title: 2001 Craigavon Borough Council election
text: # 2001 Craigavon Borough Council election
  
  Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.
  
  ## Election results
  
  Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30.8 | 28.1 | 11,127 | 11.6 |
  | SDLP | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.9 | 20.0 | 7,947 | 1.0 |
  | DUP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 8,972 | 8.0 |
  | Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15.4 | 21.3 | 8,456 | 9.1 |
  | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1,958 | 4.9 |
  | Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 645 | 2.9 |
  | UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 408 | New |
  | Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 132 | 0.0 |
  
  Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
  
  ## Districts summary
  
  Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
  
  | Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
  | Craigavon Central | 29.5 | 2 | 16.4 | 2 | 24.3 | 2 | 16.9 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 7 |
  | Loughside | 4.9 | 0 | 47.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 45.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
  | Lurgan | 47.1 | 4 | 7.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 |
  | Portadown | 26.9 | 2 | 12.8 | 1 | 27.2 | 2 | 20.2 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 7 |
  | Total | 28.1 | 8 | 20.0 | 7 | 22.6 | 6 | 21.3 | 4 | 1.6 | 0 | 6.4 | 1 | 26 |
  
  ## District results
  
  ### Craigavon Central
  
  1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
  
  ### Loughside
  
  1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
  
  ### Lurgan
  
  1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
  
  ### Portadown
  
  1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)
  
  