2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council Election
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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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.


Districts summary

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, - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Others , - , align="left", Antrim Line , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 27.2 , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 2 , 22.2 , 2 , 19.2 , 2 , 13.4 , 1 , 5.2 , 0 , 12.8 , 0 , 7 , - , align="left", Ballyclare , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 42.8 , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 3 , 38.3 , 2 , 0.0 , 0 , 10.1 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 8.8 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Macedon , 11.2 , 1 , 27.3 , 2 , 0.0 , 0 , 2.4 , 0 , 5.0 , 0 , bgcolor="#DDDDDD", 54.1 , bgcolor="#DDDDDD", 3 , 6 , - , align="left", University , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 33.6 , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 3 , 22.7 , 2 , 0.0 , 0 , 13.1 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 30.6 , 1 , 7 , - , - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" , align="left", 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


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


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


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


References

{{2001 United Kingdom local elections Newtownabbey Borough Council elections Newtownabbey