2001 Coleraine Borough Council election
# 2001 Coleraine Borough Council election

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

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 | 36.0 | 8,813 | 7.4 |
| DUP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.8 | 27.5 | 6,743 | 4.3 |
| SDLP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 4,837 | 3.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 2,377 | 3.6 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1,579 | 2.8 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 146 | 0.6 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bann | 34.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 30.5 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 13.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Coleraine Central | 44.7 | 3 | 30.4 | 2 | 17.6 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Coleraine East | 44.2 | 3 | 26.7 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 15.6 | 0 | 5 |
| The Skerries | 35.5 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 18.4 | 1 | 12.7 | 0 | 14.1 | 1 | 5 |
| 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

### 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

### 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

### 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

