swings to the Lib Dems in other seats in Dorset, there was a big swing to the Conservatives in Christchurch. The Lib Dem loss of Devon county council coincided with the Lib Dems actually gaining Teignbridge from the Conservatives and significantly increasing their majority in Torbay, a key Conservative target. There were smaller swings away in the Conservatives' favour in their marginal seats such as Tiverton & Honiton and Totnes, and they achieved a small swing in one of their targets, Devon West & Torridge. England Non-metropolitan county councils In all 34 English county councils the whole council was up for election. ‡ New ward boundaries Unitary authorities In two English unitary authorities the whole council was up for election while a further nine unitary authorities had one third of the council up for election. Whole council ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council Sui generis Northern Ireland In all 26 Northern Ireland districts the whole council was up for election. They were elected by Single transferable vote. They saw the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin make gains at the expense of the other parties. References External links Vote 2001 BBC News The local elections of 7 June 2001. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/71. Northern Ireland local election results 2001 Local elections June 2001 events in the United Kingdom