2001 Larne Borough Council election
# 2001 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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

Larne Borough Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | 28.8 | 3,985 | 4.3 |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26.7 | 28.8 | 3,984 | 7.6 |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 1,999 | 2.3 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 1,928 | 2.3 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 1,075 | 0.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 496 | 3.6 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 107 | 0.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2001 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 28.7 | 2 | 24.2 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 35.6 | 2 | 38.4 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 21.3 | 1 | 22.3 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 12.8 | 1 | 38.2 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 28.8 | 5 | 28.8 | 4 | 14.5 | 2 | 9.6 | 2 | 18.3 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results

### Coast Road

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

### Larne Lough

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Larne Town

1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

