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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others

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