 240.58 | |
| Electorate: 8,552 Valid: 5,079 (59.39%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 847 Turnout: 5,233 (61.19%) |||||||||

### Larne Town

1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Larne Town - 5 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 | Brian Dunn | 18.13% | 804 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jack McKee* | 17.50% | 776 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Martin Wilson | 12.85% | 570 | 571.12 | 572.12 | 572.12 | 703.12 | 703.16 | 762.16 | | | |
| | Independent | Roy Craig* | 8.80% | 390 | 397.2 | 411.36 | 412.56 | 416.64 | 438.08 | 487.96 | 495.16 | 567.61 | 698.73 |
| | Independent | Lindsay Mason* | 8.77% | 389 | 393.96 | 405.12 | 406.12 | 434.28 | 465.56 | 513.88 | 520.18 | 570.68 | 690.64 |
| | Independent | William Adams | 7.37% | 327 | 332.28 | 349.84 | 350.96 | 352.96 | 370.28 | 403.56 | 405.36 | 458.04 | 541.41 |
| | Independent | John Anderson | 6.58% | 292 | 293.6 | 294.76 | 295.2 | 297.2 | 301.04 | 326.04 | 330.09 | 360.89 | |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson | 4.17% | 185 | 217.48 | 233.8 | 235.72 | 237.76 | 299.68 | 319.16 | 321.86 | | |
| | Alliance | Margaret Richmond | 5.39% | 239 | 241.4 | 242.48 | 242.56 | 257.64 | 258.92 | | | | |
| | DUP | Alastair Holden | 3.72% | 165 | 169.48 | 194.72 | 218.52 | 218.52 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Janette Graffin | 4.31% | 191 | 191.32 | 191.32 | 191.36 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Bill Adamson | 2.41% | 107 | 109 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,483 Valid: 4,435 (59.27%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 740 Turnout: 4,524 (60.46%) ||||||||||||||