2001 Magherafelt District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001

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All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Sinn Féin	DUP	SDLP
Seats won	7	3	3
Seat change	2	0	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	UUP	Independent
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	1

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

Election results

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 2001
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Sinn Féin	7	2	0	2	43.8	44.2	9,926	7.7
DUP	3	0	0	0	18.8	20.6	4,628	3.4
SDLP	3	0	2	2	18.8	19.9	4,469	2.7
UUP	2	0	1	1	12.5	10.4	2,340	3.9
Independent	1	1	0	1	0.0	4.4	986	4.4
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	104	0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 2001
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Sinn Féin		DUP		SDLP		UUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Magherafelt Town	34.7	2	30.6	2	21.0	1	13.7	1	0.0	0	6
Moyola	42.5	2	20.9	1	15.8	1	17.8	1	3.0	0	5
Sperrin	56.0	3	9.6	0	22.6	1	0.0	0	11.8	1	5
Total	44.2	7	20.6	3	19.9	3	10.4	2	4.9	1	16

District results

Magherafelt Town

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Magherafelt Town - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	William McCrea*	28.10%	2,255
	Sinn Féin	John Kelly*	21.18%	1,700
	UUP	George Shiels*	13.74%	1,103	1,213.5
	DUP	Paul McLean*	2.45%	197	1,190.5
	Sinn Féin	Seamus O'Brien*	13.52%	1,085	1,085.5	1,538.59
	SDLP	Joseph McBride*	12.33%	990	992	1,061.96	1,258.64
	SDLP	Frances Symington	8.67%	696	697.5	716.97	815.64
Electorate: 10,509 Valid: 8,026 (76.37%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,153 (77.58%)

Moyola

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change

Moyola - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Hughes	22.71%	1,578
	Sinn Féin	James O'Neill	19.79%	1,375
	UUP	John Junkin*	17.80%	1,237
	SDLP	Patrick McErlean*	10.26%	713	1,013.84	1,184.65
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood*	14.72%	1,023	1,023.46	1,023.46	1,159.46
	SDLP	Elizabeth Foster	5.51%	383	488.34	529.57	549.95
	DUP	Anne Forde	6.19%	430	430.46	430.46	459.46
	Independent	Naaman Hutchinson	3.02%	210	215.06	216.92
Electorate: 8,583 Valid: 6,949 (80.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,159 Turnout: 7,104 (82.77%)

Sperrin

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UUP

Sperrin - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Groogan*	22.08%	1,651
	Sinn Féin	Hugh Mullan	17.80%	1,331
	Sinn Féin	John Kerr	16.13%	1,206	1,554
	SDLP	Kathleen Lagan*	15.19%	1,136	1,165	1,234	1,294.5
	Independent	Robert Montgomery*	10.38%	776	776.75	778.75	783	900
	DUP	Rodney Mitchell	9.67%	723	723	723	725	740.25
	SDLP	Francis McKendry*	7.37%	551	557.5	577.75	588.25
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	1.39%	104	110.5	120
Electorate: 8,941 Valid: 7,478 (83.64%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,247 Turnout: 7,625 (85.28%)

References

^ "Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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