2001 Northern Ireland local elections

2001 Northern Ireland local elections

7 June 2001

All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Trimble	Ian Paisley	John Hume
Party	UUP	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.