2001 Craigavon 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 Craigavon Borough Council election
| country =
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
| previous_year = 1997
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|2001|06|7|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 2005 Craigavon Borough Council election
| next_year = 2005
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
| majority_seats = 14
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| party1 = Ulster Unionist Party
| seats1 = 8
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3
| party2 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
| seats2 = 7
| seat_change2 = {{nochange}} 0
| party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
| seats3 = 6
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 3
| party4 = Sinn Féin
| seats4 = 4
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2
| party5 = Independent (politician)
| seats5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1
| party6 = Independent Nationalist
| seats6 = 0
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 2
| party7 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
| seats7 = 0
| seat_change7 = {{decrease}} 1
| map_image =File:Craigavon 2001 election.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Party with the most votes by district.
}}
Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title = Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcraigavon.htm|title=Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|seats = 8
|gain = 0
|loss = 3
|net = {{decrease}}3
|seats % = 30.8
|votes % = 28.1
|votes = 11,127
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}11.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|seats = 7
|gain = 1
|loss = 1
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 26.9
|votes % = 20.0
|votes = 7,947
|plus/minus = {{increase}}1.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|seats = 6
|gain = 3
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}3
|seats % = 23.1
|votes % = 22.6
|votes = 8,972
|plus/minus = {{increase}}8.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Sinn Féin
|seats = 4
|gain = 2
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}2
|seats % = 15.4
|votes % = 21.3
|votes = 8,456
|plus/minus = {{increase}}9.1
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 3.8
|votes % = 4.9
|votes = 1,958
|plus/minus = {{increase}}4.9
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = {{decrease}}1
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.6
|votes = 645
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}2.9
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = UK Unionist Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{steady}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.0
|votes = 408
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.3
|votes = 132
|plus/minus = {{nochange}}0.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
{{election table|title=Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2001
by district|sortable=yes}}
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!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|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Craigavon Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|16.4
|2
|24.3
|2
|16.9
|1
|3.6
|0
|9.3
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Loughside
|4.9
|0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|2.9
|0
|45.1
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lurgan
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|7.7
|1
|33.3
|2
|6.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|5.1
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Portadown
|26.9
|2
|12.8
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|20.2
|1
|2.8
|0
|10.1
|1
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|28.1
|8
|20.0
|7
|22.6
|6
|21.3
|4
|1.6
|0
|6.4
|1
|26
|-
|}
District results
=Craigavon Central=
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 11
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Kenneth Twyble*
|count1 = 1,694
|percentage = 15.93%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Francis Murray*
|count1 = 1,198
|percentage = 11.27%
|count2 = 1,198
|count3 = 1,220
|count4 = 1,220
|count5 = 1,224
|count6 = 1,728
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Patricia Mallon*
|count1 = 996
|percentage = 9.37%
|count2 = 997.89
|count3 = 1,057.89
|count4 = 1,062.31
|count5 = 1,162.36
|count6 = 1,211.78
|count7 = 1,390.78
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Frederick Crowe*
|count1 = 802
|percentage = 7.54%
|count2 = 887.26
|count3 = 904.26
|count4 = 1,030.97
|count5 = 1,132.48
|count6 = 1,133.48
|count7 = 1,133.48
|count8 = 1,133.97
|count9 = 1,438.97
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Smith
|count1 = 1,060
|percentage = 9.97%
|count2 = 1,075.12
|count3 = 1,078.12
|count4 = 1,082.17
|count5 = 1,087.8
|count6 = 1,087.8
|count7 = 1,087.8
|count8 = 1,087.8
|count9 = 1,130.14
|count10= 1,149.04
|count11= 1,332.04
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Smith
|count1 = 810
|percentage = 7.62%
|count2 = 813.36
|count3 = 816.57
|count4 = 820.2
|count5 = 822.83
|count6 = 822.83
|count7 = 822.83
|count8 = 822.83
|count9 = 860
|count10= 883.8
|count11= 1,289.72
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Kieran Corr
|count1 = 745
|percentage = 7.01%
|count2 = 745.63
|count3 = 782.63
|count4 = 784.63
|count5 = 843.47
|count6 = 871.68
|count7 = 942.68
|count8 = 1,000.99
|count9 = 1,042.38
|count10= 1,054.28
|count11= 1,062.24
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Denis Watson
|count1 = 712
|percentage = 6.70%
|count2 = 738.25
|count3 = 741.25
|count4 = 752.51
|count5 = 758.93
|count6 = 758.93
|count7 = 758.93
|count8 = 759.42
|count9 = 839.82
|count10= 876.22
|count11= 1,045.41
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Calvert
|count1 = 761
|percentage = 7.16%
|count2 = 766.46
|count3 = 770.46
|count4 = 774.51
|count5 = 783.93
|count6 = 783.93
|count7 = 784.93
|count8 = 784.93
|count9 = 819.48
|count10= 836.98
|count11=
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Samuel McCammick*
|count1 = 396
|percentage = 3.72%
|count2 = 527.25
|count3 = 532.46
|count4 = 665.88
|count5 = 753.18
|count6 = 753.18
|count7 = 753.18
|count8 = 754.16
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Peter Toland
|count1 = 602
|percentage = 5.66%
|count2 = 602.21
|count3 = 618.42
|count4 = 618.42
|count5 = 622.63
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Sean Hagan*
|count1 = 379
|percentage = 3.56%
|count2 = 394.12
|count3 = 429.96
|count4 = 446.32
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Audrey Lindsay
|count1 = 250
|percentage = 2.35%
|count2 = 313.84
|count3 = 315.84
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Tom French
|count1 = 132
|percentage = 1.24%
|count2 = 132.84
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alan Evans
|count1 = 96
|percentage = 0.90%
|count2 = 97.05
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 11
|electorate = 15,747
|valid = 10,633 (67.52%)
|spoilt = 254
|quota = 1,330
|turnout = 10,887 (69.14%)
}}
=Loughside=
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Loughside - 5 seats
|numcounts= 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Dolores Kelly*
|count1 = 2,022
|percentage = 22.84%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = John O'Dowd*
|count1 = 1,971
|percentage = 22.27%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Sean McCavanagh*
|count1 = 1,055
|percentage = 11.92%
|count2 = 1,214.04
|count3 = 1,232.54
|count4 = 1,235.82
|count5 = 1,392.52
|count6 = 1,449.92
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Maurice Magill
|count1 = 1,131
|percentage = 12.78%
|count2 = 1,175.24
|count3 = 1,376.49
|count4 = 1,378.49
|count5 = 1,394.23
|count6 = 1,404.51
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Mary McAlinden*
|count1 = 735
|percentage = 8.30%
|count2 = 996.8
|count3 = 1,010.55
|count4 = 1,013.55
|count5 = 1,212.21
|count6 = 1,401.45
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Mairéad O'Dowd
|count1 = 883
|percentage = 9.98%
|count2 = 904.56
|count3 = 1,144.56
|count4 = 1,145.56
|count5 = 1,167.71
|count6 = 1,168.71
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William Lindsay
|count1 = 433
|percentage = 4.89%
|count2 = 437.48
|count3 = 437.48
|count4 = 641.48
|count5 = 642.48
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Kieran McGeown*
|count1 = 360
|percentage = 4.07%
|count2 = 411.24
|count3 = 417.99
|count4 = 417.99
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Alexander Dougan
|count1 = 261
|percentage = 2.95%
|count2 = 261.28
|count3 = 261.28
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 12,545
|valid = 8,851 (70.55%)
|spoilt = 255
|quota = 1,476
|turnout = 9,106 (72.59%)
}}
=Lurgan=
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Lurgan - 7 seats
|numcounts= 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Jonathan Bell*
|count1 = 1,942
|percentage = 18.48%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Samuel Gardiner*
|count1 = 1,728
|percentage = 16.44%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Stephen Moutray
|count1 = 1,555
|percentage = 14.80%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = George Savage*
|count1 = 1,237
|percentage = 11.77%
|count2 = 1,315.07
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Meta Crozier*
|count1 = 965
|percentage = 9.18%
|count2 = 1,089.32
|count3 = 1,332.44
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Sydney Cairns*
|count1 = 749
|percentage = 7.13%
|count2 = 854.08
|count3 = 952.24
|count4 = 1,032.04
|count5 = 1,332.64
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Mary McNally*
|count1 = 801
|percentage = 7.62%
|count2 = 806.92
|count3 = 813.64
|count4 = 816.11
|count5 = 842.63
|count6 = 1,342.63
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = UK Unionist Party
|candidate = David Vance
|count1 = 408
|percentage = 3.88%
|count2 = 683.65
|count3 = 697.81
|count4 = 811.05
|count5 = 886.49
|count6 = 887.86
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Matthew Rooney
|count1 = 719
|percentage = 6.84%
|count2 = 719.37
|count3 = 719.61
|count4 = 719.8
|count5 = 719.8
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William Tate
|count1 = 276
|percentage = 2.63%
|count2 = 290.8
|count3 = 325.6
|count4 = 356
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William Grafton
|count1 = 130
|percentage = 1.24%
|count2 = 147.76
|count3 = 150.4
|count4 = 160.66
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 14,911
|valid = 10,510 (70.48%)
|spoilt = 236
|quota = 1,314
|turnout = 10,746 (72.07%)
}}
=Portadown=
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Portadown - 7 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = David Simpson
|count1 = 2,352
|percentage = 24.37%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brian McKeown*
|count1 = 1,348
|percentage = 13.97%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Ignatius Fox*
|count1 = 1,233
|percentage = 12.78%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Arnold Hatch
|count1 = 872
|percentage = 9.04%
|count2 = 900.42
|count3 = 900.42
|count4 = 943.38
|count5 = 1,033.85
|count6 = 1,049.14
|count7 = 1,049.71
|count8 = 1,353.71
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Sydney Anderson
|count1 = 883
|percentage = 9.15%
|count2 = 954.54
|count3 = 954.64
|count4 = 984.72
|count5 = 1,041.13
|count6 = 1,066.71
|count7 = 1,067.52
|count8 = 1,326.52
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Jones
|count1 = 971
|percentage = 10.06%
|count2 = 1,112.12
|count3 = 1,112.12
|count4 = 1,130.59
|count5 = 1,145.57
|count6 = 1,182.5
|count7 = 1,182.92
|count8 = 1,211.92
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Carson
|count1 = 213
|percentage = 2.21%
|count2 = 638.32
|count3 = 638.52
|count4 = 639.01
|count5 = 647.93
|count6 = 1,032.01
|count7 = 1,032.1
|count8 = 1,095.09
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Noel Mercer
|count1 = 604
|percentage = 6.26%
|count2 = 604
|count3 = 732.9
|count4 = 759.3
|count5 = 760.3
|count6 = 760.79
|count7 = 783.98
|count8 = 789.04
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Mark Neale*
|count1 = 462
|percentage = 4.79%
|count2 = 486.5
|count3 = 486.6
|count4 = 520.6
|count5 = 758.46
|count6 = 782.22
|count7 = 783.03
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Tate
|count1 = 67
|percentage = 0.69%
|count2 = 478.6
|count3 = 478.6
|count4 = 484.07
|count5 = 498.97
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Thompson
|count1 = 380
|percentage = 3.94%
|count2 = 403.52
|count3 = 403.62
|count4 = 440.62
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = William Ramsay
|count1 = 266
|percentage = 2.75%
|count2 = 272.86
|count3 = 274.56
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 13,514
|valid = 9,651 (71.41%)
|spoilt = 243
|quota = 1,207
|turnout = 9,894 (73.21%)
}}
References
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{{County Armagh elections}}
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{{2001 United Kingdom local elections}}