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Elections to Limavady 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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26.7 | 28.8 | 4,379 | 11.5 | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 24.9 | 3,784 | 15.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 15.4 | 2,344 | 23.1 | |
DUP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 17.8 | 2,716 | 6.7 | |
United Unionist Assembly Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 1,351 | New | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 642 | 4.2 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Bellarena | 41.2 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 24.7 | 1 | 18.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Benbradagh | 21.0 | 1 | 50.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 23.6 | 1 | 5 |
Limavady Town | 22.7 | 1 | 8.9 | 0 | 21.1 | 2 | 30.3 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 28.8 | 4 | 24.9 | 4 | 15.4 | 3 | 17.8 | 2 | 13.1 | 2 | 15 |
District results
Bellarena
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Leslie Cubitt | 18.81% | 1,027 | ||||
SDLP | Michael Carten* | 15.48% | 845 | 846.44 | 1,200.44 | ||
SDLP | Gerry Mullan | 13.21% | 721 | 721 | 918 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin McGuigan | 15.26% | 833 | 833 | 917 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Edwin Stevenson | 12.95% | 707 | 759.44 | 760.44 | 765.44 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Smyth | 11.74% | 641 | 703.88 | 709 | 724 | |
SDLP | John McKinney* | 12.55% | 685 | 685.24 | |||
Electorate: 7,656 Valid: 5,459 (71.30%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 910 Turnout: 5,527 (72.19%) |
Benbradagh
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Anne Brolly | 20.96% | 1,056 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Francis Brolly | 18.21% | 917 | ||||||
United Unionist | Boyd Douglas* | 14.85% | 748 | 748.42 | 918.42 | ||||
SDLP | Michael Coyle* | 11.10% | 559 | 584.41 | 587.41 | 587.41 | 600.46 | 978.46 | |
Sinn Féin | Marion Donaghy | 11.10% | 559 | 732.67 | 732.67 | 732.67 | 793.42 | 841.2 | |
United Unionist | Mark Gibson | 8.78% | 442 | 442 | 508 | 585.28 | 585.28 | 588.28 | |
SDLP | Gerard Lynch* | 9.87% | 497 | 509.39 | 512.39 | 512.85 | 515.73 | ||
DUP | John Murray | 5.14% | 259 | 259 | |||||
Electorate: 6,750 Valid: 5,037 (74.62%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,149 (76.28%) |
Limavady Town
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | George Robinson* | 30.30% | 1,430 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | John Dolan* | 8.11% | 383 | 592.76 | 703.62 | 819.74 | ||
Ulster Unionist | John Rankin | 7.88% | 372 | 502.64 | 681.8 | 816.88 | ||
Independent | Brian Brown | 13.60% | 642 | 704.1 | 713.86 | 768.18 | 793.18 | |
SDLP | Desmond Lowry* | 11.48% | 542 | 544.76 | 544.76 | 545.22 | 784.68 | |
SDLP | John Kerr | 11.23% | 530 | 532.76 | 532.76 | 533.76 | 627.76 | |
Sinn Féin | Malachy O'Kane* | 8.88% | 419 | 419.92 | 419.92 | 419.92 | ||
United Unionist | Alister Smyth | 3.41% | 161 | 316.02 | 322.32 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Raymond Kennedy | 5.11% | 241 | 309.08 | ||||
Electorate: 6,877 Valid: 4,720 (68.63%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,779 (69.49%) |
References
- 1 2 "Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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