2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Paisley David Trimble Seán Neeson Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance Seats won 10 5 4 Seat change 0 0 0 Percentage 39.4% 22.1% 15.2% Swing 4.8% 2.5% 3.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader John Hume Hugh Smyth N/A Party SDLP PUP Independent Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Percentage 11.4% 4.2% 3.6% Swing 3.2% 2.4% 3.0%
2001 Castlereagh City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2001

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	10	0	0	0	43.5	39.4	12,084	4.8
	Ulster Unionist	5	0	0	0	21.7	22.1	6,795	2.5
	Alliance	4	0	0	0	17.4	15.2	4,622	3.5
	SDLP	2	0	0	0	8.7	11.4	3,512	3.2
	PUP	1	1	0	1	4.3	4.2	1,272	2.4
	Independent	1	1	0	1	4.3	3.6	1,114	3.0
	Sinn Féin	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	554	1.8
	NI Women's Coalition	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	306	New
	UK Unionist	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.9	289	0.4
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	134	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2001
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Alliance		SDLP		PUP		Others
Castlereagh Central	50.4	3	15.4	1	11.5	1	6.4	0	7.5	1	8.8	0	6
Castlereagh East	50.2	4	20.5	1	14.4	1	0.0	0	5.1	0	9.8	1	7
Castlereagh South	26.3	1	27.0	2	17.6	1	23.6	1	0.0	0	5.5	0	5
Castlereagh West	29.4	2	25.3	1	16.6	1	17.5	1	4.4	0	6.8	0	5
Total	39.4	10	22.1	5	15.2	4	11.4	2	4.2	1	7.7	1	23

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Peter Robinson*	42.40%	2,841
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Copeland	15.40%	1,032
	DUP	John Norris*	2.40%	161	949.8	976.8
	Alliance	Michael Long	11.48%	769	798.82	879.68	904.16	1,274.16
	DUP	Joanne Bunting	4.51%	302	737.2	772.52	778.36	779.8	780.8	1,151.16
	PUP	Tommy Sandford	7.54%	505	564.16	590.56	599.84	612.24	674.24	695.24	719.72
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon*	4.31%	289	393.04	488.96	512.96	515.04	547.04	572.44	661.52
	DUP	John Dunn*	1.10%	74	437.12	467.8	473.08	476.44	480.44
	SDLP	Sean Mullan	6.37%	427	431.08	436.44	438.6
	Independent	Alan Carson*	3.27%	219	277.48
	NI Conservatives	Terence Dick	1.22%	82	95.8
Electorate: 10,528   Valid: 6,701 (63.65%)   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 958   Turnout: 6,938 (65.90%)

Castlereagh East

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist

Castlereagh East - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Iris Robinson*	44.69%	4,093
	Ulster Unionist	David Drysdale	20.52%	1,879
	Alliance	Peter Osborne*	10.08%	923	1,018.25	1,165.21
	DUP	Jim White	0.95%	87	1,044.75	1,098.87	1,140.08	1,169.08
	DUP	Kim Morton*	1.31%	120	690.75	727.71	768.85	1,078.22	1,091.66	1,197.58
	DUP	Claire Ennis	2.23%	204	751.5	803.42	847.76	1,035.54	1,043.22	1,113.07
	Independent	Francis Gallagher	7.10%	650	755	806.04	871.94	885.01	885.97	1,082.17
	Alliance	Gillian Graham	4.37%	400	439.75	626.75	695.33	711.28	712.24	840.05
	PUP	Richard Johnston	5.09%	466	538	626.88	669.32	690.22	691.18
	DUP	Sandy Geddis*	1.00%	92	569	601.12	632.7
	Independent	William Abraham*	2.67%	245	310.25	388.57
Electorate: 15,245   Valid: 9,159 (60.08%)   Spoilt: 249   Quota: 1,145   Turnout: 9,408 (61.71%)

Castlereagh South

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: No change

Castlereagh South - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Henderson*	21.58%	1,725
	DUP	John Beattie*	19.89%	1,590
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice*	12.75%	1,019	1,038.32	1,046.01	1,049.05	1,068.05	1,371.05
	Ulster Unionist	Barbara McBurney	5.39%	431	766.57	796.56	815.28	815.28	857.27	1,366
	SDLP	Brian Hanvey	11.76%	940	942.3	942.3	942.78	1,145.01	1,156.47	1,160.11	1,171.51	1,178.17
	SDLP	Christine Copeland	11.87%	949	950.38	951.38	951.54	1,090.54	1,108.48	1,114.85	1,139.72	1,163.72
	DUP	Andrew Ramsey	6.37%	509	522.34	527.03	753.27	753.27	763.6
	Alliance	Margaret Marshall	4.77%	381	384.11	399.8	401.4	406.4
	Sinn Féin	Sean Hayes	4.95%	396	396.23	396.23	396.23
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.65%	52	57.52
Electorate: 12,212   Valid: 7,992 (65.44%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,333   Turnout: 8,151 (66.75%)

Castlereagh West

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: No change

Castlereagh West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Mark Robinson	27.20%	1,858
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Hall*	25.30%	1,728
	SDLP	Rosaleen Hughes*	17.51%	1,196
	Alliance	Sara Duncan*	16.54%	1,130	1,141.31
	DUP	Vivienne Stevenson	0.89%	61	603.88	840.76	841.6	1,075.37	1,276.18
	NI Women's Coalition	Eileen Cairnduff	4.48%	306	311.85	463.47	570.89	577.96	672.08
	PUP	Frederick Ferguson	4.41%	301	324.01	452.53	459.53	469
	DUP	Charles Tosh	1.35%	92	223.82	280.52	280.94
	Sinn Féin	Sean Montgomery	2.31%	158	158	162.62
Electorate: 10,958   Valid: 6,830 (62.33%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,139   Turnout: 6,994 (63.83%)