2001 Coleraine Borough Council election
{{short description|Local government election in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{main|Northern Ireland local elections, 2001}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2001 Coleraine Borough Council election
| country =
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 1997 Coleraine Borough Council election
| previous_year = 1997
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|2001|06|7|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 2005 Coleraine Borough Council election
| next_year = 2005
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
| majority_seats = 12
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| party1 = Ulster Unionist Party
| seats1 = 10
| seat_change1 = {{nochange}} 0
| party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
| seats2 = 7
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| party3 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
| seats3 = 4
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| party4 = Independent (politician)
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = {{nochange}} 0
| party5 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
| seats5 = 0
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 3
| map_image =File:Coleraine 2001 election.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Party with the most votes by district.
}}
Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title = Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcoleraine.htm|title=Coleraine Council Elections 1993-2011|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|seats = 10
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 45.5
|votes % = 36.0
|votes = 8,813
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}7.4
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|seats = 7
|gain = 2
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}2
|seats % = 31.8
|votes % = 27.5
|votes = 6,743
|plus/minus = {{increase}}4.3
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|seats = 4
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 18.2
|votes % = 19.7
|votes = 4,837
|plus/minus = {{increase}}3.4
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 1
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 4.5
|votes % = 9.7
|votes = 2,377
|plus/minus = {{increase}}3.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 3
|net = {{decrease}}3
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 6.4
|votes = 1,579
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}2.8
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Progressive Unionist Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.6
|votes = 146
|plus/minus = {{increase}}0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
{{election table|title=Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 2001
by district|sortable=yes}}
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Bann
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|20.0
|1
|30.5
|2
|1.6
|0
|13.9
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Coleraine Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|30.4
|2
|17.6
|1
|7.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Coleraine East
|26.7
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|7.8
|0
|5.7
|0
|15.6
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Skerries
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|19.3
|1
|18.4
|1
|12.7
|0
|14.1
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|36.0
|10
|27.5
|7
|19.7
|4
|6.4
|0
|10.4
|1
|22
|-
|}
District results
=Bann=
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Dallat*
|count1 = 1,714
|percentage = 23.22%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Adrian McQuillan
|count1 = 1,216
|percentage = 16.47%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Eamon Mullan*
|count1 = 535
|percentage = 7.25%
|count2 = 1,079.07
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Olive Church*
|count1 = 986
|percentage = 13.36%
|count2 = 989.28
|count3 = 997.86
|count4 = 1,014.27
|count5 = 1,066.73
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William King*
|count1 = 821
|percentage = 11.12%
|count2 = 826.74
|count3 = 833.76
|count4 = 854.53
|count5 = 961.04
|count6 = 1,156.04
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William Watt*
|count1 = 704
|percentage = 9.54%
|count2 = 708.1
|count3 = 721.62
|count4 = 736.03
|count5 = 816.41
|count6 = 1,024.79
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Reginald McAuley
|count1 = 512
|percentage = 6.93%
|count2 = 589.9
|count3 = 591.2
|count4 = 628.3
|count5 = 643.38
|count6 = 722.47
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Robert Bolton*
|count1 = 514
|percentage = 6.96%
|count2 = 516.87
|count3 = 527.53
|count4 = 540.94
|count5 = 601.22
|count6 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Hazel Sommers
|count1 = 265
|percentage = 3.59%
|count2 = 265.41
|count3 = 377.08
|count4 = 377.21
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Yvonne Boyle
|count1 = 116
|percentage = 1.57%
|count2 = 132.81
|count3 = 133.2
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 10,232
|valid = 7,383 (72.16%)
|spoilt = 160
|quota = 1,055
|turnout = 7,543 (73.72%)
}}
=Coleraine Central=
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Coleraine Central - 6 seats
|numcounts= 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = James McClure*
|count1 = 1,426
|percentage = 20.39%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David McClarty*
|count1 = 1,395
|percentage = 19.95%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Gerry McLaughlin*
|count1 = 1,232
|percentage = 17.62%
|count2 =
|count3 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Elizabeth Johnston*
|count1 = 1,016
|percentage = 14.53%
|count2 =
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Timothy Deans
|count1 = 699
|percentage = 10.00%
|count2 = 1,064.12
|count3 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Barbour*
|count1 = 717
|percentage = 10.25%
|count2 = 761.8
|count3 = 1,103.56
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Eamon O'Hara*
|count1 = 508
|percentage = 7.26%
|count2 = 515.36
|count3 = 564.32
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 11,571
|valid = 6,993 (60.44%)
|spoilt = 137
|quota = 1,000
|turnout = 7,130 (61.62%)
}}
=Coleraine East=
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Coleraine East - 5 seats
|numcounts= 9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Maurice Bradley*
|count1 = 1,389
|percentage = 29.22%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Elizabeth Black*
|count1 = 808
|percentage = 17.00%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Creelman*
|count1 = 596
|percentage = 12.54%
|count2 = 1,025.57
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert McPherson*
|count1 = 460
|percentage = 9.68%
|count2 = 481.93
|count3 = 486.97
|count4 = 514.98
|count5 = 564.25
|count6 = 593.13
|count7 = 647.14
|count8 = 827.14
|count9 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Phyllis Fielding
|count1 = 118
|percentage = 2.48%
|count2 = 164.87
|count3 = 377.51
|count4 = 400.05
|count5 = 436.69
|count6 = 530.48
|count7 = 543.91
|count8 = 601.56
|count9 = 625.94
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Montgomery
|count1 = 368
|percentage = 7.74%
|count2 = 368
|count3 = 368.48
|count4 = 370.91
|count5 = 377.91
|count6 = 379.77
|count7 = 507.63
|count8 = 569.3
|count9 = 578.84
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Thomas Houston
|count1 = 319
|percentage = 6.71%
|count2 = 330.18
|count3 = 332.82
|count4 = 340.68
|count5 = 362.11
|count6 = 375.55
|count7 = 436.98
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Patrick McGowan
|count1 = 274
|percentage = 5.76%
|count2 = 277.87
|count3 = 278.11
|count4 = 290.11
|count5 = 298.02
|count6 = 304.45
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alistair Crawford
|count1 = 149
|percentage = 3.13%
|count2 = 188.13
|count3 = 191.25
|count4 = 221.07
|count5 = 238.32
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Unionist Party
|candidate = David Gilmour
|count1 = 146
|percentage = 3.07%
|count2 = 161.91
|count3 = 166.71
|count4 = 188.34
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Robert Hunter
|count1 = 126
|percentage = 2.65%
|count2 = 143.2
|count3 = 145.6
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 8,415
|valid = 4,753 (56.48%)
|spoilt = 109
|quota = 793
|turnout = 4,862 (57.78%)
}}
=The Skerries=
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=The Skerries - 5 seats
|numcounts= 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Billy Leonard
|count1 = 988
|percentage = 18.41%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Stewart*
|count1 = 675
|percentage = 12.58%
|count2 = 943
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Norman Hillis*
|count1 = 625
|percentage = 11.65%
|count2 = 642
|count3 = 643.76
|count4 = 961.76
|count5 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Pauline Armitage*
|count1 = 729
|percentage = 13.59%
|count2 = 753
|count3 = 754.32
|count4 = 859.98
|count5 = 910.73
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Christine Alexander*
|count1 = 757
|percentage = 14.11%
|count2 = 763
|count3 = 782.69
|count4 = 842.13
|count5 = 851.13
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Barbara Dempsey*
|count1 = 681
|percentage = 12.69%
|count2 = 686
|count3 = 751.89
|count4 = 776.66
|count5 = 782.66
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Samuel Kane
|count1 = 552
|percentage = 10.29%
|count2 = 565
|count3 = 567.53
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Sandy Gilkinson
|count1 = 359
|percentage = 6.69%
|count2 =
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|count5 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 8,800
|valid = 5,366 (60.98%)
|spoilt = 85
|quota = 895
|turnout = 5,451 (61.94%)
}}
References
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{{County Londonderry elections}}
{{2001 United Kingdom local elections}}