2001 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ards East
 * N/A
 * 2
 * N/A
 * 3
 * N/A
 * 1
 * N/A
 * 0
 * N/A
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Ards West
 * 36.9
 * 3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 18.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Newtownards
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 33.3
 * 2
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Peninsula
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 19.2
 * 1
 * 12.5
 * 1
 * 13.6
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 37.0
 * 9
 * 31.7
 * 8
 * 16.7
 * 4
 * 3.9
 * 1
 * 10.7
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * 10.7
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ards East
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP


 * As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Ards East and all six candidates were deemed elected.

Ards West
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance

Newtownards
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Peninsula
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: No change