2001 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Cookstown District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Cookstown District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Cookstown 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballinderry|30.0|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|17.2|1|20.3|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown Central|bgcolor="#008800"|31.7|bgcolor="#008800"|2|19.8|1|27.6|1|20.9|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Drum Manor|bgcolor="#008800"|39.0|bgcolor="#008800"|2|15.6|1|19.8|1|13.4|0|12.2|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|33.2|6|23.6|4|21.1|3|18.4|2|3.7|1|16|-|}

District results

Ballinderry

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

Cookstown Central

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

Drum Manor

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist becomes Independent