2001 Magherafelt District Council election

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2001 Magherafelt District Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
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 Ulster Unionist Independent Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1

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

Party		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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Sinn Féin		DUP		SDLP		UUP		Others
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
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	William McCrea*	28.10%	2,255
	Sinn Féin	John Kelly*	21.18%	1,700
	Ulster Unionist	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
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Hughes	22.71%	1,578
	Sinn Féin	James O'Neill	19.79%	1,375
	Ulster Unionist	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
				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%)