title: 2001 North Down Borough Council election
text: # 2001 North Down Borough Council election
  
  Elections to North Down 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
  
  North Down Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ulster Unionist | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 27.3 | 8,883 | 4.9 |
  | Alliance | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 17.6 | 5,718 | 4.5 |
  | DUP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8.0 | 14.3 | 4,631 | 4.9 |
  | Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 7,159 | 9.0 |
  | UK Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 3,034 | 5.7 |
  | NI Women's Coalition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 1,166 | New |
  | PUP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 1,167 | 0.6 |
  | NI Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 188 | New |
  
  Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
  
  ## Districts summary
  
  Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
  
  | Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | UKUP | UKUP | NIWC | NIWC | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
  | Abbey | 30.0 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 22.4 | 2 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 17.4 | 0 | 6 |
  | Ballyholme and Groomsport | 23.6 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 6.4 | 1 | 38.1 | 2 | 7 |
  | Bangor West | 27.8 | 2 | 19.1 | 2 | 10.8 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 28.3 | 1 | 7 |
  | Holywood | 30.0 | 2 | 24.6 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 22.1 | 1 | 5 |
  | Total | 27.3 | 8 | 17.6 | 5 | 14.3 | 5 | 9.3 | 2 | 3.6 | 1 | 27.9 | 4 | 25 |
  
  ## Districts results
  
  ### Abbey
  
  1997: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP 1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from Conservative and PUP
  
  ### Ballyholme and Groomsport
  
  1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UKUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Women's Coalition gain from Conservative and UKUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) become Independent
  
  ### Bangor West
  
  1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from PUP
  
  ### Holywood
  
  1997: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
  
  