2001_Ards_Borough_Council_election

2001 Ards Borough Council election
All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council; 12 seats needed for a majority
	2001 Ards Borough Council Election Results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes.

2001 Ards Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	9	4	0	4	39.1	37.0	8,133	14.4
Ulster Unionist	8	0	2	2	34.8	31.7	6,968	7.9
Alliance	4	0	1	1	17.4	16.7	3,668	4.4
Independent	1	1	0	1	4.3	9.8	2,135	8.2
SDLP	1	0	0	0	4.3	3.9	860	0.7
NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	190	0.9

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Ards East	N/A	2	N/A	3	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A	0	6
Ards West	36.9	3	42.2	2	18.5	1	0.0	0	2.4	0	6
Newtownards	37.5	2	33.3	2	12.2	1	0.0	0	17.0	0	6
Peninsula	36.8	2	17.9	1	19.2	1	12.5	1	13.6	0	5
Total	37.0	9	31.7	8	16.7	4	3.9	1	10.7	0	23

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Alliance	Linda Cleland*	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Ferguson*	N/A	N/A
	DUP	Hamilton Gregory*	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Magill*	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	John Shields*	N/A	N/A
	DUP	Terence Williams	N/A	N/A
Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Gibson*	30.56%	2,454
	DUP	Margaret Craig*	15.32%	1,230
	Ulster Unionist	Philip Smith	7.78%	625	1,516.55
	DUP	William Montgomery	12.94%	1,039	1,098.95	1,100.56	1,117.89	1,124.49	1,175.49
	Alliance	Jim McBriar*	9.41%	756	835.75	840.35	866.23	867.07	1,023.47
	DUP	David Gilmore*	8.63%	693	789.25	794.08	810.63	873.15	1,001.09
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter*	9.12%	732	791.4	795.08	842.96	843.92	965.11
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Spence	3.87%	311	412.75	762.35	829.73	830.93
	NI Conservatives	Christopher Connolly	2.37%	190	205.4	207.01
Electorate: 13,602 Valid: 8,030 (59.04%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 8,253 (60.67%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	George Ennis*	22.81%	1,608
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Hamilton*	18.27%	1,288
	Ulster Unionist	David Smyth*	15.04%	1,060
	Independent	Wilbert Magill*	12.61%	889	923.2	1,043.2
	Alliance	Alan McDowell*	12.18%	859	863.94	915.32	1,075.9
	DUP	Hamilton Lawther	5.15%	363	838	877.14	944.41	967.66
	DUP	Bobby McBride*	9.52%	671	734.46	779.5	830.96	852.04
	Independent	Nancy Orr	4.43%	312	322.66
Electorate: 12,965 Valid: 7,050 (54.38%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,008 Turnout: 7,268 (56.06%)

Peninsula - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	26.53%	1,824
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	18.71%	1,286
	DUP	Robert Drysdale*	10.25%	705	1,222.92
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy*	12.51%	860	865.85	899.51	918.84	1,025.08	1,025.88	1,430.88
	Ulster Unionist	Angus Carson	10.33%	710	748.22	755.81	766.28	864.5	894.8	944.8	1,008.8
	Ulster Unionist	Paul Carson*	7.56%	520	583.96	593.97	603.82	671.15	710.75	731.42	765.42
	Independent	Joe Boyle	7.65%	526	528.73	543.58	553.75	646.87	648.67
	Independent	Robert Ambrose	3.71%	255	289.32	298.01	307.13
	Independent	James McMullan	2.23%	153	155.73	162.99	166.58
	Alliance	Stephen McSherry	0.51%	35	38.12	85.2
Electorate: 11,849 Valid: 6,874 (58.01%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 7,085 (59.79%)