2001 Armagh City and District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Armagh City and District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Armagh City and District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Armagh City and District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	4
Seat Change4:	2

Elections to Armagh City and District 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Armagh City|18.8|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|29.1|2|11.6|1|11.4|0|6|-|align="left"|Crossmore|13.7|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.9|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|32.6|0|13.8|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Cusher|34.5|3|11.7|1|6.9|0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|2.2|0|6|-|align="left"|The Orchard|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|20.2|1|17.0|1|28.5|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|25.9|7|24.4|6|20.6|5|25.6|4|3.5|0|22|-|}

District results

Armagh City

1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Crossmore

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

Cusher

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

The Orchard

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