2001 Northern Ireland local elections

2001 Northern Ireland local elections

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First party Second party Third party   Leader David Trimble Ian Paisley John Hume Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP Seats won 154 131 117 Seat change 31 40 3 Popular vote 181,336 169,477 153,424 Percentage 22.9% 21.4% 19.4% Swing 5.2% 5.4% 1.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gerry Adams N/A Seán Neeson Party Sinn Féin Independent Alliance Seats won 108 34 28 Seat change 34 8 13 Popular vote 163,269 51,997 40,443 Percentage 20.7% 6.6% 5.1% Swing 3.5% 2.8% 1.6%

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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 7 June 2001, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2001 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

Results

Overall

Party[1]		Councillors		Votes
		Change	Total	% share	Total
	Ulster Unionist	-31	154	22.94	181,336
	DUP	+40	131	21.44	169,477
	Sinn Féin	+34	108	20.66	163,269
	SDLP	-3	117	19.41	153,424
	Independent	+8	34	6.58	51,997
	Alliance	-13	28	5.12	40,443
	PUP	-3	4	1.55	12,261
	UK Unionist	-2	2	0.60	4,763
	NI Women's Coalition	0	1	0.42	3,301
	United Unionist	+2	2	0.33	2,648
	NI Conservatives	-3	0	0.25	1,985
	NI Unionist	0	0	0.23	1,818
	Workers' Party	0	0	0.18	1,421
	Independent Community	-2	0	0.16	1,247
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	-1	1	0.13	1,039
	Ulster Third Way	0	0	0.00	28

By council

Where a party is indicated with an asterisk (*) it means the councillor was listed as an independent on the ballot.

Council	Council Seats by Party
									Total
	Alliance	DUP	PUP	SDLP	SF	UUP	Others	Ind.
Antrim	–	5	–	5	2	7	–	–	19
Ards	4	9	–	1	–	8	–	1	23
Armagh	–	4	–	6	5	7	–	–	22
Ballymena	–	11	–	4	–	7	–	2	24
Ballymoney	–	8	–	2	1	5	–	–	16
Banbridge	1	5	–	3	–	7	–	1	17
Belfast	3	10	3	9	14	11	1 UDP*	–	51
Carrickfergus	5	6	–	–	–	4	–	2	17
Castlereagh	4	10	1	2	–	5	–	1	23
Coleraine	–	7	–	4	–	10	–	1	22
Cookstown	–	2	–	4	6	3	–	1	16
Craigavon	–	6	–	7	4	8	–	1	26
Derry	–	4	–	14	10	2	–	–	30
Down	–	2		10	4	6	–	1	23
Dungannon	–	3	–	4	8	6	–	1	22
Fermanagh	–	2	–	4	9	7	–	1	23
Larne	2	5	–	2	–	4	–	2	15
Limavady	–	2	–	4	4	3	1 UUAP	1	15
Lisburn	3	5	–	3	4	13	1 UDP*	1	30
Magherafelt	–	3	–	3	7	2	–	1	16
Moyle	–	3	–	4	1	3	–	4	15
Newry and Mourne	–	1	–	10	13	4	–	2	30
Newtownabbey	1	8	–	2	1	9	3 (1 UUAP 1 NR 1 Lab *)	1	25
North Down	5	5		–	–	8	3 (2 UKUP 1 NIWC)	4	25
Omagh	–	2	–	6	8	3	–	2	21
Strabane	–	3	–	4	7	2	–	–	16
Total	28	131	4	117	108	154	9	31	582
Change	-13	+40	-3	-3	+34	-32	-10	-13	+2 UUAP -3 Con -2 UKU -2 UDP -2 Lab -1 NR -1 DL -1 PS
Elected 1997	41	91	7	120	74	186	19	44	4 UKUP 4 UDP 3 Lab 3 Con 2 NR 1 NIWC 1 DL 1 PS

Councils

Antrim

Antrim North West[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Bobby Loughran	1,093
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	1,053
	Sinn Féin	Martin Meehan	1,007
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland	678
	Ulster Unionist	Avril Swann	629
	Ulster Unionist	Stephen Nicholl	430
	NI Unionist	Robert Johnston	413
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McCavana	384
	Alliance	Michael Donoghue	133
Turnout			5,929
No change

Antrim South East[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop	1,367
	SDLP	Thomas Burns	1,072
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Thompson	1,062
	Ulster Unionist	Mervyn Rea	1,042
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Wallace	937
	Sinn Féin	Martin McManus	703
	Alliance	Alison McCartney	578
	DUP	William Harkness	525
	Independent	Michael McGivern	393
	Ulster Unionist	Roderick Swann	213
	SDLP	Sean Mallon	168
Turnout			8,257
	DUP gain from UUP
	Sinn Fein gain from Alliance

Antrim Town[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Paddy Marks	1,016
	DUP	John Smyth	749
	Ulster Unionist	Adrian Cochrane-Watson	632
	SDLP	Sean McKee	632
	SDLP	Oran Keenan	611
	DUP	Brian Graham	516
	Sinn Féin	Aine Gribbon	495
	Ulster Unionist	Paul Michael	470
	Alliance	Pete Whitcroft	406
	DUP	Jack McClay	366
	Ulster Unionist	Drew Ritchie	268
	PUP	Kenneth Wilkinson	197
Turnout			6,553
	DUP gain from UUP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Ards

Ards East[3][a]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Terence Williams	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Ronnie Ferguson	N/A
	DUP	Hamilton Gregory	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	John Shields	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Jeffrey Magill	N/A
	Alliance	Linda Cleland	N/A
Turnout			N/A
	DUP gain from UUP

Ards Peninsula[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Jim Shannon	1,824
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy	1,286
	SDLP	Daniel McCarthy	860
	Ulster Unionist	Angus Carson	710
	DUP	Robin Drysdale	705
	Independent	Joseph Boyle	526
	Ulster Unionist	Paul Carson	520
	Independent	Robbie Ambrose	255
	Independent	James McMullan	153
	Alliance	Stephen McSherry	35
Turnout			7,085
No change

Ards West[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Gibson	2,454
	DUP	Margaret Craig	1,230
	DUP	William Montgomery	1,039
	Alliance	Jim McBriar	756
	Alliance	Kathleen Coulter	732
	DUP	David Gilmore	693
	Ulster Unionist	Philip Smith	625
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Spence	311
	NI Conservatives	Christopher Connolly	190
Turnout			8,253
	Margaret Craig leaves UUP
	DUP gain from Alliance

Newtownards[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	George Ennis	1,608
	Ulster Unionist	Tom Hamilton	1,288
	Ulster Unionist	David Smyth	1,060
	Independent	Wilbert Magill	889
	Alliance	Alan McDowell	859
	DUP	Bobby McBride	671
	DUP	Hamilton Lawther	363
	Independent	Nancy Orr	312
Turnout			7,268
	Wilbert Magill changes designation from Independent Unionist
	DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Armagh

Armagh City[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee	1,261
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Rafferty	901
	Ulster Unionist	Sylvia McRoberts	868
	DUP	Freda Donnelly	861
	Independent	John Nixon	646
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Frazer	528
	SDLP	Michael Carson	456
	SDLP	Anna Brolly	370
	SDLP	Mealla Bratton	325
	NI Women's Coalition	Margaret Connolly	209
Turnout			7,608
	DUP gain from UUP

Crossmore[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Brian Cunningham	1,336
	SDLP	Tommy Kavanagh	989
	DUP	Noel Berry	930
	Ulster Unionist	Evelyn Corry	927
	Sinn Féin	Pat O'Rawe	867
	SDLP	James McKernan	703
	SDLP	James Lennon	554
	SDLP	Joseph McGleenan	452
Turnout			6,883
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Cusher[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Paul Berry	3,549
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Speers	1,202
	SDLP	Tom Canavan	1,001
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Turner	725
	Ulster Unionist	James Clayton	679
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan	591
	Ulster Unionist	Sharon McClelland	367
	Independent	Derrick Mathews	186
	DUP	Heather Black	185
	DUP	Mervyn Spratt	103
Turnout			8,728
	DUP gain from UUP

The Orchard[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Brian Hutchinson	1,363
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers	1,324
	Sinn Féin	Paul Corrigan	1,221
	SDLP	John Campbell	796
	DUP	William Irwin	686
	SDLP	Eamon Mcneill	651
	Ulster Unionist	Charles Rollston	645
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Whitten	492
Turnout			7,295
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Ballymena

Ballymena North[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Alexander	1,110
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy	1,071
	Independent	James Henry	1,060
	DUP	Maurice Mills	625
	Ulster Unionist	Joe McKernan	613
	Independent	William Wright	553
	Ulster Unionist	Neill Armstrong	533
	Ulster Unionist	Gillian Scott	532
	DUP	Simon Hamilton	411
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Magee	382
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop	317
	Independent	Audrey Wales	263
	Ulster Unionist	William McElfatrick	242
	PUP	Trevor Parkhill	30
Turnout			7,876
	William Wright leaves UUP
	DUP gain from Alliance

Ballymena South[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan	1,212
	Ulster Unionist	James Currie	1,092
	DUP	Elizabeth Adger	1,061
	DUP	Davy Tweed	1,018
	DUP	Martin Clarke	790
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	755
	Ulster Unionist	Peter Brown	459
	DUP	William Moore	285
	Independent	David Warwick	241
	PUP	William McCaughey	51
	PUP	Jean Rainey	43
Turnout			7,146
	DUP gain from UUP

Bannside[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Gillespie	1,427
	Ulster Unionist	William McNeilly	1,060
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl	962
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty	938
	DUP	Samuel Gaston	890
	DUP	David Wilkinson	842
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McClean	727
	SDLP	Joseph Montgomery	375
	NI Unionist	Norman Sloan	186
	PUP	Kenneth McCaughey	53
Turnout			7,612
	SDLP gain from UUP

Braid[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Sam Hanna	1,242
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben	1,158
	Ulster Unionist	David Clyde	961
	Ulster Unionist	Lexie Scott	893
	DUP	Robin Stirling	819
	Ulster Unionist	Des Armstrong	815
	DUP	Robert Osborne	707
	PUP	Robert Hamilton	29
Turnout			6,712
	DUP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	788
	SDLP	Justin McCamphill	459
	DUP	Ian Stevenson	433
	DUP	Robert Storey	429
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas McKeown	396
	Independent	Jim Wright	376
	Ulster Unionist	James Simpson	351
	Ulster Unionist	William Johnston	257
	Independent	Jeffrey Balmer	125
	Independent	Anne Logan	119
Turnout			3,803
	UUP gain from Independent
	DUP gain from Independent

Bann Valley[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan	1,123
	DUP	John Finlay	859
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston	711
	DUP	Robert Halliday	675
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	663
	DUP	Robert Wilson	540
	SDLP	Pappy O'Kane	388
	Ulster Unionist	John Watt	261
Turnout			5,342
	DUP gain from UUP

Bushvale[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Bill Kennedy	997
	DUP	Frank Campbell	589
	SDLP	Harry Connolly	548
	Ulster Unionist	John Ramsay	545
	Ulster Unionist	William Logan	457
	Sinn Féin	Sean McErlain	318
	SDLP	Frank McCluskey	151
Turnout			3,681
	UUP gain from SDLP

Banbridge

Banbridge Town[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Baird	1,979
	SDLP	Patrick McAleenan	1,404
	DUP	Jim McElroy	774
	DUP	Kyle Ferguson	697
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Burns	485
	Ulster Unionist	William Bell	458
	Independent	Frank Downey	448
	Alliance	Frank McQuaid	420
	UK Unionist	David Hudson	389
Turnout			7,172
	Alliance gain from Independent

Dromore[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Paul Rankin	1,375
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott	1,202
	DUP	David Herron	1,032
	Ulster Unionist	Norah Beare	896
	Ulster Unionist	William Martin	894
	Ulster Unionist	Thompson Howe	685
	NI Unionist	Joseph McIlwaine	45
Turnout			6,232
	DUP gain from UUP

Knockiveagh[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle	1,351
	Ulster Unionist	John Ingram	1,202
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden	1,084
	Independent	Malachy McCartan	768
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	755
	DUP	Stephen Herron	735
	Ulster Unionist	John Hanna	617
	Ulster Unionist	Violet Cromie	486
	UK Unionist	Stephen Briggs	387
Turnout			7,493
	DUP gain from UUP

Belfast

Balmoral[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	3,077
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Crooks	2,276
	Ulster Unionist	Bob Stoker	2,032
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	1,684
	DUP	Ruth Patterson	1,377
	Sinn Féin	Stiofán Long	1,349
	SDLP	Catherine Molloy	987
	PUP	Tom Morrow	424
	Ulster Unionist	John Hiddleston	411
Turnout			13,873
No change

Castle[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	3,949
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	2,520
	Sinn Féin	Danny Lavery	1,991
	Ulster Unionist	David Browne	1,550
	SDLP	Pat Convery	1,403
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	984
	DUP	Ian Crozier	759
	PUP	Janet Carson	352
	NI Women's Coalition	Elizabeth McCullough	253
	Independent	David Mahood	178
	Independent	Sandy Blair	109
	Workers' Party	Marcella Delaney	84
Turnout			14,497
	DUP gain from UUP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Court[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Eric Smyth	2,605
	Independent	Frank McCoubrey	1,732
	Ulster Unionist	Chris McGimpsey	1,527
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	1,336
	PUP	Plum Smith	813
	Ulster Unionist	Fred Cobain	722
	DUP	Elaine McMillen	720
	Sinn Féin	Mick Conlon	269
	Ulster Third Way	David Kerr	28
Turnout			10,085
	DUP gain from UUP
	Independent gain from UDP

Laganbank[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Michael McGimpsey	2,019
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	1,748
	SDLP	Peter O'Reilly	1,612
	SDLP	Patrick McCarthy	1,511
	DUP	Richard Scott	882
	Alliance	Mark Long	825
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Clarke	819
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Monaghan	703
	PUP	Dawn Purvis	286
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	158
	Independent	Andrew Frew	141
	Independent	Barbara Muldoon	128
Turnout			11,082
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Lower Falls[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann	2,399
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hartley	2,351
	Sinn Féin	Máire Cush	2,230
	SDLP	Margaret Walsh	2,016
	Sinn Féin	Marie Moore	1,917
	Sinn Féin	Seán McKnight	1,247
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	488
Turnout			13,229
No change

Oldpark[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Brophy	2,755
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McCleneghan	2,467
	DUP	Nelson McCausland	2,392
	SDLP	Martin Morgan	1,932
	PUP	Billy Hutchinson	1,516
	Sinn Féin	Kathy Stanton	1,298
	Ulster Unionist	Fred Proctor	1,116
	SDLP	Joleen Connolly	1,114
	Sinn Féin	Eoin O'Broin	957
	Independent	James Bates	209
	Alliance	Thomas McCullough	160
	Independent	Rene Greig	59
Turnout			16,662
	DUP gain from UUP

Pottinger[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	3,918
	Ulster Unionist	Reg Empey	3,097
	PUP	David Ervine	1,582
	Sinn Féin	Joseph O'Donnell	1,264
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	693
	DUP	May Campbell	577
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Clarke	559
	SDLP	Leo Van Es	459
	Independent	John Bushell	218
	DUP	Harry Toan	205
	Workers' Party	Joseph Bell	129
	PUP	Robin Stewart	127
	UK Unionist	David Fairfield	74
	NI Conservatives	Jason Docherty	66
Turnout			13,426
	Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Upper Falls[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey	3,349
	SDLP	Alex Attwood	3,260
	Sinn Féin	Gerard O'Neill	2,866
	Sinn Féin	Michael Browne	2,469
	Sinn Féin	Chrissie McAuley	1,801
	SDLP	Brian Heading	1,112
	NI Women's Coalition	Mary Catney	365
	Alliance	Kathy Ayers	136
Turnout			15,972
No change

Victoria[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Adamson	3,286
	Alliance	David Alderdice	3,119
	DUP	Wallace Browne	2,492
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Rodgers	2,322
	DUP	Robin Newton	1,469
	DUP	Margaret McKenzie	783
	Independent	Danny Dow	746
	Alliance	Naomi Long	729
	PUP	Robert Moorehead	697
	Ulster Unionist	Alan Crowe	582
	SDLP	Ciara Patricia Farren	305
	NI Conservatives	Peter Gray	239
	Independent	Sammy Walker	114
	Independent	Billy Hands	15
	Independent	Lawrence John	11
Turnout			14,806
	UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	David Hilditch	996
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	662
	Independent	William Hamilton	552
	Ulster Unionist	Darin Ferguson	435
	Independent	William Cameron	303
	PUP	David Beck	259
	Independent	Nicholas Wady	134
	DUP	Patricia McKinney	130
	Alliance	Margaret Hawkins	112
Turnout			3,675
	DUP gain from Independent

Kilroot[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Ashe	1,425
	Ind. Unionist	James Brown	1,275
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Ferguson	1,093
	Alliance	Janet Crampsey	807
	Alliance	Robin Cavan	684
	Independent	Samuel Crowe	470
	DUP	Robert Clements	430
Turnout			6,329
	DUP gain from Independent

Knockagh Monument[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Beggs Jr	1,575
	DUP	May Beattie	1,420
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	1,165
	Ulster Unionist	Gwendoline Wilson	625
	DUP	James McClurg	336
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath	199
	PUP	Carolyn Howarth	166
Turnout			5,790
	DUP gain from Independent

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Peter Robinson	2,841
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Copeland	1,032
	Alliance	Michael Long	769
	PUP	Thomas Sandford	505
	SDLP	Sean Mullan	427
	DUP	Joanne Bunting	302
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon	289
	Independent	Alan Carson	219
	DUP	John Norris	161
	NI Conservatives	Terence Dick	82
	DUP	John Dunn	74
Turnout			6,938
	PUP gain from UKUP

Castlereagh East[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Iris Robinson	4,093
	Ulster Unionist	David Drysdale	1,879
	Alliance	Peter Osborne	923
	Independent	Francis Gallagher	650
	PUP	Richard Johnston	466
	Alliance	Gillian Graham	400
	Independent	William Abraham	245
	DUP	Claire Ennis	204
	DUP	Kim Morton	120
	DUP	Sandy Geddis	92
	DUP	Jim White	87
Turnout			9,408
	Independent gain from Independent

Castlereagh South[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Henderson	1,725
	DUP	John Beattie	1,590
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice	1,019
	SDLP	Christine Copeland	949
	SDLP	Brian Hanvey	940
	DUP	Andrew Ramsey	509
	Ulster Unionist	Barbara McBurney	431
	Sinn Féin	Sean Hayes	396
	Alliance	Margaret Marshall	381
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	52
Turnout			8,151
No change

Castlereagh West[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Mark Robinson	1,858
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Hall	1,728
	SDLP	Rosaleen Hughes	1,196
	Alliance	Sara Duncan	1,130
	NI Women's Coalition	Eileen Cairnduff	306
	PUP	Frederick Ferguson	301
	Sinn Féin	Sean Montgomery	158
	DUP	Charles Tosh	92
	DUP	Vivienne Stevenson	61
Turnout			6,994
No change

Coleraine

Bann[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Dallat	1,714
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	1,216
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Church	986
	Ulster Unionist	William King	821
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Watt	704
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan	535
	Independent	Robert Bolton	514
	Independent	Reginald McAuley	512
	DUP	Hazel Sommers	265
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	116
Turnout			7,543
No change

Coleraine Central[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James McClure	1,426
	Ulster Unionist	David McClarty	1,395
	SDLP	Gerald McLaughlin	1,232
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Johnston	1,016
	Ulster Unionist	David Barbour	717
	DUP	Timothy Deans	699
	Alliance	Eamon O'Hara	508
Turnout			7,130
	DUP gain from Alliance

Coleraine East[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	1,389
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Black	808
	DUP	William Creelman	596
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McPherson	460
	SDLP	John Montgomery	368
	Independent	Thomas Houston	319
	Alliance	Paddy McGowan	274
	Independent	Alistair Crawford	149
	PUP	David Gilmour	146
	Independent	Martin Hunter	126
	DUP	Ellen Fielding	118
Turnout			4,862
	DUP gain from Alliance

The Skerries[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Billy Leonard	988
	Independent	Christine Alexander	757
	Ulster Unionist	Pauline Armitage	729
	Alliance	Barbara Dempsey	681
	DUP	Robert Stewart	675
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Hillis	625
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Kane	552
	DUP	Alexander Gilkinson	359
Turnout			5,451
	SDLP gain from Alliance

Cookstown

Ballinderry[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	1,771
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McAleer	1,567
	DUP	Anne McCrea	969
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Greer	946
	Sinn Féin	Michael McIvor	656
	SDLP	Mary Baker	641
	DUP	Samuel McCartney	537
	Ulster Unionist	William McCollum	334
Turnout			7,576
No change

Cookstown Central[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	John McNamee	1,427
	Ulster Unionist	Trevor Wilson	1,323
	DUP	Ian McCrea	1,064
	SDLP	Peter Cassidy	792
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Campbell	364
	SDLP	Eddie Espie	328
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Crawford	238
	DUP	Hugh Davidson	120
Turnout			5,774
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Drum Manor[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Grimes	1,233
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Glasgow	1,118
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Molloy	969
	SDLP	James McGarvey	884
	DUP	Alice Lees	756
	Independent	Samuel Parke	689
Turnout			5,736
	Samuel Parke changes designation from Independent Unionist

Craigavon

Craigavon Central[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Twyble	1,694
	Sinn Féin	Francis Murray	1,198
	DUP	Woolsey Smith	1,060
	SDLP	Pat Mallon	996
	DUP	Robert Smith	810
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Crowe	802
	Independent	David Calvert	761
	SDLP	Kieran Corr	745
	DUP	Denis Watson	712
	Sinn Féin	Peter Toland	602
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McCammick	396
	Alliance	Sean Hagan	379
	Ulster Unionist	Audrey Lindsay	250
	Workers' Party	Tom French	132
	Independent	Alan Evans	96
Turnout			10,887
	SDLP gain from Alliance
	DUP gain from UUP

Loughside[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	2,022
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd	1,971
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Magill	1,131
	SDLP	Sean McKavanagh	1,055
	Sinn Féin	Mairead O'Dowd	883
	SDLP	Mary McAlinden	735
	Ulster Unionist	William Lindsay	433
	SDLP	Kieran McGeown	360
	DUP	Alexander Dougan	261
Turnout			9,106
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Lurgan[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Jonathan Bell	1,942
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Gardiner	1,728
	DUP	Stephen Moutray	1,555
	Ulster Unionist	George Savage	1,237
	Ulster Unionist	Meta Crozier	965
	SDLP	Mary McNally	801
	Ulster Unionist	Sydney Cairns	749
	Sinn Féin	Matthew Rooney	719
	UK Unionist	David Vance	408
	Ulster Unionist	William Tate	276
	Independent	William Grafton	130
Turnout			10,746
	DUP gain from UUP

Portadown[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	David Simpson	2,352
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKeown	1,348
	SDLP	Ignatius Fox	1,233
	Independent	David Jones	971
	Ulster Unionist	Sidney Anderson	883
	Ulster Unionist	George Hatch	872
	Sinn Féin	Noel Mercer	604
	Ulster Unionist	Mark Neale	462
	Ulster Unionist	David Thompson	380
	Alliance	William Ramsay	266
	DUP	Alan Carson	213
	DUP	John Tate	67
Turnout			9,894
	DUP gain from UUP
	Sinn Fein gain from Independent Nationalist
	Independent gain from Independent Nationalist

Derry

Cityside[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	1,210
	SDLP	James Clifford	1,176
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Crumley	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Jim Anderson	989
	Sinn Féin	Barney O'Hagan	684
	SDLP	Liam Boyle	629
	Sinn Féin	Donncha MacNiallais	618
	Independent	Shauna Deery	228
Turnout			6,930
No change

Northland[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Kathleen McCloskey	1,528
	SDLP	John Kerr	1,248
	Sinn Féin	Maeve McLaughlin	1,240
	SDLP	Sean Carr	1,157
	Sinn Féin	William Page	1,130
	SDLP	Helen Quigley	1,087
	Sinn Féin	Mary Nelis	980
	Sinn Féin	Gerry MacLochlainn	938
	SDLP	Joseph McClintock	922
	Independent	William Temple	407
	Independent	Colm Bryce	274
	Independent	Daniel Bradley	82
	Independent	Queenie Harper	14
Turnout			11,330
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Rural[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Hay	1,511
	SDLP	Annie Courtney	1,444
	SDLP	Thomas Conway	1,274
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Davidson	1,074
	Sinn Féin	Paul Fleming	943
	DUP	Bill Irwin	879
	SDLP	Jim McKeever	796
	Sinn Féin	James Kelly	677
	Ulster Unionist	Ernest Hamilton	544
	SDLP	Brenda Stevenson	511
	Alliance	Brian Kelly	166
Turnout			10,051
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Shantallow[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Mary Bradley	2,304
	SDLP	Shaun Gallagher	1,287
	Sinn Féin	Gearoid O'Heara	1,238
	Sinn Féin	Tony Hassan	1,237
	SDLP	William O'Connell	1,135
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Green	1,084
	SDLP	Ciaran O'Doherty	1,017
	Independent	Charles McDaid	542
	Sinn Féin	Jean McGinty	384
Turnout			10,544
No change

Waterside[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	1,887
	SDLP	Gerard Diver	1,330
	DUP	Joe Miller	1,218
	Ulster Unionist	Mary Hamilton	982
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming	974
	SDLP	Anne Marie McDaid	817
	DUP	Mildred Garfield	710
	DUP	Drew Thompson	669
	Independent	Jim Guy	484
	Ulster Unionist	James McCorkill	361
	Sinn Féin	Francis O'Deorain	338
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	270
	PUP	Catherine Cooke	153
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Hill	98
	Independent	William Webster	63
Turnout			10,580
	SDLP gain from Independent Unionist

Down

Ballynahinch[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick Toman	1,150
	SDLP	Anne McAleenan	962
	Sinn Féin	Francis Branniff	937
	DUP	Jim Wells	862
	Ulster Unionist	Harvey Bicker	790
	Ulster Unionist	John Cochrane	674
	DUP	William Alexander	593
	SDLP	Francis Casement	592
	Ulster Unionist	John Reid	182
	DUP	Alan McIlroy	126
Turnout			7,005
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Downpatrick[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McConvey	1,147
	SDLP	Peter Craig	1,077
	SDLP	Dermot Curran	1,024
	SDLP	John Doris	852
	SDLP	Ann Trainor	849
	Independent	Raymond Blaney	835
	Ulster Unionist	Jack McIlheron	782
	Sinn Féin	Liam Johnston	633
	SDLP	Gerard Mahon	404
	SDLP	John Irvine	233
	DUP	John Foster	203
	Independent	Patrick O'Connor	173
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	115
	Independent	Helen Honeyman	101
Turnout			8,666
	Independent gain from SDLP

Newcastle[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	1,308
	Ulster Unionist	Gerald Douglas	1,211
	Sinn Féin	William Clarke	1,163
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle	1,000
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell	972
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick	706
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	695
	SDLP	Charles McGrath	438
	Independent	David Allister	243
Turnout			7,890
	Sinn Fein gain from Women's Coalition

Rowallane[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	1,440
	DUP	William Dick	1,198
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess	1,113
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Colmer	1,027
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Rea	728
	DUP	Billy Walker	599
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Lacken	304
	SDLP	Kathleen Stockton	279
	Independent	James Marks	169
Turnout			6,999
No change

Dungannon

Blackwater[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Phelim Gildernew	1,032
	DUP	Roger Burton	991
	DUP	James Ewing	985
	SDLP	Patsy Daly	948
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Irwin	801
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Hamilton	775
	Ulster Unionist	David Brady	669
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Molloy	477
Turnout			6,785
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Clogher Valley[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Flanagan	1,159
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell	1,150
	Ulster Unionist	Noel Mulligan	951
	DUP	Johnston McIlwrath	816
	Sinn Féin	Sean McGuigan	799
	Ulster Unionist	Donald Beatty	681
	DUP	David Robinson	589
	SDLP	Thomas Murphy	342
Turnout			6,614
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Dungannon Town[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	John McLarnon	1,138
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	1,110
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	873
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Cuddy	853
	Sinn Féin	Barry Monteith	813
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis	740
	Independent	Gerry Cullen	549
	DUP	Derek Greenaway	363
Turnout			6,530
	Sinn Fein gain from Democratic Left

Torrent[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	1,393
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie	1,336
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	1,274
	Independent	Jim Canning	1,244
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris	985
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly	944
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger	910
	DUP	Robert McFarland	283
Turnout			8,562
No change

Fermanagh

Enniskillen[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Raymond Ferguson	1,486
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	1,339
	DUP	Joe Dodds	1,096
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Gilgunn	1,070
	SDLP	Frank Britton	934
	Independent	David Kettyles	861
	SDLP	Eamon Flanagan	766
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Irvine	709
	Ulster Unionist	Basil Johnston	589
	Ulster Unionist	Barbara Stuart	403
	UK Unionist	Alan Madill	182
	DUP	Samuel Dunne	105
Turnout			9,724
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP
	David Kettyles changes designation from Progressive Socialist

Erne East[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch	1,428
	Ulster Unionist	Harold Andrews	1,348
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	1,293
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey	1,191
	Sinn Féin	Thomas O'Reilly	1,050
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Noble	998
	DUP	Paul Robinson	811
	Independent	Michael McPhillips	559
Turnout			8,843
	Sinn Fein gain from Independent Nationalist

Erne North[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Joe Cassidy	1,181
	DUP	Bert Johnston	1,113
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Elliott	1,030
	SDLP	John O'Kane	871
	Ulster Unionist	Bertie Kerr	854
	Ulster Unionist	Caldwell McClaughry	685
	SDLP	Julie Dervan	568
	DUP	Billy Gilmore	277
	DUP	William Simpson	91
Turnout			6,804
No change

Erne West[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Gerard Gallagher	1,578
	Sinn Féin	Pat Cox	1,266
	Sinn Féin	Robin Martin	1,139
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Huggett	1,111
	Ulster Unionist	Wilson Elliott	981
	Ulster Unionist	Derrick Nixon	832
	DUP	David Black	392
Turnout			7,466
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP and Independent

Larne

Coast Road[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Winston Fulton	753
	SDLP	Daniel O'Connor	750
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Drummond	614
	Alliance	Gerardine Mulvenna	589
	DUP	Rachel Rea	485
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Robinson	430
	Independent	William Cunning	379
	Sinn Féin	Martin Graffin	305
Turnout			4,404
	DUP gain from UUP
	Alliance gain from Independent

Larne Lough[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Bobby McKee	1,314
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Beggs	1,248
	Alliance	John Mathews	1,171
	DUP	Gregg McKeen	492
	Ulster Unionist	David Fleck	374
	Ulster Unionist	John Hall	329
	Independent	William Small	151
Turnout			5,233
	DUP gain from UUP

Larne Town[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	James Dunn	804
	DUP	Jack McKee	776
	SDLP	Martin Wilson	570
	Independent	Roy Craig	390
	Independent	Lindsay Mason	389
	Independent	William Adams	327
	Independent	John Anderson	292
	Alliance	Margaret Richmond	239
	Sinn Féin	Janette Graffin	191
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Wilson	185
	DUP	Alastair Holden	165
	PUP	William Adamson	107
Turnout			4,524
	SDLP gain from Independent

Limavady

Bellarena[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Joseph Cubitt	1,027
	SDLP	Michael Carten	845
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuigan	833
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan	721
	Ulster Unionist	Edwin Stevenson	707
	SDLP	John McKinney	685
	Ulster Unionist	William Smyth	641
Turnout			5,527
	DUP gain from UUP
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Benbradagh[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Anne Brolly	1,056
	Sinn Féin	Francis Brolly	917
	UUAP	Boyd Douglas	748
	SDLP	Michael Coyle	559
	Sinn Féin	Marion Donaghy	559
	SDLP	Gerard Lynch	497
	UUAP	Mark Gibson	442
	DUP	John Murray	259
Turnout			5,149
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
	Boyd Douglas leaves UUP

Limavady Town[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	George Robinson	1,430
	Independent	Brian Brown	642
	SDLP	Desmond Lowry	542
	SDLP	John Kerr	530
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	419
	Ulster Unionist	Jack Dolan	383
	Ulster Unionist	John Rankin	372
	Ulster Unionist	Raymond Kennedy	241
	UUAP	Alister Smyth	161
Turnout			4,779
	Independent gain from SDLP

Lisburn

Downshire[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Edwin Poots	2,006
	Ulster Unionist	James Baird	1,507
	Alliance	Elizabeth Campbell	1,201
	Ulster Unionist	William Ward	1,193
	Ulster Unionist	Edmund Falloon	1,007
	DUP	Allan Ewart	632
	Independent	William Bleakes	609
	NI Conservatives	Joanne Johnston	217
	Sinn Féin	Cara McCann	111
Turnout			8,602
	UUP gain from NI Conservatives

Dunmurry Cross[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	2,061
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	2,029
	Ulster Unionist	Billy Bell	1,550
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson	1,549
	Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey	1,219
	Sinn Féin	Veronica Willis	993
	DUP	Stephen Moore	910
	SDLP	William McDonnell	640
	Sinn Féin	Paul Flynn	422
	Independent	Malachy McAnespie	218
Turnout			12,031
	SDLP gain from Independent

Killultagh[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Dillon	1,923
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	1,382
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan	1,318
	DUP	James Tinsley	1,263
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Watson	658
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Johnston	537
	Sinn Féin	Ita Gray	457
	Alliance	Alison Gawith	439
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	419
	Independent	Gordon Ross	332
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	131
Turnout			9,019
	DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Town North[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	1,903
	Ulster Unionist	David Archer	1,619
	Ulster Unionist	William Watson	1,190
	Ulster Unionist	William Lewis	1,183
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	1,036
	DUP	Albert Leathem	808
	Ulster Unionist	Lorraine Martin	749
	Independent	Ronnie Crawford	711
	Independent	David Adams	577
	Sinn Féin	James Armstrong	451
	Independent	William Beattie	423
	Independent	Adrian Creighton	123
Turnout			10,940
	UUP gain from UDP
	DUP gain from Protestant Unionist
	Ronnie Crawford changes designation from Independent Unionist

Lisburn Town South[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Davis	1,521
	Alliance	Seamus Close	1,495
	DUP	Paul Porter	1,061
	Ulster Unionist	David Archer	721
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Lockhart	592
	Independent	Gary McMichael	509
	DUP	Allen Russell	346
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Little	253
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Mateer	246
	Sinn Féin	Francis Kerr	245
	NI Unionist	Gary Teeney	64
Turnout			7,252
	DUP gain from UUP
	Gary McMichael leaves UDP

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McCrea	2,255
	Sinn Féin	John Kelly	1,700
	Ulster Unionist	George Shiels	1,103
	Sinn Féin	Seamus O'Brien	1,085
	SDLP	Joseph McBride	990
	SDLP	Frances Symington	696
	DUP	Paul McLean	197
Turnout			8,153
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Moyola[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Hughes	1,578
	Sinn Féin	James O'Neill	1,375
	Ulster Unionist	John Junkin	1,237
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood	1,023
	SDLP	Patrick McErlean	713
	DUP	Elizabeth Forde	430
	SDLP	Elizabeth Foster	383
	Independent	Naaman Hutchinson	210
Turnout			7,104
No change

Sperrin[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Groogan	1,651
	Sinn Féin	Hugh Mullan	1,331
	Sinn Féin	John Kerr	1,206
	SDLP	Kathleen Lagan	1,136
	Independent	Bertie Montgomery	776
	DUP	Rodney Mitchell	723
	SDLP	Francis McKendry	551
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	104
Turnout			7,625
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
	Bertie Montgomery leaves UUP

Moyle

Ballycastle[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Madeline Black	429
	Ulster Unionist	Helen Harding	379
	SDLP	Michael Molloy	357
	DUP	Gardiner Kane	345
	Independent	Seamus Blaney	551
	Sinn Féin	Charlie Neill	296
	Independent	Liam McBride	202
	Independent	Seamus Blaney	197
	Independent	Christopher McCaughan	189
	Independent	Anna Edwards	40
Turnout			2,522
	SDLP gain from Independent

Giant's Causeway[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	David McAllister	495
	Ulster Unionist	William Graham	398
	Independent	Price McConaghy	367
	DUP	George Hartin	258
	DUP	Robert Chestnutt	228
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McIlroy	223
	SDLP	Moira McGouran	76
	Independent	Thomas Palmer	23
Turnout			2,114
	Price McConaghy changes designation from Independent Unionist

The Glens[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Oliver McMullan	671
	SDLP	Catherine McCambridge	348
	Independent	Randal McDonnell	316
	SDLP	Christine Blaney	281
	Independent	James McCarry	454
	Sinn Féin	Monica Digney	216
	DUP	Evelyne Robinson	194
	SDLP	Archie McIntosh	190
	Sinn Féin	Anne McAuley	178
	Independent	James McAuley	77
Turnout			2,488
No change

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	2,103
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy	1,743
	SDLP	Hugh Carr	1,189
	SDLP	Josephine O'Hare	1,175
	Independent	Ciaran Mussen	834
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ruane	807
	Independent	Anthony Williamson	751
	SDLP	Michael Carr	714
	Ulster Unionist	John McConnell	697
	SDLP	Brendan Murney	576
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn O'Connor	428
	DUP	Ruth McConnell	274
Turnout			11,615
	Sinn Fein gain from Independent

Newry Town[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hyland	1,213
	Independent	Jackie Patterson	1,150
	Sinn Féin	Charlie Casey	1,119
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	1,025
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	984
	SDLP	Patrick McElroy	950
	SDLP	Frank Feely	940
	SDLP	John McArdle	811
	Ulster Unionist	William McCaigue	727
	SDLP	Peter McEvoy	503
	Independent	Declan O'Callaghan	109
Turnout			9,796
	Sinn Fein gain from Independent
	SDLP gain from UUP

Slieve Gullion[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Elena Martin	1,436
	Sinn Féin	Colman Burns	1,431
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald	1,415
	Sinn Féin	Terry Hearty	1,283
	SDLP	John Fee	1,195
	SDLP	Pat Toner	840
	SDLP	Mary McKeown	568
Turnout			8,441
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

The Fews[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy McCreesh	1,279
	Sinn Féin	Pat McGinn	1,243
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	1,231
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Lewis	1,172
	SDLP	John Feehan	1,071
	SDLP	Charles Smyth	879
	Ulster Unionist	Andy Moffett	727
	DUP	Craig Baxter	693
	SDLP	Angela Savage	595
Turnout			9,121
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

The Mournes[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Burns	1,845
	Sinn Féin	Martin Cunningham	1,291
	SDLP	Micky Cole	1,205
	Ulster Unionist	Henry Reilly	1,185
	Ulster Unionist	Isaac Hanna	1,178
	SDLP	Marian Fitzpatrick	872
	DUP	Linda Burns	110
Turnout			7,856
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Crilly	1,704
	DUP	Nigel Hamilton	1,350
	SDLP	Tommy McTeague	1,128
	SDLP	Noreen McClelland	887
	Sinn Féin	Briege Meehan	754
	Sinn Féin	Roisin McGurk	643
	DUP	Arthur Templeton	640
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Hunter	607
	Alliance	Pam Tilson	547
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Kell	536
	NI Unionist	Norman Boyd	418
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association	John Blair	389
	DUP	Liz Snoddy	337
	NI Women's Coalition	Joan Cosgrove	299
	Independent	James Beckett	228
Turnout			10,728
	DUP gain from UUP
	SDLP gain from Alliance
	NRA

Ballyclare[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Paul Girvan	2,583
	Ulster Unionist	Vera McWilliams	1,231
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Bingham	1,192
	Alliance	Pat McCudden	761
	Ulster Unionist	Ed Turkington	541
	DUP	Pamela Hunter	308
	Ulster Unionist	Peter Walker	267
	PUP	Norman Lavery	249
	Independent	Sharon Parkes	247
	NI Conservatives	Alan Greer	169
Turnout			7,734
	DUP gain from Alliance

Macedon[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William DeCourcy	1,355
	Independent	Mark Langhammer	1,103
	Ulster Unionist	Dineen Walker	784
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association	Billy Webb	650
	Independent	Tommy Kirkham	611
	DUP	Kenneth Hunter	563
	PUP	Dougie Jamison	398
	Independent	Robert Kidd	378
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Vernon	350
	Independent	Andrew Beattie	276
	Alliance	Michael Campbell	173
	Independent	Victor Robinson	225
Turnout			7,279
	Mark Langhammer leaves Newtownabbey Labour Party
	Tommy Kirkham leaves UDP
	DUP gain from Independent

University[24]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roger Hutchinson	1,791
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Robinson	1,535
	Ulster Unionist	Barbara Gilliland	1,351
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer	1,313
	UUAP	Fraser Agnew	828
	PUP	William Greer	811
	NI Unionist	Billy Boyd	504
	DUP	John Mann	479
	UUAP	John Scott	469
	Ulster Unionist	Vi Scott	468
	Independent	Alister Bell	447
Turnout			10,232
	Fraser Agnew joins UUAP
	DUP gain from PUP

North Down

Abbey[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ruby Cooling	1,263
	Ulster Unionist	Irene Cree	1,246
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	1,195
	UK Unionist	Valerie Kinghan	912
	Ulster Unionist	Roberta Dunlop	843
	PUP	Stewart Currie	417
	DUP	William Montgomery	299
	Independent	Karl McLean	297
	NI Conservatives	Lisa Fleming	191
	Independent	Christopher Carter	175
	Independent	Raymond Gordon	89
	NI Unionist	Colin Dean	48
Turnout			7,225
	UUP gain from NI Conservatives
	DUP gain from PUP

Ballyholme and Groomsport[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Alan Chambers	2,099
	Ulster Unionist	Leslie Cree	1,631
	Independent	Austen Lennon	1,363
	DUP	Alex Easton	1,164
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons	939
	NI Women's Coalition	Patricia Wallace	657
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Henry	601
	UK Unionist	Henry Gordon	571
	Alliance	Gavin Walker	336
	UK Unionist	Joseph Teggart	276
	Independent	Ernest Steele	218
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Gadd	202
	NI Unionist	Elizabeth Roche	140
	PUP	Brian Lacey	90
Turnout			10,481
	DUP gain from UKUP
	Women's Coalition gain from NI Conservatives

Bangor West[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Brian Wilson	1,871
	Ulster Unionist	Marion Smith	1,311
	Alliance	Anne Wilson	1,112
	DUP	Alan Graham	989
	Ulster Unionist	Royston Davies	796
	UK Unionist	William Keery	676
	Alliance	Tony Hill	630
	UK Unionist	Alan Field	599
	PUP	James Rea	538
	Ulster Unionist	Evan Ward	416
	NI Conservatives	Julian Robertson	172
Turnout			9,324
	DUP gain from PUP

Holywood[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Ellie McKay	1,346
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien	1,070
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	916
	Independent	Dennis Ogborn	815
	NI Women's Coalition	Norma Heaton	509
	Ulster Unionist	Diana Peacocke	491
	Alliance	Larry Thompson	436
	Independent	Bobby Irvine	232
	NI Conservatives	Lindsay Cumming	188
	PUP	David Rose	122
Turnout			6,249
	UUP gain from Alliance

Omagh

Mid Tyrone[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	John Clarke	1,446
	Sinn Féin	Damien Curran	1,244
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Wilson	1,191
	Sinn Féin	Michael McAnespie	995
	SDLP	Gerry O'Doherty	994
	SDLP	Seamus Shields	989
	DUP	Samuel McFarland	984
	Sinn Féin	Barney McAleer	917
	Sinn Féin	Cathal McCrory	791
Turnout			9,749
	Sinn Fein gain from DUP

Omagh Town[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	1,123
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	1,087
	Independent	Paddy McGowan	1,074
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	1,007
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Gallagher	763
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	759
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan	629
	Ulster Unionist	Reuben McKelvey	614
	Ulster Unionist	John Anderson	552
	SDLP	Vincent Campbell	178
	DUP	Thomas McCordick	171
	SDLP	Kevin Taylor	19
Turnout			8,198
	Paddy McGowan leaves SDLP
	SDLP gain from Alliance

West Tyrone[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Pat McDonnell	1,372
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	1,276
	Ulster Unionist	Allan Rainey	1,135
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Peter Kelly	839
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Watters	763
	SDLP	Liam McQuaid	679
	Ulster Unionist	David Sterritt	666
	Sinn Féin	Damien McCrossan	614
	DUP	Stephen Harpur	257
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	211
	Independent	Gerry McMenamin	202
Turnout			9,286
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Strabane

Derg[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh	1,331
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Hussey	1,110
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McGarvey	910
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan	793
	SDLP	Bernadette McNamee	768
	DUP	Kathleen Allison	838
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Foley	651
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Turner	565
Turnout			6,932
	Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Glenelly[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Allan Bresland	1,313
	SDLP	Thomas McBride	1,133
	Sinn Féin	Claire McGill	939
	DUP	John Donnell	879
	Ulster Unionist	James Emery	876
	Sinn Féin	Martin Conway	603
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Craig	585
Turnout			6,456
No change

Mourne[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Eugene McMenamin	1,538
	Sinn Féin	Jarlath McNulty	1,326
	Sinn Féin	Ivan Barr	1,262
	Sinn Féin	Brian McMahon	977
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Breslin	628
	Independent	James O'Kane	589
	Independent	Gags Gallagher	445
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Martin	439
	SDLP	Ann Bell	438
	DUP	Kathleen Craig	408
	SDLP	Fred Henry	284
Turnout			8,531
	Sinn Fein gain from SDLP and Independent

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