2001 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, although Jim Rodgers from the UUP became Lord Mayor.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Balmoral |9.9 |0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |10.1 |1 |29.8 |2 |12.4 |1 |3.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Castle |14.1 |1 |11.0 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |27.8 |2 |6.9 |0 |2.5 |0 |4.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |2.8 |0 |23.1 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |22.0 |1 |18.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Laganbank |16.2 |1 |26.2 |2 |8.1 |0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |7.6 |0 |2.6 |0 |10.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lower Falls |bgcolor="#008800"|80.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |15.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |bgcolor="#008800"|46.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |7.0 |0 |15.0 |1 |19.1 |1 |1.0 |0 |9.4 |1 |1.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Pottinger |9.7 |1 |28.2 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |3.5 |0 |5.3 |0 |13.3 |1 |3.8 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Upper Falls |bgcolor="#008800"|68.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |28.5 |1 |0.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |2.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Victoria |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |28.0 |2 |1.8 |0 |22.8 |2 |4.2 |0 |6.6 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.4 |14 |18.3 |11 |18.1 |10 |17.4 |9 |6.8 |3 |5.8 |3 |5.2 |1 |51

District results

Balmoral

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 1997-2001 Change: No change

Castle

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance

Court

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x UDP 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent

Laganbank

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Lower Falls

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: No change

Oldpark

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Pottinger

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Upper Falls

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: No change

Victoria

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

References