2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
# 2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36.0 | 29.2 | 10,216 | 2.2 |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 32.0 | 26.8 | 9,406 | 16.1 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 3,673 | 9.8 |
| SDLP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 2,015 | 0.8 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2,384 | 2.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1,747 | 5.0 |
| United Unionist Assembly Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 1,297 | New |
| Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1,039 | 3.1 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 1,458 | 1.0 |
| NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 922 | New |
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 299 | New |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 169 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 27.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 19.2 | 2 | 13.4 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 12.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballyclare | 42.8 | 3 | 38.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Macedon | 11.2 | 1 | 27.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 54.1 | 3 | 6 |
| University | 33.6 | 3 | 22.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 29.2 | 9 | 26.8 | 8 | 5.7 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 25.3 | 4 | 25 |

## Districts results

### Antrim Line

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers

### Ballyclare

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

### Macedon

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent

### University

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from PUP and Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist joins United Unionist

