title: 2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
text: # 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
  
  